Artist CPD: Mark-making with Dr. Lucy Hill 22 Nov 2025
Join Dr. Lucy Hill, in this FREE workshop for artists of all mediums and experience.
In January 2025, The Ark released Kit & Caboodle, a 4-part digital resource for teachers, wherein Lucy demonstrates and explores the endless possibilities that mark making can bring to classrooms from Junior Infants to Sixth Class.
Now, we are excited to present the endless possibilities of mark making to artists right here at The Ark! Whether you’re looking to develop your own practice or looking for ways to bring art to class groups, this CPD will invite you to explore mark making in your own medium!
During this workshop, you will take a deep dive into the importance of mark-making for children. Working with the list making methodology for designing mark making experiences for the children across all ages, you will explore some of the practical activities in the resource, working towards expanding your understanding of what different, simple, everyday materials can do.
Together, you will share your own ideas and experiences to help each other find new and creative ways to use everyday materials both in your own practice and in class group contexts.
All participants will be given a link to access Kit & Caboodle ahead of the workshop.
About Kit & Caboodle
This CPD is based on a 4-part digital resource for teachers. During the 4 short videos, Dr. Lucy demonstrates and explores the endless possibilities that mark making can bring to classrooms from Junior Infants to Sixth class.
Check out the series trailer below to get an insight into what to expect on the CPD.
About Lucy Hill
Lucy Hill is a visual artist, arts facilitator, and academic. She was awarded her Ph.D. in art education from NCAD in 2021. Her Ph.D. thesis has an early year's visual arts focus and was runner-up in the Peter Lang Young Scholars publication award. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Art Education at Dublin City University in the School of Arts Education and Movement. She was the inaugural Early Years Artist in Residence at The Ark in 2018. She has exhibited her visual art widely and has been awarded three public art commissions. She is the recipient of awards and bursaries including an Arts Council YPCE bursary and three Exploring and Thinking Bursary awards. Her academic work has been published by Sage, Routledge, and Intellect Books. Her monograph, ‘Everyday Artfulness: A Posthuman Perspective on Young Children's Play with Materials’ was published by Peter Lang International in July 2024 as part of the New Disciplinary Perspectives in Education series.