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In Autumn 2025, Transition Year students and teacher Seamus Mullen will join Community Water Officer Luke Kenny and artist Kathryn Maguire on a site visit to the Yellow River.<\/p>\n<p>A series of participatory workshops will follow, examining the river\u2019s geology, geomorphology, biodiversity and environmental history. These sessions will deepen participants&#8217; understanding of and connection to the concept of Water Guardianship.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Kenny (LAWPRO) will lead citizen science workshops, including water-sampling and biodiversity studies. Artist Kathryn Maguire will lead 10 creative workshops in the school, supported by guest scientists. With over 20 years&#8217; experience in arts education across museums, galleries and schools, Maguire brings a rich interdisciplinary approach. She holds Masters degrees from the RCA (London) and NCAD (Dublin), was recently featured in <em>Visual Artists Newsletter <\/em>and will present a solo show at Pallas Projects, Dublin, in September 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36160,"template":"","class_list":["post-36159","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>Water Guardians - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Water Guardians is a creative and environmental project based in the Ballinamore area, beginning in September 2025.\" \/>\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\/water-guardians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water Guardians - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Water Guardians is a creative and environmental project based in the Ballinamore area, beginning in September 2025. 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