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Join us for a workshop in mark making in response to different building interiors & exteriors within the IMMA site through painting and drawing.   

This workshop will be facilitated by Artist Stephen Taylor particularly focusing on form, line, colour and pattern using water-based materials.   

As part of the workshop will be held outdoors, appropriate dress and footwear is advised.  

All levels of creative experience are welcome. Places for this workshop are free but limited. all materials provided.  

Location: Matheson Creativity Hub
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Explore plant-based printing as a method of archiving local ecologies and histories. Using plants, flowers and some food scraps participants will learn how to make beautiful long-lasting prints while considering what these plants bear witness to – human intervention, systems of extraction and care, neglect and resilience.

During our time together you’re invited to reflect on your relationship with textiles- not only as personal or familial objects, but as carriers of memory, labour and cultural inheritance. You may wish to share a story about a meaningful heirloom, your interactions with plants and land, or how these materials hold histories shaped by displacement, resistance, care, and inherited forms of knowledge.

During the workshop, you’ll also learn what kinds of plants make the best long-lasting prints and how to prepare fabrics to get the best results.

Introduction to Urban Agriculture & Tour of Deirdre O’ Mahony’s work: The Model Plot from IMMA’s Collection.

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This workshop introduces both the practice and politics of urban agriculture – vertical and container growing, seasonal planting and seed saving as creative acts of resistance and care. 

We’ll explore how growing food in the city can decentralize food systems, challenge exclusion and create collective spaces of knowledge sharing and community connection – cultivating not only food, but agency, belonging, and more equitable city landscapes. 

The workshop will be followed by a tour of “The Model Plot” a participatory artwork by Deirdre O Mahony located in the grounds of IMMA, where participants will have the chance to engage directly with the piece, becoming active contributors rather than passive viewers 

Biography

Jean Wallace is a Horticulturist and educator whose work is grounded in organic growing, community and ecological care. Based in Dublin 8 she teaches Horticulture with the City of Dublin ETB advocating for regenerative methods that reconnect people to place and promote more just and resilient social and environmental ecologies 

Location: Matheson Creativity Hub
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Explore plant based dying and printing as a method of archiving local ecologies and histories. Participants will gather plants, flowers and food scraps and learn to dye and print while considering what these plants bear witness to – human intervention, systems of extraction and care, neglect and resilience.

During our time together you’re invited to reflect on your relationship with textiles- not only as personal or familial objects, but as carriers of memory, labour and cultural inheritance. You may wish to share a story about a meaningful heirloom, your interactions with plants and land, or how these materials hold histories shaped by displacement, resistance, care, and inherited forms of knowledge.

During the workshop, you’ll also learn how to prepare fibres for optimal colour uptake, extract colour from plants, and apply it to textiles to ensure long-lasting results. You’ll also get to try out some basic tie-dyeing techniques to create a variety of effects.

Biography:

Malú Colorín is a Mexican natural dyer and designer living in West Wicklow, Ireland. She inherited her name and a calling for textile art from her mother and grandmother. With a background in graphic design and fine arts, in 2018 she began her experimentations and research into natural dyes. She has studied with master dyers in Mexico, Ireland, the US and Japan. 

Her work draws inspiration from the traditional garments of her native Mexico, while embracing the rich heritage of Irish textiles. By working slowly and mindfully, she aims to build an intimate connection with each of her dye sources, as well as the land where they grow. 

Malú is a founding member of Fibreshed Ireland and the founder and CEO of Talú – A natural dye house and educational hub, rooted in regenerative practice. 

At Talú “it’s all been about developing a much closer relationship to the Land, to our non-human siblings, and eventually to our true selves. We strive to share that understanding through everything we do.” 

Rooted in the rich textile traditions of both Mexico and Ireland, Talú is determined to provide soil-based solutions to the environmental crisis. “We believe that by healing the relationship between agriculture, textile production and conscious consumption, we can actually have a positive impact on our planet, without compromising on comfort and beauty.” 

Our continual acknowledgement, respect and gratitude to the indigenous communities all over the world that have kept alive the textile heritage upon which we base our production methods and philosophy.