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Since 2005, St Michael's Youth Project has collaborated with Common Ground and visual artist Terry Blake.
During 2006, a group of young men - Dean Farrell, Jonathan O'Reilly, Glen Keogh and Ian O'Brien (aged 11 to 13 years of age) - and two youth workers, Eric Caffrey and Carol Byrne, from the Youth Project, were inspired by the TV programme Pimp My Ride as a way of addressing the ongoing issue of joyriding in the St Michael's Estate area. As a result, they purchased car doors and bonnets with the intention of creating their own art work, and with Terry's guidance the young men individually prepared and customised a series of 12 doors and bonnets.
St Michael's Youth Project was set up in 1986 and delivers high quality professional youth work based on the process of a positive relationship and the principle of voluntary participation. It works with young people aged 10 to 21 years of age. The youth project has a strong tradition of fostering vibrant creative work with young people and artists.
Terry Blake studied in Limerick College of Art and the National College of Art and Design, where he completed his H. Dip. in Community Arts Education. He worked in collaboration with Common Ground and St Michael's Youth Project on a mock-u-mentary in 2005 and on a video project in 2006. |



