EcoKite Flying Festival at Tramore Valley Park
11:30am - 3pm
Event Information:
Host: KinShip Art Project
Age Range: 9+ years
Location: Tramore Valley Park
Times: 11:30am - 3pm
More Details:
This year for Cruinniú na nÓg mark your diaries for the first Tramore Valley Park EcoKite Festival! This unique climate action fun day out will display colourful kites made by children in local schools from recycled materials. Artists Amna Walayat and Kim-Ling Morris will work with the guide classes in the schools in making fish-shaped kites from recycled materials. When you see what can be made with the humble broken umbrella, you may never throw one away again!
The artists will be holding drop-in kite-making workshops between 12 and and 2pm on June 15th with making materials provided. Amna will show you how to make Indian kites that are traditionally used for kitefighting and for their Spring festival of Basant. With Kim-Ling you will be painting fish designs onto recycled umbrella fabric to make into koinobori which are traditionally flown in Japan on their Children's day.
Tramore Valley Park is home to the ongoing KinShip art project for climate awareness. Given the location’s former identity and its proximity to the current city civic amenity for recycling, there is really no better place to think creatively about our role in reducing waste.
Tramore Valley Park EcoKite Festival is brought to you by KinShip in partnership with Cork City Council and supported by Creative Ireland.
Feel free to bring a picnic. The EcoKite flying will take place at the North Rugby Pitch in Tramore Valley Park. We look forward to seeing you there!
The KinShip Art Project is a durational public artwork at Tramore Valley Park by Cork City Council in partnership with artists Lennon Taylor (Marilyn Lennon and Sean Taylor), supported by the Creative Climate Action Fund. Local project partners include Cork Nature Network, Cork Healthy Cities, Cork’s UNESCO Learning City, Green Spaces for Health, MTU Clean Technology Lab and UCC Environmental Research Institute.
Booking:
Free event, advance booking recommended on Eventbrite. For more information contact kimlingmorris@gmail.com.