Port Stories Portarlington Art Collective

Leonie chats with Jack about joining the Coder Dojo as a teenager, then later helping other kids in the Coder Dojo learn about sound design and engineering.

Leonie chats with Séan Watson about moving to Portarlington and helping out with the local Coder Dojo, teaching kids about design and technology.

Leonie and Mark chat with Dave Butler about his work as a producer in film, his history in animation, illustrating graphic novels, Celtic Con and his past as a teenage DJ...

Mark and Leonie chat with Veronique Canning, who set up the group Crafty Dreams to give fibre artists a place to meet and learn. Veronique talks about how she came to live in Portarlington and her hopes to grow Crafty Dreams in the future.

While Crafty Dreams were holding an event in Christina's at the end of January, Astrid collected some audio of their day, including music by Paddy Canning and some short interviews with Kitty, Dee and Velma.

Leonie springs an impromptu interview on co-host Mark Gavin. Along with Port Stories, Mark works a lot with the Coder Dojo in Portarlington, helping teach kids how to code and do creative things with computers, and with the Maker Space, a magical place with lasers.