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March 2024 "The land that feeds us" part 2, a socially engaged environmental art project, financed through Creative Ireland funding
February 2024 “Feel the land” a proposal for a temporary outdoor community centre", financed through a South Dublin City Council In Context 5 award ( Percentage for art)
January 2024 Planning a conference on Urban Rewilding with UCD and NCAD for May 2024, financed by UCD and NCAD
November 2023 Sculpting 3 new playsculptures for St. Anne's Road Pocket park, made from a branch of native hardwood fallen in the storm
September 2023 “Weaving a communal narrative” at the IMMA Eco festival 2023: 100 school children, local community members, NCAD& UCD students spend a week weaving willow installations at IMMA collaboratively. The willow installations are to remain in place till Easter 2024, they have commenced growing leaves (and roots of course) by October 20223
June 2023 Von Maltzan was invited to speak and was subsequently published in the conference publication at the 22nd International Play Association Triennial World Conference 2023 in Glasgow. link, conference publication
April 2023 "The land that feeds us" A socially engaged environmental farm to fork project in Westmeath, in collaboration with the Rosemount/ Moate community, financed through a Creative Ireland grant by Westmeath County Council https://www.thelandthatfeedsus.eu/
March 2023 Commencing the CREATE Project realisation award bursary for the documentation of St. Anne’s Road Pocket Park and the realisation of a performance with the community https://www.stannespocketpark.com/
February 2023 Film premiere, presentation and talk at NCAD Harry Clarke lecture theatre “Weaving a narrative at IMMA” (link to the film)
Jan- April 2023 Teaching the specialist module “Environmental Art to 3rd year teaching students at DCU
Jan- May 2023 Developing a a planting plan and usage concept to improve the UCD campus as a biodiversity rich habitat with SSD module students from the School of Landscape Architecture
Sept- Dec 2022 As a UCD part time tutor Von Maltzan investigates the potential of the bogland with the Clara community and SSD module students from the School of Landscape Architecture
December 2022 “Walking the Willow”, a film commissioned by UCD, documenting Von Maltzan and 10 UCD and NCAD students walking the willow submarine that they build at IMMA with the school children to their school in the Liberties and planting it there under a big willow tree (link to film)
October 2022 Attending the “Child in the City conference” Dublin Castle
October 2022 IMMA project realisation award: “Weaving a communal narrative” at the IMMA Eco festival 2022: 150 school children, local community members, NCAD & UCD students spend a week weaving willow installations at IMMA, all installations and materials were then rehomed to preschools, national schools, colleges and local private homes after being exhibited for 3 weeks on the long avenue at IMMA.
Summer 2022 Socially engaged art Summer School with Gregory Sholette at the Firestation, Dublin
August 2022 Commission by Dublin City Council to develop and build new play sculptures for St Anne’s Road Pocket park, as the original ones are beginning to decay
June 2022 Attending the “Child in the City conference” Dublin Castle
May to Dec 2022 Exploring and Thinking bursary workshops with Magic Years preschool and Montessori in Blanchardstown 2021/22: Collaborative research project with Magic Years Preschool in Blanchardstown. Researching and developing a methodology on how preschool children can be creatively involved in improving their school’s outdoor environment
March 2022 Fingal County Council Artist bursary
January 2022 Creative schools Ireland commission, Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada, Lucan: Creative workshops with 6th class on on preserving and enhancing a woodland area on their school grounds
December 2021 Recipient of the Exploring and Thinking Bursary Award 2021/22, Fingal County Council
September 2021 Sculpture Dublin commission: Creative schoolyard design workshops with pupils at Loreto NS Rathfarnham. Client: Sculpture Dublin (link)
June 2021 Comission to build experimental installations to improve the school yard with 120 school children at St Brigid's National School, Manor Kilbride
May 2021 Installation of collaboratively designed sculptures and exhibition at DCU, All Hallow's campus Dublin
November 2020 Von Maltzan is recipient of DCU, Dublin commission for community-engaged art as part of ANAM Arts and Culture Programme
August 2021 All Saints National School Mullingar: Further participatory design and build workshops with the pupils to improve the school yard
October 2020 Von Maltzan's proposal is shortlisted as one of 5 applicants for the Sculpture Dublin "Participative sculpture comission" for Ballyfermot Park
August 2020 Von Maltzan's and Jennie Guy's tender for "Arts in the Landscape" gets recommended as 2nd on the panel
October 2019 NCAD school lecture, link
September 2019 All Saints National School Mullingar: Improving the Schoolyard with the pupils, currently building “Empathy platform seating area” From Summer till Winter we will be working on improving the biodiversity value of the school grounds
July 2019 “The Great Willow Weave 19” Spatial and Social activation of Great Western Square, Phibsboro, with students of the UCD School of Land/- Architecture, the community and local school children, financed by DCC
May 2019 "Insect archive" Cruinniú na nÓg Dublin, a one week workshop in St. Anne's Road Pocket park, Drumcondra, with children from Lindsay Road National School with Fieldwork& Strategies and Nessa Darcy,Creative Entomologist
May 2019 Pop- up installation with UCD students of Horticulture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning in Phibsboro
Jan- May 2019 Developing a Green Link proposal for a recreationally valuable pedestrian route from the Botanic Gardens and Glasnevin Cemetery to the City Centre with UCD students of Horticulture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning in Phibsboro. Link to more information
September 2018 "The Great Willow Weave" Exhibition at the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 2 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 12th- 21st of September, 2018. Film, photo and broadsheet documentation by the students and the module tutor Sophie von Maltzan. RIAI
