LINN O’CARROLL - WORKSHOPS RESIDENCIES COMMISSIONS

Linn is currently taking bookings for 2006, so if  you would like to work with Linn in 2006 why not get in touch soon?

Linn’s Projects Prior to 2003 are outlined below.....

2002

 

September

RIO+10 Earth Festival Salisbury

Two day workshop to produce ten free standing sculptures using natural materials gathered from the Avon Valley Nature Reserve.  The aim was to provide access to a participatory workshop and raise awareness of Agenda 21 issues.  The work utilised re-cycling felled trees, willow, river grasses and coppiced hazel. These sculptures are to be sited in October 2002. Funded by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Salisbury Council

August

Creat-A-Play - The Hobbit

Two day workshop creating a play set around the themes of Tolkein's classic fantasy story. Maps, backdrops and costumes were constructed and featured in the play that culminated the workshop

April-June

Artist in Residence, Hale Primary School, New Forest.  `Nature's Delicacies'.

Key Stage 2, Years 3-6, 6 weeks duration - Pupils constructed hand made paper and embedded forest floor debris (seeds, leaves, flower heads) elements within and on the surface then constructed willow designs based on natural forms and incorporated their paper and woven elements within the willow structures.

Reception and Key Stage 1, Years 1-2, 3 weeks duration -Pupils produced handmade paper and, incorporating forest ephemera, produced an A-Z of the forest. Individual pieces then formed a collage for final presentation. The residency culminated in an exhibition at Hale Village Hall which then travelled to the New Forest Museum, Lyndhurst until mid-August 2002. (Video of workshops available on request.)

2001

 

August 2001

Japenese Summer Children's Workshop

2 dau working with willow withies to produce kites (5+years).  Japanese screen making using willow/silk/collaged natural materials (8+ years), Salisbury Arts Centre, Wiltshire

Feb 2001

Printmaking without a press

Training workshop for day care volunteers, Countess Mountbatten House, Hampshire

2000

 

Oct  - Dec

Initiated and ran `Turning Over a New Leaf' series of workshops introducing 2D and 3D paper making processes. Day care services, Countess Mountbatten House, Southampton. Partnerships in Arts for Healthcare. Culminated in exhibition `Hidden Depths' at The Point Dance and Arts Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire

 

Pre-2000

 

Apr 1997 - Dec 1998

Artist in Residence, Netley Castle

Partnerships for Arts in Healthcare, Southampton University Hospital: Initiated and developed series of workshops for patients receiving cancer treatment.

March 1998

Lecturer (part time) Brockenhurst College

New-ways (4 week short course), Easter `Egg-Stravaganza

Oct 1997 - Mar 1998

Lecturer (part time) Brockenhurst College

HOCN 2 year crafts course. Adults with leaning difficulties and HOCN Art and Design Course for adults with learning difficulties.

Oct 1997 - Mar 1998

Artist in residence at Priestlands Secondary School, Lymington, Hampshire.

Tid'e'-up - Year 9 students spent the winter months scouring the local beaches and tidying up the non-biological jetsum - weaving them into a series of intriguing woven hangings - a project combining exciting art work and understanding of environmental issues.  A4E Express National Lottery Project. Residency culminated in a month long exhibition at Forest Arts combining student statements, finished pieces and sketch books.

Sep 1996 - Mar 1998

Lecturer (part-time), Brockenhurst College, Hampshire

HOCN 2 year pottery course, Adults with learning difficulties

Nov 1997

Lecturer (part time) Brockenhurst College, Hampshire

New-ways (4 week short course), Candles for Christmas

Nov 1997

Papermaking workshop for 2D/3D Artist Group, Southampton

Oct 1997

Southampton City Art Gallery evening workshop at Southampton Scrap Store -

`Paper making for teachers'

Mar 1997 - Sep 1997

Leader (part-time), New Forest Gateway Club, Nedderman Centre,

New Milton, Hampshire 

Sponsored by New Forest MENCAP, responsible for all club activities

July 1997

Artist in residence at Brisons Vear, Cape Cornwall

(2 week residency-awarded studio/living space).

July 1997

The Garden Gallery.  “Invitation to make work in response to the garden.”

Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight

June 1997

From Pulp to Paper 2 day workshop (adults), Forest Arts, New Milton, Hampshire

Mar 1997

Printmaking Without a Press, Kent Adult Education, Tonbridge Centre

One day workshop for Creative Studies tutors working in Kent Adult education

Feb 1997

From Pulp to Paper Book-making Workshop (8+ years), Forest Arts

New Milton, Hampshire

Jan 1997

Lecturer (part-time) Brockenhurst College, New-ways

4 week short course, `Sketchbook Fun', Nedderman Centre, New Milton, Hampshire

Oct 1996

Art Safari (2 days, 8+ years) hand-made sketchbooks and creative discovery trail workshop

Countryside Education Trust, Beaulieu (Half term week), Hampshire

Aug 1996

Mono-printing workshop (8+ years), Forest Arts, New Milton, Hampshire

Sep 1994 - June 1995

Printmaker in Residence, Kensington & Chelsea College, London

Lecturing includes Adult Education,

Foundation printmaking courses and Pre-degree Fine Art

Prepared seminars, tutorials, exhibitions

Attended staff work-shops, Development courses, Contemporary Art Theory Seminar Course Health & Safety at work Seminar, and First Aid at Work Certificate and gained City and Gulds 7307 part 1.

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