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A new art project, commissioned by Clare Arts Office, in two secondary schools in County Clare delves into the significance of myth through the experience of youth culture. Keystone has been commissioned by Clare County Council to celebrate and mark 20 years of Artist in Schools programming by Clare Arts Office. The curatorial framework Art School, directed and curated by Jennie Guy, has been invited to deliver the project by artists Mitch Conlon and James Moran, with co-curator Fiona Gannon. The project will take place over the course of 2022 and 2023 in Coláiste Muire (Ennis) and Scoil Mhuire (Ennistymon) in County Clare, providing an opportunity for fifth-year students to work with the artists to explore the significance of myth within local youth cultures. As a duo, Mitch and James are interested in local history, community activism and theatre. These modes of performance and thinking provide an opportunity to activate old with potential for new directions. Building on Clare’s rich …

Students in Knockanean National School’s second and third class visited St Joseph’s Hospital on Monday to finally come face-to-face with residents they had been corresponding with over the last few months. From April to June this year, as part of the Artist in Schools Scheme, local artist Rachel Macmanus with the co-operation of second class teacher Ciara Felle, third class teacher Tina Gavin, as well as Caitriona Crotty, the Activities Co-Ordinator for St Joseph’s, pupils had written letters to their ‘pen pals’ in St Joseph’s. The project was overseen via Zoom due to pandemic restrictions, with Rachel and the teachers helping the students write letters to St Joseph’s residents; on the other side, Caitriona Crotty read out the letters at the hospital and assisted the residents in replying to them. The scheme concluded on Monday when the two classes came to the hospital to show the murals that they had painted for their pen pals, featuring all the things they …