DECEMBER WEEKEND [Friday, December 2nd]

On Friday morning we e​ngaged in a reflective process using photo portraits buy Stephen McCurry

his describes his portraits.

Participants were invited to think about their feeling as they look towards the remainder of the programme and to choose an image that resonated with them as they look forward.

                                                  http://stevemccurry.com/galleries/portraits?view=grid

We spent some time looking at the Context of Development Education.

We looked at the Irish Aid strategy for Development Education

https://www.irishaid.ie/media/irishaid/allwebsitemedia/20newsandpublications/publicationpdfsenglish/development-education-strategy-plan-2007-2011.pdf

We also looked at the following links
https://www.ideaonline.ie/
The Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) is the national network for Development Education in Ireland and a leading voice for the sector. We represent over 100 members involved in the practice, promotion and advancement of Development Education in formal, non-formal and informal settings. Together we work to strengthen Development Education in Ireland and to raise awareness of the crucial role it has to play in achieving an equal, just and sustainable future.

And also explored the European context

http://gene.eu/

We had discussion around the following themes

-The Irish formal education context compared to other countries and the potential and challenges related embedding Development Education.
-The role of Government, organisations and citizens in influencing policy and access to education for Global citizenship. Top down and bottom up influence

-The need for collaboration between government departments.

We then looked at CIT CCADS strategy and how it aligns with Irish Aid Strategy.

Students gave feedback and suggestions

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The second half of the Friday afternoon introduced Peter Hussey

Artistic Director,
Crooked House Theatre Company
(incorporating Kildare Youth Theatre)
1, Main Street,
Newbridge,
County Kildare,
Ireland.
W: www.crookedhouse.ie

www.kildareyouththeatre.com 

www.crookedhouseactors.com 

T: +353 45 446612
M: +353 87 2759420

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrookedHouseTheatre

NOVEMBER WEEKEND [Sunday, November 13th]

Sunday morning kicked off with a PASTE UP DEMO 

Some tips....

• Make sure your glue goes write to the edge
• Push out all the air bubbles. 
• Let it dry a little and Seal it again  by applying a second layer of glue

USE Industrial PVA
For outdoor spaces, seal again with Yacht Varnish

Images of Work in Progress....

Finished Work

Group 1:

Group 2:








Group 3:





Group 4:







Group 5

Concluding Reflections

Aran Towers Workshop

http://www.cwbireland.com/

http://www.mind-the-gap.co/development-education-arts-project

Arran finished his workshop by facilitating a game...
Thats really interesting; What are you doing?

NOVEMBER WEEKEND [Saturday, November 12th]

 Intro to Street Art Techniches, Case Studies & Tools

If you want to use a stencil font that is not already on your computer you can look for free stencil fonts online eg

www.dafont.com

www.themeworld.com

Stencil fonts have the bridge you need to hold the letters together when you cut them out.

WE are using a font called impact label as it looks like a sick on label 

This online application allows you to reproduce an images over a chosen number of pages to make it bigger.  You can put effects on the image.

The question mark links help a lot to understand the order of pages, to decide if you want borders etc

https://rasterbator.net/

THis is a useful link to see examples of street art.

http://www.streetartutopia.com/

https://www.picmonkey.com is a good, free and easy to use  alternative to photoshop

Getting to Work........

NOVEMBER WEEKEND [Friday, November 11th]

We reconnected by introducing ourselves again and giving a background to where our names came from....

some examples.....
Iona was called after a Scottish Island that her mum  visited when she was pregnant

Nora was christened Honora, traditionally after her mums name as first born girl,

Eleftheria names means Freedom in Greek

We then spent an hour or so looking back on What happened in October weekend using our blog to remind us of all the activities that we experienced. There was a lot! The group was reminded that one of the main purposes of the is to support them in their reflective journal. 

                                          ***************Coffee break***************

Next, the outcomes of the reading material with a focus on the following:
Key Concepts/ Quotes/ Ideas/ Questions in exploring Creativity, Learning & Transformation

GROUP 1: Cati/ Ciara/ Fala/ Michelle C

Eisner ART AND CREATION OF THE MIND & 10 Things Summary

GROUP 2: Marie/ Lorraine/ Eilis/ Jean

Freire PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED

GROUP 3: Francoise/ Anne/ Brigid/ Joan

Taylor Murphy CATCH THE FIRE

GROUP 4:Nicola/ Nor/ Maayan/ Michelle
The Art of Life - Common Cause

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​ROUP

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Types of education/ Eleftheria/ Claire/ Iona/ Mary/ Grainne

This led us into a discussion about the essay assignment brief. This reading material is recommended for the essay. The Harvard referencing System must be used. This is a very useful website to support with this....

http://www.citethisforme.com/harvard-referencing

Our final activity before lunch was a fun, relaxing painting to music activity.....

                                                                       Click here for:    MUSIC PLAYLIST

LUNCH TIME

Creative Writing Workshop with Kristi Collins

Here's some captions you might like to use for the blog:

We warmed up with an epic rhyming battle

We wrote our first collaborative poems using the exquisite corpse technique.

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We explored imagery and figurative language as a way of giving our words resonance and power

…and used our new power to imagine and describe our future. 

We joined all our futures together, to create one poem that spoke for all of us.

 

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We distilled the essence of the poem into five statements to inspire and inform our visual art. 

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PECHA KUCKA PRESENTATIONS 6pm - 8.30pm