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Imprint - Exhibition

Fingal County Council welcomes one and all to an exhibition of work by students from Blakestown Community School, Dublin 15, hosted in The Cowshed Theatre Space, Farmleigh.  The exhibition, titled, Imprint, has been described by visitors as ‘refreshing and honest’, ‘well made’ and ‘fun’.  The work is the result of Fingal County Council’s Artist in Residence programme which supports teachers and students engaging with visual arts education in schools.

Alan, a Dublin based visual artist, led the students through the initial phase of the project which involved taster workshops in a variety of media.  A field trip to the National Gallery of Ireland to view the extensive collection of traditional prints, painting and sculptures was scheduled early on in the year.  

 
During thematic studies the students focused on the figure and developed their life-drawing, life-casting and clay-modelling skills. Intrigued by the figure, the concept of creating life size versions of them was borne.  Ambitious in their design, the figures were created using wire mesh and castings of the student’s faces and hands.  Dressed to impress, styled in clothing unique to the student, they command any space they occupy. 

The journey which began in September 2009, will leave a positive memory in the minds of the participants, who now have the confidence and skills needed to create a body of work, curate an exhibition and work with a professional artist with great ease and intelligence. 

Visitors to the Imprint exhibition can expect to see the imagination of the students now preserved through drawings, prints, and life size sculptures in this body of work.  The work is engaging, entertaining and accessible for all. 

The exhibition is open to the public from 12noon to 3pm Thursday through to Sunday, until November 21st 2010.  An official celebration, officiated by Cllr Ken Farrell, Mayor of Fingal will take place on Tuesday 16th at 1pm in The Cowshed Theatre Space, all welcome. 
 
Fingal Arts Office wish to thank artist Alan Mongey, the now third year students, Aisling Oakes, Lauren Sherwin, Sean Connorton,  Evan Flynn, Shannon Moran, Zainab Hassan, Joanna Groecka, Phylisha Doyle,  Aaron O’Brien, Jamie McCord and their art teacher Eileen O’Mahony, Blakestown Community School, and all the staff at Farmleigh. 

For further information on this education programme please contact: Julie Clarke, Youth & Education Officer: julie.clarke@fingalcoco.ie   www.fingalarts.ie