Sustainability at the core of haven of creativity

US-born Jessica Bonenfant is loving her creative contribution to communities in rural Cork.  She talks to John Daly

Jessica Bonenfant of Greywood Arts Creative Hub & Artist Residency, Killeagh, Co Cork. Picture:  Clare Keogh

Native New Yorker Jessica Bonenfant and her husband Hughie founded Greywood Arts Centre in Killeagh village, Co Cork, in 2017, taking on the restoration of a Georgian building that once operated as an RIC barracks and sawmill. 

With Hughie having experience in the arts sector and Jessica using her MA in choreography to run a dance company in New York, their arrival in Killeagh marked a new and challenging episode in both their careers.