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Eileen Gray portrait from 1926 Born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on August 9, 1878, the Brownswood native would not only defy convention, not only overcome those obstacles, she would become a world leader in her field, an iconic figure who continues to be celebrated decades after her death. Eileen's father, James McLaren Smith (1832-1900), was a painter, her mother, Eveleen (1841-1918) an Anglo-Irish aristocrat whose lineage could be traced back to King James V. Clearly these were not your average Enniscorthy family. While the young Eileen undoubtedly had a better start to life than most,...

Teachers and pupils in Adamstown NS recently launched their participation in the Creative Schools Initiative. They were delighted to welcome a special visitor to their school, their new creative friend Aileen Lambert, who was sent to them by Creative Schools to begin to look at what creative things they get up to and start to plan what they'd like to do. Aileen visited each classroom in the school and engaged everyone in a body percussion exercise which created the soundscape of a rainstorm in the classroom. She then posed the question 'What is Creativity?' and brainstormed a list of creativ...