Kids' Own Publishing Partnership A children's arts organisation specialising in collaborative projects involving professional development and publishing http://kidsown.ie/atom/feed 2009-09-30T18:03:33+01:00 St. Patricks Festival Dublin http://kidsown.ie/node/102 2010-03-10T16:30:41+00:00 2010-03-10T16:52:34+00:00 admin We want to enable children to think and talk about their extraordinary and ordinary world and create a whole book with this story.
Kids' Own and writer Mary Branley in association with St. Patricks Festival Dublin are offering children to use their imagination to write and create their very own origami books.
Workshops will be held on 12, 2 and 4pm, each about 90 minutes.
We are looking forward to all ideas!

]]> We want to enable children to think and talk about their extraordinary and ordinary world and create a whole book with this story.

Kids' Own and writer Mary Branley in association with St. Patricks Festival Dublin are offering children to use their imagination to write and create their very own origami books.

Workshops will be held on 12, 2 and 4pm, each about 90 minutes.

We are looking forward to all ideas!

]]> reading room http://kidsown.ie/node/101 2010-03-10T16:02:42+00:00 2010-03-10T16:29:46+00:00 admin A question that artists who work with children are often asked is "Why?". Why work with children and young people. This question will be discussed within the next reading room. The essay of Jo Aice Leeds about "The Attitudes Towards Children's Art" will underpin the discussion.
We are looking forward to an inspiring talk and are interested in all opinions.
Have a look on Thursday, 18th March, 1-2pm

]]> A question that artists who work with children are often asked is "Why?". Why work with children and young people. This question will be discussed within the next reading room. The essay of Jo Aice Leeds about "The Attitudes Towards Children's Art" will underpin the discussion.

We are looking forward to an inspiring talk and are interested in all opinions.

Have a look on Thursday, 18th March, 1-2pm

]]> Practice.ie Online Talk Series http://kidsown.ie/node/100 2010-03-10T15:51:37+00:00 2010-03-10T16:01:05+00:00 admin This online talk will be delivered by Wicklow-based artist Roisin Markham. Roisin will talk about her child-centred approach to facilitating learning through plants, muck and recycled materials in the context of a school environment.

]]> This online talk will be delivered by Wicklow-based artist Roisin Markham. Roisin will talk about her child-centred approach to facilitating learning through plants, muck and recycled materials in the context of a school environment.

]]> A new book http://kidsown.ie/node/99 2010-02-18T11:08:55+00:00 2010-02-18T11:31:43+00:00 admin A new programme between Kids' Own and the Butler Gallery to create a unique publication by children that we enable everyone to understand art more.
Kids' Own will be working with a core group of 12 children. The children have a long relationship with the Butler Gallery through their Solas programme.

]]> A new programme between Kids' Own and the Butler Gallery to create a unique publication by children that we enable everyone to understand art more.
Kids' Own will be working with a core group of 12 children. The children have a long relationship with the Butler Gallery through their Solas programme.
Over the coming months Kids' Own will be meeting with the children and interviewing artists that are exhibiting at the Butler Gallery and also interviewing artists that are in the Butler Gallery collection. The aim of this work will be to gather up content and think about art and its meaning in our lives. After all the thinking and questioning we will work together to design an innovative new book that will be the first guide by children on professional arts practice, enabling others to question and to make sense of this work and meaning in their lives.

The first exhibition, The Morphology of the other, by artist Aideen Barry, was a fantastic beginning, Aideen is a multimedia artist. The show covered many different explorations about future and doom, Aideen's creative process starts with drawing and develops on through sculpture, video and performance. The children created their own small books at the start of the weekend to capture their thinking and thoughts throughout.

A very exciting beginning!

]]> reading room http://kidsown.ie/node/98 2010-02-18T11:01:16+00:00 2010-02-18T11:08:17+00:00 admin The first online reading room was held on February 11th and 1.00pm.
It’s very exciting for us here at Practice.ie to be able to create a space for like minded people to communicate and discuss topics relevant to their work and lives. You can be anywhere, one attendee was participating from a train, Amazing!
At the start of the meeting I asked each person to use a few words to describe what they do.
Session one attendees:
1. Ann Henderson: artist - process- the environment - people
2. Orla Kenny: artist/director
3. Michael Mcloughlin: youth arts worker with dlr arts office

]]> The first online reading room was held on February 11th and 1.00pm.
It’s very exciting for us here at Practice.ie to be able to create a space for like minded people to communicate and discuss topics relevant to their work and lives. You can be anywhere, one attendee was participating from a train, Amazing!

At the start of the meeting I asked each person to use a few words to describe what they do.

Session one attendees:

1. Ann Henderson: artist - process- the environment - people
2. Orla Kenny: artist/director
3. Michael Mcloughlin: youth arts worker with dlr arts office
4. Jo Holmwood: administration with lots of creative thinking and planning
5. Heather James - teacher
6. Jackie Ball: artist - work with children
7. Caragh: Artist, work for kids festival and also work for communtiy arts forum
8. Maire Brett: Artist

Topics under discussion included;

“We did stir things up”, the role of artists in sites for learning. Emily Pringle
Position paper – defining and negotiating the artists role working with children and young people.

