About Practice.ie

www.practice.ie
The first professional network in Ireland, for artists working with children and young people. Practice.ie is an on-line collaborative research space reporting on artists' practice with children and young people currently in development by Kids' Own, in partnership with Visual Artists Ireland. The aim of this research is to raise the standard, validate practice and to support artists working with children and young people.

"Now there is, in the last ten years, a healthy group of artist who chose to work with children. I’m one of those. I have never exhibited although I paint, and am not part of the gallery scene; I’m not interested in that. The work I do myself is connected with the work I do with the children. There is a constant conversation between me and children and others with whom I work and it is helping me and freeing me in an incredible way. Why I work [with children] is that, creatively, the children in early years and as they grow, given the right environment, are at their maximum power of innate creativity and therefore I find it very inspiring and it nurtures me a lot to work with them."