"Astrid you are like a fresh wind."
Crack'd Spoon Performances
Mime performances and puppets with Crack'd Spoon Theatre Company
Disadvantage Areas
Puppet Show "The Children of Lir"
- Making Puppets
- Painting Backdrop
- Write Script
- Perform
Elderly
The Raheen Prayer Blanket
Art project by Astrid Adler: Elderly where asked in 2008 what are their wishes/prayers for the world, find a symbol for it and felt it onto/into a blanket.
The harp-music playing under the film is a piece I composed. After visiting the Aran island Inish More and finding a hird part to it, I gave it the the name "Dun Aengus".
Inter Generational/Children
Family-School-Community
Educational Partnership
was a two-year pilot project being put
in place by Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick.
I worked as a Community Worker under this project for 1½ years
in two of the five primary schools chosen. I organised a Christmas show,
including all 280 Children of the school doing following activities:
- Writing a play
- Acting
- Decorations
- Sing
- Make music
- Backdrop
I taught:
- Creative movement
- Fabric picture, whirlweels, felt balls, sound bottles, smell bottles for sensory corner with special class
- Art
- Music: lessons and performance
- Mime: lessons and performance
- Mural
- Hop scotches etc.
- Float. Award winners in St.Patrick’s Parade
The School: 1st Price in Children Category
Myself: Best overall character:St.Patrick’s Day Trophy. - Plants
- Stonewall building
- Willow dome
I facilitated:
- School concert: Ska/Jazz Band
- The
Willowman
Learning Difficulties
I did a workshop felting with the Brothers of Charity in Kilrush and Ennis.
Working with the Brothers of Charity in Kilrush. We made little sculptures. As a following up we experimented with building a willow/clay dome.