Kathryn Mary Crowley Writer & Visual artist, Ireland.
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Creativity ✨ Mentoring ✨ Workshops ✨ Training ✨
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/
Talks and workshops for 2026 (online and in person) for your group How can creativity connect people, stories, and nature in unexpected ways? You are in the right place if this question interests you. I provide interactive talks and workshops to in person and online. Youth and adult groups are…
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Talks and workshops for 2026 (online and in person) for your group
How can creativity connect people, stories, and nature in unexpected ways? You are in the right place if this question interests you. I provide interactive talks and workshops to in person and online. Youth and adult groups are welcome. "Kathryn has plenty of energy and brings a warmth to her work. The young people liked her and it was safe for them to relax in her company.
http://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/12/01/talks-and-workshops-for-2026-online-and-in-person-for-your-group/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
about 2 hours ago
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A new haiku inspired by the editing process:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/12/01/d...
#creativewriting
#poetry
#poems
#writing
#Ireland
about 2 hours ago
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Thanks to the folks who sent me nets for an
#art
project in 2025. Much appreciated! I'm not collecting any more to
#upcycle
. For Winter, I've a LOT of material to work with. Art gifts have been sent in exchange to 15 people. Read more about my work here:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/11/09/f...
#ocean
about 20 hours ago
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Do you work in Ireland's creative sector? Check out these FREE creative therapies. I work with this brilliant organisation (not as a therapist), and highly recommend the services. We need and deserve this. Enjoy!
#wellbeing
#visualartists
#music
#dance
#drama
#Ireland
#music
#freetherapy
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4 days ago
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A Green sea
#turtle
ended up in Ireland, thousands of kilometres from home and shivering her tail off, last Winter. Here's her story, my new art, and a
#poem
that I wrote from the perspective of a turtle back in 2022:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/11/24/t...
#art
#ocean
#sea
#Ireland
#Canaryislands
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7 days ago
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Day of the turtle. Watercolour and pen on paper. It's 80% complete now. A4 size approx.
kathrynmcrowley.com/art
#ocean
#sealife
#originalart
#handpaintedart
12 days ago
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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ
about 1 month ago
"In the 1940s, while most women of her social class were hosting tea parties and serving on charity boards, Frances Glessner Lee was hunched over a workbench with tweezers, constructing perfect miniature murder scenes."
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RC28 Social Stratification
about 1 month ago
NYU Abu Dhabi is recruiting a 3-year Postdoctoral Associate for a Computational Social Science project on the coevolution of ingroup bias and group boundaries. For more details and to apply, please visit:
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Vicent J. Martínez
about 1 month ago
The conversation about the book “The Reinvention of Science” that will take place on Tuesday the 28th (18:30 UK time) will be broadcasted. Get free tickets in
go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j
to receive the link for streaming. More about the book, including a booktrailer
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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My fibromyalgia book is slowly coming together, yippee! It has taken 3 years to get this far. If you'd like to read an excerpt, please get in touch via my website. Here's some background info:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/15/f...
#invisibledisability
#fibromyalgia
#mentalhealth
#selfcare
#writing🥗🧪🫁📝
about 1 month ago
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Thanks to everyone who sent me more nets! The upcycling continues. I'm reusing plastic nets that are (still, sadly) found on fruit and vegetables. I'm also reading /learning about micro plastics and neuroscience. Read more here:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/07/10/f...
#plastic
#oceans
#upcycling
♻️🧪🍂#art
about 1 month ago
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Samhain is approaching, and I was thinking about the celtic wheel on the beach as I gathered materials the other day. A little apple came in on a wave, which was a lovely surprise.
#Samhain
#landart
#nature
about 1 month ago
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'Uisce', instigated by
@erikahanna.bsky.social
, was a great triad! I enjoyed a talk on the historical impact of rain in
#Ireland
and much more besides today (Erika Hanna), foklore and history snippets (Tom Dillon) and a biodiversity walk by the river Feale (Barry O'Donoghue).
#history
#biodiversity
about 1 month ago
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The Autumn Slide. New blog post:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/18/t...
#chronicpain
#fibromyalgia
#sleep
#wellbeing
#Autumn
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The Autumn slide
Autumn has arrived to the northern hemisphere. I love the colours of this season and the crisp air, even if my body feels more stiff lately! Autumn brings challenges to some. We’ll have less …
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/18/the-autumn-slide/
about 1 month ago
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Love colour? I post prints of my nature art to buyers worldwide, plus small, personalised gifts and mixed media paintings. Prices range from €30-€600. I'll be adding more to my website in the coming days:
kathrynmcrowley.com/shop/
#art
#landart
#paintings
🎨☘️🍁♻️🖌️✏️📚
about 2 months ago
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Fibromyalgia is tough to endure. It affects women more than men, and I've set up Fibro Wise Women to offer information and tips. The website and Facebook group are free to access. The site will be updated again on October 21st, 2025. Here's the link:
fibrowisewomen.com
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#fibromyalgia
#health
#women
about 2 months ago
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A few writing and poetry events in Ireland and online:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/14/w...
