Seanchaí Microforest (2020-24)
Book Launch: Thursday 30 April at 11.30am
Blakestown Community School Microforest, Dublin D15 F978
Download the book here (PDF)
Superprojects, in partnership with Fingal County Council Arts Office and Blakestown Community School (BCS),
is delighted to invite you to the launch of a new publication,
Seanchaí Microforest (2020–24)
An arts-in-education initiative by
artist Gareth Kennedy and the students of BCS
Official Launch, Thursday 30 April at 11.30am
Blakestown Community School Microforest, Dublin D15 F978
RSVP
Please confirm attendance by Monday, 27 April 2026
to Fingal Arts Office at artsoffice@fingal.ie or to Superprojects at info@superprojects.org
More info in the invite here.
The programme includes the Seanchaí Microforest experience, plus remarks from the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Tom O’Leary; Fingal County Council Youth & Education Officer Julie Clarke; Superprojects Director Rayne Booth; artist Gareth Kennedy; and students. Light refreshments will be served.
Seanchaí Microforest is an initiative delivered through a partnership between Superprojects and the Fingal County Council’s Youth and Education Programme. It was conceived by artist Gareth Kennedy during the 2020 pandemic as a means to work with artists and young people outdoors. It is now a thriving habitat that serves as an outdoor learning and recreation space, addressing climate action at a local level while enhancing students' mental and physical well-being. The project was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Fingal Arts Office.
Gareth Kennedy is a visual artist whose work explores the social role of the handmade in contemporary culture. Using anthropological approaches, he creates site-specific, community-based projects rooted in experimental material practices. He co-represented Ireland at the 2009 Venice Biennale with Sarah Browne as Kennedy Browne and was longlisted for the 2015 VISIBLE Award. Kennedy teaches Sculpture and Expanded Practice at NCAD, Dublin, where he leads the Studio+ FIELD module focused on experiential learning in a nearby brownfield site.
