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That's a wrap on a bumper term of engagements with DCU as part of our CYPA Residency!

For Science Week 2025, artist Duffy Mooney Sheppard has created FREE activity sheets where you can explore the small corners and crevices of wild nature in your area.

Visual artist Duffy Mooney-Sheppard has shared her experience of delivering workshops online to children all across the country. #artsforEVERYchild

Flies was developed through a collaborative process with alumni of The Ark’s Children’s Council. Now as teenagers, these alumni reunited to work with playwright & The Ark Engagement and Participation Artist Shaun Dunne, to explore the work of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

Since 2021, The Ark has been supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to deliver arts and cultural activities to children around the country via their local Broadband Connection Points. We reached over 315 children across Ireland this year with our BCP programme - from Glensmole to Inishbofin!

Since 2021, The Ark has been supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to deliver arts and cultural activities to children around the country via their local Broadband Connection Points. We reached 96 children and 23 adults across Ireland this year with our BCP programme - from Luttrellstown, to Inis Oirr!