Exciting Workshop
Programme at Boyle Arts Festival
By Brendan McGee
Once again, an
exciting range of children’s and adults workshops have been organised for Boyle
Arts Festival.
First up, for Children there’s Telling Tales with Naomi Draper. Tell your tale and delve into an
exciting world of colours and shapes, bringing stories to life from bookmaking
to moving image. Throughout one week, explore a range of different techniques
including paper folding, collage, puppet making and stop motion animation.Suitable
for 4 to 6 year olds and running from Monday 27th July - Friday 31st
July, 10am-11.30am in Abbey Community College. Price: €60 and places are limited. Naomi Draper
graduated from NCAD with a Bachelor of Design specialising in glass in 2007. In
2011, she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Arts Education at NCAD.
Back by popular demand is Singskool with Roisín
Egan, an exciting workshop action packed with singing & performing,
allowing your child to really shine! Build their confidence by learning
new musical, vocal & performance skills. Join fully qualified music
instructors for a week of creativity and fun and then show off your new skills
in a show-stopping performance at the end of the week for your family and
friends. This workshop will run from Monday 27th July – Friday 31st
July, 2.30pm – 4.30pm in Abbey Community College and is suitable for 7yrs –
14yrs. Places are limited and the price is €60.
On Saturday, July 25th
Susan Boyle will lead workshops where
you can make and design candles or design a colourful bag or T shirt. This
workshop is suitable for children aged 7 years upwards.
For adults, there will be a workshop in singing, conducted by Niamh Parsons who has come to be known
as one of the most distinctive voices in Irish music. Born in Dublin, her music
loving parents took herself and her sister to the local folk club, where the
young girls were exposed to songs and singing from the likes of The Johnstons,
Emmet Spice, Danny Doyle and many others. Throughout her career Niamh has
performed with a variety of artists, and has appeared at nearly every
prestigious Folk Festival on either side of the Atlantic. She has recorded seven
albums to date, and for the past 9 years she has been playing in a duet with
Ennis based Graham Dunne. This workshop will take place on Thursday July 30th, from
8-9.30pm at The Crescent Bar. €5 Admission includes entry to Singer’s Night.
Also worth checking out is ‘Writing Better
Poems’ by author and poet, Gerry Boland.
The workshop will examine
two poems in minute detail, exploring what it is about these poems that make
them stand out, that make them truly memorable?
Participants will be given writing exercises, the aim being to produce a
first draft that has promise. Time permitting, a second draft will be worked
on: adding, subtracting, fine-tuning, rearranging, even rewriting, if
necessary. Some participants will – hopefully! – leave with a new poem of
substance! Sat. August 1st at Boyle Enterprise Centre, 11am to 1pm.
Admission €10.
John Mulligan, a writer and journalist from Boyle, is the author of three published
books, Dancing on the Waves, Following in
the Footsteps of the Four Famous Flannerys
and No Place in the Sun. A sometime lyricist, he co-writes with the
legendary Charlie McGettigan, and their published work includes the 'Moone Boy'
song. In addition, he contributes features to a number of national
newspapers and writes a weekly opinion column for the 'Roscommon Herald'.
John will conduct a workshop on ‘Flash Fiction and Routes to Publication’.
'Flash Fiction' describes very short stories, typically no more than 300 words
long. This workshop offers techniques and tips for Flash Fiction, and the
application of these techniques to other areas of writing. The workshop
also includes practical advice on routes to publication for aspiring
writers.
Saturday August 1st, Boyle Enterprise Centre, 2:15pm to
3:45pm. Admission €10.
For full details of all the workshops,
please see our Festival programme or go to www.boylearts.com and follow the link to ‘workshops’ under
the ‘Festival’ heading. Please note that advance booking is required for all
workshops.
The Boyle Arts Festival office, situated next
door to Marian’s on Bridge Street, will be open from mid July, every day
(excluding Sundays) until August 1st. Tel. 071 9663085. For more
information, look out for our Festival programme, which will be available very
shortly. Or to view our full programme go to www.boylearts.com Email info@boylearts.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.
Boyle Arts Festival is supported by the Arts
Council and Fáilte Ireland.
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