Youth Arts Toolkit

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 20, 2014

ReCreate – Creativity Through ReUse

Where can you find one hundred egg boxes… or a thousand buttons… or any of the other things that show up on the list of requirements […]
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 […]
August 28, 2014

From Participant to Tutor

Blue Hanley is a tutor with Galway Community Circus. She is 21 and from Galway. She is a NUI Galway student of Irish, Psychology and Theatre, […]
August 20, 2014

The Secret of The Circus!

Circus is the third art form that we are profiling in this blog series, examining how young people in arts groups have made the transition from […]
August 6, 2014

Comic Series no 3

In this, the final blog in our present Comic Strip series, illustrator and performer, Patrick Sanders, presents some of his unique and insightful perspectives on drawing […]