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Fun & empowering workshop to strengthen the voice, help expand your range and sing or speak with more confidence. No experience required.

This workshop is aimed at people who want to strengthen their voice and build their confidence for sessions/performances/public speaking. We will practise vocal techniques, do some body work and using songs or poems provided at the workshop, develop confidence performing.

Welcome to bring your own songs/poems to work with.

No need to be able to read music for this workshop, it is purely voice based.

It will be a safe space and you will leave feeling more confident and joyous.

This workshop is facilitated by Vawn Corrigan

‘I enjoy singing at sessions and regularly give public talks, I struggled so much getting confidence to do both, I am delighted to be able to share the tips that really worked for me.’

Friday 20/6/25, 2-3:30pm, St. Andrew’s Community Centre

summer’s first melon

lies firmly hugged to the breast

of a sleeping child

Issa (trans. Sam Hamill)

Haiku is the shortest poetry form in the world, originating in Japan in the 17th Century. In this introductory workshop, you will learn tips for reading & writing haiku, and seek inspiration from the sights, sounds and smells of midsummer.

· no experience of haiku, poetry or any type of creative writing is needed

· the workshop will include a short haiku walk in the locality

· just bring a pen and paper, and wear ‘sensible’ shoes

The workshop will be led by acclaimed poet & educator Maeve O’Sullivan, who has six collections from Alba Publishing. Maeve’s haiku have been widely published, anthologized & awarded, and have been translated into over ten languages.

www.maeveosullivan.com

Call in to studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre to find out more about Aaron Sunderland Carey and his collaboration with Rialto Youth Project.

Aaron has been awarded Common Ground’s Collective Futures residency from January – July 2025 in collaboration with Rialto Youth Project.

This collaborative arts process & project, An Uile Dhuine will tackle critical issues facing working-class communities including racism, class conflict & the growing threat & influence of far-right extremism. Through their residency Aaron & Rialto Youth Project seek to create a space for dialogue & collaboration, empowering young voices and promoting solidarity that aims to equip young people with the awareness & tools that fosters a more inclusive & accepting society.

Aaron is a mixed-media & socially engaged artist from Dublin. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning painting, printmaking, and multimedia—amplifies overlooked voices with a particular focus on collaborating with communities in Dublin 8 & explores themes such as public planning, marginalisation, addiction, masculinity, & class. He has worked with Rialto Youth Project on numerous community-based initiatives including contributions to the What Does He Need? Boys in the making exhibition, a major event taking place in NCAD Gallery in January 2025. Aaron has exhibited at Outset Gallery in Galway, Axis Ballymun & NCAD, and he is pursuing an M.A. in Art and Social Action at NCAD.

studio 468 is located in St Andrews Community Centre and programmed by Common Ground in partnership with the Rialto Development Association since 2003. Common Ground receives funding to support artists in studio 468 from the Arts Council and Dublin City Council arts office. Common Ground’s Collective Futures residency awards run from 2024 – 2026. Awardees are: The School of Thought art collective who are artist Augustine O’Donoghue & historian & educator Dr. Conor McCabe (2024), Aaron Sunderland Carey (2025), Clodagh Boyce (2025) & Dylan Tighe (2026).

You are cordially invited to the launch of the Rialto Community Arts Festival Thursday May 8th in The Circular Bar, Rialto, 8pm – 9pm as part of the “Culture Date with Dublin 8” programme.

It will be headed by two talented locals, Chris Connolly (personal trainer/influencer) and songwriter Luke Clerkin will perform from his stunning debut album Orpheus. There will be a variety of performances of spoken word and music to give you just a small taste of what is in store at this exciting, inclusive little festival.

RCAF 2025, which takes place June 19th – 22nd, is promising to be bigger and bolder than last year with a line-up that is a vibrant and eclectic mix of visual arts, film, dance, music performances, comedy and spoken word events. There will be a timetable for a full listing circulated at the launch.

The launch on May 8th and RCAF are the result of an enthusiastic collaboration between local community centres (Fatima Groups United – F2, St. Andrew’s Community Centre and Dolphin House Community Development Association) and passionate locals who all want to see Rialto