Granby Park and Me

How exciting. I am helping to make Dublin’s first large-scale pop up park. We want to reclaim vacant sites, create colour where there is grey, make platforms for creativity and interaction. YAY! Have a look at the UpStart site for more details…

For now, I really want to start thanking people for their incredible generosity:

• Thanks to Designist (George’s St, Dublin) for all their support and for doing a fund raiser this weekend – slushies in the shop all day Saturday (for a wee donation)!
• Thanks to Redmonk for sharing the link on his site today!
• Thanks to Rabble FB for the mention, much appreciated!
• Everyone at the Dominick Street Community Centre and the DCC for their brilliant input!
• Thanks to everyone who has pledged money through the Fund It also!

Here’s me with some bunting made by local kids yesterday: Me with bunting!

Please help with the fund it or get involved by volunteering, we’d love to hear from you!!

I’m a Hip Hop Nerd

Saw seminal hip hoppers the Ultramagnetic MCs last night! What a show, Kool Keith and co rocked it.

And I even got my Critical Beatdown record signed. Woop!

Thanks to the Choice Cuts massive as always!

Granby Park – an Urban Pop-up Park in Dublin!

I am helping to create a ‘pop up park’ in Dublin this summer!Exciting and amazing.

It will be on the currently vacant site at the corner of Dominick and Parnell St. It will be incredible, but we need money!

If you can, please help through our Fund It campaign click here.

Or if you can help with time and ideas instead of money that’s great too, just let us know, click here. We need help building it, doing workshops, creative events and lots more…

http://www.fundit.ie/project/upstart-granby-park

Amazing Irish Art Blog

If you don’t know it already, check out Irish artist Eoin Whelehan’s blog “35 Days” here:

thttp://wheels35day.tumblr.com/

This is a taste of his work. It goes from smart to poignant to funny to beautiful. What a talent! And the prints are available to buy now (great for presents)…

It’s Summer…for a Day at Least…

Finally, some real summer weather in Ireland. And, boy, did we take advantage. Went to the gorgeous Glendalough today for a 4 hour hike, here’s the evidence…for the full set of photos have a look at my Flickr here.

 

Dublin Graffiti Jam 2013

It was the All City Graffiti Jam in Dublin last Saturday.

Here are some snaps, and have a look here on Flickr for the rest.

Much respect to all involved.

A Cross Dressing Hip Hop Artist…Joy!

So good to see the hip hop community becoming more diverse and tolerant every day. This is a cool song/video by Mykki Blanco…