Brigid’s Day Imbolg Celebration at Butler Gallery

Saturday 01th February 2025
Location: Evans Home, John’s Quay,, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland, R95 YX3F
🌱Imbolg Block Printing with Artist Michelle McMahon and the Brat Bríde Project at 1-3pm🎼WOL Collective Performance at 2pm and 3pm.Join us on Saturday 1st February to celebrate the first of Spring, Imbolg and the Celtic goddess Brigid.Create your own block print with Imbolg themed stamps, female deities and spring biodiversity plants on a piece of fabric to create a Brat Bríde to take home.Traditionally, a Brat Bríde was a piece of cloth, usually red or white, that was left outside the house on Brigid’s Eve to collect dew. The Brat was then believed to have curative powers, particularly against ailments throughout the year, like headaches and earaches.We will have fabric at the Learning Centre to print on – or you can bring your own piece of cloth, t-shirt or tote bag to up-cycle with Michelle’s Imbolg themed block print stamps.Please note that capacity at any one time is 8 persons for block-printing.All ages welcome!
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