Collaborative Projects 2024
Child/youth ‘ Creative Beginnings’ – working title – the children will choose their own title. Collaborative project from the Museum of Childhood Ireland (Islandwide), Sticky Fingers Arts (Newry), Monaghan County Library, Action for Children’s Art UK. A Child/youth project.
When We Were Kings And Queens
Ongoing project from 2023 with Robert Burns, Majella McAllister, and Chloe Browne. Adult focused project.
Robert Henri and the Children of Achill Project
Ongoing project. Majella McAllister, MoCI Project’s creative Lead, Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley, MoCI, History Lead, NUIG, Anna Sutcliffe, MoCI’s Achill coordinator, and Áine Maguire, funded Researcher by Mayo CC for the MoCI. Inter-generational project.
Dante to Joyce
Majella McAllister and Sonia Sartor with Ausilia Venturella, Tortorelle school, Italy – Annual children’s project, since 2022.
Bloomsday
Ongoing annual child/youth projects from our Education team, since 2017 and with Marsh’s Library, Dublin, from 2020.
Collaborative Projects 2023
Collecting Childhood
The Children’s Literature Team worked on a collaborative, IRC project ‘Collecting Childhood’ during 2023 with the Children’s Literature Department at Trinity College Dublin. Leads, DR Jane Suzanne Carroll, Majella McAllister and Ciara Aoife O’Síoráin. Adult projects and Children’s projects.
FuturePastPresent Drogheda
Majella McAllister, Project Lead, Yagmur Burhan, Sonia Sartor, with Jamie McNamara, SPAB, and Jessica Farrell LEGO® artist. A collaborative project from MoCI and Upstate Theatre. Inter-generational project.
Engage Kilkenny
Majella McAllister, Project Lead. Child/Youth Voice project
Children’s Art, Creativity & Play Workshops
Majella McAllister, Dakota Oliveira and Sofia Zambetti from Museum of Childhood Ireland with the Robert Emmet CDP and SICCDA – ongoing projects
Museum of Childhood Ireland and the Heritage Council’s CTCHC Projects, Tralee /Tipperary/Dundalk
Tralee:
Majella McAllister, Project Lead, Cliodhna Martin, Eoin O’Connor, Jamie McNamara. Child/youth project.
Tipperary:
Majella McAllister, Project Lead, Cliodhna Martin, Edgar Debel, Danny Sheehy, Jamie McNamara and with an incredible cast of thousands! Child/youth project.
Dundalk Town Centre’s historic Long Walk Trees:
Majella McAllister, Alison Harvey, Jamie McConville – With presentation day at Louth County Museum. Child/youth project.
Tralee, Tipperary and Dundalk were collaborative CTCHC projects with Alison Harvey at the Heritage Council.