The meeting was recorded and is available for people here
:http://opencollegeir.emea.acrobat.com/p27833136/

the next meeting will be held on March 3rd at 1.00. for more inforamtion visit http://practice.ie/

]]> Join us Online http://kidsown.ie/node/97 2010-02-01T21:40:21+00:00 2010-02-01T21:46:07+00:00 admin February 11th Practice.ie will be starting a new initiative called the Reading room. This initiate will bring a number of interested professionals together online to discuss texts and thinking around current practice.

]]> February 11th Practice.ie will be starting a new initiative called the Reading room. This initiate will bring a number of interested professionals together online to discuss texts and thinking around current practice.

]]> Further Afield http://kidsown.ie/node/96 2010-02-01T21:32:30+00:00 2010-02-01T21:39:18+00:00 admin Here are some of the thoughts from the children teachers and artists involved.
"We drew different textures on lamanating pouches it was absoulutley brilliant we want to do it again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Hugo and Simon
"I'm hooked on virtual travel with Google Earth.
P5 are studying water as their current topic and I had asked them to select the names of five rivers.I invested quite chunk of the project time allotted for artist's response into travelling the Mississippi, the Thames, the Severn, the Nile and the Bann and pulling out stills.

]]> Here are some of the thoughts from the children teachers and artists involved.

"We drew different textures on lamanating pouches it was absoulutley brilliant we want to do it again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Hugo and Simon

"I'm hooked on virtual travel with Google Earth.

P5 are studying water as their current topic and I had asked them to select the names of five rivers.I invested quite chunk of the project time allotted for artist's response into travelling the Mississippi, the Thames, the Severn, the Nile and the Bann and pulling out stills.

I find this ability to investigate the surface of planet earth from an aerial perspective absolutely intriguing." by Ann Henderson.

"Ann spent quite a bit of time with the kids discussing how we take rubbings of the kids. Working in pairs, the kids had to take 2 rubbings of the same surface - one with pencil, one with white crayon. When we got back into class we experimented with rubbings and paint washes over the crayon ones to bring out the patterns most effectively."
Teacher, Julie Orr

]]> New books http://kidsown.ie/node/95 2009-12-21T10:21:16+00:00 2009-12-21T10:29:00+00:00 admin Imagine being on a roller coaster, travelling 73 miles an hour down a 90 degree drop, and you get some idea of the speed of change that has occurred in three rural communities in County Roscommon. ‘Not only is that scary,’ Gavin from Elphin writes, ‘but your body turns to jelly.’ Parents and children in Elphin, Lisacul and Loughglynn give us heartfelt accounts of changes they have experienced, from moving home, to growing up, from loss and sadness to miraculous cures. These stories and images help us understand change from unexpected angles.

]]> Imagine being on a roller coaster, travelling 73 miles an hour down a 90 degree drop, and you get some idea of the speed of change that has occurred in three rural communities in County Roscommon. ‘Not only is that scary,’ Gavin from Elphin writes, ‘but your body turns to jelly.’ Parents and children in Elphin, Lisacul and Loughglynn give us heartfelt accounts of changes they have experienced, from moving home, to growing up, from loss and sadness to miraculous cures. These stories and images help us understand change from unexpected angles. Using the metaphors of roads and signs, and change as a monster, we see that change is always going on in our lives, but by accepting it and getting on with it, we can gain valuable skills and make friends with life.

]]> Join Kids' Own at the ART FAIR '09 http://kidsown.ie/node/94 2009-11-06T16:45:41+00:00 2009-11-11T14:58:55+00:00 admin Join us at the Art Fair '09 at the RDS. We will have our work on display and available to buy.
Come and find us at Stand H7 in the main hall.
More information about the Art Fair:
Art Fair 09
Main Hall, RDS
Featuring over 100 Galleries & Artists from Ireland and abroad, Art Fair 09 at the RDS is a showcase of new and established artists that will delight all art lovers!
Friday, Nov 13 – 12.00 noon to 9.00pm
Saturday, Nov 14 – 11.00am to 7.00pm
Sunday, Nov 15 – 11.00am to 6.00pm
Featuring:

]]> Join us at the Art Fair '09 at the RDS. We will have our work on display and available to buy.
Come and find us at Stand H7 in the main hall.

More information about the Art Fair:

Art Fair 09
Main Hall, RDS

Featuring over 100 Galleries & Artists from Ireland and abroad, Art Fair 09 at the RDS is a showcase of new and established artists that will delight all art lovers!

