Vera McEvoy's profile
Name: Vera McEvoy
Organisation:
Visual Artist. Studied Fine Art at NCAD.
Region: Kildare
Member since:05-30-2011
Last online:2013-05-22
Background
Currently on the Artist Mentoring Programme with Barretstown Camp, supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service and Helium.
Artist in Residence in Scoil Mochua (Primary), Celbridge, Co. Kildare, funded by Kildare County Council Arts Service.
Recipient of the inaugural NCAD Arthouse Award and Bursary 2011 at the Arthouse Stradbally, Co. Laois, supported by NCAD and Laois County Council. As part of this award she has facilitated a 12 month community art program (with adults and children) in Stradbally,
Professional Organisation
Visual Artist. Studied Fine Art at NCAD.
.Professional Statement
McEvoy’s current art practice is situated in community art projects with both adults and children. Engagement in meaningful interaction between artist and community underpins her work. Her primal concern is in developing creative interaction, engagement and collaboration and the realisation of temporary or permanent artworks that are responsive and reflective to that exchange.
