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To honour this milestone, <strong>Tuatha of Terryland Forest Park<\/strong>, alongside <strong>Artist-in-Residence Helen Caird, dance artist Roberta Ceginskaite, and sculptor Dani Gill<\/strong>, present a <strong>creative celebration<\/strong> reflecting on the park\u2019s past and future.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Visual Art Workshops<\/strong> \u2013 Local school-children will create <strong>park-inspired artworks<\/strong>, continuing a project first undertaken in 2000. Their work will be exhibited in the park.<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Creative Movement Sessions<\/strong> \u2013 Monthly <strong>dance and movement workshops<\/strong> with Roberta will connect participants to the park\u2019s natural beauty.<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Sculpture from Nature<\/strong> \u2013 Dani will <strong>demonstrate wood-sculpting<\/strong>, crafting art from a <strong>storm-felled oak tree<\/strong>.<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Documenting 25 Years<\/strong> \u2013 A <strong>short documentary and publication<\/strong> combining archival and new footage will commemorate the park\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Videos will be shared online, and the <strong>publication will be available to the public and local libraries<\/strong>, ensuring Terryland\u2019s legacy continues to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35755,"template":"","class_list":["post-35754","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>25 Years of Terryland Forest Park: Looking Back and Moving Forward - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Terryland Forest Park marks 25 years as Galway\u2019s \u201cPeople\u2019s Park,\u201d a thriving urban forest built through community collaboration.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/25-years-of-terryland-forest-park-looking-back-and-moving-forward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"25 Years of Terryland Forest Park: Looking Back and Moving Forward - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Terryland Forest Park marks 25 years as Galway\u2019s \u201cPeople\u2019s Park,\u201d a thriving urban forest built through community collaboration. 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