The Culture Makers The “Culture Makers” exhibition, grant-aided through Waterford Cultural Quarter Open Call presents in 3 large paintings and one augmented reality sculpture, black Irish – African women as cultural protagonists and stakeholders within the new Waterford Cultural Quarter. The project aims to build on the positive momentum provided by Africa Day in Waterford Cultural […]
T.V. Honan – Director of Spraoi International Street Arts Festival T.V. has worked professionally in the arts since 1989 and is one of the founding members of Spraoi. He has served as a member of the Arts Council, the Cultural Relations Committee at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Waterford City Development Board. He played […]
SANDRA WHELAN COO Immersive VR Education Sandra Whelan is Chief Operations Officer at Immersive VR Education. She co-founded the company, alongside her husband, David Whelan in 2014. During that period, Sandra also worked as a Senior Editor and Content Creator for a top ranked virtual reality website, where she developed a strong rapport with key […]
DAVID WHELAN CEO Immersive VR Education David Whelan is CEO of Immersive VR Education Ltd. Along side his wife, Sandra Whelan, David co-founded the company in 2014 with the aim of bringing Immersive technology to distance learning and transform how students learn globally. In March 2018, David and the team successfully listed VR Education Holdings […]
Eilís Lavelle Eilís Lavelle is a co-director of Workhouse Union working with artists, designers, architects, and crafts-people to develop projects examining housing, civic infrastructure, and the commons, engaging people with the spaces and places we live. Eilís was the curator of Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre from 2005- 2013, curating over 80 exhibitions, project, and […]
Máire Henry B.Arch. MBA. MRIAI. Máire is a registered Architect and is Head of the Department of Architecture at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). A graduate of UCD, she worked in London and Paris with the Pritzker award winning architect Renzo Piano before returning to Ireland where she led the development of the first […]
Jennifer O’Connell Jennifer O’Connell is a Saturday Magazine columnist and features writer with the Irish Times, specialising in human interest stories, interviews and news and opinion. She has been a journalist for over 20 years, and prior to the Irish Times, worked in The Sunday Business Post, RTE, TheJournal.ie, the Independent group of newspapers, […]
Mark Graham is a lecturer in the Department of Creative and Performing Arts at Waterford Institute of Technology by day, drummer, vocalist and trombonist with multi award winning band King Kong Company by night. Mark has previously worked for Today FM and RTE Radio. His first book, A Year of Festivals in Ireland, documented his […]
Dr Eamonn Kelly is a Principal Officer at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht working in the all-of-Government Creative Ireland Programme. Eamonn was previously posted for four years as Ireland’s Attaché (Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht) to the European Union based at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU in Brussels, and […]
Toby Scott Toby likes to surprise people with their own ingenuity. As a leader in the creative industries, his early career was as a director for Theatre, TV and radio. He subsequently became a Director of Arts Council England, a Director of the UK Design Council as well as Head of Arts for the UK […]