Play Arts is an educational art program for children and young people, developed and run in collaboration with Irish institutions of culture.
It was designed following a needs analysis of Polish children and young people in Galway, as well as their local peers.
Painting, drawing,
collage, graphics, sculptures, installations, set design, costumes, photography, music, dance
and literature
The workshops are run by professionally qualified facilitators and educators, in English and/or Polish. Our workshops can be found in schools, community centres, libraries, museums - and any place where the demand for them arises! We have a set of scenarios and activities to offer, as experience in drafting tailored workshops to incorporate local ideas or specific themes.
Children leave our activities with their own artworks to take home, and parents leave with an information pack about the history and background of the activity or art piece.
OUR METHODS
WORKSHOP
Group activities for children and young people, focused on a particular theme or problem.
RECYCLED
ART
Work using various art and craft materials, but not limited to those, during which they are reused and given a new meaning.
STORYTELLING
Diachronic and synchronic methods, based on gathering, creating, sourcing from memory, sharing and analysing from other stories. The stories are formed in response to artistic practices and pieces.
ETHNOGRAPHIC
METHODS
Which combine art education with field work with local communities.
