Artist Curators 2023
Lauryn McNamee is an emerging artist, workshop-ist and writer working within the sticky intersections of class and education.
Lauryn McNamee Lead Artist
Jennifer is a producer and project coordinator. She has worked as an Associate Artist with Tallaght Community Arts for over twelve years and has been producer of SoloSIRENs since 2019.
Jennifer Webster Producer
Sharon Devlin is a seasoned Irish artist and educator. With a background in community development, she ventured into the world of art, mastering various mediums such as oils, acrylics, watercolours, and mixed media.
Sharon Devlin Curator
Sailí Áine is a freelance performer and artist. Currently working as a production assistant for Creative Places MacUíllíam with Tallaght Community Arts, she has experience in stage management, organising workshops and outdoor events, and designing social media posts.
Sailí Áine Ní Mhurchú Project Assistant
Biography
Lauryn McNamee
Lauryn McNamee is an emerging artist, workshop-ist and writer working
within the sticky intersections of class and education. Having recently graduated with a
degree in Fine Art Sculpture and Critical Cultures from NCAD, their practice is centred on
questioning power dynamics within society.
Their most recent work, Art School for Alienated
Ones*, is a community-embedded project that evolved into a collaborative workshop, where
the art school was launched, alongside an online resource platform and an instruction
manual. This work provides participants with the tools to build community and train* for a
future in which society is organised around care. Recently honoured with the Thomas
Dammann Junior Trust Memorial Award, McNamee is preparing for a research trip to BAK,
an organisation dedicated to art and social action in Utrecht.
Notably, NCAD Collections has
acquired McNamee’s graduate work, which will be permanently displayed on campus in the
Grace Gifford Building. McNamee has also exhibited in Dublin and internationally, in group shows in
Berlin and Riga.
*Alienated Ones: People who are excluded, left out. All of us until everyone is cared for
*Train: The activity of training for and making a society that is organised around care.
Jennifer Webster
Jennifer is a producer and project coordinator. She has worked as an Associate Artist with Tallaght Community Arts for over twelve years and has been producer of SoloSIRENs since 2019. From 2021 to date she has been coordinator of Creative Places MacUíllíam. She conceived and directs ACT UP! Festival of theatre directed/performed by young people.
Her work as producer/coordinator includes As If By Chance, Cessair, SoloSIRENs Festival, Where in this World, The Great Rope of Tallaght, Gaza Monologues, Aeridheacht -Taking the Air, and Creative Campus. She has also produced international exchanges for young people from Dublin with Masters School, New York and OTeatrao, Portugal.
For the Arts Council, she produced Shukuma Mzansi, a visit of South African participatory theatre makers to Ireland in 2018. In 2019, she was a delegate on Voices of Culture: Gender Equality with the European Commission. She is a theatre artist with Doors to Elsewhere, a theatre ensemble for adults with a disability.
Sharon Devlin
Sharon Devlin is a seasoned Irish artist and educator. With a background in community development, she ventured into the world of art, mastering various mediums such as oils, acrylics, watercolours, and mixed media. Her work graces prestigious collections, including The Citywest Hotel and The Harcourt Inn in Dublin, while also finding a home in private collections worldwide.
Devlin's artistic journey extends to exhibitions in renowned galleries, including Rua Red Arts Gallery and Russborough House Wicklow. Her education journey led to a Post Graduate Level 9 qualification in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Trinity College Dublin in 2021.
Devlin is deeply committed to arts education and community engagement, serving as the newly appointed director of Tallaght Community Arts and previously as coordinator of Tallaght Community Arts’ DoubleTAKE Supported Arts Studio. She also tutors in Arts and Advocacy through the Arts for various organizations. Her vision emphasizes the transformative power of creativity and self-expression, empowering individuals to find their artistic voices.
Sailí Áine Ní Mhurchú
Sailí Áine is a freelance performer and artist. Currently working as a production assistant for Creative Places MacUíllíam with Tallaght Community Arts, she has experience in stage management, organising workshops and outdoor events, and designing social media posts.
A graduate of TUD Conservatoire Drama Performance bachelor’s degree, Sailí Áine is a qualified drama facilitator, creating devised pieces with children, teenagers and young adults. She is fluent in Irish, exploring bi-lingual and multilingual theatre. Sailí has been a member of the SoloSIRENs Collective for over three years.
