Here’s the virtual St. Patrick’s Day Parade as drawn by the children of Galway, and animated by Earthbound Films. This event was organished by RuairĂ Lehmann, Tourism Officer in Galway City Council, in collaboration with the Galway Cartoon Festival. A great initiative from the Galway City Council in encouraging artistic creativity among the next generation of cartoonists!
Galway Cartoon Festival in association with Galway City Council is delighted to present this colouring-in /activity page for children everywhere. Using your markers, crayons, paints and colouring pencils you can draw your own St. Patrick’s Day Parade winding along the streets of Galway, then colour the crowd and buildings in!
This page is also published in the St Patrick’s Day supplement in this week’s Galway Advertiser. Pick up a copy for information and activities about what Galway festivals are getting up to this March 17th! The Galway Cartoon Festival will run this year from 1-9 October in various venues in Galway. Check local press for details or subscribe to our site!
For a high-resolution version click on the image above, then print it off at home!
Galway City Council in association with the Galway Cartoon Festival is inviting entries from children of all ages to take part in a virtual St Patrick’s Day parade in 2021!
“Are you looking forward to St. Patrickâs Day? Well we need your help in creating this yearâs virtual St. Patrickâs Day parade for Galway! We are inviting you to draw a picture of yourself at the St. Patrickâs Day parade – you can either be there as a spectator or taking part. Our animators will then work behind the scenes to bring your images to life! Your picture may appear in our animated 2021 parade online, in the Galway Advertiser or be displayed in one of our exhibitions across the city.
An bhfuil tĂș ag tnĂșth le LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig? Bhuel, an gcabhrĂłidh tĂș linn chun mĂłrshiĂșl fĂorĂșil LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig a chruthĂș i nGaillimh? Iarraimid ort pictiĂșr a tharraingt dĂot fĂ©in agus tĂș ag mĂłrshiĂșl LĂĄ ‘le PĂĄdraig – glĂ©asta suas ar fhlĂłta nĂł mar dhuine den lucht fĂ©achana. Rachaidh ĂĄr mbeochantĂłirĂ ag obair sa chĂșlra chun do phictiĂșir a bheochan! Is fĂ©idir go mbeidh do phictiĂșr le feiceĂĄil inĂĄr mĂłrshiĂșl beoite 2021 ar lĂne sa ‘Galway Advertiser’ nĂł i gceann dĂĄr dtaispeĂĄntais ar fud na cathrach.”
Click here for details of how to enter! Closing date for entries is the 1 March 2021.
We were able to put together a small pot this year to recognise one cartoon that was judged to best capture the theme of the Galway Cartoon Festival’s main 2020 exhibition, The New Normal. We asked artist Ted Turton to judge this for us (Ted also launched the exhibition).
The winner is Brandon Hicks for his entry, Together. Congratulations Brandon and we’ll be in touch.
Many thanks to every single artist who submitted this year. Many thanks also are due to our sponsors below. Thanks to everyone who attended one of our events and came along to the exhibitions, we hope you had your spirits lifted!
The exhibitions are currently closed and while the Festival officially finished on Friday we hope to run for another week or so when Level 3 restrictions each. And don’t forget the whole of The New Normal exhibition is online!
UPDATE 04/12/20: Good news! With the easing of restrictions we are having an extended Festival! The exhibition in the Galway 2020 Cornstore Galway Hub will continue from Tuesday 8th December for ONE WEEK and the exhibition in Ăras Ăanna Arts Centre is open NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS! PLEASE VIEW OUR MAIN EXHIBITION ONLINE HERE! WE WILL UPDATE AS THE SITUATION ALLOWS.
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