The BLAST residency in St. Marys School in Rochestown was led by artist, Carol Healy.

The theme of this project was Visual Art with a particular focus on Land Art.

All of the artwork was created outdoors and then documented and preserved using photography.

Each photo was mounted on foam board to give a floating effect. The centre photo represents growth which is something the students were learning about at the time of this project.

The students also used watercolours and Chinese ink to create artwork which was then incorporated into a stack of mounted circular drawings to be displayed in the school.

Nathalia de Azevedo Marques was the artist-in-residence for the BLAST project in Scoil Íosagáin Infant School, Mallow.

Nathalia worked alongside Ms. Guerin and the girls and boys of Junior and Senior Infants.

The theme of the residency was drama.

Nathalia introduced many fun games for the children to play where they interacted with each other in a creative manner with the support of the adults around them.

The children also created stories and performed them for each other.

Artist Nathalia de Azevedo Marques led the BLAST residency in Bishopstown Community School where she worked with the Transition Year students and their teacher, Leanne Ryan.

The students participated in a host of drama workshops to get their creativity moving.

As a group, they worked on projects in the name of ‘Diversity and Inclusivity'.

These themes were explored through the workshops.

Nathalia engaged the students in acting, scripting and confidence boosting activities.

Julie Forrester led the BLAST residency in Walterstown National School.

The residency was available to the Junior Infants class and 2nd class.

Initial sessions began with nature walks, connecting with the outdoors and individual findings there.

The children explored ideas beginning with observational drawings from their own collections.

Following sessions incorporated paintings and print from memory and imagination.

We explored drawing with charcoal and chalk from primary source material, then leapt into a world of colour as the children found their way with materials and ideas.

The residency continued with junior infants working collaboratively and individually on a class piece.

The long frieze will be shown in the school corridor and will be divided up in a way the children will decide for taking home at the end of term.