Early Years Workshop: Luna Wolf 24 Feb 2022
Join artist Órla Kelly as you uncover the beauty of Spring through the eyes of Luna Wolf. Draw, paint and construct an adventure story during this early years workshop.
Once upon a time in a fantastic forest, on top of a beautiful mountain, there lived some wonderful animals; hedgehogs, bears, birds, rabbits and many more...
Luna Wolf roams the forest and mountains as her animal friends sleep through the winter. She wants to find something exciting to tell them when they wake in the spring so she goes in search of an exciting story in the depths of winter. Join visual artist Órla Kelly for this interactive story session that unfolds as you make it together through shadow puppet, construction, painting, drawing and clay.
This workshop takes into consideration the importance of encouraging children to share and work creatively with other children through the art of interactive storytelling by inspiring young imaginations and supporting young creative skills.
This might be a slightly messy workshop so be ready to get stuck in!
COVID-19 Measures
We want you to feel comfortable and confident in attending live in-person workshops at The Ark and can reassure you that we have safety measures in place and will continue to adjust these in response to public health.
Enhanced ventilation, cleaning and hygiene measures are in place, with hand sanitising stations and one-way systems.
Face coverings are mandatory for grown-ups and young people aged 9+ at all times while inside The Ark, while children under 9 are encouraged to wear face coverings if they feel comfortable to do so.
If you have any questions or concerns about The Ark's COVID-19 Safety Measures, please do get in touch with us by email at boxoffice@ark.ie or by phone on 01 6707788 from Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm.
Refunds & Cancellation Policy: As part of our COVID-19 protocols, we ask that if you are feeling unwell or displaying symptoms of COVID-19, you follow government guidelines, remain at home and self-isolate. Our box office can arrange a refund of your ticket in these circumstances provided you let us know at least an hour in advance of the workshop.
About the artist
Órla Kelly is a visual artist, creative educationalist and arts manager with a specific practice that focuses on working with and for early years children, aiming to stimulate and support the naturally creative, poetic, philosophical and curious intelligences of the young child.
She is the founder and director of Early Childhood Creativity, an initiative that promotes creative thinking and activity in early years children and their parents and supports artists and educationalists to develop specific and creative ways of working with early years children (0-6 years).
She has worked with young children for over twenty years creating work in Ireland and Europe, with and without a common spoken tongue, using creative understanding to collaboratively create. Her work with children aims to explore a naturally intelligent and free imagination, where real creation is almost always an intelligent action, done with concentration and joy to understand the world and our relationship with it.