“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” ― Maya Angelou

Video shot and edited by Ray Hegarty.

‘X Marks The Core’ is funded by The RTE Toy Show Appeal and The Community Foundation for Ireland.

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Join us on Wed Jun 21 2023 at 7:00 PM for an evening of music, song and poetry at studio 468, St Andrews Centre, 468 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8.

The lineup includes Mairéad O’ Donnell on fiddle, vocals and poetry, artist Evelyn Broderick on flute & Paddy Buckenham on guitar.

Admission is free but tickets are limited so book early on Eventbrite.

Kindly sponsored by Dublin City Council Arts Office.

Mairead O’Donnell is the curator and producer of the Living Room Folk Sessions and Evelyn Broderick is the current artist in residence in studio 468 responding to Common Ground’s A Radical Imagination 2022- 2023.

studio 468 is supported by Common Ground and Rialto Development Association at St. Andrew’s Community Centre.

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The Walk/Talk will begin at 11:00 am on Saturday 13th May at The Lodge beside Goldenbridge Cemetery, and will finish in Turvey Park, Inchicore. The Walk/Talk will last approximately 2 hours. An illustrated map will be gifted to participants anchoring key points of interest and interesting facts about the heritage and biodiversity of each location. Tickets are limited and can be booked in advance on Eventbrite.

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This visual art project will work with young people to build a creative programme that supports them to articulate and visualise what their area means to them, and what they need as young people.

We are seeking proposals from artists who are interested in collaborating with young people and youth workers to create this young people centred socially engaged art project.

The deadline for proposals is Monday March 6th and all information on the residency and application process can be accessed here.

The project is funded by The Toy Show and Community Foundation Ireland.

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We’ll be presenting on STAYING WITH THE LOCAL sharing our experience of working as a local arts organisation in Dublin and strategies that can form relationships with artists and community that are collectively responsive to issues of spatial and social justice. With Siobhán Geoghegan (Director, Common Ground), Kate O’Shea (artist) and Enya Moore (connecting from Australia)

https://visualcarlow.ie/whats-on/places-matter-conference

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From 2018 – 2021 film maker Vinny Murphy began working with a men’s group in Rialto Community Drug Team. The group, supported and facilitated by Tony May and local community worker Joanie Whyte explored how stigma, trauma and drug use impacted on them as individuals, their family members and their community.

‘Fatima Was Me City’ was funded by Dublin City Council arts office, Canals Community Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force and the HSE. ‘Fatima Was Me City’ was filmed in studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre and produced by Rialto Community Drug Team and Common Ground, a local arts organisation.

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Mapping Green Dublin’s research responds to recent research by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) that has highlighted the importance of green space and urban greening on health and wellbeing. Increased interaction with greenspace leads to more positive health outcomes but greening strategies must be fit-for-purpose. Simply put place matters! Our community strategy highlights how communities all across the country and beyond can take the tools we have created to develop projects and deliver real change in their own neighbourhoods.

Our speakers at the launch are:

Debbie Mulhall, Community Development worker and resident of  Dolphin House will talk about the need for greenspace for all, particularly children growing up in the area.

Julie McCormick and Mary Moriarty, two local residents & growers who during the past year have initiated community-led planting and building of structures in Turvey Park, Dublin 8.

Austin Campbell, CEO of Robert Emmet CDP will discuss the various greening and nature-based initiatives he is undertaking in the inner-city area.

Our guest speaker Anja Murray will respond to the issues being discussed. Anja is an ecologist, environmental policy analyst, nature enthusiast, and presenter on Ecoeye (RTE) and Nature File (Lyric FM). Anja will also join our Mapping Green Dublin team to answer questions from participants and discuss future pathways to inclusive greening policies and practices.

You can explore Mapping Green Dublin’s website to learn more about the phases involved in developing the strategy including: tree mapping, community mapping and co-creation, and action and find out more about the Mapping Green Dublin partners.

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