Togher N.S., is one of ten Cork Schools selected to participate in a Light Labyrinth project. The aim is to create 2D and 3D artworks made from solid string structures that will be installed in the windows, and across the high spaces of Gallery 2 at Uillinn Art Gallery, Skibbereen. These will part of a string installation that will be lit by spotlights to create shadow and light effects visible from outside the building throughout the Christmas period. The Light Labyrinth will be a creative extension of the tradition of Christmas lights, linked to midwinter, and to the Greek myth in which Ariadne’s thread helped Theseus find his way out of the Minotaur’s maze. This labyrinth of lines, thread and light will help light the way through the darkest point of the year.

To participate in this project, Mr Swann and Ms O Connell attended a teachers information evening, where a full brief on the project was provided along with a demonstration and hands on workshop in the method of string construction on which the project will be based.

Children from 3rd – 6th class will participate in the project.  We hope to commence the project at the end of November.