Brent spoke from the heart of his own struggles with mental health and how the Samaritans saved his life. His project, Elephant In the Room, came about as a result of him seeing the Cats in Kilkenny created with the Art of fundraising and tourism.
In collaboration with Dave Southern, they came up with a four-foot elephant which artist are invited to paint. Two of the elephants were in the Pembroke on Saturday — a tribute to Charlie Bird by Niall O’ Loughlin and Pepsi by local artist Eoghan O’ Driscoll, both of which have returned to Dublin for an exhibition in July.
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