Flocks, Flight and Feathers - Free Art Workshops
Skibbereen St Patrick’s Day Parade 2025

Flocks, Flight and Feathers – Free Art Workshops
Workshops at UILLINN on Friday 7 March, Saturday 8 March and Saturday 15 March, 10.30am to 12:30pm

Workshops at CECAS on Saturday 15 February and Saturday 1 Mar, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Free workshops, all welcome, no need to book! Everyone welcome.

Artist Tara de las Casas is working with Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre and CECAS to deliver a series of sustainable artworks that will feature in the Skibbereen St Patrick’s Day Parade 2025.

In West Cork we have diverse habitats for our birds, with the vast coastline, rivers, marshes, fields, gardens and forests. At the beginning of spring the activity of birds reaches a vibrant peak as many species engage in courting rituals, nest building and feeding their young. Migratory birds return to our shores, adding to the chorus and enriching the landscape with their presence.

For this community art project we will come together to celebrate the natural wonder of our bird life in West Cork. Through a series of workshops inviting everyone from our local community, Tara will create sculptural representations of these winged wonders, using natural, reused and found materials.