September 2018 "The Great Willow Weave" Exhibition at the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 2 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 12th- 21st of September, 2018. Film, photo and broadsheet documentation by the students and the module tutor Sophie von Maltzan. RIAI
Sept- Dec 2018 "The Empathy platform" Outdoor seating area design with the school children at All Saints National School, Mullingar. Funding: Westmeath County Council and Coorporate and Private Donations
June 2018 "The Great Willow Weave" Spatial and Social activation of Great Western Square, Phibsboro Dublin 7 with UCD School of Land/- Architecture students, Phibsboro community associations and local school children. Funded by Dublin City Council and UCD
June 2018 A "Bee Playground" Cruinniú na nÓg Dublin, One week workshop with children in St. Anne's Pocket Park for Dublin City Council, Culture Connects Facebook
May 2018 Hedgerow report, Carragh racecourse. Client: Carragh racecourse
April 2018 Concept design Wedding Amphitheatre Client Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
June 2017 "The Great Willow Weave" Spatial and Social activation of Great Western Square, Phibsboro Dublin 7 with UCD School of Land/- Architecture students, Phibsboro community associations and local school children. Funded by Croke Park Community Fund and UCD
March 2017 Building of memorial seating area and planting scheme, St Killian's school Dublin
March 2017 Design consultation meetings of UCD Landscape and Architecture Students with Phibsboro community for Lost letters memorial project
January 2017 Opening of Mount Brown play area
December 2016 Pop-up intervention Devery's Lane with UCD Landscape and Architecture Students with Phibsboro community for Lost letters memorial project
September 2016 Bridgefoot St. Park Community consultation with UCD students, Link:Film by the Irish Times
August 2016 Building of Social planter sculptures St Killian's school Dublin
May 2016 Organising literature lectures for the GOethe Institute
February 2016 Building of St Anne's Road Pocket Park. Client: Clocal Community. Funding: Croke Park & DCC.
February 2016 Building of St Anne's Road Pocket Park. Client: Clocal Community. Funding: Croke Park & DCC.
December 2015 Opening of York Street play area
October 2015 Opening of Bishop Street play area
September 2015 Building of pallette play house prototype
November 2015 Installation of play sculptures with UCD students and local children St Theresa's Gardens Dublin 8
June 2015 Design participation workshops for St Annes's Pocket park with Drumcondra Community
April 2015 Pop- up event on disused NCAD site with UCD and NCAD students form the Landscape Architecture and Sculpture department
February 2015 Talk about Fieldwork& Stratefies Art practise within the "Professional Artists talks" series NCAD
January 2015 Manual on how to build a Community Garden
2014-2016 Four Design concepts for improving social housing outdoor areas into more play- able space comissioned by DCC
August 2014 Traffic cage. UCD Landscape students Parking day intervention
August 2014 Dying bicyle on Capel Street Parking day intervention:
May/ June 2014 Design particiaption workshops with Liberties community for Pocket Park. Client: DCC. Funding: Nama, Mary's Abbey Garden
April 2014 Design particiaption workshops with Liberties community for Pocket Park. Client: DCC. Funding: Nama, Mary's Abbey Garden
March 2014 Art Tunnel closing party. The lease on the formerly disused stretch of land has not been extended http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/events/closing-party/
February 2014 Film about Art Tunnel by Bryan O' Bryan for irish Times
February 2014 Sophie Maltzan invited to talk at Dublin City Council's " City limits" inventive use for urban spaces conference
January 2014 Art Tunnel installation "Closure" by Sophie Maltzan & Art Tunnelers http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/exhibitions-community/closure-by-art-tunnelers
January 2014 Art Tunnel installation "Reconstruction" by Paul Quast, curated by Sophie Maltzan http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/xxxxxxxx/reconstruction-by-paul-quast/
December 2013 Art Tunnel installation "Shelter" by Sophie Maltzan & Simon Community clients http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/xxxxxxxx/shelter/
September 2013 Art Tunnel installation "Paint yous" by Sophie Maltzan & Community http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/exhibitions-community/i-paint-you-by-local-kids/
August 2013 Art Tunnel installation "What happens when..." by Sophie Maltzan & Community http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/community-activation/
June 2013 Art Tunnel opening of "Loom Seat" by Sorcha Murphy hhttp://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/loom-seat-by-sorcha-murphy/
May 2013 Sophie Maltzan teaches a 5 day workshop to the postgraduate students of the urban strategies course at "Die Angewandte" in Vienna http://urbanstrategies.at/
May 2013 Art Tunnel opening of "Wave" by Paul Terry http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/weave-by-paul-terry/
April 2013 Art Tunnel opening of "Waste Antonyms" by Sophie von Maltzan and Community http://www.arttunnelsmithfield.com/waste-antonyms-by-art-tunnelers/
March 2013 Art Tunnel opening of "Graffiti Puzzle" by Arthouse and local school children http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
February 2013 Sophie von Maltzan invited to hold the weekly "Practising Artist talk" at National College of Art and Design https://www.facebook.com/NCADGallery
December 2012 TV 3 documentary of the Art Tunnel http://twotube.ie/2012/12/creating-city-space-for-art/
November 2012 Opening of "Instructions for better living" by Clare Sarah Gordon Breen at the Art Tunnel Smithfield http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
November 2012 Designweek tour of Art Tunnel Smithfield http://www.designweek.ie/art-tunnel-smithfield/
October 2012 Opening of "Harness" by FXR and "Nags" by Sophie Maltzan at the Art Tunnel Smithfield http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
September 2012 Gallery tour of the Art Tunnel Smithfield by Temple bar culture trust is a sell out ( on a sunny day) http://www.facebook.com/FirstThursdaysDublin
September 2012 Received a YPCE Arts Council bursary "School yard design by children" workshops with 4 primary schools commence.
