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  • Book Making Project KO and The Butler Gallery

    Created 2010-02-13 by Orla Kenny

    Location: Urban - Co. Kilkenny

    Duration: 2010-02-13 to 2010-12-15

Project Outline

The Butler Gallerys Education Department in collaboration with Kids Own Publishing Partnership, children (5 12 years) and artists of the Butler Gallerys Solas art programme (which will be 10 years old in 2010) are working together to create a new publication for adults and children alike to affect a greater understanding of the visual arts among children and adults of all ages. In September 2009 Kids Own worked with a selected number of Solas participants past and present to devise the project. This project was developed out of their responses.

The project will use the experiences children have gained from participating on the Solas art programme as a starting point to explore and discuss new questions and thinking about experiencing and understanding the visual arts. Using the upcoming 2010 programme of exhibitions at the Butler Gallery and the Butler Gallery Collection as a source  we will work through our own ideas and preconceptions about what art is, how we look at art and how we respond to it. The intention is to develop a publication that will be led by the childrens questions and act as a guide to encouage and inspire others to experience the visual arts in a fulfilling way.

Project Details

  • Location: Urban
  • From date: 2010-02-13
  • To date: 2010-12-15
  • Length: 10 months
  • Participants per session: 25
  • Participants in total: 25
  • Contact hours: 32 hours
  • Age range of participants:
    5-7, 8-11, 12-14
  • County(ies):
    Kilkenny
  • Related Organisation(s):
    Butler Gallery, Kids` Own Publishing Partnership, Kids` Own Publishing Partnership, Kids` Own Publishing Partnership, Kids` Own Publishing Partnership
  • Funding Bodies:
    taxback.com, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny Arts Office
  • Other Related Artists:
    Mary Branley writer, vanya Lambrecht Ward, vanya Lambrecht Ward, vanya Lambrecht Ward, vanya Lambrecht Ward, vanya Lambrecht Ward

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