GroundWorks Studio member Olga Tiernan is currently exhibiting her work at Limerick City Gallery as part of the "Sustainable Futures Exhibition".The exhibition will run from March 22nd to April 30th and will be open to the public every day. The exhibition will celebrate the works of Irish based artists that incorporate the concept of sustainability into their work. The Sustainable Futures organiser Diarmuid Neilan says ‘The exhibition is all about the Reusing, Recycling and Revaluing of waste materials. The exhibited works show how the artists have taken throw-away waste material with no perceived value, and through the creative process, have turned them into valued art pieces’.
The works on show will be an eclectic mix of craft, design and fine art elements including textiles, furniture, ceramics, fashion, jewellery, mixed media and sculpture. The exhibition also aims to increase awareness among the general public on the importance of acting sustainably.
A number of workshops and demonstrations by artist will take place over the course of the exhibition and the public will be encouraged to participate. The aim of the workshops will be to show the participants how they too can recreate valued art from waste materials. The workshops will include paper art, eco-fashion and eco-furniture making.
An official opening of the exhibition will take place between 5-6.30 pm on Thursday 25th of March at Limerick City Gallery and all are welcome. All exhibits on show are for sale.
Exhibitors have incorporated some or all of the following sustainable attributes into their work:
• reduce, reuse, recycle, upcycle;
• containing reused or recycled materials;
• minimising packaging;
• minimise or eliminate pollutants;
• source and produce locally;
• efficient resource and energy use;
• free from environmentally damaging substances;
• degradable, biodegradable and compostable;
• sustainable production, distribution, usage and disposal qualities.
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Betsy Carreyette, Ceramic Artist:
