Susan Mannion; A Voice Across Centuries; Culture Moves Europe
Susan Mannion
Susan Mannion
- Project Type
- Visual Art
- Title
- Susan Mannion; A Voice Across Centuries; Culture Moves Europe
- Release Date
- 2024
- Funding Strand
- Culture Moves Europe
The artist Susan Mannion travelled to a residency at Arte Studio Ginestrelle in Italy.
The mobility funding allowed the artist to travel to the artist residency at Arte Studio Ginestrelle and spend a month in Assisi in 2024 where she had access to the origins of the Franciscan Medieval architecture that informs her artwork.
Equally importantly, she was at the source of the Franciscan order that established the artwork and architecture that is fundamental to the work she creates.
The Italian hill town of Assisi was the birthplace of St. Francis, founder of the Franciscan Order. Culture Moves Europe funded a month-long residency at Arte Ginestrelle Artist Residency in 2024. I wanted to study the architecture and art of Assisi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photography, sketching and writing formed the basis of my recording of my experiences. I also created a small handbell that was carried with me from Ireland to Assisi, a reflection of Francis’s voice and message to carry across centuries. The bronze casting was imperfect, but the bell rings true and it forms part of the international invited artists exhibition in Assisi 2025. I am thankful for the Culture Moves Europe funding award that allowed me to undertake this period of study.’ Susan MannionAcross Borders - Across the Board (2023 - 2024)
Artist Information
Originally from Omagh, Susan is now currently based in Boyle in the west of Ireland where she is a printmaker and copper enamelist. Susan is influenced by landscape and patterns in nature, her work evolving from observed detail captured by sketching, then laying down the image onto the block or copper surface.