The distinctive dialogue between poetry and visual art turns observers into participants and prompts them to respond profoundly to both the visual and sonic stimulation of the exhibition
It was a cold, overcast afternoon in February when I received the call. I continued walking up Kirikee, the hill above our home in Wicklow, while a member of the Kildare-based arts collective, element15, asked if I would be open to their creating an exhibition in response to my poetry. And so it began; 18 months of work that culminated in an exhibition of textile art and poetry which is currently on display in Dublin Castle.
Golden Globes 2025: Good day for Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott. Bad day Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan It is what the artist makes out of these powerfully conflicting emotions that moves people because they see something familiar there and they feel recognised, seen and maybe less alone. I’m reminded of Robert Frost’s words: “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader”.One November evening as darkness fell, the artists and I gathered in the gallery to reflect on our experience of the exhibition. ROOTS had then been running for eight weeks.
The textiles artists and I share the history in which women textile artists and women poets were disregarded for their art. Our work has been undervalued and criticised as being “confined” to the personal or domestic sphere.
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