Get out and VOTE #1 Catherine Connolly. Make your plan of how & when you will get to your polling station on Friday 24th.

I have had an amazing year working with Red Bird Youth Collective to present BEASTS OF THE MODERN AGE Exhibition Launch: 6th Sept, 2-4pm Open 10am-5pm 7th-13th Sept Áras na nGael, 45 Dominick St Lower H91 EINY An exhibition created in collaboration with artists Taim Haimet and Jojo Hynes. Coordinated by Soña Smédková. The creations invite us to dream, to mourn, to imagine and to reflect on the responsibility we hold in shaping the future. Art, poetry, digital worlds & projection created by: Isabelle Barrett Harper-Faith Baldwin Presley-Grace Baldwin Zemi Perry Zia Waring Alice Church Mykayla Myers Lily Mannion Oisín Flanagan

‘Moon tell me truth’ Art & Poetry Exhibition from the children of Gaza, Palestine Tuam Town Hall, The Square, H54 XD61 Launch Event with Little John Nee on Friday 4th July at 7:00pm Exhibition open 2pm-5pm On July 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th Everyone is welcome Any queries email: sparkcatchers.info@gmail.com Moon Tell Me Truth is a travelling exhibition of 60 illustrated poems created by children aged 9 to 15 from Gaza, Palestine for a competition run by the British educational charity The Hands Up Project, and published in a book with a foreword by award-winning poet Alice Oswald. The poems have been exhibited throughout the UK & Ireland. This exhibition gives you the chance to read and respond to the voices of the innocent children of Gaza living through Apartheid and the recent bombardment of their homeland. In the exhibition there will be an opportunity to respond to the Gazan children’s poetry – through words and/or art – thus enhancing the viewers’ experience and further developing a sense of empathy with the innocent children of Gaza who need our solidarity and compassion during these times.

Party!- Clip of animations I did to be projected for World Book Day storytelling sessions with @midiecorcoran @sparkcatchers_ for the great pupils and staff at St Oliver’s Special School Tuam. I’m still learning but getting better. #worldbookday2025

1st February 2025 - SAVE THE DATE BIG NEWS COMING SOON! Thanks a million to Mike O’Dwyer @modofthejungle for our new Tiny Mutiny! Logo - We ❤️ it. Tiny Mutiny Commissioned by Galway County Council Arts Office in partnership with Sparkcatchers! with support from Galway County Council and The Arts Council. First Sparks funded by Creative Ireland Galway County.

Tiny Mutiny - ‘Project Awards’ & ‘First Sparks’ are trailblazing initiatives which offer creative teenagers from across the county the opportunity to realise their artistic proposals with support from professional mentors and a production budget. The young Artists who were successful in their applications for the ‘Tiny Mutiny Project Awards’ are about to embark on a journey with their mentors working towards a public showcase of new work from across the arts in the spring of 2025. The selected young artists and mentors are being guided throughout the project by Tuam based Sparkcatchers! Jojo Hynes & Midie Corcoran. The Tiny Mutiny Project Award funded by Galway County Council recipients are: - Lauren Caine & Eske Walsh Olesen from Oughterard being mentored in Animation - Thomas Roche and A.N. Saville from Tuam being mentored in Graffiti - Ciarán Mahony from Athenry being mentored in Filmmaking - Cian Geraghty, Liam Carroll, Ultan Krause, Adam Nagajek who are TaLLLon a Rock Band from South Galway being mentored in Music @talllon_official Due to an exceptional quality of applications, ‘First Sparks’ a series of masterclasses funded by Creative Ireland Galway County were also awarded to the following young artists: - Alannah Canavan, Clifden - Alexandria Wilson, Abbeyknockmoy - Niamh Ní Dhonacha Inis Oírr - Lev Rulerskyi & Afina Ostapenko, Oranmore - Breandán Ó Donnacha Inis Oírr They will each receive an arts masterclasse from professionals in their chosen areas of manga, illustration, graffiti, music and songwriting. This project is a follow up to Tiny Mutiny produced for Baboro International Arts Festival for Children in 2022 and inspired by ground breaking Broei in the Netherlands. Tiny Mutiny is funded by Galway County Council and Galway County - Creative Ireland Programme @creativeirelandgalwayco @galwaycountycouncil @sparkcatchers_ @jojo_hynes @midiecorcoran

Sparkcatchers! ‘Here We Are Now!’ Gameshow in Tuam Town Hall at 4:00pm and 4:30pm. Friday 20th Sept. 2024 Part of Culture Night Galway County @culture_galway #CultureNight #OneNightForAll #OícheChultúir #OícheDárSaol #CultureNightGalwayCounty #sparkcatchers @jojo_hynes @sparkcatchers_ @midiecorcoran

Digital Art Work by Jojo Hynes 300+ Days of Genocide in Gaza 300+ days of people living and dying in trauma, shock, displacement, and destruction with over 40,000 Palestinians murdered. Extract from a statement issued by Shannonwatch “…Until such time as the use of Shannon Airport by the US military is ended, the least that the Gardai and Irish authorities should do is to ensure weapons or other military support is not being provided via Shannon to the state of Israel in breach of international laws…” The International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that Israel’s occupation of the Gaza strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is unlawful, along with the associated settlement regime, annexation and use of natural resources. It should come to an end “as rapidly as possible” @galway_ipsc @apartheidfreearts @palsforpalestine_ireland @irish.artists.for.palestine @sparkcatchers_

We are SOLD OUT!!! Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for An evening of song and poetry in aid of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Please donate to https://www.pcrf.net/ Presented by Sparkcatchers! with Seamus Ruttledge | Padraig Stevens Majella Kelly | Jimi McDonnell Kevin O’Dwyer | Mary O’Connor | Leo Moran