The company of Trees is an Inter-generational Art Collaboration between the current 6th. class in Kilmeen N.S. and a collection of elders in the Kilmeen community affectionately known as the ”Gransterz “ in West Cork.
The project was initiated in 2018 and is now in its 6th and final year culminating in an exhibition as the current 6th class complete their tenure in primary school, (June 2024).
The Creative Coordinator is Liz Twomey , Artist in Residence Pauline Walsh and kindly sponsored by Cork County Council, Creative Ireland, Coillte, Clonakilty and Dunmanway Credit Union, Carbery Group, JMC Parts, Lisavaird Co-Op, Inchydoney Hotel, Clonakilty Food Company and Drinagh Co-Op.
June 2020 ~
Gransterz and 4th class reunited !!
May 2022 ~ Gransterz and 4th class enjoy a willow weave workshop with basket maker Rosemary Kavanagh.
June 2022 ~ Outdoor forest mural .. the work begins.
July 2022 ~ Forest bathing!
November 2022
January 2023
March 2023 ~ The Bigger Picture!!..our first collaborative work ..young hands and older wiser hands join forces to create a timeless forest to celebrate 60 years of Rossmore Drama and we launch a preview exhibition of The Company of Trees .. watch this space…the best is yet to come !!
June 2023 ~ If you went down to the woods on Saturday you would have had such a lovely time as part of the Crinninú na nÓg event in Castlefreke Woods and In the Company of Trees. We enjoyed art, meditation, music from the Salamanders, art wisdom from the Gransterz and Pauline Walsh (artist in residence).
October 2023 ~ The Company of Trees will be sharing woodland art space with guest artist Siobhán Rea, joining her in her 8.30 a.m. daily drawing ritual now in it’s 26th year!
Samhain season.🦅🦅..living legend reading Irish Legends.
A day to remember and a definite highlight in our collective Company of Trees journey !!🍃🍂🍁
Thank you Jeremy for sharing some wonderful life wisdom with us . Some days are made to treasure and this was one of those days. 💞
March 2024 ~ Forest floor 🍃🌱🐾🍃. ….collaborative art work with artist in residence Pauline Walsh.
April 2024 ~ Lollipop tree planting for International Earth Day …little hands getting down and dirty.
One of Ireland’s best known women,biologist,TV and radio presenter,educator and author Éanna Ní Lamhna visited Kilmeen to become another chapter in The Company of Trees story. It’s roots are spreading and it’s branches are blooming as we head into the final stretch of our amazing intergenerational journey.
May 2024 ~ Wonderful in Killarney National Park with the wonderful Conservation Park Rangers Mary and Pádraig…thank you for a lovely day!!
June 2024 ~ Life masks keep a watchful eye at the opening of The Company of Trees exhibition O’Donovans Hotel Clonakilty🍃🍂
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