CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project
Coolaney Drawing Project was established in 2016 and comprises of residents from the village of Coolaney in Sligo, Ireland. The CDP is a collaborative and participatory ongoing project which explores sites of interest in Coolaney and surrounding areas. The core aim of the CDP project is to utilise drawing as a means of exploring our rich history, local folklore and material culture that surrounds us. Drawing records, traces and forms the basis of an exchange between the artist, the group and the public.
Photograph by #Sarah Sexton, #Val Robus, #Kiera O'Toole
CURRENT CDP MEMBERS: SARAH SEXTON, VAL ROBUS, EMMA GORMELY, EMMA KEARNEY, AILISH FLAHERTY,, KIERA O'TOOLE
New Members welcome
Photograph by #Sarah Sexton, #Val Robus, #Kiera O'Toole
CURRENT CDP MEMBERS: SARAH SEXTON, VAL ROBUS, EMMA GORMELY, EMMA KEARNEY, AILISH FLAHERTY,, KIERA O'TOOLE
New Members welcome
|
The drawing project for me was about so much more than just drawing. It was a welcoming space for creativity and allowed me to feel more connected to the community and the history around. It felt like we shared something special, a community in itself, as we stepped out of our normal lives, into fields and hills and gathered to commit the moment to paper.
Mairead, CDP member |
CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project, Mc Nullty’s / Collery’s shop,
Main Street, Coolaney, Co Sligo
Drawing as an intervention: ‘Gorilla History’ Drawing of sites of interest (concealed and unconcealed) in situ in Coolaney, Sligo. The drawings are printed and installed into the panes of Windows of an abandoned pub in Coolaney.
Main Street, Coolaney, Co Sligo
Drawing as an intervention: ‘Gorilla History’ Drawing of sites of interest (concealed and unconcealed) in situ in Coolaney, Sligo. The drawings are printed and installed into the panes of Windows of an abandoned pub in Coolaney.
|
|
Left: Kiera O’Toole, Ringfort I, charcoal, graphite on incised paper, 2018, Right: Kiera O’Toole, Ringfort II, charcoal, graphite on incised paper, 2018
HUNGRY ROCK SLIGO, IMAGES & VIDEO STILLS FROM HUNGRY ROCK FILM, 2017. FUNDED BY SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL
Hungry Rock Sligo, Images & Video Stills from Hungry Rock Film, 2017. Funded by Sligo County Council
There lies a large flat rock on the top of Hungry Rock which was regarded as an important pass through the Ox mountains It is said that the passer by must throw a pebble to avert starvation. On the day we made this film we found coins and small pebbles. We threw colourful ribbons to honour the tradition. The ribbons stayed in place on the rock for one week for the passer by. Photographer & Videographer: Sarah Sexton. Participants: SARAH SEXTON, VAL ROBUS, KIERA O'TOOLE, Lorraine Smith
There lies a large flat rock on the top of Hungry Rock which was regarded as an important pass through the Ox mountains It is said that the passer by must throw a pebble to avert starvation. On the day we made this film we found coins and small pebbles. We threw colourful ribbons to honour the tradition. The ribbons stayed in place on the rock for one week for the passer by. Photographer & Videographer: Sarah Sexton. Participants: SARAH SEXTON, VAL ROBUS, KIERA O'TOOLE, Lorraine Smith
CDP Hungry Rock small res from Kiera O'Toole on Vimeo.
CDP: COOLANEY DRAWING PROJECT, GLEN WOODS, SLIGO, 2017
DRAWING WITH TREES
DRAWING WITH TREES
|
CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project, drawing with trees, Glen woods, 2017 A series of drawings produced using drawing implements (ball point pens ) attached to trees branches. The paper remained in situ for two days. The drawing recorded the movement of the tree. |
|
|
CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project, video: drawing with yellow ribbon, Glen woods, 2mins, 2017
10 metre drawing produced using yellow ribbon that winded through the wood and abandoned village in the Ox Mountains, Sligo.
10 metre drawing produced using yellow ribbon that winded through the wood and abandoned village in the Ox Mountains, Sligo.