Deirdre Kelleghan  skysketcher@gmail.com
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Who am I ?

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Latest news - Deirdre has an Asteroid named after her read about it click here. Asteroid 52681 Kelleghan















I am an amateur astronomer , an artist and and an educator  a combination which is very enjoyable and fulfilling. I invent, design and enact creative workshops to help children understand our solar system, space exploration and the night sky






Deirdre Kelleghan

skysketcher@gmail.com

My involvement in amateur astronomy
September 2004 - to date Member of The Saturn Observation Campaign -  Informal Outreach Education for JPL/NASA
May 2004 - May 2005 PRO Irish Astronomical Society
May 2005 -  April 2009 President of The Irish Astronomical Society
2009 - Member of The Irish International Year of Astronomy Steering Committee
2009 - National Coordinator Sidewalk Astronomy for 100 Hours of Astronomy
2009 - to date Outreach / Vice Chair   Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies

2009 - 2013  National Coordinator for Astronomers Without Borders -  Global Astronomy Month 2010
2010 to date  Representative for The European Association for  Astronomy Education2011 OPTICKS GAM2011  opened Moon Week for Astronomers Without Borders April 10th
2010 to date - I run the only school based astronomy club for young children in Ireland. St Cronans Stargazers Bray Co Wicklow.
I run the after school Cro Kids astronomy group at St Cronans National School Bray Co Wicklow.

Short CV Art / Astronomy
Deferred at the moment -  Msc in Education ( e learning) Training Managment at Dublin City University
Certificate  with distinction , in Astrobiology - online from Edinburgh University
Diploma Communication University College Dublin
FETEC Level 5 Business  - Bray Institute of Further Education

Diploma in Art in Industry and Commerce Rathmines College of Commerce 1970’s

 


 

Upcoming International Art

Action Sun – Lets bring the sun to Earth May 27th – 31st   2013 at Lembang, West Java Indonesia.

Event   is The UNESCO colloquium Building the Scientific Mind 2013 click here to read about it.


 

Art / Science / Education honours

My drawing workshop Deadly Moons was awarded the SPORE Award

The Science Prize for online Educational Resources in August 2011

Awarding body - The American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

Drawing Honours

Astronomy Picture of the Day   APOD - NASA – December 6th 2008 (only 3 drawings have made this honour.)   (Venus Occultation) Pastel Drawing   Greystones Co Wicklow

 

My Paintings Exhibitions of my paintings / drawings

Signal Arts Centre Bray Between Lines November 2012

Mill Cove Gallery Castletown Berehaven Co Cork   April 2012

Wicklow Arts Festival Arts Trail May 2011

Signal Arts Centre Bray, Myriad Visions November 2011

International Drawing Exhibition Co Wicklow March 2011

Festina Lente Foundation Bray, Co Wicklow September 2010

Bunclody Library, Co Wexford November - February 2010

Blackrock Castle Observatory Cork May 2009

Dunsink Observatory Dublin November 2009

Birr Castle Science Centre Gallery 2009

Craft Picture Gallery Bray, Co Wicklow Ongoing

 

Book published   December 2011 – Sketching the Moon  an Astronomical Artists Guide Sir Patrick Moore practical astronomy series.  Deirdre Kelleghan, Sally Russel Erika Rix, Thomas McCague and Richard Handy  Springer Publications

 

Community Art / Astronomy Events Exhibitions

Dublin City of Science 2012 – Participating Astronomer / Artist

Action Sun – Lets bring the sun to Earth funded by Dublin City of Science

Action Sun – RDS Science Live Bursary award 2012 for Action Sun

September 2012 – Greystones Educate Together NS–  October 24th 2012

Action Sun at the RDS November 2012 Balbriggan Educate Together NS

Action Sun November 15th Dunsink Observatory for Ladyswell National School D15

RDS Dublin October 8th 2012

Action Sun Creative Event at St Cronan’s National School Bray May 4th 2012

Action Sun exhibition from May to October 2012 at St Cronans NS Bray

Kilkenny Castle on National Drawing Day May 19th 2012

St Pauls Girls National School Walkinstown Dublin June 25th 2012

 

International Arts / Science Events participation

2011 OPTICKS  an International collaboration of Artists and Scientists, Musicians and Radio Astronomers across several disciplines.Deirdre Kelleghan designed and ran two painting workshops specifically for the project Deadly Moons and The Suns Massive. Children from St Cronans NS Bray and Girl Guides from Stillorgan took part.

 April 10th 2011 Six Irish paintings were encased in Radio Waves by technicians working in four countries. These paintings were then sent in a beam to Bounce off the Moon. Four of the paintings were created by Irish school children and two of Deirdre’s paintings were sent into space via this new technology. Each painting was generated in workshops developed by Deirdre

Each painting was put through a process of sonification whereby every colour, tone and texture in the paintings had a unique musical signature assigned to it. The technology could bring the world of visual art into the perception and understanding of blind people via sound. Broadcast live on USTREAM TV






Posters I designed and talks I organised for The Irish Astronomical Society and others


Link to my previous Blogs Here  Lots of good stuff 

Public Outreach Talks and Workshops 2008 - 2010 still being populated


Public Outreach Talks 2004 - 2007


Deirdre Kelleghan

Published Articles 2007 - 2010 still being populated

Published Articles 2004 – 2006

I sent my rock to Arizona – Photon e zine

Focus on Saturn
– Photon e zine

Wide Awake in Texas
– Orbit Oct/Nov 2006

Wide Awake in Texas
– Reflector AL publication article about my trip to TEXAS

Ireland
’s 21st Whirlpool Star Party – Reflector June 2006( American Astronomical League Publication)

Mars Moon Event
– Bray People March 2006

Mars Moon Evening
– ( Combined article by Jane Houston  Jones and my self on our twined public star party) Orbit Dec/Jan 2006

Cosmic Lobster Pot
– Orbit June/July 2006



Homobot a view of the Human Race  – Arcturus  e zine Jan/Feb 2006

Cosmic Lobster Pot
–( article about The Cosmic Dust Analyser on Cassini ) Realta March/April 2006


Arther Stanley Eddington
( article about Joycelyn Bell Burnell in Trinity – Realta Nov/Dec 2005


Doing the Novice Observers Challenge
– Realta June/July 2005

Parc De La Villette Paris
– ( article about a visit to La Geode in Paris  Realta April/May 2005


File No TAOIS 2000/6/481
–( article about letters between US government and Irish government  re Apollo 11 Moon shot in 1969  Orbit June/July 2005


Lunar Memories – Orbit April/May 2005

Galileo’s Daughter
Book Review – Orbit  Oct/Nov 2005


Remembering Apollo 11
– Arcturus e zine


What Lies Beneath
– ( Article about Huygens/Titan ) Realta Dec/Jan 2004

All articles avaailable on request  skysketcher@gmail.com





Cassini – Irelands Own Christmas Special Dec 2005

To catch the Sun
(article about the Genesis Space Probe  – Arcturus  e zine Sept/Oct 2004

I sent my rock to Arizona
– (article about twined Earth/Mars rock study) Orbit Nov/Dec 2004

Focus on Saturn
– Orbit Oct/Nov 2004  article about the Saturn Observation Campaign.

The Incredible Journey of Cassini Huygens
– Orbit  June/July 2004

Interesting Items on Mars
- Orbit April/May 2004
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