Words in Flight
Part of the festival’s 30th anniversary celebrations, Words in Flight highlights the powerful connection between words, art and community.
Credit Photo: Grace Lambert
Words in Flight is a collaborative project for the 30th Mountshannon Arts Festival that brings together spoken word, community creativity and mural art.
In the lead-up to the festival, poet Dagogo Hart and mural artist Kevin Bohan will work with students in Scariff Community College through a spoken word and poetry workshop. The students’ words and ideas will help shape the creative direction of a new mural created especially for the festival.
During festival week, Kevin Bohan will paint the mural live, giving visitors the opportunity to watch the artwork evolve throughout the festival.
The completed mural will be officially unveiled on Saturday 30 May at 12:30pm, when Dagogo Hart will open the piece with a special spoken word performance, celebrating the voices and creativity that inspired the work.
Credit Photo: Rich Gilligan
Saturday 30 May - 12.30pm (duration 30min.)
Aistear park
Free with wristband
Kevin Bohan is a Dublin-based artist, illustrator, and mural painter whose work spans public, community, and commercial projects across Ireland and abroad. A long-term volunteer with The Icon Factory in Temple Bar, Kevin promotes Irish culture through exhibitions and events. Since 2016, he has collaborated with Creative Connections on education and mural projects, co-creating The STORY? Project—an initiative using art and poetry to help people tell their stories. His murals feature in major street art festivals, and his practice blends spray paint, acrylic, and digital illustration to create bold, narrative-driven work.
Kevin BohanDagogo Hart is a poet, playwright, and performer based in Portlaoise. Since his debut in Dublin in 2016, he has become a distinctive voice in Irish poetry, known for his powerful performances and cross-cultural storytelling. His achievements include appearances on The Tommy Tiernan Show, Other Voices, and the critically acclaimed play Mmanwu at Dublin Fringe. A finalist in the All-Ireland Poetry Slam and winner of Slam Sunday, Dagogo’s work explores identity and heritage. He is a founding member of WeAreGriot, curating poetry and arts events that bridge diverse communities.
Dagogo Hart