Raise Your Spear

Join artist and writer Dani Gill for a writing and making workshop based on the themes of identity and allyship. Participants will customise their own spear with ribbon, tape, words and accessories, as well as take part in writing and discussion about who we are, how we see ourselves, and how we see each other.

"I strongly believe that we create the world we live in. We can choose kindness, and openness. We can share stories and become empowered by that sharing.''

Dani Gill
DANI GILL is an artist, writer, curator and educator, based in the west of Ireland. Her art work explores identity, women, equality, our natural world and
transformation. In her art practice she works with metal, wood and organic materials, designing immersive work, exploring the ‘fixed’ and the immersive nature of elements such as water and air, considering liminal spaces and the ‘hidden’. She has two published poetry collections: After Love (2017) and Lessons in Kindness (2023). Her debut collection After Love was made into a dance/theatre production and premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2021. A short film of the same name featured in Irish and international film festivals in 2021 and 2022. She published a second poetry collection in 2023: Lessons in Kindness, from which the name of this workshop is taken.
Dani has also served in various producing and curating roles in the arts, including: Director of Cúirt International Festival of Literature (2010-2016), Director, Ennis Book Club Festival (2020-2022), Director, The Lighthouse Project (2020-2023), Performing Arts Curator, Bealtaine Festival, 2022-2025, Co-Director of Match in The Dark (2021-2023).

@theedanimagic 

www.danigill.com