Tess Leak and Sharon Whooley

The Museum of Birds & Beasts

“A museum should work in its capacity to reveal the humanity of individuals… In museums we have history, but what we need are stories.” Orhan Pamuk

Lizzie O'Connor's father Timmy Cahalane and son Turlough O'Connor on Sherkin (3)

Museum of Birds & Beasts

Tess Leak & Sharon Whooley

Lizzie O'Connor's father Timmy Cahalane and son Turlough O'Connor on Sherkin (3)

Ocean & Environment

Eóin Heaney is the recipient of the Creative Places West Cork Islands Ocean and Environment Commission. An acclaimed Irish filmmaker renowned for his evocative storytelling and innovative cinematic techniques.

Storytellers in Residence
Storytellers in Residence. Creative Places West Cork Islands is delighted to announce that acclaimed storytellers Paddy O’Brien, Nuala Hayes and Simone Schuemmelfeder undertake a 10-month residency across the seven inhabited West Cork islands with their project entitled

How You Can Get Involved

Participate

Our programme will be a mix of large and small solo, group and community-based projects. We would encourage active participation as a creative, as an audience member and as a member of the community. 

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Contact us with your ideas or suggestions on what Creative Places can be now and into the future

Apply For Project Funding

We have opportunities from time to time, please see our services page for more infomation. 

Express an Interest

If you have a project in mind, are working on a proposal through the open calls or want to know more about the opportunities surrounding Creative Places WCI, get in touch.

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