We were delighted to be approached by the organising committee of Waterford’s St Patrick’s Festival 2024 about curating a Creative Communities offering for this fabulous weekend of celebrations. We always love to see accessible opportunities for everybody to enjoy creativity, and we wanted our festival offering to reflect this.
We are thrilled to share that our friends in GOMA and Southeast Craft Studios have come on board to offer small group creative workshops that span all age ranges and will be completely FREE for the public to attend. We’ve put together a little bit of info on each of these offerings below — make sure to sign up early as we’re sure the demand will be huge!
Craft Workshop for 4-7 year olds
This workshop will take place in GOMA Gallery, Lombard Street, from 11am-12pm on Saturday 16th March. this workshop with GOMA artists will focus on painting, printing, playing with paper. With a sprinkle of imagination participants will create a masterpiece to take home & hang– right in time for St Patrick’s day!
Book here to secure your place.
Craft Workshop for 7-12 year olds
This workshop will take place in GOMA Gallery, Lombard Street, from 12.30-2pm on Saturday 16th March. Have fun with mixed media design and create a St Patrick’s day themed masterpiece to bring home with you.
Book here to secure your place.
Lino Printing with Artist Anne McDonnell (suitable for teens and adults)
This workshop will take place in GOMA Gallery, Lombard Street, from 2-4pm on Saturday 16th March.
Join visual artist Anne McDonnell for a festive lino printing workshop inspired by St Patrick’s Day Festivities. The workshop will draw on Anne’s areas of artistic interest and encourage reflection on our interactions with identity and place through expression of cultural value with St Patrick’s festivity in mind.
In this free 2-hour workshop, McDonnell will guide participants through playful exploration of the Shamrock. All materials will be provided, absolutely no experience required, wear old clothes!
Book here to secure your place.
Mindful Celtic Knotting Workshops (suitable for ages 8-100!)
Take time out from the weekend hustle and bustle with our friends in Southeast Craft Studio to create beautiful Celtic knotted creations in a relaxed environment.
To celebrate our Irish heritage, this is a workshop based on slowing down and mindfully knotting simple cords into a series of knotworks reminiscent of Celtic knots found at heritage sites like Newgrange or painted in the Book of Kells. These slowly knotted creations can then be worn when the workshop is complete. Using macramê cord and some simple but intricate looking knots, this workshop will celebrate our Irish culture and traditions in a beautiful, slow and engaging way.
We have 8 timeslots available for this workshop across 16th, 17th and 18th March in WCQ Place, 16/18 O’Connell Street. Find the time that suits you and secure your spot here.
We look forward to a creative and fun St Patrick’s weekend together!