Realised and managed for the Sirius Arts Centre between 2007-09 to connect artists with the environment of Cork Harbour.
Cork Harbour Project was developed through the Sirius Arts Centre’s Artist in Residency Programme in 2007 through a series of research meetings and workshops called Laboratories (Lab 1 & Lab 2), activities occurred in the Sirius building and around the harbour as field trips. International and local artists, community groups, natural history experts and representatives from the local authority were brought together to raise awareness of the fragile beauty of Cork Harbour and its endangered environment through collaborative reciprocal research.
Thanks to the artists involved: Dara McGrath (Cork); Dieter Buchhart (Austria); Allan Giddy (Australia); Martin Sims (Australia); Mara Adamitz Scrupe (USA); Ciara Healy (Ireland & UK); Julia Pallone (France & Cork); Meaghan Schwelm (USA); Donal Moloney (Cork); David Kavanagh (Cork); Colette Lewis (Cork); Colleen Bartley (USA); Tressa O’Brien (Cork); Eva Maher (Cork); Jeanienne McCarthy (Cork); Mary Gough (Co. Cork); Deborah Dallyn (UK); Danny McCarthy (Co. Cork); Holly Asaa (Co. Roscommon); Ralf Sander (N. Ireland); Tom Fannon (Co. Cork) Community Projects: Marie Brett (Co. Cork); Mark Stewart (Cork); Cork Greenmap (Cork); Naomi Fein (Cork); John McHarg (Co. Cork)
Thanks to the speakers who participated: Peter Thompson, Carrigtwohill Environmental Alliance; Patrick Smiddy, Conservation Ranger with The Dept. Environment, Heritage and Local Government; Cathal O’Mahony, Cork Harbour Forum, University College Cork UCC; Paul Murphy, Head of Planning, Cork County Council; Dominick Donnelly & Dan Boyle from the Green Party; Michael Martin, Historian; Jim Wilson, Naturalist; Mary Sleeman, Archeologist with Cork County Council; Cormac Rynne, Lieutenant Commander N.S. Staff Officer for Planning & Policy, Haulbowline Naval Base; Ryan Howard, ECAD East Cork Area Development; Birgit O’Driscoll, Cobh Green Flag Schools Project.
For the realisation of the exhibition and related events, special thanks to the artists and everyone at the Sirius Arts Centre; Cobh and Passage West Town Councils; Jim & Anne Willson; Paul & Gemma O’Halloran of Ryan’s Bar, Cobh; Danny Halligan; The Mercantile Hotel, Sydney, Australia; Birgit O’Driscoll & ECAD East Cork Area Development; Alice D’Arcy, Sophie Le Roch and Sébastien Bertrand of Cork Greenmap also Naomi Fein; Lieutenant Commander Cormac Rynne, Irish Navy; Ted Creedon; O’Leary Insurance; Jane Smith, Office of Public Works Ireland OPW; Jamil Yamani Technical Programmer, College of Fine Arts COFA; University of New South Wales UNSW; The Environmental Research Institute for Art ERIA; Sydney Olympic Park Authority.
Cork Harbour Project could not have taken place without help from the Arts Council through a New Project Award 2007 and the Cork County Council’s Arts Award Scheme, 2007 & 2008