Tuesdays 8th November - 13th December and 3rd January - 7th February
10am -12pm.

Join us for a 12 week Printmaking Course by Michelle McMahon in the Learning Centre.

An immersive printmaking project to celebrate St Brigid’s day being a new bank holiday, and to raise the female vibration by inviting workshop participants to design and print their own Brat Bride, with images of female deities, female symbols, pre-patriarchal goddesses or matriarchal figures especially significant to each individual.

The participants will be invited to explore their lineage, their culture, their identity, and the history of goddesses, saints, female figures of power and to design and create a print, using lino plates and cutters, and then print their designs on to handkerchief sized cotton pieces of material (a Brat Bride). Through the course of the programme participants will progress to pattern making and culminate in a collaborative art piece encompassing all their designs.

Benefits for the participants will include printmaking skills, an opportunity for participants to explore their cultural identity and matriarchal lineage and an opportunity to build friendships with other women in their community.

Michelle McMahon is a visual artist, primarily focused on print-making and painting. She draws much of her inspiration from nature and works in a non-toxic studio, using eco-friendly materials. She is passionate about equality and is currently facilitating lino print workshops for women's community groups,with the Brat Bride Project - see Instagram page @brat_bride. To view some of Michelle's work, please visit her Instagram page @harmony_designs_kilkenny

This programme is funded by the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board and is free for participants.