The Lovely Weather Donegal Residencies was a Leonardo/Olats art-and-climate project that took place in Donegal, Ireland, in 2009-10. As one of 5 commissioned artists, my artist-residency project - titled WeatherProof - was undertaken in the River Finn Valley. Recently I have written responses to researcher questions about the residencies. They are presented below.
Q: The level of community engagement and how this was organised
My understanding is that there was a high degree of community
engagement extending through all stages of the project. I wasn’t involved with the inception, but I know that elected
representatives were involved with the initial stages and selection of artists...
