John @ Workshops in Madrid, Drawing & Dance

John got stuck in to amazing workshops hosted by Debajo Del Sombrero at La Matadero, Madrid. 

Dance Workshop: Hosted by a guest contemporary dancer. John observed, danced and drew.

Drawing: The people of Colective Debajo Del Sombrero, Madrid, set up white objects for the artists to draw and paint on. John did some observational drawings.

John Keating continues his Etching Work in La Matadero, Madrid

John does portraits of the other artists at the workshops in Madrid. He uses his mastered technique of etching. Here we see him working on one of the etchings that, when finished, will be sent to the Spanish artist as a gift.

John Draws at Palacio De Cristal

John visited the botanical gardens, Palacio de Cristal. Each glass house had a different climate suitable to the plant life. Here we see John exploring life drawing against the backdrop of the plant life.  

Painting Wall Murals in La Tabaclero, Madrid

One of the highlights of the Madrid workshops was a trip to La Tabacalero to paint wall murals.

Here is John participating in the mural painting with the artists from Debajo Del Sombrero and AIM.

John Keating in La Matadero, Madrid

 This is the studio John and his fellow GASP artists worked in, La Matadero, Madrid. He was inspired everyday by different cultures, other artists and new artistic techniques.

John Keating with Spanish Artists.

Working in Studio, La Materdero

In studio with Cork artist Rosaleen Moore.

Creative journey to Madrid

John is travelling to Madrid next week to an arts workshop hosted by Arts Organisation Debajo Del Sombrero as part of a longer term Erasmus + project called Expanding realities which will see exchange or ideas, approaches and collaborations  between GASP Cork, Art in Motion (AIM) Bristol and Debajo del Sombrero Madrid. 

The project is coordinated by CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and supported by Leargas.  The workshop in Madrid will be a change to engage with new method and approaches. Some workshop will be focused on visual response to performance art while time will also be spent working on a large piece of work on an outdoor wall.

Sixth class St Mary's Cobh visit pop-up cafe and to see John's work in the Generation exhibition at the Sirius Arts centre Cobh

Comments from the visit

I think Johns art work is amazing the technique he uses is brilliant I enjoy looking at his work it is very cool how he does i would never think of uses the technic he uses It is amazing how you can create picture by using plastic and a tool. Ava Meaney 

I think that johns art is very cool by Ella Foster :3

I think that Johns work is amazing and really good and i would like to look at more of his work it is really cool Cliona Moynihan :) 

I think that Johns work is so amazing and i like it so much by katie blake :)

I think that Johns work is very good i lot it. it is amazing i love it i would like to see more of it. i would like to be like him when if older. i want to buy some of his work it is so good by valerie daly 

John's style was amazing of how he carved the outline of figures onto plastic. It is so creative how John came up with such an amazing technic. I really enjoyed watching how he created this art work. Rebecca Sheehan

Johns art i think is brilliant. He's good at what he does and i like the way it is in black and white. I also think that it is amazing the way he can do it for hours on end. Abby Gill

I think johns art is very good I do enjoy it a lot i think that it is very good how he came up with such a good idea and i think that he will become very famous one day. by Nellie-ann O Donoghue

I think johns art is inspiring and amazing.It looks really hard to do but when he does art he makes it look simple.I really enjoyed watching him do art.I think his work will become known to everyone in the world in the near future.Ciara O'Sullivan

I think Johns work s amazing i find it really interesting and the way he makes them is a really good good idea i am really gonna bring my family to see the paintings and describe how there made they will really enjoy it and everyone will know his paintings and i obviously enjoy everybody else's paintings  and i met lots of people and looked at there work and it looks really hard to do I LOVE IT !!!!!.Caitilin Stromsoe xxx

i think all the art is AMAZING I love the art,Johns art is really nice i'd really like to see more of his paintings -Viktoria Talockaite ;)

I think that all the pictures was amazing and the people can draw very good like they because we can draw Pilar Castrillo Mas 

Coffee and Ink- John exhibits at Quay Co-op cafe

'Coffee & Ink" opened on the 27.03.15 and runs until 01.05.15 in the Quay Co-op Cafe.

"Coffee & Ink" is a joint exhibition featuring the work of John Keating and Noamie Garcia. Each artist uses similar materials but they both posess unique styles of drawing. John experiments with coffee while creating his ink portraits while Noamie uses exclusively black ink in her imaginative compositions. Here are some photographs taken on the night of the opening.

Finishing touches for work for the Coffee and Ink Exhibition

John at work in studio, Sullivans Quay while kids from Cork Project school visit for inspiration

John's portrait of President Micheal D Higgins

Ink, coffee and pastel pencil. 2015

John exhibiting in Generation exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre

Opens Thurs 26 March 7pm. Runs until Sun 26 April. Additional events tbc.

Generation is a public participation project with GASP (Glasheen Art Studio Program). The project invited people of varying ages to create works on the subject of age; the work of both children and older people will be presented together, portraying the curiosity and magic of childhood through to the experience of those in later years. The project provides opportunities for people from different generations to meet, interact and support each other’s creative process. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of activities and workshops that will focus on process and build on this interaction. Generation is in collaboration with St Luke’s nursing home in Cork and Cork Educate Together National School. 

John has been engaging with the nursing home and school project as part of a Leargas Youth in Action funded Youth initiative