Online Exhibition | Whatever – an Arts Ability Exhibition
Whatever – an Arts Ability Online Exhibition
Launch via Zoom
at 2.30pm on Wednesday 28 April, 2021
With guest speakers:
County Arts Officer Liz Burns
and Guest Curator Jenny Haughton
Followed by a reading from Writer and Storyteller Joe Brennan
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87256586819
Meeting ID: 872 5658 6819 / Passcode: 200535
The Arts Department of Wexford County Council in association with Wexford Arts Centre are pleased to announce the launch of Whatever, the bi-annual Arts Ability initiative. This year, Whatever comprises an online exhibition, original artist book, documentary videos and peer workshops by, for and with artists and collaborators.
he Arts Ability programme is a partnership between the Arts Department of Wexford County Council, the HSE Disability and Mental Health Services and Wexford Mental Health Association through its Music Exploration Programme. Partner venues include: Killagoley Training & Activation Centre (KTAC, Enniscorthy), County Wexford Community Workshop, (CUMAS, New Ross), Wexford Residential and Intellectual Services (WRIDS, Enniscorthy) as well as care and residential homes countywide. It is a person-centred, participation focused initiative, the primary goal of which is to provide access to high quality art experiences based on meaningful engagement between participant artists and professional artists.
Whatever is curated by Jenny Haughton working in collaboration with the artists, and lead artists’ facilitators Declan Kennedy, Oonagh Latchford, Joe Brennan, Emily Redmond and John Busher, and film-maker Terence White.
Speaking about Whatever, Curator Jenny Haughton said: ‘This year, the aim is to explore the diversity of approaches to creative production. Whether through writing, singing, painting or sewing, Whatever offers a collective contribution to understanding creative experience. Referencing the writer and activist Irit Rogoff, she suggests that Whatever is ‘being such as it actually matters’ to you; this has formed the basis for artists and facilitators, and has resulted in some intriguing and authentic contributions’.
For further information on the exhibition launch please log on to wexfordartscentre.ie