The Museum of Making and Mending

The Museum of Making and Mending

A group of people attending Skibbereen Day Care Centre worked with artists Tess Leak and Sarah Ruttle in 2016  to create a museum full of original poetry and artwork inspired by objects made or mended. 

 The Museum of Making and Mending was shown in Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre and has now been invited to LHQ Gallery, Carrigrohane Road, Cork where it also includes new work by participants in Schull and Clonakilty hospitals.

The project is part of the West Cork based Arts for Health Partnership Programme which provides a managed and integrated arts programme for older people in healthcare settings.

The Museum of Making and Mending  workshop begins with a short, lively tour of the exhibition and lasts approximately 2 hrs, with (if possible) a tea break in the middle. Maximum number of participants is 8. Participants are invited to bring in their own objects that have been made or mended by themselves or a friend/family member. These could be for example: Any knitted object (jumper/sock/hat) Any hand-sewn item of clothing Any mended object from home Any tool for making or mending A handmade loaf of bread (or cake!!)  These objects will inspire conversations with the group which will in turn become a NEW POEM created by artists Tess Leak and Sarah Ruttle during the session, supported by the ideas and stories of workshop participants. Copies of the new poem will be available for visitors to the Museum. Workshops will be held as follows:  Tuesday 4th December at 11am Friday 7th December at 11am To book a place on the workshop or further details  please contact 021-4346210 orsinead.donnelly@corkcoco.ie The museum launch will take place on Friday November 16that 1:30 p.m. LHQ Gallery, Library HQ, Carrigrohane Road, Cork The exhibition will be launched by the Deputy Mayor of Cork County Cllr Mary Linehan Foley The exhibition runs Monday to Friday 9:00 – 5:30 p.m. until the end of December