August Workshops
Mixing media
This five-days course is designed to help participants discover their own visual language and to explore their artistic side without the pressure of having to complete the perfect artwork. Participants will experiment with a variety of media, discover new techniques or go back to basics. Students can use graphite, watercolour, chalk, paint and coloured pencils and the basic idea is to combine materials to create unique artworks.
Through individual and group experimentation, participants will develop new and creative ideas, using drawing, nature-inspired texture library, outdoor sketching, colour mixing, painting and 2D/3D mixed media collage combined with used material and found objects from home, on campus or in the Burren.
Through regular demonstration and feedback, Ida will guide the participants build the confidence to pursue their creative paths outside the course. Participants will learn how to elevate regular materials and turn them into beautiful art pieces.
Tutor Bio
Ida Mitrani is a multidisciplinary French visual artist based in West Cork, in Ireland.Mitrani has exhibited collaboratively with her collective Embardee, in Maison Prébendale in France, in 2026 and in the Triskel arts centre, in 2024, supported by Sample Studios in Cork. Other exhibitions include Droichead Arts Centre, Laneway Gallery, Roscommon Arts Centre, VISUAL Carlow, GOMA Waterford, the Lexicon Gallery, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Oonagh Young Gallery, and Cross Gallery. She has also presented a solo exhibition at NAG in Dublin.
Mitrani was awarded the inaugural P N O’Gorman Auctioneers Award for a Work on Paper at the 194th RHA Annual Exhibition in Dublin in 2024. Other awards and opportunities include Cork County Artist in the Community Scheme 2026, the Atelier Penlan residency (2024), the Arts Council Agility Award (2022), Dublin Arts Office residential space (2022), and the Arts for Health residency award at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre (2021).
Works by Ida Mitrani are held in public collections including the HSE public collection, Crawford MAAP Graduate Collection, the National Library of Ireland, the National Archives of Ireland, and the Arts Office of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
