New York City, United States 🇺🇸 / Killeagh, Ireland 🇮🇪

Spring 2024

Harbor Science and Arts Charter School

St. Fergal’s National School

3rd grade students from Harbor Science and Arts Charter School in New York City participated in a collaborative art exchange with 3rd class students from St. Fergal’s National School taught by Orla Irwin. The workshop sessions in Ireland were led by Cork artist and educator Chris Finnegan. Students made drawings of local landmarks, and then worked in groups to create short introduction videos to share with their digital pen pals. They created a scavenger hunt as a group to be solved by the other class (and their families), and then the kids went out into their communities to photograph the answers. They also posed as imaginary tourists, and were shrunk into “mini-tourist” cut-outs who were welcomed into each other’s schools and homes. Some students in Ireland went further by creating accordion books of how they imagined life in the Big Apple. Both schools had culminating exhibitions with work from students in both countries displayed, with the exhibition in Ireland taking place at Greywood Arts.

artist Chris Finnegan introduces the project in Ireland
students work on their landmark drawings
students work on their landmark drawings
students share their landmark drawings with their classmates
students work in groups to make introduction videos
students work in groups to make introduction videos
students work in groups to make introduction videos
students work in groups to make introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings (and hurling trophy) in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
students share their landmark drawings in introduction videos
Chris films an introduction video
students work in groups to create scavenger hunt clues
students work in groups to create scavenger hunt clues
students work in groups to create scavenger hunt clues
Irish students work in groups to create scavenger hunt clues
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
students pose as imaginary tourists
NYC students pose as Spider-Man
students make accordion books imagining life in "the Big Apple"
students make accordion books imagining life in "the Big Apple"
Chris explains how to create mini-tourist cutouts
students make mini-tourist cutouts
students make mini-tourist cutouts
students make mini-tourist cutouts
students pose mini-tourist cutouts around school
students pose mini-tourist cutouts around school