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A public artwork can mean any work of art in any media created or placed in a context where an engagement (active or passive) with a public ( small or large) is anticipated. The work may or may not be site specific.

Mary McCarthy is Director of the National Sculpture Factory, Cork. View more information here.

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'Harbouring'

Commissioned in 2008, Harbouring by composer Ian Wilson, was the fifth Per Cent for Art music commission undertaken by Wexford County Council since its inaugural project in 2004.

Wilson's Harbouring is a choral work based on nine poems by both Irish and international writers.

The performances were conducted by Fergus Sheil and featured the Irish Chamber Orchestra, accordian player Dermot Dunne, choristers from Wexford Festival Singers, Gorey Choral Group, Enniscorthy Choral Society and sean nós singers from the traditional singing group, Whisht!

Read more about this project in the Public Art Directory section of this website.

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