Storymaking’
.... painting,
pottery, drawing, mixed media, puppet making…
“The enchanted world of fairy tales, with its
princesses and stepmothers, its magic forests
and wise old kings, has been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of
years.”
Storymaking
is about listening, imagining and responding to a story in many different art
forms:
by painting, drawing, telling, acting, dancing and by, in turn creating our own
stories.
Storymaking
is one essential element for the creative power of the child to come into
action,
a power that includes a wide variety of potentialities.
During the
week each child will make, paint and present his/her own personal story.
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The Teachers:
JOLE
BORTOLI ( Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media)
Jole Bortoli, is the director and founder of Art to Heart.
She has extensive experience in workingwith children and with adults who work with children
through the arts.
Jole has led pioneering visual art workshops in The Ark, a
cultural centre for children in Dublin.
She is a guest-lecturer in the National College of Art and Design, and she is
also is a board member of Public Communications Centre,a strategic marketing, campaigning and fundraising agency for non-profit
organizations and causes.
ANDY RUSSELL ( Pottery)
B.A. Honours in
Ceramics
SARAH FULLER (Puppet
Making) – August -
B.A. Hons. Degree in Textile Design, visual artist and
puppeteer she a founder member of the successful ‘Dog on String’ theatre since 1995.In the spirit of multidisciplinary art work
she combines storytelling, live music, rod puppets, hand puppets, shadow puppets, life size figures, masks and mime,
are all used to create plays which engage children in a lively interaction with
the world of the imagination.
TOMMY BAKER (Puppet Making) – July -
is a puppet theatre director, Puppet builder
and performer. He also works as a freelance educator in puppetry skills.
Over the last fourteen years, Tommy has developed his own particular style,
drawing from diverse influences in puppetry from all over the world.
Tommy's work has received major support from the Arts Council of Ireland, Galway County Council, the Galway County Heritage Forum, the GrassRoots
Environment Education Network, the People and Nature Project, and the Western Region Zebra Mussel Control
Initiative
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the Russell Gallery | New Quay | Burrin | Co. Clare | Tel 065 7078185
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