Knockalisheen Artist-in-Residence Project
November 2001 - June 2002
Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre for Asylum Seekers
Meelick, Co. Clare, Ireland
The Office of Public Works built a temporary holding
centre to cope with the accommodation crisis for asylum seekers in Ireland.
As part of the Irish Government's per cent for arts
scheme, they invited six arts groups to submit proposals for artist-in-residence
projects. Our proposal was chosen and this website is a documentary of
our involvement at Knockalisheen that lasted from November 2001 to June
2002.
CLICK HERE for more information on the Irish Government's percent for arts scheme >>
More about the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre >>
Each residency consisted of a multi-media project involving
artists from various disciplines of the non-verbal arts.
The artforms that were included are as follows:
Percussion and harmonic singing: John
Bowker
Textile Art: Allie
Kay
Photography and basic printmaking: Veronica
Nicholson
Puppetry and pageantry: Sarah
Fuller
Website construction and design: Musa
Engelbrecht
CLICK HERE to go to the
artist response to the theme "Refugee"
