For those of you who have been to Féile na gCloch (Festival of Stone) on Inis Oírr, you may have taken part in the wonderful sketching workshops that take place as part of the festival. With this years festival going online again, the festival will once again host a sketching campaign and if that wasn't enough excitement will be giving away some spot prizes too.
So wherever you are in the world and whatever age you are, get creative and get involved. You might want to draw, paint, cartoon or doodle your local dry stone wall or stone project that you are working on or check out some of the pictures from around Inis Oírr (the home of Féile na gCloch) below for inspiration.
Help us share the beauty of Inis Oirr’s dry stone walls and landscapes be taking part in our online sketching workshop. This is an international competition, open to all ages. To have your art included in our campaign and be in with a chance of winning some prizes, make sure you post you photos or videos online using the hashtags #FeilenagCloch #DRAWstonewalls or email your creations to inisheerzibaldone@gmail.com along with your name, age (if under 16 years) and country, and we will post all your creations on the Féile na gCloch website and the Zibaldone Project website and on social media.
Closing date for entries is Sunday 10th of October 2021.
Drawing and mark making workshop.
The video below is an online workshop presented by James Moore who leads the drawing workshop at Feile na Gcloch each year. As part of the artistic duo JesseJames, he was an artist in residence on Inis Oírr in 2017 and created the Inisheer Zibaldone project
You can either follow the ideas and techniques in this online workshop, or use your own creative mark making ideas to capture your memories of Inis Oirr and Feile na gCloch.
Your Artworks
To have your art included in our campaign and be in with a chance of winning some prizes, make sure you post you photos or videos online using the hashtags #FeilenagCloch #DRAWstonewalls or email your creations to inisheerzibaldone@gmail.com along with your name, age (if under 16 years) and country, and we will post all your creations on the Féile na gCloch website and the Zibaldone Project website and on social media.
Closing date for entries is Sunday 10th of October 2021.
Look through last years entries below for inspiration. Thank you everyone who took part.
Prizes
Over the weekend we will be giving away a number of prizes.
Prize category will include:
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Best drawing
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Best (Under 10years) drawing
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Best painting
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Best (Under 10years) painting
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Best sketching photo
Over the weekend we will be giving away a number of different prizes.
Prizes Include: Event only ticket to Féile na gCloch 2022, T shirts and hoodies, books and more.
Walls of Inis Oirr
Need some inspiration for your artworks. Here are some photos from around Inis Oírr. (Click on images for enlarged view.
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To have your art included in our campaign and be in with a chance of winning some prizes, make sure you post you photos or videos online using the hashtags #FeilenagCloch #DRAWstonewalls or email your creations to inisheerzibaldone@gmail.com along with your name, age (if under 16 years) and country, and we will post all your creations on the Féile na gCloch website and the Zibaldone Project website and on social media.
Closing date for entries is Sunday 10th of October 2021.
Want to build walls instead of drawing them?
Check out our mini walling activities by clicking on the image below.
