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Imbolc & St Brigid's Eve Gathering
DATE: 31 Jan, 2025TIME: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
* * * Due to the damage from Storm Éowyn and the ongoing issues with power and water supplies unfortunately we have had to cancel our Imbolc & St. Brigid’s Eve gathering. We hope you will join us for our next gathering in March instead. * * *
We invite you to join us for a celebration and gathering on the eve of Imbolc / St. Brigid’s Day.
This social event is an opportunity to meet and chat with fellow participants of the Flower Féilire project as part of Wilderland. We invite everyone to bring a dish to a pot luck dinner to celebrate the coming of Spring with feasting, seasonal refreshments and Brigid’s Cross making. We also invite you to bring a tradition, ritual, story or song to add to the table.
All welcome!
##### More about the Flower Féilire project
Flower Féilire is a year-long plant gathering and collaborative cyanotype* project led by artists Clare Breen and Kasia Kaminska. Communities who live around Wild Nephin National Park are invited to learn about the native plant life in the park and its environs and work together to create a collaborative public artwork. Participants are encouraged to gather flowers and plants throughout the year during plant walks and to press them in community presses. This large cyanotype will take the form of a calendar, recording a year of indigenous plants in the region.
You can find out more on the Flower Féilire project page.
*Cyanotype, also called sun-printing, is one of the oldest photography techniques. An image is made when an object, for example a plant, is laid on a background painted with a photosensitive solution. This is then placed in the sunshine. The area covered by the plant stays white, as it is protected from the sun, while the other areas turn a rich, beautiful blue.
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Mount Jubilee School Community Centre, Mount Jubilee, Co. Mayo
