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At work on the Inclusion Exhibition. Photo: Jeannine Storan
KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership at Kerry ETB has announced an art exhibition in the foyer area of Kerry County Museum opening for Culture Night on September 23.
‘Inclusion’ is a temporary exhibition exploring home and homelessness, which will run with free entry from Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm until October 29th.
It features a series of painted images, sculptures and structures created by a group of young people from Kerry who worked with the homeless charity Novas and artist Jeannine Storan in 2021.
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The project is supported and funded by Kerry Local Creative Youth Partnership at Kerry ETB.
The project enabled Novas to engage creative practitioner/artist Jeannine Storan to facilitate a series of workshops which brought young people facing similar challenges together over a period of six weeks in 2021.
The group had never worked together, so exploring the central theme of home and homelessness was an issue very close to the hearts of the young people involved.
“Our aim was that in working together we would increase the sense of inclusion for our young people. A second intention in taking on this project was to facilitate a means of expressing feelings symptomatic of experiencing homelessness”, stated Ronan Doherty, Regional Manager from the charity Novas.
“The young people had a sense of shared experience that fizzled with possibilities, the exhibition reflects but a few of the results and we hope everybody enjoys seeing it”, said Jeannine Storan, Killorglin based artist and project facilitator with the group.
“The project is high on the agenda for the LCYP at Kerry ETB,” said Ann O’Dwyer, Director of Schools, Youth & Music at Kerry ETB. “It builds on our work reaching out to young people who are seldom heard but whose message is potent. Not all access is equal, and some of our children face tremendous personal challenges daily. In examining the central theme of homelessness, the group speaks to us as a nation. It has been our pleasure to help this project along and one we hope to hear more from in the future”,
The exhibition is hosted by Kerry County Museum. They are a county partner in the promotion of child and youth creativity with Kerry Local Creative Youth Partnership.
The Partnership works to support child and youth creativity where access to creativity projects is most challenged in Kerry.
The show is highlighted on @kerrylcyp @jeanninestoran (Instagram handle) and on www.kerryetb.ie/creativity For more information email denright@kerryetb.ie
