Flowerscape-Tralee Green Way

03/03/2021

Today is
Have a great day

23/02/2021

It was great to paint on the GreenWay again, this piece is to celebrate , 3rd of March.
On the positive side of Covid and lockdowns maybe the natural habitats and wildlife in our localities are getting a chance to grow stronger and have a breather from us busy humans

THE Green Party in Kerry is celebrating UN World Wildlife Day by commissioning a new mural in Tralee of the iconic curlew by artist, Ciara McKenna. World Wildlife Day takes place on March 3. It celebrates and raises awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. The mural, which is …

27/01/2021

In November I painted a wall.
Yes I did that work but so many people helped along the way . So many thank yous, míle buíochas :
Creative Ireland Kerry County Arts
Rachel Holstead in Ealaín na Gaeltachta , Deirdre McKenna, Niall Cavanagh, Catherine Finn, Marian O'Flaherty , Bríd Ní Luasaigh , Holly Pereira , Neustock Media
The lovely people at Horans Fruit and Veg that gave me a bucket of water almost every day , Everyone involved in Tralee to Fenit Greenway

17/12/2020

Very tricky to photograph on the Greenway.Thanks to Bríd Ní Luasaigh for this brilliant panorama shot all stitched together, that must have take a bit of time.

13/12/2020

Taking a photo of taking a photo
The Hassan family passed by most days when I was painting :)

12/12/2020

Lovely talking to Joe McGill on Radio Kerry :)

Tune into Creative Kingdom on Radio Kerry with Joe McGill
from 10.30am to hear Ciara McKenna talk about her wonderful new Flowerscape-Tralee Green Way mural in
Kerry County Arts

15/11/2020

Thanks Ann Pullan and Kerry's Eye for the write up this week and a massive thank you to all the passers-by and Tralee locals who have been so positive and happy to see my work ###

04/11/2020

Lovely surprise hello from St Ita's & St Joseph's School art class this morning on the GreenWay

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Great start to the morning when we met Ciara working on her flower mural near Dunnes along the Tralee to Fenit Greenway. She showed us how she is going about the project. Flowerscape-Tralee Green Way

03/11/2020

Thank you sun and sunny skies 😅

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30/10/2020

Thanks everyone for all the support and new likes, there are a few spaces left on Holly Pereira's Online Workshop in Lettering Design, spread the word .
Big thank you to Creative Ireland and Kerry County Arts for funding this workshop as part of the Flowerscape Project for Creative Projects in Communities 2020

Check out Holly's instagram page to see her beautiful artwork.
https://www.instagram.com/hollypereira_illustration/?hl=en

18/10/2020

I'm excited to announce, with thanks to Creative Ireland and Kerry County Arts

The talented and fabulous Holly Pereira will be hosting an online workshop as part of Flowerscape-Tralee Green Way project.

Introduction to Lettering Design with Holly Pereira

In this workshop, we will examine the basics of lettering design. We will do a series of fun exercises to explore serifs and sans serifs, drop shadows and flourishes.
We will learn how different typefaces set different tones in a piece, and how we can manipulate lettering to convey a mood.
Suitable for folk with *some* background in art & design (be that junior cert or third level, doesn’t really matter as long as you’re keen, and can hold a pencil!)

When : Wednesday 4th November
Where: Online
There are 15 spaces to fill , please DM me to join.

10/10/2020

West Kerry street artist Ciara McKenna is aiming to create a wildflower mural, with blossoms cascading along the walled part of the 10km Tralee - Fenit Greenway walk in Tralee town.

Ciara is inviting community groups and members of the public to collaborate with her in this unique piece of street art.

“I will base the mural on the tiny flowers hidden in the hedgerows and walls of ‘The Green Míle’ part of the Greenway. My hope is that locals and community groups, while out walking the Green Mile, will photograph these tiny wildflowers and post them to the project’s page,” she said.

Ciara, in consultation with Cathy Fischer, Kerry Biodiversity Officer, will then scale up these flowers to create a vivid piece of street art along the Greenway’s walls in Tralee town.

“These delicate lifeforms have a huge impact on our mental health; this mirrors my belief that each person in a community has a role, each being has value, we all have a part to play,” she said,

Ciara’s work ‘Grandma’s Hands’ - a large scale mural created in response to the pandemic and in tribute to our senior citizens - recently garnered national attention having featured on RTÉ’s ‘Ireland on Call’.

A member of the public subsequently invited Ciara to come to Tralee and create a unique and uplifting work in a public space.

‘Flowerscape - The Tralee Green Mile’ project is hosted in conjunction with Creative Ireland – Projects in Communities 2020 project in association with Kerry County Council Arts Office.

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