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Members of Tralee Art Group with Kerry Filmmaker in Residence Mieke Vanmechelen (seated second left) and Nurse Manager Rose Daly (right) at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE fruits of a number of months of work by Tralee Art Group and the clients and staff of Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre were presented on Thursday at a great exhibition at the Balloonagh centre.
Officially opened by Mayor of Tralee, Norma Foley, “A Sense of Baile Mhuire” was curated by Mieke Vanmechelen, the Kerry Filmmaker in Residence, and featured a number of paintings, craft and media works inspired by conversations with participants about their lives, memories, loves, skills and interests.
The works created by the Baile Mhuire community and TAG members tell the stories and histories of the people involved in Tralee’s most vibrant day centre.
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The experience has been a wonderful, uplifting process for all where enthusiastic participants and TAG members got to know and appreciate one another through the medium of art.
Some of the works included a painting inspired by the meeting of Bridie Griffin and singer Daniel O’Donnell when he visited last year, a wonderful wall hanging by Mary O’Dowd and a superb painting by Paudie Lynch of the Virgin Mary with her arms around the centre.
Plans are to continue the collaboration in a few months and it’s sure to be welcomed by TAG and the clients and staff of Baile Mhuire. Scroll down for photos…
Aoife Lynch with her dad Paudie and his painting at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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John Gleeson with artist Christa Vonhof at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary O’Dowd with her artwork and Judy Costelloe at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Maeve O’Donnell, Adrienne McLoughlin and Niamh McLoughlin at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Judy Costelloe and Maureen Ryan at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Bridie Griffin with artist Paudie Lynch at the opening of ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’ on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Some of the work in ‘A Sense Of Baile Mhuire’.
