Nore Freshwater Mussels Ceramic Workshop
with Mary Conroy

Join artist Mary Conroy to make porcelain mussels sculptures using molds made from real freshwater mussel shells found in the river Nore. The workshop will be an opportunity to get creative and learn about the unique but now functionally extinct Margaritifera durrovensis (Nore Freshwater Pearl Mussel), biodiversity and habitats along the river, and talk about things we can do to help save this, and other, endangered species.

About:

A Magic Moving Living Thing 2025 is a return to this artist-led project by Mary Conroy which took place at Butler Gallery in 2022. This project is an eco-cultural training programme, designed to connect to communities in the North Kilkenny River Nore catchment. A series of workshops will engage participants in creative ways to reflect and connect with our human and more-than-human relationships with the river and the river catchment, through making and discussion.

A publication is planned for a launch in Autumn 2025 which will share the community voices that have engaged in this project, and the many ways that the river keepers of the River Nore connect with the river.

This project is supported by Kilkenny Leader Partnership.