Outdoor Exhibition in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May

Outdoor Exhibition in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May - September 2017.

Mountpleasant Mural community project in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May - September 2017.

These paintings on view in the

Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) courtyard in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 are from the Mountpleasant Mural Project, a very successful community outdoor arts endeavor, which was one of the events of the Ranelagh Arts Festival 2013.

Members of the public in Ranelagh were invited to add their brushstrokes and signatures, to these paintings, which celebrate local areas and events.

This project was one of many integrative community art events that took place in parks, in schools and on the streets in Ranelagh during the festival.

As an artist with a special interest in bringing art into everyday communities, I was excited to be approached by Roisin Nevin,Creative Life Co-ordinator at MISA and asked to select and prepare a collection of artpieces for a show in the courtyard in MISA. These artpieces worked perfectly, as they added interest, energy and an extra creative dimension to the wonderful new facility of MISA in St James's Hospital, as they were in a position to be appreciated by patients, visitors and staff members.

A word on MISA :

Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) at St. James’s Hospital was opened on 7th December 2016. This world-class facility is Ireland’s first dedicated centre for successful ageing and the largest of its kind in Europe. Responding to the need for innovation in the delivery of services to Ireland’s growing ageing population, MISA provides coordinated patient care, coupled with far-reaching educational and training programmes to ensure the seamless integration of hospital and community research in clinical ageing.

http://www.stjames.ie/NewsBanner/MISAOfficialOpening/

A special thank you to all the members of MISA for their support in organising this summer show, and especially to Roisin Nevin and Prof Davis Coakley.

Doggie artworks

I love dogs, and this year I have been working on some doggie images. Here are a few..this one is of Sammy, my friend Jennie's Westie.... It is done with chalk pastel on Ingres paper, - I like the dry, chalky , matt, feeling of working in this medium. It can be dusty and messy to work with , but all this is forgiven, as these pastels are so easy to transport. "Boxer puppy", acrylic on canvas 30cms x 20cms Sometimes, a painting paints itself without much effort from the artist , and this is what happened here , - I was surprised to see this wee dog looking back at me. Some times this happens me when i work with animals. This is a mixed media work on canvas of Pucci, a much adored 2 year old lab. Not a great photo. This work is on a large canvas ( A1) size , and is worked up using acrylic, pastel and inks. Above is "Valentine", a mixed media on canvas. He is a rescue dog , an American bulldog crossbreed who was lucky t...

Mountpleasant Community Street Art Mural Project, Ranelagh Arts Festival.

One rainy, cold day in Spring 2013, a few of us were sitting in the back office of Ranelagh Arts Centre, wrecking our heads trying to think of new projects to put forward for Ranelagh Arts Festival later that year. Mountpleasant Mural Project was an idea we felt might work. It would involve collaborative Community Paintings, which would eventually be on display as outdoor art in a local area. We proposed that we would create 4 -6 permanent outdoor 2D artpieces for the enjoyment of local community for display in Mounpleasant Park in Ranelagh, Dublin...and that we would involve the the local RMDS Primary school, local community and park visitors in the creation of some of the pieces. At the end of it, we hoped to have a few o utdoor permanent paintings in the park for all to enjoy, and which would hopefully inspire community and other artists to the potential of projects like these in the city/country. We felt ...

Community Arts - Irish Rugby Legends Portraits Exhibition, September 2011.

The enthusiasm for this exhibition came from Terry Connaughton, the director of Ranelagh Arts.. One of my all time memories of Terry will be of him - sitting huddled up, beside an electric fire, doing a days work, in layers of coats and scarves, in the depths of our coldest winter in my living memory ( remember night time temperatures of -17c , and daytime ones of -5c ) last winter, in Ranelagh Arts Centre. Terry arrived to the centre, everyday, - day after day, week after week , on the coldest , bleakest, most unfriendly days..and was often was the only one in there, working away..working towards his vision of RA being a vibrant, community hub of all the artforms. The Ranelagh Arts building was nothing like it is these days, there was a lot to do...still is ..and will be..and the future of it is uncertain. His all time hero ( since childhood) has been Jack Kyle, who has often been described as...

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