My work as an artist in the community
In my arts practice, I like to create an artistic dialogue in my own community and others by collaborating with a huge variety of people of all ages. Sometimes this collaboration is for educational purposes and other times it is simply to engage with those, who may not otherwise normally actively engage in the arts. This use of an artistic process for problem-solving, therapeutic, group-empowerment or strategic planning purposes, sometimes results in artistic works for public presentation. In my attempt to integrate art and everyday life
I am aspiring to be part of an art-making process that produces social awareness and change
I am aspiring to be part of an art-making process that produces social awareness and change
2020 - 2021 | COPING WITH COVID / Work in Progress
Coping with Covid - An analysis of how members of rural and urban communities in County Laois, Ireland are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. I initially started this project to provide a voice to rural elderly people, who may be suffering from loneliness and frustration during this time of physical and social isolation. However as the pandemic has lengthened, the project has recently been extended to include participants of all ages from all backgrounds, to give a better picture of how all of our society is coping. The project is ongoing and will culminate in a short film and a series of photographs which document first-hand accounts (positive and negative) of people in Co. Laois living within a pandemic by creating a visual document of this strange time in our history.
Coping with Covid - An analysis of how members of rural and urban communities in County Laois, Ireland are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. I initially started this project to provide a voice to rural elderly people, who may be suffering from loneliness and frustration during this time of physical and social isolation. However as the pandemic has lengthened, the project has recently been extended to include participants of all ages from all backgrounds, to give a better picture of how all of our society is coping. The project is ongoing and will culminate in a short film and a series of photographs which document first-hand accounts (positive and negative) of people in Co. Laois living within a pandemic by creating a visual document of this strange time in our history.
2020 - Visual Arts project | HIVE HELP
Awarded a Local Agenda 21 Grant from Laois County Council
Awarded a Local Agenda 21 Grant from Laois County Council
This short movie HIVE HELP will look at two young Laois beekeepers (Brian and Matthew Aylward) and their Grandad (Brendan Shephard) explores what’s involved in bee keeping and is designed to share with their school peers to give them a clearer understanding about the life of bees and their importance for our biodiversity.
2020 WASTE – A modern phenomenon
Awarded the NYCI Artist in youth work award
Intergenerational film project with teenage and elderly participants in Nenagh town, where through engaging in creative sessions, sculptural forms are fashioned from plastic waste. The project is designed to give rise to discussions about possible solutions (old and new) to the world’s current waste crisis. Photo exhibition and 3 short animated movies shared on social media in Autumn 2020.
(this project is currently on hold as the daycare centre where the elderly people congregated has been closed since March 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions)
Awarded the NYCI Artist in youth work award
Intergenerational film project with teenage and elderly participants in Nenagh town, where through engaging in creative sessions, sculptural forms are fashioned from plastic waste. The project is designed to give rise to discussions about possible solutions (old and new) to the world’s current waste crisis. Photo exhibition and 3 short animated movies shared on social media in Autumn 2020.
(this project is currently on hold as the daycare centre where the elderly people congregated has been closed since March 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions)
April 2019 - Artist in the community award from Dublin City Council in conjunction with St. Patrick’s cathedral and Francis Street primary school Dublin.
Together with 4th class students we made a 30ft plastic snake from single use plastic from their Government supplied school lunches.
https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2019/0403/21534488-students-say-no-to-use-of-plastic-in-school-lunches
Together with 4th class students we made a 30ft plastic snake from single use plastic from their Government supplied school lunches.
https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2019/0403/21534488-students-say-no-to-use-of-plastic-in-school-lunches
Spring 2019 - 2020 Creative schools artist (Arts Council Initiative)
I was the invited Artist in in the Creative Schools projects at a number of schools throughout Ireland and was one of the artists featured in a documentary entitled “Creative Kids” which was aired on RTE Sunday May 3rd 2020 about creativity in the school classroom.
http://www.anniehollandart.com/blog
I was the invited Artist in in the Creative Schools projects at a number of schools throughout Ireland and was one of the artists featured in a documentary entitled “Creative Kids” which was aired on RTE Sunday May 3rd 2020 about creativity in the school classroom.
http://www.anniehollandart.com/blog
2018 Artist in School Award from Laois County Council
Designed and developed an art mural project in collaboration with the students of Cullohill National School. We created a series of drawing of flowers that bees like, on clay which eventually made up tiles, of a ceramic wall mural, of a 12 foot honey bee which decorated the outside wall of their school. Through engagement with art we sought to emphasise the importance of bees in our eco system and highlight the current problem of colony collapse disorder.
