'Tools of the Trade' 2018: Art, Architecture and Archaeology

A multidisciplinary Art Project designed and coordinated by Artists Leah Murphy and Susan Walsh.

Children from St.Maries of the Isle Primary School and Sundays Well Girls and Boys National School. In collaboration with Cork Public Museum, Cork Centre for Architectural Education CIT/UCC, Department of Applied Arts, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design.

In this project school children explored the creative and inquisitive processes of Art, Architecture and Archaeology. Emphasising the importance of sketchbook keeping and the art of drawing which within these and many other professions play a central role in recording, planning, communication and development of ideas. Beginning with a school based introductory workshop the children were introduced to the tools in everyday use at these places of work.

Tools of the Trade Exhibition 2018 Crawford College of Art Ceramics Department

Site Visit to Crawford College

Site Visit to Crawford College of Art Ceramics Department. Tour of faculty including pottery wheel demonstration and workshop day with Luke Sisk - Assistant Technician (Ceramics) Brendan Ryan - Artist-in-Residence, Orla Boyle - Lecturer (Contemporary Applied Arts), Andrea Barron – Technical Officer (Ceramics & Glass).

Tools of the Trade Exhibition 2018 Cork Centre for Architectural Education

Site Visit to Cork Centre for Architectural Education

Visits to Cork Centre for Architectural Education CIT/UCC, talk by Dr. Sarah Mulrooney MRIAI Lecturer & Architect and workshop with Aoife Brown Artist in Residence, also looking at studio models with second year students.

Tools of the Trade Exhibition 2019 Marei

Site Visit to Cork Public Museum

Behind the scenes at Cork Public Museum. Talk by Daniel Breen Museum Director, and Ciara Brett City Archaeologist. Handling session of artifacts from Garryduff Ringfort Cork, Excavated in 1945-47.



A series of creative workshops

The Children were encouraged to record all the site visits with small sketches and notes which were elaborated on at a later stage and continually referred to throughout the workshop series. In this series of workshops the children experienced a wide range of materials and artistic techniques including observational drawing, printing and large scale collaborative painting culminating in an Exhibition of the children's work at Cork City Hall Atrium.


Cork Public Museum Exhibition

Photography by Jed: www.jedniezgoda.com

Participating project partners and schools

Thank you to our project partners and schools for collaborating with the 'Tools of the Trade' art project in 2018.

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Tools of the trade Expo 2022

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Tools of the trade Expo 2021: A Maritime Journey

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Tools of the trade Expo 2019: The River to Open Seas

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Tools of the trade Expo 2018: Art, Architecture and Archaeology

Exhibition 2018: Art, Architecture and Archaeology

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Tools of the trade Expo 2017

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