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Sunday 11th May
Join us at Butler Gallery to celebrate Bealtaine 2025, a national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age.
Inspired by Paul Bokslag’s exhibition Through Line, artist Caroline Schofield invites you to slow down and reconnect through the simple, meditative act of drawing.
This workshop offers a quiet and contemplative space to explore the expressive power of line. In a relaxed and supportive environment, participants will be guided to observe, reflect, and draw—both within the serene setting of the gallery and outdoors in the natural surroundings.
Taking a cue from artist Paul Klee’s insight that “a drawing is simply a line going for a walk,” this session encourages you to follow the line wherever it may lead—with presence, curiosity, and creativity.
The workshop is from 12pm-4pm with a break for lunch at 2pm.
All materials provided.
About the Artist
Visual artist Caroline Schofield’s practice involves working creatively with individuals and groups, sharing skills, ideas and stories in arts + health contexts. Current and recent projects include Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts programmes with older people in palliative care and at University Hospital Waterford; a residency for the Irish Hospice Foundation at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny and Creative Exchanges with Age & Opportunity. Recent exhibitions include ‘I brought the dream of flying’ with artist/puppet maker Corina Duyn, at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford and Creative Brain Week (2023), and ‘Into the Weave’ at the Lavit Gallery, Cork (2024). Caroline is the recipient of the 2024 Age & Opportunity/Kilkenny County Council Residency, and her work is in
public and private collections. https://carolineschofield.ie/
Bealtaine
Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the leading national development organisation working to enable the best possible quality of life for us all as we age.
Age & Opportunity Arts provides opportunities for older people to be more creative more often, to create meaningful participation and representation for all older people in cultural and creative life and to demonstrate and celebrate how our creative potential can improve with age.