Designed and developed an art mural project in collaboration with the students of Cullohill National School. We created a series of drawing of flowers that bees like, on clay which eventually made up tiles, of a ceramic wall mural, of a 12 foot honey bee which decorated the outside wall of their school. Through engagement with art we sought to emphasise the importance of bees in our eco system and highlight the current problem of colony collapse disorder.
2018 and 2017 X-Hale (Irish Cancer Society initiative that aims to prevent young people from smoking) - Awarded Short Film Competition Senior Category Runner Up.
Produced two short movie productions "To Smoke is a Joke" and “Get off the Nicotine Road”, created in collaboration with students at Nenagh Community Training Centre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vgn8Ps4G_s&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=groOdgZiU_s
Produced two short movie productions "To Smoke is a Joke" and “Get off the Nicotine Road”, created in collaboration with students at Nenagh Community Training Centre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vgn8Ps4G_s&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=groOdgZiU_s
March 2016 - 1916 Irish Identity/Féiniúlacht - Streets of Dublin poster campaign & United Irish Cultural Centre, San Francisco, USA
An artistic collaboration between artist Annie Holland and a group of people - both young and old at the CMS Learning Centre in inner-city Dublin.
A visual response to the 1916 Rising and an awareness of our history and environment and its role in shaping and developing the identities of the citizens of Ireland 100 years on.
The concept of this project is based on an awareness of how the development of national identity, is shaped by a deepened understanding of their community and its history and the connection between all.
An artistic collaboration between artist Annie Holland and a group of people - both young and old at the CMS Learning Centre in inner-city Dublin.
A visual response to the 1916 Rising and an awareness of our history and environment and its role in shaping and developing the identities of the citizens of Ireland 100 years on.
The concept of this project is based on an awareness of how the development of national identity, is shaped by a deepened understanding of their community and its history and the connection between all.
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April 2014 - Aras an Chronan, Clondalkin Dublin
Medals project with group of early school leavers. Young people have awarded themselves a medal for something positive in their lives. Mediums explore ceramic, metal and digital photo-transfers onto ceramic
2014 - Awarded Artist in school award from Laois Arts Council Working with the students of Cullohill National school we created a series of ceramic plaques to depict the different seasons which were then used to adorn their raised beds in the school garden.
November 2013 - Newpark Resource Centre, Kilkenny
Working in ceramic and digital photographic transfers to produce 10 ceramic plaques exploring the theme of “Culture” in contemporary Ireland.
June 2012 - Parish Centre Portlaoise
Traveller pride photomontage exhibition. Working in conjunction with traveller groups around Laois to create a series of 40 collages depicting 'Traveller pride' in 2012 (Sponsored by Laois partnership, The H.S.E. and Laois county council)
Medals project with group of early school leavers. Young people have awarded themselves a medal for something positive in their lives. Mediums explore ceramic, metal and digital photo-transfers onto ceramic
2014 - Awarded Artist in school award from Laois Arts Council Working with the students of Cullohill National school we created a series of ceramic plaques to depict the different seasons which were then used to adorn their raised beds in the school garden.
November 2013 - Newpark Resource Centre, Kilkenny
Working in ceramic and digital photographic transfers to produce 10 ceramic plaques exploring the theme of “Culture” in contemporary Ireland.
June 2012 - Parish Centre Portlaoise
Traveller pride photomontage exhibition. Working in conjunction with traveller groups around Laois to create a series of 40 collages depicting 'Traveller pride' in 2012 (Sponsored by Laois partnership, The H.S.E. and Laois county council)
2011 - 2012 Awarded the NYCI Artist in youth work award CONNECT Using photo-montage as our medium we created a poster campaign exploring the theme of 'Multiculturalism' in Ireland today.
2010 - 2011 Awarded Artist in the community award from CREATE Identity - Poster campaign with a group of young people from the Liberties, Dublin.
2009 - Awarded the NYCI Artist in youth work award
Dublin 2009 - 'Through a multicultural lens'.
Photomontage project on 'Multiculturalism' in inner city Dublin with teenagers from early school-leavers projects.
Dublin 2009 - 'Through a multicultural lens'.
Photomontage project on 'Multiculturalism' in inner city Dublin with teenagers from early school-leavers projects.
2007 - Awarded Artist in the community award from CREATE
Working with a group of teenagers we designed and built a display cabinet that incorporated lightboxes which were photo-montages printed on canvas.
Working with a group of teenagers we designed and built a display cabinet that incorporated lightboxes which were photo-montages printed on canvas.
