Yvonne Cullivan
Cartoonist
Yvonne Cullivan is a visual artist and educator based in the West of Ireland. She has extensive experience in fine art practice, art education, public art, curation, arts management, and creative consultancy.
Yvonne's creative practice is underpinned by a strong process-led and collaborative approach. She works with a diverse range of communities, always rooting the engagement in context-specific research, interdisciplinary knowledge generation, and participatory activities. Yvonne utilises a broad range of media including; sound, video, photography, digital imaging, animation, interview, writing, drawing, collage and construction.
Full Episode
In our conversation, Yvonne talks to us about he creative process, her commitment to public art and why research is so important.
We hope you enjoy!
Some teacher reflection questions
Q. Yvonne mentions a childhood where she was told visual stories by family through doodling and scribbling. Have you ever considered these to be a form of storytelling?
Q. Yvonne speaks about memories of being on the floor painting and drawing in primary school and ‘not having the feeling of anyone telling me to stop or hurry up’. Did this memory resonate with you? What comes to mind when you think about the joy Yvonne expresses when she thinks about that feeling of freedom to be creative?
Q. When speaking about the similarities between the disciplines of Science and Art, Yvonne highlights research saying ‘in both disciplines you need to have a basis for your work’. How do you go about your research? How do you ‘seek and decipher’ the information you gather?
Q. Yvonne mentions having three different size ‘notebooks’ as a ‘collection space’. One that sits in her pocket, one that sits in her bag, one that sits on her desk and another being the wall in her studio. How do you collect/gather?
Q. Yvonne speaks about the reflection process being continuous and her need to refine ideas. How do you go about refining your ideas? Is there certain steps you take to help you?
Q. The final piece of advise offered is in relation to feeding yourself. In what ways do you feed your creativity?
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