Resources

December 22, 2014

How Should We Best Describe the Role of the Arts in the Education of Irish Young People?

How should we best describe the role of the arts, in the education of Irish Young people? In this his first blog responding to Elliot Eisner’s […]
December 15, 2014

The Artist’s Intention and the Purpose of Art Work

In this, his second blog, John continues to look at both the artist’s intention and the purpose of art-work through examples of art-forms other than pop-music: […]
December 12, 2014

In Art, Small Differences Can Have Large Effects

What can a new U2 album teach us about the purpose of Art? In this, our first blog responding to Eliiot Eisner’s “Lessons”, playwright and acknowledged […]
December 8, 2014

Young People, 2015 and Beyond: February 10th 2015

Dublin Castle, Tuesday 10th February, 2015 “2015 must be the year the world wakes up and delivers a safer, more just future for children and young […]
December 5, 2014

Thank You and A Special End to 2014 for our Blogger in Residence Series

“To neglect the contribution of the arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of […]
November 12, 2014

A Youth Perspective

Our third blog in the international exchange series, sees brothers and film makers, Cian and Jack Desmond, talking exchanges, the Give+Take programme and even the odd […]
November 3, 2014

International Collaboration – Station Next

In this, our second blog in the International Exchange series, Nisse Koltz from Station Next in Denmark, discusses the value of meaningful international exchange to both […]
October 30, 2014

International Collaboration

In this our first blog from Fresh Film Festival, Festival Manager, Ciarda Tobin, discusses the value of international collaboration and exchange in celebrating and developing the […]
September 16, 2014

Returning to My Spiritual Home… from participant to leader

In this, our final blog, in the series examining how young people in arts groups have made the transition from being a member to becoming a […]