This week I'm joined by Fethard born artist Lucy Phelan, who's work is currently on display at Blackwater Valley Makers Arts Centre in Fermoy. We chatted about this as well as her other ongoing projects, and about Lucy's passion for 'Slow Art', and the importance of community engagement within the arts, especially in rural areas. Lucy also talks about her newest project, based around the Ancient Irish Epic An TÁIN BÓ CÚALNGE. (see below for link to the text)

From blackwatervalleymakers.com :
'Lucy Phelan tells stories and explores the interaction between people and their world through large scale installations and art interventions. Familiar fables, legends, animals and gods are used in the work as iconic visual signposts toward a readable narrative.

Each theme or story is developed and explored over time, often starting with a single drawing or print. The piece mutates and evolves into a multi-faceted installation or intervention as the storyis retold and the characters developed.

The time span involved in the making is important to the work. Themes are revisited and changed. The act of making is a basic human experience. Lucy Phelan holds a BA (Hons) Fine Art Printmaking CCAD. Her most recent project explores the visibility of women artists within the traditional gallery system. ‘Women in Art’ stages interventions in major art galleries throughout Europe.'

CONTACT LUCY:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onthevergeofart/

Web: http://www.lucyphelan.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/onthevergeofart

Project Gutenberg's The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge, by Unknown:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16464/16464-h/16464-h.htm#Page_366