August 2012 Invited to run a workshop at Vienna University for applied arts MSC Architecture programmme
July 2012 Art Tunnel Smithfield opening party http://www.facebook.com/arttunnelsmithfield?ref=tn_tnmn
June 2012 "Childrens Art in libraries" DCC 5 day workshop developed and executed by Sophie Maltzan http://www.anthos.ch/
June 2012 Article by F&S and Artwork by F&S on frontcover of the Swiss Landscape Architecture magazine http://www.anthos.ch/
May 2012 Articles on art tunnel:http://www.worldirish.com/listening-post/view/outdoor-art-space-planned-for-smithfield-878
April 2012 The "Art Tunnel" a pilot project, design led research, imvestigating the possibilities of building in the public realm financed through fund- raising from private and coorporate sponsors is on site. An outdoor art gallery showing site specific installations by emerging young artists as well as providing a public platform for exhibitions of community organisations is on site. http://www.facebook.com/arttunnelsmithfield
April 2012 We are recruiting an intern for details please view: https://twitter.com/#!/arttunnel/status/195232242677723136/photo/1
February 2012 F&S is invited by Royal Institute of Architects Ireland, to present their School yard design research and projects to the Departement of Education in the context of the preparatory meetings for preparing new primary school design guidelines. http://www.riai.ie/uploads/files/primary-schools-seminar-1/05_Presentation-5_Designing-for-Children-with-Children_Fieldwork-Strategies.pdf
February 2012 DARC SPACE< Dublin: Opening of 'Schoolyard' : Design proposals for 3 Schoolyards in Inner Dublin by 3rd year UCD Landscape students, tutored by Sophie von Maltzan. www.darcspace.ie
January 2012 Faillte Ireland funding obtained by F&S for the Steam Museum Straffan to build an extension to the Museum
November 2011 Guided tour of the Recession Prosperity Garden as Part of Design Week Dublin. Saturday 5th of November, 3pm at the Irishtown Ringsend Communtiy Centre, Thorncastle Street Dublin 4
October 2011 F&S have received YPCE Arts Council bursary to continue research on the school grounds design project. This will allow for workshops with primary and secondary schoolchildren in 4 schools in Dublin
September 2011 opening of Sculpture in Context exhbition in Botanic Gardens, Dublin, group exhibition featuring: Sinking slowly by Sophie Maltzan
August 2011 article on Art Tunnel published in Suburbia magazine
July 2011 article on Art Tunnel published in Sunday Times.
June 2011 the Outdoor Gallery prototype is tested in public at Bloom Garden Show 2011, F&S receive 2 silver- gold medals for their 2 entries: The "Outdoor Gallery" and the "Steam Museum" Garden
April 2011 Design workshop for temporary public space with UCD and NCAD students and Treasury Holdings in the Docklands
30th of March 2011 Exhibition of childrens and students work and launch of childrens interactive booklet: If you were a landscape architect in Ballymun Civic Centre
February 2011 Sophie von Maltzan elected member of Dublin City Council Artists' panel
December 2010 Karine von Rumohr's hardcover publication: Blumenfrauen is published by Christian Verlag, 2010. It covers the work of female gardeners amongst others: Beth Chatto and Sophie Graefin von Maltzan
November 2010 Gardening workshops at the Recession- Prosperity Garden begin
September 2010 "All WASTED" installation made of abandoned tents at the electric picnic, Ireland
July 2010 Finalist at the international best private plots award il award. Among the jury are Bart Brands, Neil Porter. www.privateplots.at
June 2010 the first temporary community pocket park is going on site in Dublin 1. Go to "landscape architecture" for more info
June 2010 Installation at Bloom garden festival to highlight the waste we create. Go to "art" for more info
March 2010 a new home for the Recession- Prosperity prototype garden is found. See "landscape architecture" for more info
December 2009 Recipient of the tri- annual Irish Landscape Institute award for the BEST RESIDENTIAL SCHEME with the Recession- Prosperity prototype garden. See "landscape architecture" for more info