Back to What's On
Each year we invite an artist to work with local audiences in Lismore over a sustained period of time, to create a meaningful, collaborative project.
Working with our Learning team and using our new print studio as a base, artist Ruby Wallis has facilitated a series of workshops with International Protection Applicants living in Lismore. Taking inspiration from early photographers like Anna Atkins and William Henry Fox Talbot, participants have experimented with cameraless techniques like phytography, anthotype print-making and lumen printing.
Participants reflected on their relationship to the garden and the recognition of plants, with conversations often moving towards healing and culinary uses in their respective home countries. These conversations have become a point of connection, creativity and cultural memory, as the garden becomes a site of personal significance. It is a space for healing and growth, but also of uprooting and replanting.
This series of workshops now culminates in an exhibition showcasing new work by Ruby Wallis alongside collaborative artworks produced in partnership with the Lismore community. Plants referenced in the exhibition include; bamboo, beetroot, blackberry, cactus, fennel, fern, grape, kale, lemon balm, nettle, palm tree, rose and tulip.
Join us for the exhibition launch on Saturday, 30 August from 3 – 5pm
Open Saturdays & Sundays, 12 – 5pm (during exhibitions) & other times by appointment.
Admission Free.
Image: Ruby Wallis, anthotype made during a workshop at Lismore Castle Arts, 2025.
This project is supported by the Arts Council, Waterford City & County Council and Creative Ireland
