Art Trolley at Rua Red

Spend creative and fun-filled Saturdays of art making inspired by our current exhibition, The Collie, The Cheviot & The Crouched Skeleton!
About this Event

Art Trolley gives children a chance to engage with our current exhibition by artist Orla Barry at Rua Red (see details below) through a creative project inspired by the work. This four week term will be led by artist and facilitator, Tara Carroll, who will work with the young people to explore and respond to the wonderful themes of the exhibition. The group will engage in a fun tour of the exhibition with Tara to spark ideas and imaginations. 

Each activity will encourage collective making between the group and expressing their imagination. Together they will explore storytelling, creating characters, animation, farming/land materials and crafts. 

Tara’s accessible and inclusive approach to facilitation and art making will create a supportive and adaptable environment for each young person. 

All children aged 7-12 are welcome to sign up and give Art Trolley a try!

Workshop dates: Saturdays September 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th from 1-2.30PM

For further questions please email Steph at [email protected]

The Collie, The Cheviot & The Crouched Skeleton:

In 2024, artist Orla Barry was invited to create a new work in response to the rural communities of South Dublin. Through this commission, Rua Red sought to open up new connections with the farming communities of the area, creating space for conversation, exchange and interaction within the gallery, its education programme and wider public context.

The research began by connecting Barry with farmers living and working in the nearby Glenasmole and Bohernabreena and Glencullen. As both an artist and a shepherd, she brought a particular sensitivity and lived understanding to these encounters. Conversation, shared experience and the tradition of walking the land became central to the development of the work, allowing the commission to emerge through acts of listening, observation and exchange.

With humour, respect and close attention to rural knowledge, The Collie, The Cheviot and The Crouched Skeleton considers the farm walk as a means of entering into relation with land, labour, memory and community.