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#StayHome Creativity Ideas

Thank you to all contributing teachers and students

GENERAL

https://www.rte.ie/culture/

http://www.bbc.com/culture

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/culture

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture

https://www.nytimes.com/section/arts

MUSIC

GUITAR LESSONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDChbSe7b8

This is a good video tutorial on Chasing Cars that the lads have been learning in the Prometheans guitar lessons, with Mr. O’Sullivan, Ms L. O’Donovan and Mr. McWalters
If you weren’t able to join in school, maybe you’d like to try it now. It would be a good time to take it up, if you have a guitar. It’s great way to pass the time in an enjoyable way.
In the Google Classroom you’ll find the accompanying handouts that Ms O’Donovan made out. It’s basically just three chords. Great choice of song to start with.

These lesson were highly recommended by a student.

Singing:  www.singireland.ie

Classical Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Classical

Music Reviews:

www.hotpress.com

http://www.rollingstone.com

http://www.theguardian.com/music

Opera: The New York Metropolitan Opera is going to have * free streams *. Each night at 7:30 pm EST a new opera will be shown, and will be available for 20 hours. The page is * www.metopera.org *
This week’s schedule:
– Monday: Carmen
– Tuesday: La Boheme
– Wednesday: Il Trovatore
– Thursday: La Traviata
– Friday: La Fille du Regiment
– Saturday: Lucia di Lammermoor
– Sunday: Eugene Onegin

The Berlin Philharmonic opens its home, the Philarmonie, for free, due to the coronavirus epidemic that is ravaging the planet, the Berlin Philharmonic has decided to counter this forced silence by allowing free access to its Digital Concert Hall for one month
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNq2eaZ vd5PsY9bF9QTeJ30IRscWVT_4c

In case someone is bored and does not know what to do at home, there are a whole series of initiatives underway:

• Festival I stay at home and quarantine fest: many artists through their Instagram profiles will do live shows of about 30 min as if it were a private acoustic concert. The schedules: https://todoindie.com/yo-me-quedo-en-casa-festival/
https://twitter.com/CuarentenaFest/status/12383797220 96115714?s=20

THEATRE
• You can also watch theater online, these are the available works: http://teatroteca.teatro.es/opac/#indice

LITERATURE AND WRITING

• Some authors, such as the cartoonist El Torres or the authors of El bosque have uploaded all their books / comics for free for those who want to enjoy them, the same has been done by your favorite author * https: //twitter.com/ElTorres72 /status / 1238204925550657536? S = 08, http://elvosque.es/comic/*

Free audio books for kids and teenagers while schools are closed:

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

This is a really great opportunity for the writers among you.

You should definitely enter this:

Short Story Competition

Fighting Words is a great resource and they want your stories

https://www.fightingwords.ie/

FILM

40 Day Film School With Mark Cousins

• If you are a member of the library you have the possibility of accessing the catalog of efilm, a Netflix of the bibles, each community has its own catalog: https://efilm.online/

PHOTOGRAPHY

https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/ten-best-photographs-of-the-day

ART
One for the artists among us:

http://www.glucksman.org/exhibitions/creativity-at-home

RESEARCH

Sometimes we forget the role that research plays in the creation and inspiration of great art. Check out these great sites

Glasnevin Cemetery https://www.glasnevinmuseum.ie/index.cfm

Smithsonian Museums https://www.si.edu/museums

History Ireland site https://www.historyireland.com

History Extra
https://t.co/o1ZMnLSYwo?amp=1

http://irishmuseums.org/text-pages/irishmuseumsonline-content-and-resources

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Be Inspired Awards 2019 -Winners

Be Inspired Awards 2019 –Winners

ALL OF THE JUDGES COMMENTED ON HOW EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IT WAS TO PICK A WINNER IN EACH CATEGORY, SUCH WAS THE HIGH STANDARD.

Well done everyone!

