Responding to Brian Maguire’s exhibition La Grande Illusion
Poetry Workshop for Adults
Invisible Becomes Visible
11, 18 and 25 January 2025, 1.45-4.15pm
Led by poet Grace Wilentz, three part series of workshops engaging with “La Grande Illusion”, a major exhibition of the work of Brian Maguire. In each workshop, participants will spend time with the exhibition, before being guided to write original poems in response to it. Brian Maguire is an artist whose practice has been defined by sustained engagement with social justice and human rights. In this workshop, we will focus on how Maguire’s work in “La Grande Illusion” encounters climate justice, migration and making ‘the invisible become visible’. As Maguire says, art has the power to make ‘the invisible become visible’. We’ll explore what this means, with a focus on how your own creative practice might relate to serving the overlooked, omitted and forgotten. While no prior experience is necessary, all will be expected to participate actively in discussions and take part in writing exercises. In return, you can expect to come away with new poems, and discover fresh approaches to engaging with urgent social justice concerns in your own creative practice.
Fee: €100, advance booking via Eventbrite
Image: Grace Wilentz photographed by Siobhán Butler
