Linocut Printmaking Workshop with Michelle McMahon
Sunday 20 October, 1.30pm to 4.00pm
The Tea House, Bateman Quay, Kilkenny
Book via Eventbrite [Limited spaces available]: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/linocut-printmaking-workshop-with-michelle-macmahon-tickets-1041981042347?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join Michelle McMahon for a linocut printmaking workshop, in response to the Celebrate People’s History posters series currently on show alongside the exhibition Toil and Moil by artist Emma Swan at the Tea Houses.
The Celebrate People’s History poster series demonstrates a DIY tradition that centralises principles of democracy, inclusion and collective action. This is an opportunity to study examples of international strike action, global protest and grassroots movements, while thinking about our own local and personal struggles.
The Celebrate People’s History project was organised by Josh MacPhee in 1998, he is a founding member of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Interference Archive, a public collection of cultural materials produced by social movements based in Brooklyn, NY. Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralised network of 41 artists from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, committed to social, environmental and political engagement. The collection is kindly borrowed from artist and organiser Kate O’Shea.
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Michelle McMahon is a contemporary, multimedia, visual artist based in south Kilkenny.
She is especially drawn to the art of printmaking, and is currently employed by PrintBlock Callan, Workhouse Union, as a studio technician and workshop facilitator. Michelle has an MSc in Sustainable Development and endeavours to create art using sustainable practices.
Her most recent body of work explores feminine themes of empowerment, such as goddess cultures, female genitalia and Sheela-na-gigs.
She leads a feminist themed community arts project called the Brat Bríde Project, which aims to create safe spaces for women to explore the many goddess cultures and matriarchal traditions that existed around the world pre the rise of the patriarchal religions. Instagram: @brat_bride
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The Tea Houses are situated by the River Nore in Kilkenny city centre and have recently been acquired by the Kilkenny Arts Office to be activated as visible spaces to host a public art programme. Over the next few months these spaces will be used as a gallery, a curatorial office, a studio, a residency, a production space, a workshop space, a meeting place, a library and more. Art Gatherings is a visual arts project with a multidisciplinary approach that encourages a sense of community and active citizenship. This project is founded by the Kilkenny Arts Office.
Toil and Moil runs until Saturday 26 October 2024, opening times are Thursday to Saturday, 11.30am – 5.30pm. Curated by Rachel Botha.
