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Arts, Biodiversity & Conservation - Le Chéile don Dúlra Festival
DATE: 21 May, 2025TIME: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
all times are in Irish time unless noted otherwise
Le Chéile don Dúlra (Together for Nature) 16 – 24 May 2025
It's national biodiversity week and Wilderland is joining Glenveagh National Park for Le Chéile don Dúlra, their new annual festival celebrating Glenveagh's biodiversity through creativity, conversation and community.
The festival of events highlights the landscape, its history, people, nature and conservation, with a special emphasis on the arts. The park will act as a venue to bring together professionals working for nature, artists, facilitators, musicians and film makers along with Glenveagh NP's own staff.
Everyone visiting the park during the festival will experience a special atmosphere and meaningful encounter with what it means to be in a National Park, part of the Natura 2000 Network – the largest nature protection network in the world.
Wilderland will be joining the festival on 21st May Natura 2000 Day for Biodiversity & Networking Day - bringing people, organisations and businesses together to exchange knowledge and share insights for nature conservation.
Wilderland artist Elaine Harrington will be joining Glenveagh NP's NCAD Artists in Residence Melissa O’Brien, Karen Browett and Claire McLaughlin for the afternoon Arts Panel session: Art, Biodiversity & Conservation - how art can play a role in helping people connect with and protect nature.
We'll hear from each of the artists in residence about their activities at Glenveagh NP, and we'll be discussing a host of topics, including:
- how art can have a role in conservation, and how national parks and nature reserves can be used to make connections between people, place and art;
- building networks and making connections for ecology projects;
- sourcing and using natural materials in arts practice as a means of connecting to the landscape;
- exploring what sustainable arts practice really means;
- and asking how art might be used to build engagement for the Natura 2000 network.
Pull up a chair around the marquee stage at 2.30pm and join the conversation.
See the full festival programme and book events on the Glenveagh National Park website: Le Chéile don Dúlra.
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Glenveagh National Park Visitor Centre, Derrylahan, Church Hill, Co. Donegal, F92P993