#writing
#poetry
#festivals
@sourcearts.bsky.social
@waterfordlibraries.bsky.social
#Waterford
#Tipperary
#Limerick
#Kerry
@brianbilston.bsky.social
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Writing events in Ireland and online. Autumn-Winter 2025.
Open calls for writing, news about my work, and writing events in September and October 2025.
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/14/writing-events-in-ireland-and-online-autumn-winter-2025/
about 2 months ago
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Creativity and craic at the weekend. Thanks to Liam McCarthy
@limetreetheatre.bsky.social
for inviting me to a fun, hybrid event in Limerick. Here's a blog post about the arty shenanigans:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/13/s...
#theatre
#art
#culture
#Limerick
#Ireland
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Saturday theatre and laughter in a Limerick art gallery
On Saturday (October 11th, 2025) a sculpture of a girl’s face, carved from wood, caught my eye in Limerick City Art Gallery. Marks along the sides added texture to the piece, and remind me of…
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/13/saturday-artyness-and-laughter-in-limerick
about 2 months ago
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After being on the road, it's lovely to rest up and read for a few days. I'm editing my own book too, and pondering titles. 'Fibromyalgia: a journey to recovery'? Boring. 'Fibromyalgia. A pain in the f#cking arse' isn't quite right either, but I'm getting closer.
#writing
#fibromyalgia🖋️🧪
#health
about 2 months ago
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The gift of water. Photos and thoughts after my trip to Ireland’s sunny South-East:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/06/i...
#water
#Ireland
#conservation
#pollution
#waterways
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The gift of water. A trip to Ireland’s sunny South-East
The beauty of Ireland’s waterways.
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/06/irelands-sunny-south-east/
about 2 months ago
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Naomi O'Leary
3 months ago
I just asked the European Commission whether they would ask for the €50,000 back in this case, as it has clearly been used to develop a military product now contracted to be supplied to the IDF, in breach of Horizon rules. No comment on the specific case "have to look into it", spokesman says.
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Art in times of grief. Ten years on, here is my reflection:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/03/v...
#visualart
#poetry
#writing
#artisticprocess
#symbolism
#neuroarts
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Grief and art (with neuroscience).
Wings and Wonder These portraits were made using pencil, paint, and ink. The series began soon after Winter solstice, 2015. I was in a state of shock and bereavement at the time, and black feathers…
https://kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/03/visual-art-wings-and-wonder-series/
about 2 months ago
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Jane Goodall. What a woman, and what a meaningful life lived! Here's an obituary:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
2 months ago
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Angela T. Carr
3 months ago
Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck!
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
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Jane Clarke
2 months ago
Thanks very much to the Poetry Book Society for recommending The Hare's Corner- illustrated poetry & prose inspired by individuals & groups all over Ireland making space for nature.
@newislandbooks.bsky.social
&
@burrenbeotrust.bsky.social
www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the...
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The Hare's Corner - The Poetry Book Society
The Hare’s Corner celebrates farmers, families, schools and community groups all over Ireland who are restoring habitats, reviving biodiversity and reconnecting people with the land. Uplifting stories...
https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the-hares-corner
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Dog Throat Journal
2 months ago
Oh yes, we open for submissions on Oct 1 with our new (rolling) publication schedule. Looking forward to seeing new odd time stories and getting to know folks though their works.
#fiction
#micro
#prose
#poetry
indeed. Check the lines that guide here:
dogthroat.com/guidelines
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The Scales ⚖️
2 months ago
See 🧵☝️ The maximum fine that can be handed down for getting rich by pouring shit into rivers is £20,000. Last year, in occupied Northern Ireland, there were more than 4,000 spills, but just 63 fines. Just six of those fines were over £5,000 - most were closer to £200.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Water pollution: 'Pathetic' fines won't stop NI polluters, say campaigners
Figures obtained by BBC News NI show there were 63 fines handed down for water pollution between 2020 and 2024.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g964z0py6o
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An update about my Foinse project. It's all about water, and upcycling packaging that would otherwise cause more plastic to enter the sea. Here's a short blog post:
kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/30/u...
