My Job: 'Rural areas deserve access to quality arts programming'

Jessica Bonenfant, Artistic Director, Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Co. Cork

Jessica Bonenfant: "The artists we work with would be very sustainability-focused, and the use of an old building rather than constructing something new underlines that." Picture: Clare Keogh

Sustainability is a central ethos in the continued progress of Greywood Arts and has been a feature guiding much of the work around its refurbishment over the past two years. 

The centre’s 250-year-old coach house has been successfully repurposed as part of this vibrant East Cork arts and creative hub, having now added four artist studios in a space offering after-school classes, adult education workshops, literary readings, film screenings and musical performances.