Hunt Museum announce kite festival
THE HUNT Museum is organising a county and city-wide kite power festival as part of its current exhibition to highlight the power of wind as an energy resource.
The museum is calling on kite enthusiasts and novices to get creative with recyclable materials and paint the sky of Limerick and Shannon with vibrant kites on Sunday, February 11.
The Kite Power Festival takes the Hunt Museum’s Climate Change exhibition Night's Candles are Burnt Out: Climate, Culture, Change & Community outside its walls and onto the streets and hills of Limerick as it showcases the power of wind through art, culture and a fun community event.
In a visually captivating and eco-friendly manner, this unique family experience, sponsored by the Shannon Airport Group in collaboration with the Limerick.ie Festivals scheme, encourages participants to reuse their Christmas wrapping paper and tinsel and give it new life in the skies powered by the abundant wind in the Mid-West.
To help people get involved, Lumen Street Theatre will host a series of Kite Making Workshops across Limerick City and County and in Shannon.
Speaking at the launch, Jill Cousins, director, Hunt Museum said: “We want to continue to engage people emotionally through art and creativity in campaigning for change to renewable energy sources.
“The idea behind Nights Candles are Burnt Out is the use of culture to develop real understanding of the need to change both personally and nationally. We want to be able to achieve Climate Action 2021 targets by 2030.
“By promoting clean energy in a fun and unique way, we hope to inspire individuals and communities to embrace sustainable energy solutions,” Ms Cousins added.
Sinéad Murphy, head of sustainability at The Shannon Airport Group also commented: “We are delighted to sponsor this exciting event that will raise awareness in a fun and engaging way of the power of wind as a clean energy resource.
“Ireland, and the west coast in particular, has one of the world’s leading wind resources, so raising awareness of the opportunities this brings to our region is really key.”