Socially-engaged projects by Kathryn Mary Crowley
This page is in progress (January 2026)
Much of my past work has given voice to unspoken stories and narratives.
She Flows Along (2021)
An online poetry and art project that addressed a variety of subjects including motherhood, women in Ireland, the menopause, and healing.
Eighty people responded to the open call.
An online exhibition followed in the footsteps of Crimson Waves, which also looked at certain taboo subjects and how Irish men and women are shy to talk about it – and it’s impact on sex education here.
Crimson Waves (2019)
Crimson Waves highlighted taboo and menstruation. I had conversations with a lot of people to explore why Irish women and men are shy to talk about periods.
Most people expressed dismay at the church’s interference in education, as well as biological and sex education.
Over 80 people responded to the open call for writing and art.
Excerpt from a feature in Limerick Post.
Artists and Yoga teacher Kathryn Crowley was inspired to organise the ‘Crimson Waves’ exhibition after being told by her students that no teacher had ever spoken to them about periods and the effect that exercise and Yoga can have at that time.
“There is taboo surrounding menstruation in our culture. Ignorance has seen ‘time of the month‘ demonised and labelled as dirty or shameful. Periods are a natural, cleansing occurrence that can bring monthly insight if a woman slows down and tunes into her own body wisdom, but does she know how?
We have been conditioned into working full-on, 24/7, flying through the days, even at period time. This causes suffering to a lot of women, physically and mentally, but they can reduce that by tuning into the body and honouring it”.
Crimson Waves aims to educate, inspire and connect women through this topic.
“This project is evolving slowly. Organising and making new work throughout each season is my symbolic acknowledgement of the journey we must all take, if we are lucky. From girlhood to menstruation, throughout the child-bearing years, during menopause and beyond, every woman goes through seasons. The moon has phases, and so do we,” said Kathryn.
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