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Mandala Mosaic Workshops

Mandala Mosaic Workshop - Mindfulness in Action

Here is something you probably haven't done before. Your group gathers around a blank circle on the floor. Together — using stones, shells, sand, wood, and natural materials — you design and build an intricate, stunning mandala mosaic up to 10 feet across. It takes about two hours. The process is meditative, collaborative, and surprisingly absorbing. People who don't think of themselves as creative find themselves completely immersed.

And then, when it's finished — when the mandala is at its most beautiful — you take it apart. Together. That moment of deliberate, collective letting-go is not a loss. It is the point. The mandala tradition comes from Tibetan Buddhism, where monks would spend months creating intricate sand mandalas only to destroy them — teaching that what matters is the making, the being present, the connection — not the object left behind.

The mandala works in an extraordinary range of settings — from corporate team days to community festivals, from additional needs groups to school events. It is fully inclusive — there is no skill required, no artistic experience needed, and every participant contributes equally regardless of ability. All natural materials are provided by Creative Together.

Mandala at Portumna Mandala mosaic at Walled Gardens Heritage Day with Galway County Council	Mandala art with children Community Mandala at Walled Town Day 2017 in Athenry	Community Mandala at Walled Town Day Community Mandala at Walled Town Day 2017 in Athenry
Mandala at Portumna 2019 Mandala mosaic at Walled Gardens Heritage Day with Galway County Council	Mandala with Youth Work Ireland Mandala celebrating IDAHO with Youth Work Ireland, SHOut! Galway, Ireland	Children Mandala at Earthsong Camp 2014
Mandala at Youth Fair Roscommon Creating mandala and interacting with young people at Youth Fair Roscommon	Mandala at Earthsong 2015 Children at Earthsong	Mandala at Faile na Tuaithe 2015 National Museum of Country Life, Co. Mayo
Mandala Loughrea Medieval Festival Children creating mandala	Mandala at Youth Fair Roscommon Positive mental health in action	Children Mandala at Earthsong Camp 2014
Mandala at Youth Fair Roscommon Creating mandala and interacting with young people at Youth Fair Roscommon	Mandala at National Play Day 2015 Oranamore, Co. Galway	Mandala at Earthsong 2015
Natural elements	Mandala at Midsummer's Eve Festival Mandala at Burren Art College Co Clare Ireland	Destroying the mandala Global Inspiration Conference 2015, Co. Mayo
Mandala at Faile na Tuaithe 2015 National Museum of Country Life, Co. Mayo	Mandala Loughrea Medieval Festival Commemorating 780 years of Loughrea with a community mandala	Mandala at the Summer Camp Tooreen, Co. Mayo

What's included

All natural materials provided — stones, shells, sand, wood, crystals, and other found materials. Lukasz designs and facilitates the whole process from opening circle to final taking-down. Sessions work indoors or outdoors depending on the weather and the event.

All materials provided - No experience needed - Fully inclusive - Indoors or outdoors - Destruction included

DURATION

2 hours (including taking down)

GROUP SIZE

Up to 20 participants for small teams

Come and go at festivals and community events

SIZE

6–10 feet in diameter

LOCATION

Indoors or outdoors

mural artistic educational interactive

Murals

Why murals

At Creative Together we also use murals in our work in Ireland. Good murals have both an artistic and aesthetic value and they are a special way to show visually what your community is about and can become a special mark of your place.

When you pass through Irish towns and villages, you can see a lot of murals, adding some character to the places, including public space, schools, playschools, after-schools, community, youth centres or even an old handball court.

Ireland has a lot of spaces for creative expression.

Murals for your community

At Creative Together we will work with you to create a mural that represents your community and what it stands for.

We will work with you to see what kind of space do you want to create for your community and then kelp you to bring it to life. We will make sure the members of your community can participate in the process. We can paint the mural for you, but it's much more fun to get everyone involved if only a little. Our designs are artistic, but we like the idea of the mural to be educational or interactive or both.

Creating School Mural Artistic Mural with children from Glencorrib NS, Mayo / Galway	Artistic Mural at Play-school Mayo Artistic Interactive Educational Mural - School, After-School, Play-school in Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Clare	Interactive mural for schools Children testing interactive mural in Mayo / Galway
Art mural for your community, artistic mural Ireland Artistic mural for your community.	Murals for schools and homes Artistic Mural in Ireland, Mayo, Galway, Roscommon	Educational Mural National School, Kilbeacanty, Gort, Co. Galway
Artistic Mural For Children Murals for children Mayo Galway Roscommon	Artistic Mural Mayo Ireland Artistic Interactive Educational Mural - School, After-School, Play-school in Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Clare	Faeries Mural at Play-school Mayo Artistic Interactive Educational Mural - School, After-School, Play-school in Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Clare
Artistic Mural at Play-school Mayo Mural At Shrule, Galway / Mayo	Educational Mural National School, Kilbeacanty, Gort, Co. Galway	Murals for schools and homes Artistic Mural in Ireland, Mayo, Galway, Roscommon
Artistic Mural at Play-school Mayo Mural At Shrule, Galway / Mayo	Murals for schools and homes Artistic Mural in Ireland, Mayo, Galway, Roscommon	Artistic Mural Artistic Mural with children from Glencorrib NS
Educational Mural National School, Kilbeacanty, Gort, Co. Galway	School Mural Artistic Mural with children from Glencorrib NS, Mayo / Galway	Children painting mural Artistic Mural with children from Glencorrib NS, Mayo / Galway
Creating School Mural Artistic Mural with children from Glencorrib NS, Mayo / Galway	School Mural Mural at Glencorrib National School Mayo / Galway	Artistic Mural for Children At Maple Youth Centre, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
Educational Mural National School, Kilbeacanty, Gort, Co. Galway	Artistic Mural for Children At Maple Youth Centre, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo	Educational Mural National School, Kilbeacanty, Gort, Co. Galway
Artistic Mural for Children At Maple Youth Centre, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo	Artistic Mural for Children At Maple Youth Centre, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo	Artistic Mural for Children At Maple Youth Centre, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
Children Bedroom Mural for Children Room Galway Mayo Roscommon

community art

Community Projects

Art is one of the most powerful tools a community has for making the invisible visible — and few things need making visible more urgently right now than climate action. We work with community groups, schools, tidy towns committees, and local organisations to develop creative responses to environmental themes through painting and mosaic making.

See a short video about our first project with the council here.

Greening the laneways Galway Rockfield Park	Greening the laneways Galway Rockfield Park	Greening the laneways Galway Rockfield Park
Greening the laneways Galway Rockfield Park	Greening the laneways Galway Rockfield Park	Greening the Laneways Westside Galway Opening of the project Greening the laneways by the Mayor and local Councillors from Galway City Council
Greening the laneways	Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art
Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art
Engaging community in art Selfie wall painted by the local kids	Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art
Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art
Engaging community in art	Engaging community in art Creating a tile mosaic together	Engaging community in art Tile mosaic