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Participants are invited <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">to explore their creativity by interacting with the natural environment, exploring the four main elements of Earth, Fire, Air, Water, through nature-inspired art, using natural materials, and the sensory aspect of poetry.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Facilitated by visual artist and eco-art practitioner <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Manuela Dei Grandi and writer and poet Nicholas MacLachlan, each workshop gives participants the opportunity to experiment with different ways to connect with nature. The project is a collaborative effort, creating an environment of collective creativity and skill-sharing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">For booking, please contact Manuela on 083 3741000<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Suggested donation on the day: 5 euro towards&nbsp; An<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">D\u00edseart Gardens maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":42117,"template":"","class_list":["post-42116","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>We are Nature - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We are Nature is an eco-art and visual poetry project aimed at teenagers (11-15 ) , delivered through workshops and building from last year\u2019s project.\" \/>\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\/we-are-nature\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We are Nature - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are Nature is an eco-art and visual poetry project aimed at teenagers (11-15 ) , delivered through workshops and building from last year\u2019s project. 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