Your Walls 2024: An Art Sharing Project For D15 Schools

If art is one of our most meaningful forms of expression, then it’s important that children experience original art images and objects. So Draíocht is expanding the walls of our gallery right onto the walls of Dublin 15 schools, with our new Art Sharing Programme YOUR WALLS using work from Draíocht's Collection.

A work of art is a natural starting point for children to observe closely, think critically and share their thoughts and reactions through their own words. Draíocht is collaborating with CURO, a group of philosophers who think philosophical thinking should be for everybody. CURO it also Latin for curiosity - which is what they are all about! CURO use the Philosophy for Children (P4C) pedagogy, an inquiry-based learning that combines structured philosophical dialogue with creative activities, that will support schools and teachers to think carefully, creatively and critically together about the art works.

YOUR WALLS begins with Draíocht's gallery technicians hanging works in the school lobby or place of interest in the schools, followed by in-schools training for teachers, and then a series of classroom-based workshops designed and facilitated by Dr Annie McKeown O’Donovan and Dr. Lucy Elvis, two philosophers from CURO.

This programme commenced in November 2023 in Scoil Mhurie Senior National School, Blakestown with works by Garvan Gallagher and Stephanie Joy.

Two newly commissioned works from Tom Climent and Deirdre O'Reilly are looking for a new home from December 2024/January 2025.

YOUR WALLS is open to schools from within the Dublin 15 area, who have considered a space to hang the works and who can commit to a small fee that covers relevant insurance and maintenance fees to protect and maintain the works.

For more information or to express interest on behalf of your school please contact Sarah Beirne sarah@draiocht.ie