CURRENT EXHIBITION
AMBER STARS FOR YULEFEST
AT THE MUSEUM
Saturday 21st September @ 1pm - 3.30pm
Weekday Workshops
Facilitator Siobhan McQuillan
Venue : Mayfair Library, Parliament Street, Kilkenny R95
N23R.
Workshop 1: Dec 3rd 11am -1 pm
Workshop 2: Dec 10th 2pm – 4 pm
Workshop 3: Dec 17th 11am – 1 pm
This workshop is part of Amber’s One Million Stars Ireland
project in collaboration with Kilkenny Yulefest. Ambers One Million Stars
Ireland project is an award winning, inclusive community arts project
connecting communities across Ireland in solidarity against domestic, sexual
and gender-based violence (DSGBV). Each eight-point star represents light, hope
and solidarity against DSGBV, promoting our project’s eight points of healthy
love within relationships. Stars are curated into our travelling ’LOVE’ installation,
spreading love and hope for a future free from violence and abuse for all in
our community. The LOVE installation with be in situ at the Mayfair library
throughout Yulefest. There are now 430,000 stars across 26 counties and
Northern Ireland.
Siobhan McQuillan is Amber One Million Stars Ireland’s Project Lead. Siobhan is a registered art therapist with the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists . Siobhan is committed to connecting communities through the healing power of art and using Art as Activism to create social change. During the workshop you will be taken through the steps of weaving an eight pointed star in paper and ribbon. Enjoy the mindful benefits of star weaving this Christmas.
Workshop spaces are limited and free of charge.
Weekend Workshops
Facilitator : Rebecca Lyons
Venue : Mayfair Library, Parliament Street, KilkennyR95 N23R
Date: Dec 7th
Workshop 1: 12.15pm -2.15 pm
Workshop 2: 2.45 pm – 4 .45 pm
This workshop is part of Amber’s One Million Stars Ireland project in collaboration with Kilkenny Yulefest. Ambers One Million Stars Ireland project is an award winning, inclusive community arts project connecting communities across Ireland in solidarity against domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). Each eight-point star represents light, hope and solidarity against DSGBV, promoting our project’s eight points of healthy love within relationships. Stars are curated into our travelling ’LOVE’ installation, spreading love and hope for a future free from violence and abuse for all in our community. The LOVE installation with be in situ at the Mayfair library throughout Yulefest. There are now 430,000 stars woven across 26 counties and Northern Ireland.
Origami Artist Rebecca Lyons is a visual artist based in Tralee, Co. Kerry. She received her BA in Fine Art from Crawford College of Art and Design in 2002. Rebecca completed a BTEC in Fine Art Management at Kensington and Chelsea College in 2004 and did an Introduction to Curating Course in Central Saint Martin’s in 2006. She returned to Ireland in 2013 and studied a NFQ in Digital Media in the IT Tralee in 2014; followed by a master’s in creative media in 2015.
Rebecca will be taking you through the steps of making a 3 D eight-pointed star tree decoration made from paper. Rebecca is the county co-ordinator of the One Million Stars Ireland project in Kerry.
Workshop spaces are limited and free of charge.
To donate or find out more visit www.onemillionstarsireland.ie.
Email: onemillionstarsirl@amberwomensrefuge.ie
Tel: Siobhan 085 859 8020