#microplastics
#oceans
#water
#conservation
#upcycling
#visualart
#Ireland
#environment
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2 months ago
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Sunset bliss on the Blackwater. Such beauty in Fermoy! I enjoyed the sights and sounds all around before taking a photo. Rivulets of sadness and anger also moved through me. In August, a chemical spill killed up to 32,000 fish. Who poisoned the river?
#Blackwater
#Fermoy
#righsofnature
2 months ago
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A mandala for Autumn Equinox.
#natureart
#Ireland
#balance
#equinox
2 months ago
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No A.I. or digital drawing tools here. I painted the page, now it's time to add a whale. This one will be an orca, aka killer whale. The orca is actually a dolphin. What fecker decided to call it a killer just for having a big appetite? Sure thousands of sea creatures kill to feed.
#whales
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#art
3 months ago
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Three poems for Palestine (and oppressed people everywhere) :
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/09/p...
#poetry
#stopgenocide
#stopallwars
#hope
#children
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Three poems for Palestine.
Poetry for hurting hearts.
https://kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/09/poetry/
3 months ago
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Fergal the frog. Or is it Finola? Here's a new blog post:
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/10/f...
#gardening
#frogs
#biodiversity
#nature
#Ireland
#photography
3 months ago
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Fair play to the academics. They're under pressure to accept A.I. but refuse. "We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent." Thanks Clare for sharing the open letter.
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3 months ago
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Walk in memory of the children of Gaza. Keeping Palestine in our hearts and minds. With all respect to the person who designed the flyer, the children of Gaza were murdered, not killed. Obliterated. Victims of genocide.
#Palestine
#Tralee
#Kerry
3 months ago
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Good signs, upcycling, and the winners of my August art raffle. A new blog post (no ads):
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/27/p...
3 months ago
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Clamps are making things much easier! 🐟🦭Read about my Foinse art (painting and upcycling) project here:
kathryncrowley.eu/foinse/
#upcycling
#artprocess
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#recycle
#oceans
#sea
3 months ago
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Make a donation to UNICEF for Gaza and bring home a piece of art.
www.theewe.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
#Gaza
#Palestine
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The Ewe Experience - Interpretative sculpture garden, world renowned garden and unique educational trail in Glengarriff, Cork
Visit Ireland's only interactive and interpretative sculpture garden in a spectacular waterfall oasis
https://www.theewe.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMCnP9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHrQ_vxEDRXmSXjNBX9bp9jlz1mtI-GKINLzI5ree-K0Q_9VRha-pZPruLaq3_aem_dsgLB0A7G4uRRn3XXf0zsw
4 months ago
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HOPE. It's possible to feel horror and upset while also appreciating beauty and taking action. I took this photo in Tralee, Ireland.
4 months ago
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'WAITING' is a peace poem. I don't use AI to generate poems or images. You can read the poem here:
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/08/w...
#Palestine
#Gaza
#genocide
#deathtotheIDF
#poetry
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‘WAITING’. A poem by Kathryn M. Crowley.
A poem of hope, written in Spring 2025.
https://kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/08/waiting-a-poem-by-kathryn-m-crowley/
4 months ago
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It's been an enjoyable Lughnasadh; writing in good company, time on the beach, and a willow workshop. I love the little fish that I made. PS: no genius weaving here: the basket in the photo is one that I bought years ago!
#willow
#Lughnasadh
#naturalmaterils
#fish
#Ireland
4 months ago
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A poem about a mother and baby in Gaza, plus August events happening in Ireland, the UK, and beyond:
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p...
#genocide
#famine
4 months ago
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The 'Writing for Peace' project was online for one month as promised, and it has now been removed. See August events happening all over Ireland and beyond, here:
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p...
#Palestine
#famine
#genocide
#oetry
4 months ago
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Thanks to everyone who has posted me nets for my art project. Let's keep this stuff out of the sea, and out of landfill. I'm sharing art gifts in exchange through monthly raffles, and will collect nets until May 2026. Read more:
kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/08/a...
#upcycling
#oceans
#plastic
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4 months ago
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Pencil sketch on paper. I'm planning who to add to a painting. 👙🏊🌊🐚🐟🧜🦭#swimmers
#drawing
#visualart
5 months ago
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Painting over one of my creations from 20 years ago. I've been having fun, and it's at the final stage now. The easel is outside: I love days like this, painting in the sun. ☀️ ✍️ 🎨
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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Johann Doorley
5 months ago
Anyone know where I could get an “end over end” butter churn repaired? Ideally in north Cork.
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What a surprise. I was watching two beautiful hares this morning. It's my first time ever seeing two together. I had to go to work eventually, and they dashed out the gate and across the fields.
#hares
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5 months ago
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