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SUMMARY:Courage to Welcome – An Exhibition of Street Photographs
DTSTAMP:20260606T185828Z
DTSTART:20260703T090000Z
DTEND:20260711T153000Z
DESCRIPTION:Created by volunteers and staff working with refugees in Clonme
	l for Refugee\nWeek in Clonmel this street-photography exhibition explores
	 the theme ‘Courage\nto Welcome’. Captured in public spaces and everyday s
	ettings\, the images were\ntaken by members of the local volunteer group C
	lonmel Together\, alongside staff\nfrom a local IPAS centre and Tipperary 
	County Council’s Local Authority\nIntegration Team. Curated by street phot
	ographer Kevin Lim\, the work focuses on\nunscripted moments of connection
	\, presence\, and shared space. Together\, the\nphotographs reflect how we
	lcome is lived in small gestures\, ordinary encounters\,\nand the rhythms 
	of daily life around us.\n\nCurator’s Note from photographer\, Kevin Lim:\
	n“The Courage to Welcome exhibition\, created by volunteers and staff work
	ing with\nrefugees in Clonmel\, Tipperary\, asks something simple of its v
	isitors: to look\nagain.\nAt first glance\, the photographs may appear ord
	inary\, images of familiar objects\nand places\, yet each image gestures b
	eyond itself\, holding a quieter tension:\nthe pause before entry\, the he
	sitation at a threshold\, the silent question of\nbelonging within a welco
	ming community.\n\nVisitors are requested to consider welcome not as an id
	ea\, but as a series of\nsmall\, practical acts of kindness that support n
	ewcomers to the community.\n\nThe perspective of the photographs on show i
	s that of the volunteer. Their\nphotos reveal how ordinary spaces include 
	or exclude\, how everyday objects and\ngestures can calm or unsettle the m
	ind.\nThese photographs point to the quiet\, often invisible labour of wel
	come\, and to\nthe courage it demands\, both from those who offer it and f
	rom those who must\nfind the will to accept it.\n\nWelcome is not sentimen
	t. It is structure\, not opinion\, but action. Not distance\nbut crossing.
	\nThis exhibition reflects on what it means to hold space so others can mo
	ve\nforward\, to build\, to support\, to help newcomers span the divide.\n
	The courage to welcome is choosing to stand in the gap and make this journ
	ey\npossible.”\n\nOpening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4.30pm\n\nSuitable 
	for ages 10+
URL:https://calendar.clonmel.town/event/courage-to-welcome-an-exhibition-of
	-street-photographs
GEO:52.3554448;-7.698681
LOCATION:Tipperary Museum of Hidden History - Mick Delahunty Square
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Junction Festival,Visual arts
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Created by volunteers and staff working wit
	h refugees in Clonmel for Refugee Week in Clonmel this street-photography 
	exhibition explores the theme ‘Courage to Welcome’. Captured in public spa
	ces and everyday settings, the images were taken by members of the local v
	olunteer group Clonmel Together, alongside staff from a local IPAS centre 
	and Tipperary County Council’s Local Authority Integration Team. Curated b
	y street photographer Kevin Lim, the work focuses on unscripted moments of
	 connection, presence, and shared space. Together, the photographs reflect
	 how welcome is lived in small gestures, ordinary encounters, and the rhyt
	hms of daily life around us.</p><p>Curator’s Note from photographer, Kevin
	 Lim:<br><em>“The Courage to Welcome exhibition, created by volunteers and
	 staff working with refugees in Clonmel, Tipperary, asks something simple 
	of its visitors: to look again.</em><br><em>At first glance, the photograp
	hs may appear ordinary, images of familiar objects and places, yet each im
	age gestures beyond itself, holding a quieter tension: the pause before en
	try, the hesitation at a threshold, the silent question of belonging withi
	n a welcoming community.<br></em><br><em>Visitors are requested to conside
	r welcome not as an idea, but as a series of small, practical acts of kind
	ness that support newcomers to the community.</em></p><p><em>The perspecti
	ve of the photographs on show is that of the volunteer. Their photos revea
	l how ordinary spaces include or exclude, how everyday objects and gesture
	s can calm or unsettle the mind.</em><br><em>These photographs point to th
	e quiet, often invisible labour of welcome, and to the courage it demands,
	 both from those who offer it and from those who must find the will to acc
	ept it.</em></p><p><em>Welcome is not sentiment. It is structure, not opin
	ion, but action. Not distance but crossing.</em><br><em>This exhibition re
	flects on what it means to hold space so others can move forward, to build
	, to support, to help newcomers span the divide.</em><br><em>The courage t
	o welcome is choosing to stand in the gap and make this journey possible.”
	</em></p><p><strong>Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4.30pm</strong></
	p><p>Suitable for ages 10+</p>
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