Sunday 20th October 2024
Location: The Tea House, Bateman Quay, Kilkenny
Linocut Printmaking Workshop with Michelle MacMahon
Sunday 20 October, 1.30pm to 4.00pm

Join Michelle MacMahon for a linocut printmaking workshop, in response to the Celebrate People’s History posters series currently on show alongside the exhibition ‘Toil and Moil’ by artist Emma Swan at the Tea Houses.

The Celebrate People’s History poster series demonstrates a DIY tradition that centralises principles of democracy, inclusion and collective action. This is an opportunity to study examples of international strike action, global protest and grassroots movements, while thinking about our own local and personal struggles.

The Celebrate People’s History project was organised by Josh MacPhee in 1998, he is a founding member of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Interference Archive, a public collection of cultural materials produced by social movements based in Brooklyn, NY. Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralised network of 41 artists from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, committed to social, environmental and political engagement. The collection is kindly borrowed from artist and organiser Kate O’Shea.

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Michelle McMahon is a contemporary, multimedia, visual artist based in south Kilkenny. She is especially drawn to the art of printmaking, and is currently employed by PrintBlock Callan, Workhouse Union, as a studio technician and workshop facilitator. Michelle has an MSc in Sustainable Development and endeavours to create art using sustainable practices. Her most recent body of work explores feminine themes of empowerment, such as goddess cultures, female genitalia and Sheela-na-gigs.

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The Tea House project and programme is initiated by the Kilkenny Arts Office.

Book via Eventbrite [Limited spaces available]: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/linocut-printmaking-workshop-with-michelle-macmahon-tickets-1041981042347?aff=oddtdtcreator
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