Cruinniú na nÓg:
Gather to welcome The Guardian 

Join us at Butler Gallery this Cruinniú na nÓg, Saturday 6th June!

Gather to welcome The Guardian 
Finding the guardian of this place:

Every place has a guardian. A presence older than eircodes and planning permissions, something that knows this ground by its older name, that remembers the field before the road, the wind before the wall.

Over the past weeks, children from St. Johns National School have been doing something quietly ancient: listening to where they are. Through storytelling, making and collective imagination, they've uncovered the resident Guardian of their place, a protective presence that could only have come from here, shaped by the hands, voices, and wild ideas of the people who know it best.

That Guardian has come to life and carrying a story to share with all those who are willing to Listen. It will be making a very special appearance at Butler Gallery for Cruinniú na nÓg.

Come and be part of it. On the day, visitors are invited to see the work that has been created, add their own creative voice to the piece, meet the resident Guardian in person, and gather to hear its story told for the very first time.

This is living local mythology, made by this community, for this community. 

• Live Interactive Promenade Performance: Join us for a very special story parade in the grounds of Butler Gallery from 2 - 3pm with Trickster.  Public can observe or join in as we go - come and be a part of our performance!
• Children’s Exhibition: See work created by the children of St John’s Junior School through story and character development in the lead-up to our live interactive performance. On view from 12 - 4pm in the Learning Centre.
• Drop in workshops in our Learning Centre - throughout the day - create your own mark in response to the work on display.

Part of the Cruinniú na nÓg celebrations at Butler Gallery.
A project imagined by Trickster, makers of joyful, rebellious art for a living world.
Supported by The Arts Council and Creative Ireland.

About Trickster:

Trickster makes joyful, rebellious art for a living world. Rooted in folk traditions and animistic ways of knowing, we build hand-made worlds and tell stories slowly, using theatre as a way of listening  to each other, to place, and to the more-than-human world. Our work is playful and generous, shaped by the seasons and alive to the social, political, and environmental forces of now, holding art as a commons where imagination, resistance, and care can grow together.

Cruinniú na nÓg is a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18 and is a initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan.

This project is supported by the Kilkenny Creative Ireland Programme.