Title: Garden Amphitheatre
Artform: Visual Art / Landscape design
Organisation(s): Christian Brothers School, Conservation Volunteers, Colin Glen Trust, Interbrew, Prudential, Community Restorative Justice
Creative Partners: Kyle Gallagher (landscape designer), Martin McClure (visual artist)
Area: West Belfast
Participants: 40 14-16 years
SYNOPSIS:
A visual arts
and landscape design project which culminated in a new garden in this
inner city school which can also be used as an outdoor classroom and performance
space. The young people began work with their art teachers to brainstorm
a wish list for their new garden and worked on creating small ceramic
creatures to be placed within it. Kyle Gallagher then worked with the
kids to draw their own designs and incorporated what they wanted into
the final design, The young people then worked with artist Martin McClure
to create a 13 panel mosaic and ceramic mural based on the theme of creatures.
The young people worked with Conservation Volunteers and the Colin Glen
Trust to turn the plain grass knoll into a garden which the teachers,
pupils and the wider community can use to eat lunch, sketch nature or
hold musical concerts in the amphitheatre style part of the garden.
