Schools &
School Tours
School Tours and Workshops for both Primary and Second Level Schools
We welcome schools to visit our exhibitions at any time during opening hours. Guided tours of the exhibitions, tailored to your needs can also be arranged with advance booking. There is a €3 charge per student if you wish to include a practical workshop activity. To book a tour or workshop email learning@westcorkartscentre.com
Primary School Classroom-based Projects
Each year, in partnership with the West Cork Education Centre, we invite schools to participate in Classroom-based Projects which include gallery visits, workshops at Uillinn, school-based workshops facilitated by our Public Engagement artist, online interactions and pupils’ art packs. We orient programmes around our exhibition and residency programmes linking them with the pupil’s own interests and the Primary School curriculum. Projects often result in an exhibition or display of the childres’s work in Uillinn.
We partner with West Cork Education Centre to inform schools on opportunities with us. To keep up to date, you can also email learning@westcorkartscentre.com to be placed on a mailing list and stay informed of opportunities.
Primary School Archive – Harvest Project. See full details here.
Second Level Projects and Leaving Cert supports
Gallery tours are available to Second Level groups throughout the year, facilitating students, especially those at Leaving Certificate level, to explore questions related to current art practices, gallery curation and support for the arts in Ireland. Students at all levels can benefit from exposure to contemporary art practice to broaden their understanding of what art can be, to inspire their own creativity, and to develop their own visual or written response to the exhibitions.
Depending on the exhibition, links to other subjects such as SPHE, geography, history or languages will be of interest for specific class groups.
To enquire about booking a place email learning@westcorkartscentre.com
Leaving Certificate Resource Pack for Students
This resource pack has been developed to support students on a self-guided visit to the exhibitions and artists in residence at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre. You can access this pack by clicking here.
Sylwia Migdal – Public Engagement Assistant, an artist and researcher from Poland, has lived and worked in West Cork for nearly two decades. Her artistic practice is rooted in conceptual art, soundscapes, participatory and socially engaged practice, and engaging regularity with young people in informal settings. For the past two years, she has played a significant role in delivering and developing the young people’s programme at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre in her role as Arts Project Assistant at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre. Sylwia’s academic journey is marked by achievements, including a BA in Visual Arts and a Master’s Degree in Art and Environment from Technological University Dublin, School of Creative Arts, with studies conducted on Sherkin Island and Dublin. She also holds a Youth Arts certification in the Youth Work context from Maynooth University, highlighting her dedication to nurturing young creative minds.