St. Mary's Church Civic Engagement Project with Michael Moore (Ceramics), Crumlin, Dublin, March- Dec. 2023.

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Description

St. Mary's Church Arts Project. Project partner Michael Moore.
This is a year long Civic Engagement Project between Ulster University (Michael Moore) and St. Mary's Church of Ireland, Church in Crumlin, Dublin. This project has been funded by on of the Dublin City Council's (Arts Office) Neighbourhood grants. St. Mary's Church was made from the last batch of bricks made from the Dolphins Barn Brickyard in Dublin, before it closed. The Church was built in 1944. This project seeks to celebrate the connection between the Church and the community, through clay. By collecting memoirs, recollections, newspaper clippings, archives and letters connected to the Church, the community and Michael Moore will create as series of ceramic panels, celebrating the community and the material that is the very fabric of the building. The project was launched by Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Cathy Scuffil on Thursday March 9th 2023, with a public lecture, by Cathy Scuffil, titled ' The Story of Dolphins Barn Brick', with over 60 members of the public in attandence.
Period9 Mar 202330 Dec 2023
Event typeOther
LocationDublin, IraqShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Ceramics
  • Civic engagement