Art Around the School

“Digital Art Week 2011″ In April 2011, we had Ireland’s first Digital Art Week for primary schools.  Over the course of two weeks schools all over Ireland used digital tools such as Twitter, Flickr, Wikipedia and more in order to learn about art and to create their own pieces of work.  The idea of a Digital …

“Where in the World have you Been?” When a pupil in our school goes on holidays, we ask them to bring back a fridge magnet showing that place.  We have a magnetic map of the world and the magnets can be stuck (as close as possible) to the respective country.  This is one of our …

“100 Square Project” In our school foyer stands a huge wall with 100 canvases on it.  Each canvas can be sponsored and a piece of art is painted on it.  The aim of the project is to have 100 unique pieces of art each year and auction them off, then start again.

“Happy Valentine’s Day” Clare McHugh designed and developed a huge love heart with all the children’s names stuck to it.  At the time our school had only about 60 children in it.  We’ve grown a lot since then and this piece of art was our first crowdsourcing art project.

“Doodle for Éigse Project” Éigse is Carlow’s Annual Arts Festival and we were invited to take part in their Doodle for Éigse project.  On 17th June 2011, parents, staff and children created a doodle each.  They were all stuck together to create a giant piece of art.

“Postcard Project” Carrying on the crowdsourcing art project themes, this piece of art is a collection of postcards from Ireland and around the world.  The idea of this project is that children would send the school a postcard from holidays or bring in a postcard that they find in a café or shop, for example. …

“Hand and Foot Prints” Created by our special class, this right painting was made using hand prints and foot prints.  While I’m sure it wasn’t fun cleaning up after this art project, the results are gorgeous and bright!