October 2011, No 28
Art Attacks! This year, my Fifth Year art class got to partake in a great project, as part of the Dublin Contemporary Roadwork’s Exhibition. Dublin Contemporary got in contact with Ms Mulrooney and Mr Sweeney in May and we were invited to go into the exhibition and have a look at what was going on. We met some top artists like Maser, John O’Reilly and Will St. Ledger. Will and John came to the school four times to work with us and gave us some great tips on how to expand our artwork and make our school a more interesting place. (You can see some of their input in the sleeping bag on the nurses’ office and the plant outside the B corridor!) We were taken on tours of the exhibition and the ‘roadworks’ by two women, Lynn and Barbara-Ann, who gave us a good idea of what went on behind the scenes and the ideas behind the pieces. There has been a lot of hard work going on in our class to brighten up the school and we are very grateful to Mr Lowry for allowing this project to go ahead, to Ms Mulrooney for her support throughout and to everyone involved. It’s a shame that our work will be knocked down for the new school, but at least it will go out with a bang! Madison Porter, 5LT
Photos: Anna Moran 5DM & Bobby Ryan
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