Workshops: Island Homelands 19 - 20 Feb 2025
A visual art world building and play-making workshop with Duffy Sheppard Mooney & Darren Yorke for ages 5-12.
Duffy & Darren will explore & discover otherworldly creatures and magical features of the islands. Taking inspiration from the Puffin Rock exhibition you will create a 3D animal to represent you. As a group we will work together and build dreamy island homelands for our creatures to live in together.
Can we can create a sea, the sun, moon and stars?
As our hands are busy making and building - what stories and lore will emerge from our new homelands?
About Duffy
Duffy is a visual artist, theatre maker and workshop facilitator. A graduate of the MA Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Arts, she is drawn to the process of story-making as a way to explore ideas and share her curiosity about the natural world. With many years of experience working creatively with young people at The Ark and many other cultural institutions and schools, she has developed her facilitation methods which are based in playful observation, imagination and telling tall tales. Find out more on instagram @DuffyDraws
About Darren
Darren Yorke is a theatre maker, performer, and facilitator. He enjoys a rich interdisciplinary arts practice with a strong focus on improvisation as the 'playmaker' behind Grand Stretch. His fail-safe, fun-fuelled, and fearless approach to play, creativity, and performance makes things happen in stories, scenes, and songs. He applies this in play-making workshops, in devising programmes with community groups, and as a creator-performer of original works for young audiences, including "Boss Rob" and "Fergal".
Hailing from Longford, Darren holds a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and has been an Arts Council-funded YPCE Artist in Residence at Marino Institute of Education since 2022. His latest project, "Fancy Dan", developed through a child participative process, is set for production at Backstage Theatre next year.