  Senior – Photography Paddy O’Halloran 4th Year   “Really interesting capture of a foreign scene. The architecture creates an unusual frame and draws the eye in to the figures at the centre of the composition. Great work.”   –Photographer and Film Director Shaun O’Connor   Junior – Photography Jack Cullen 3rd Year   “Great use of horizontal lines, drawing the eye in. The contrast from the left to right is striking too. Super composition and super work.”   – Photographer and Film Director Shaun O’Connor
  Senior – Art Tadgh Twomey  5th Year   “Highly impressive, imaginative composition is sustained throughout this wonderful children’s storybook creation. The endearing story is depicted in a way that is instantly attractive with its accomplished colour choice, style, perspective and technique.”   –Artist Una Collins   Junior – Art Yuzhe Chen 1st Year   “Amazing execution of this depiction of the comic-strip hero. Phenomenal attention to detail. The skilled brush-strokes, tone, shading and scale give this painting an immediate an impressive impact. Fantastic.”   –Artist Úna Collins
  Senior – Music Paddy O’Halloran 4th Year   “A very complex and interesting piece to uptake, which displayed considerable technique and independence. Rhythmically smooth, the phrasing kept my attention and made for an enjoyable listen. The feel was very authentic and really captured the jazz spirit while at the same time putting your own stamp on the piece. Very well done.”   James Downing from The Shruggs   Junior – Music Adrian Toma 2nd Year   “Don’t Lie (electronica) is a pleasant onslaught right from beat one, great use of L/R fading and the drop was lovely too. It was never boring and hard to keep still while listening. Catchy hooks, might well be a club classic one day in the future, overall excellent programming.”     James Downing from The Shruggs
  Senior – Poetry & Lyrics Aodh Ó Gallchóir 6th Year   “This piece could easily be inside an anthology of poems –and by acclaimed and recognised poets. Brilliant”   –Poet Brian O’Driscoll   Junior – Poetry & Lyrics James Connolly 1st Year   “Economical and succinct, it’s a typical, recognisable story of a school morning and the poem has great rhythm.”   –Poet Brian O’Driscoll
  Senior – Writing Gerald O’Donovan 6th Year   “Gerald’s writing is exceptional. His evocation of time and place with simply stunning prose is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s border trilogy. The authenticity and immediacy of character and situation is of the highest order, like that of Hilary Mantel say, or Denis Johnson. Amazing talent.”     -Author Ciarán Collins   Junior – Writing Tom Cullen 2nd Year   “Ever popular with younger writers, fantasy is the most prominent genre in the junior entries again this year. Tom is at home in the genre and coupled with his vivid imagination, it made for a thoroughly enjoyable and mysterious work. His skilled use of language to create spectacular imagery is salient in this memorable piece.”   -Author Ciarán Collins
 
  Senior –Book Review Mark Henchion 4th Year “Mature, economical and well-judged, this review has everything you want from a good book review. Never overstated, it is fit for publication anywhere. The use of comparable novels reflects the writer’s knowledge of both literature and the craft of the book review.”   -Author Ciarán Collins   Junior –Book Review Daniel O’Mahony 3rd Year “The writer’s love for the book is infectious in this accomplished review, but it was the highly impressive use of language that was most striking. The literary prowess of the writer of the review is a sure way of instilling confidence in the reader for the recommendation of the novel. Impressive stuff.”   -Author Ciarán Collins  

Be Inspired Awards 2019 -The Judges

PHOTOGRAPHY: Shaun O’Connor is an awarding-winning photographer and film director, whose exhibitions and films have had huge success at home and abroad. www.shaunoconnor.com

POETRY: Brian O’Driscoll is a poet, spoken word performer, writer and wordsmith who has appeared at many literary festivals and has had his work published broadly, including the magazine Headspace and Dimezine. www.poetart.com

ART: Úna Collins is a very successful Innishannon-based artist who trained in Mallow College of Art and Design and the Crawford. She has held several exhibitions of her work in Cork and has been invited to show work in various galleries around the country. www.unacollinsartist.com

MUSIC: James Downing is a member of the well-known band The Shruggs, a folk/pop musical duo fast becoming a force to be reckoned with on the Irish music scene.  www.theshruggs.wixsite.com/theshruggs 

WRITING: Ciarán Collins is mainly known for his award-winning novel The Gamal which was published by Bloombury (2013) and his play Primal which premiered in Cork Arts Theatre in 2019. www.ciarancollinsauthor.com