Previous Artist Curators
Creative Campus 22 - Surface Beneath / Faoin Dromchla
Curator: Tony Fegan
Producer:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Brianna Marshall Crowe and Kate Power
Participating Schools:Deansrath Community College, Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh, and St. Aidan’s
Community School.
Participating Student Artists:Ollie Delsart-de Búrca, Feranmi Hassan, Ava Lee, Hung Manh Nguyen,
Siobhán McKillion, Kian Murphy, Ella Ní Eireamhóin, Hannah Ní Mhaolain, Ciannait Nic Eoin
Dhuinbhne, Yseult Nic Lochlainn, Misha Singh, Eva Toner.
To view the work of Creative Campus ’22 please visit:
Creative Campus '21 - Me-and-der-ing
Curator: Jonathan Stokes
Project Manager/Coordinator:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Joanne Clerkin and Claire O’Sullivan
Participating Schools:Collinstown Park Community College and St. Kevin’s Community College.
Participating Student Artists:Taylor Brady, Melissa Cooney, Ella D'Arcy, Ava Flynn
Hutton, Jayne Higgins, Kamile Norvaisaite, Grace Shelley, Jana Voitjule
To view the work of Creative Campus ’21 please visit
Creative Campus '20 - A Stitch in Time
Curator: Jonathan Stokes
Project Manager/Coordinator:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Julia Collins and Andy Wielens
Participating Schools:Glenasmole National School and Mount Seskin Community College.
Participating Student Artists from Glenasmole N.S.:Carla M, Cian D, Ciaran M, Cillian P, David M, Enda W, George C, Grace S, Harry C, Isabelle L, Josh C, Katie Mc, Kelsie Mc, Lucy L, Mary A, Max H, Michael K, Robert D, Shane K, Shona C, Sophie O, Sophie R, Zach F.
Teacher/Principle: Mary McColgan
Participating Student Artists from Mt. Seskin CC:Aoife Bardon, Gabrielle Collins,Darragh Ennis, Amy Hoang, Jordan Mason, Daniella Quinn, Sophie Singleton, Kelly Slattery, Niamh Valentine, Abby Ward
Teacher: Adrienne Byrne
Correspondence Participants: Siobhán Daffy, Martin Dunne, Alan Edge, Jack Jones, Laura Lee, Pat Lee, Mohammad Rayhan.
Creative Campus '19 - Linger for Longer
Co-Curator: Andrew (Sid) Siddall, Mirjam Keune
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Shane Keeling, Peter Slyman
Participating Artists:Emma Brennan, Patrycja Chmielarska, Davina Cox, Adela Fedorava, Justyna Kaczorowska, Martina (Mars) Maher, Karl Mellon, Daniel Pujolas.
Participating Schools:Deansrath Community College, St. Marks Community School and Priory Youth Reach
Creative Campus '18- By a Better Deed
Curator: Terence Erraught
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Emma Brennan, Siuán Ní Dhochartaigh
Participating Artists:Daria Cassidy, Megan Fay, Róisin Ní Mhaoldhamhnaigh, Sailí Áine Ní Mhurchú, Jordan O’Toole
Participating Schools:Colaiste de Híde and Mount Seskin Community College
Creative Campus '17 - D24 - A User's Manual
Curator: Peter Reder
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Aaron Smyth, Stephen Burke
Participating Schools:Deansrath Community College and Killindarden Community School with the participation of Tallaght Young Film Makers
Creative Campus '16 - Centenary
Curator: Jim Cathcart
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Lauryn Gaffney, Michaela Roddy, Tara Singleton, Megan Leech, Amy Eiffe, Christian Heath, Natalia Kalksztejn, Kristan Murphy
Participating Schools: Deansrath Community College, Mount Seskin Community School
Creative Campus '15 - Between
Curator:Catherine Barragry
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Stephen Burke, Rebecca McCusker, Andrew Fulcher, Bronagh Lee, Stephen Burke
Participating Secondary School: Moyle Park Community College and Mount Seskin Community School
Creative Campus '14 - Think Outside The Book
Curator: Mirjam Keune
Project Manager:Jennifer Webster
Artists: Georgina Smyth, Mark Holburn, Sarah Ward, Ciaran Doyle, Joanna Graniczkowska, Mayka von May
Participating Schools: Killinarden Community School and Adamstown Community College
Creative Campus '13 - Vestige
Curator: Siobhan Carroll
Project Manager:Chloe Brennan