CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project

Photography by Val Robus and Sarah Sexton

A Special thank you to SLIGO ARTS SERVICE, Sligo County Council, COOLANEY/ROCKFIELD TIDY TOWNS, CDP PARTICIPANTS AND THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF COOLANEY/ ROCKFIELD.

​CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project, Mc Nullty’s / Collery’s shop,  
​Main Street, Coolaney, Co Sligo

Drawing as an intervention: ‘Gorilla History’ Drawing of sites of interest (concealed and unconcealed) in situ in Coolaney, Sligo. The drawings are printed and installed into the panes of Windows of an abandoned pub in Coolaney. 

Hungry Rock Sligo, Images & Video Stills from Hungry Rock Film, 2017. Funded by Sligo County Council
There lies a large flat rock on the top of Hungry Rock which was regarded as an important pass through the Ox mountains It is said that the passer by must throw a pebble to avert starvation. On the day we made this film we found coins and small pebbles. We threw colourful ribbons to honour the tradition. The ribbons stayed in place on the rock for one week for the passer by.  Photographer & Videographer: Sarah Sexton. Participants: SARAH SEXTON, VAL ROBUS,  KIERA O'TOOLE, Lorraine Smith

CDP: Coolaney Drawing Project, drawing with trees, Glen woods, 2017

A series of drawings produced using drawing implements (ball point pens ) attached to trees branches. The paper remained in situ for two days. The drawing recorded the movement of the tree. 

THE CDP: COOLANEY DRAWING PROJECT was established in the summer of 2016 and comprises of local residents from the village of Coolaney, Sligo, Ireland. The CDP is a collaborative and participatory ongoing project which explores drawing as an intervention within the rural setting of Coolaney village and the surrounding areas in Sligo. Drawing records, traces and expresses our perceptual experiences and forms the basis of an exchange between the artist, the group and the public.