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A growing selection of free art to enjoy on the streets of Cork city. Ardu – Cork’s contemporary street art project – returns this month with three new large scale murals by Claire Prouvost (Pope’s Quay/Shandon St.), Kitsune Jolene (Sullivan’s Quay) and Vents 137 (South Terrace). The artists hail respectively from France, Belgium and Cork. Breathing new life into old walls their works will be created from September 18-30. It will bring the number of enlivening Ardu projects in Cork to 14.
Injecting colour and life into a city during lockdown has been an ongoing project in Cork. Seven of Ireland’s most renowned street artists were invited to create works at key city-centre locations in response to a theme inspired by the 1920 Burning of Cork. Cork City Council, Creative Ireland and Fáilte Ireland set out to present street art in a safe outdoor space and at social distance in a project called Ardú – Irish for ‘Rise’. Cork City rose from the ashes 100 years ago and faces a challenge to rise again now. The artists involved are Deirdre Breen (Wandesford Quay); MASER (Kino, Washington St.); James Early (Henry St.); Peter Martin (Kyle St.); Shane O’Driscoll (Harley St.); Aches (Anglesea St.) and Garreth Joyce (Liberty St.). The response to the new artworks has been phenomenal and a new website, www.arducork.ie, will be live from this weekend.
