lough boora parklands 
Sculpture The Sculpture Park Background
Sculpture The Sculpture Park Background
Sculpture The Sculpture Park Background
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The first artworks were commissioned in 2002 through a symposium where seven Irish and international artists worked over a three week residency. Eight site-specific sculptures were created during the symposium and they form the nucleus of the project. The intervention of the symposium artists has added another layer of engagement for visitors to the area, by combining visual and conceptual interpretations of the geography, landscape, industrial history of peat harvesting and the people who had lived and worked there. Steering committee and commissioned artistsThe success of the symposium led to the formation of Sculpture in the Parklands which is managed by a Steering Committee led by representatives of the main stakeholders: the arts; Bord na Móna, and members of the local community. Artists from Ireland, Denmark, USA and the Netherlands were commissioned to make permanent and temporary work in 2005 and 2006. The internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty was commissioned to create a major new art work in 2008 when Bord na Móna hosted the International Peat Conference in Ireland. UK artist Julian Wild and Irish artist Alan Counihan were commissioned to develop a further two sculpture pieces in September 2009. Access for AllThe long-term goal of Access for All (a national disability access programme) was implemented in 2004 and will be further developed in the future with new walkways providing further wheel chair access. Artists in residencySculpture in the Parklands continue to invite Irish and international artist to create significant site specific works of art while living in the community as artists in residence. In addition to permanent sculpture and time- based work, the project has a commitment to commissioning video artists, composers, choreographers, and performance artists to interpret and document this unique landscape, folklore and industrial history.
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