Neart Na Machairí What is the role of creativity in building coastal resilience?

Exhibition, Thursday to Monday
Neart Na Machairí – What is the role of creativity in building coastal resilience?

Neart na Machairí is a Creative Ireland-funded climate action project focused on building coastal resilience and community-led adaptation on Maharees in West Kerry.
Roinneann an taispeántas idirghníomhach seo na príomhphointí foghlama go dtí seón tionscadal gníomhaíocht aeráide Neart na Machairí trí mheáin físeáin, grianghrafadóireachta agus mapála.
In early 2023 artists Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green, Silke Michels, and Emer Fallon, embarked on a learning journey with Maharees Conservation Association, project designer Zoë Rush, and ten community  partners. “We began the project by taking time to listen and get to know the people of Maharees and the delicate tombolo they call home. In the months that followed we celebrated the local, explored the community’s past and possible futures, and made space for difficult conversations through shared creative acts like cyanotype printing, lino printing with earth pigments, foraging and cooking, and eco dyeing. “Through creative mapping techniques we explored sustainable travel, the astonishing biodiversity of the ocean and the dunes, and the local history and lore of the tombolo while embedding sustainability into the heart of our approach. ”This exhibition showcases some of that creative work and also features photography, video, and sound captured during the past year by the artists, members of Maharees community and the Maharees Conservation Association. We invite you to visit throughout the weekend.

Sunday, 4pm to 5pm – Project Showcase Event 

An invitation to expand the conversation and explore coastal resilience and community-led adaptation through creative acts and conversation.
Join the artists for a short creative session followed by an interactive chat with members of the Maharees Conservation Association and project partners from Maharees community, facilitated by project designer Zoë Rush from the Dingle Hub Tugaimid cuireadh díbh fiosrú a dhéanamh ar theacht aniar cóstaí agus oiriúnú pobal bhunaithe i dteannta fhoireann an tionscadail trí ghníomhaíochtaí cruthaitheacha agus chomhrá.

https://mahareesconservation.com/creative-coastal-resilience.html