Friday, Nov 13 – 12.00 noon to 9.00pm
Saturday, Nov 14 – 11.00am to 7.00pm
Sunday, Nov 15 – 11.00am to 6.00pm

Featuring:
• ‘Art on the Balcony’ will showcase the energy and talent of emerging Irish Artists.
• Free Lectures on issues and opportunities facing art in the 21st Century from leading artists including Mick O’Dea and Valerie Connor.
• The last opportunity to see prize-winning works in photography, drawing, painting and printmaking for the RDS Student Art Awards.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM Ticketmaster : www.ticketmaster.ie / www.rds.ie/artfair09

]]> A Cultural Interchange - Ireland/USA http://kidsown.ie/node/93 2009-10-06T20:04:54+01:00 2009-10-06T20:11:36+01:00 admin Kids' Own Virtual Classroms http://kidsown.ie/node/92 2009-10-06T19:55:46+01:00 2009-10-12T20:44:56+01:00 admin "We blew liquids on a page and measered how far it went. We had tons of fun with Ann.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ann is the best artist in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ann makes art the best thing in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" posted by Ellie Purdy and Robyn Doherty.
"We drew around our toy monkey, Max. We drew our veins and arteries. Our veins are blue and are arteries are red. We did this to ourselves as well. It is a map of where our air goes in are bodies to keep us alive. It was great fun drawing our bodies on the playground."

]]> "We blew liquids on a page and measered how far it went. We had tons of fun with Ann.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ann is the best artist in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ann makes art the best thing in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" posted by Ellie Purdy and Robyn Doherty.

"We drew around our toy monkey, Max. We drew our veins and arteries. Our veins are blue and are arteries are red. We did this to ourselves as well. It is a map of where our air goes in are bodies to keep us alive. It was great fun drawing our bodies on the playground."

]]> Culture Night http://kidsown.ie/node/91 2009-09-25T11:10:20+01:00 2009-09-30T17:59:42+01:00 admin Kids' Own travelled to the libraries of Roscommon, Ballaghaderreen and Boyle.
"Roscommon County Library / Kids Own Publishing

]]> Kids' Own travelled to the libraries of Roscommon, Ballaghaderreen and Boyle.

"Roscommon County Library / Kids Own Publishing

When the father falls down the ladder into a paint bucket and is covered with yellow paint and the brother tries to flush the shoes of all family members down the toilet, then you have enough ideas to write and illustrate a book. Kids' Own Publishing and writer Mary Branley in association with Roscommon County Library have been helping groups of children write, print and bind their very own books based on their family histories. On Culture Night the libraries of Roscommon, Boyle, Castlerea and Ballaghaderreen will exhibit this work and provide an evening of workshops, readings and interactive activities.

Quote from CultureNight.ie

]]> Kids' Own at the Festival of World Cultures http://kidsown.ie/node/90 2009-08-25T13:16:12+01:00 2009-09-30T18:04:05+01:00 admin Supported by the Office of the Minister for Integration, Kids' Own Publishing Partnership is delighted to be working with the Festival of World Cultures for the first time.
As part of the festival, which will be held in Dun Laoghaire on the 29th and 30th August, 2009, Writer Mary Branley and Artist Vanya Lambrecht Ward will work with children aged 6 and upwards to create personal hand-made books that reflect the children's own experiences through stories and illustrations.

]]> Supported by the Office of the Minister for Integration, Kids' Own Publishing Partnership is delighted to be working with the Festival of World Cultures for the first time.

As part of the festival, which will be held in Dun Laoghaire on the 29th and 30th August, 2009, Writer Mary Branley and Artist Vanya Lambrecht Ward will work with children aged 6 and upwards to create personal hand-made books that reflect the children's own experiences through stories and illustrations.

In addition to the work that the children take away with them, the books will be collated by Kids' Own and brought together into one very special limited edition publication, as a celebration of the festival's broader themes of identity and diversity.

]]> Roscommon Family Stories http://kidsown.ie/node/89 2009-07-13T15:52:18+01:00 2009-07-13T21:46:41+01:00 admin When the father falls down the ladder into a paint bucket and is covered with yellow paint and the brother tries to flush the shoes of all family members down the toilet then you have enough ideas to write and illustrate a book.
Kids' Own and writer Mary Branley in association with the Libraries of Roscommon, Boyle and Ballaghaderreen are offering children between 4 and 10 years to use their imagination to write, print and bind their very own books.

]]> When the father falls down the ladder into a paint bucket and is covered with yellow paint and the brother tries to flush the shoes of all family members down the toilet then you have enough ideas to write and illustrate a book.

Kids' Own and writer Mary Branley in association with the Libraries of Roscommon, Boyle and Ballaghaderreen are offering children between 4 and 10 years to use their imagination to write, print and bind their very own books.

]]> Visitors at Kids' Own http://kidsown.ie/node/88 2009-06-08T21:27:18+01:00 2009-09-30T18:03:33+01:00 admin Wendy Luttrell and Robert Shreefter from Harvard Education came to the Kids' Own offices today to share ways of working and a love of making books with children.

]]> Wendy Luttrell and Robert Shreefter from Harvard Education came to the Kids' Own offices today to share ways of working and a love of making books with children.

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