Art classes for Ukrainian children in Fermoy

Creative art and design classes for Ukrainian children are to be held at the Richmond Revival House, Fermoy as part of the Cork County Cruinniú na nÓg programme.

Karen Clancy is to host the classes which will take place on both Saturday, May 21 and 28, as well as on June 4 and 11 from 2pm to 3pm.

Saturday, June 11 marks a national day of free creativity for children and young people, with Cruinniú na nÓg an initiative of the Creative Ireland’s Creative Youth Plan, which is unique to Ireland, also taking place.

Several events will take place across the county as part of the programme including creative showcase events at Chapel Hill School of Art in Macroom, The Mall Arts Centre in Youghal and Bandon Town Hall.

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan said that it is ‘wonderful’ to see such a wide range of events curated to celebrate the creativity of young people getting underway across Cork county.

“Creativity provides us with an opportunity for expression and learning, which is key to our personal development at any age. I look forward to seeing the return of live events this year and encourage young people right across the county to get involved in person or online and experience all that Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 has to offer,” Mayor Coughlan said.

Cork County Council’s libraries in Cobh, Bandon, Dunmanway, Kinsale, Midleton, Millstreet, Newmarket, Passage West and Youghal will host a range of free creative activities, including storytelling, art workshops and film screenings as part of the national day of creativity.

Three of the county’s youth theatre groups will present brand new original theatre in Mallow, Kinsale and Castletownbere as part of ‘Youth Theatre Cork 22’, an initiative supporting the development and production of high-quality youth theatre across Cork County. Lightbulb Youth Theatre Mallow, Kinsale Youth Theatre and Castletownbere Youth Theatre have each been invited to devise and produce site-specific, original theatre for Cruinniú na nÓg 2022.

Full details of the countywide Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 programme are available at www.corkcoco.ie