Mini Worlds

Sliabh Beagh Arts

At the Heart of Rural Creativity

The overarching aim for Sliabh Beagh Arts is the development and implementation of a series of community Arts programmes which address the social, creative, economic, cultural, environmental and good relations needs within the area. We are dedicated to providing high quality arts activity, promoting the use of creativeness as a means of enriching the lives of the rural communities involved. Our programs aim to promote the importance of our physical and personal environment, looking to the rural for inspiration and exploring the culture in AgriCULTURE.

All of our projects are innovative and we try to bring something special to the area every year.

Grafitti Bales

We took the mundane and brought some colour and brightness to the plain old stacks

Gate weaves — Gateweaves

These gate weaves were created by several different communities who worked together during dark evenings

Painting With Light

Working with several different artists the task of running through dark places at night became a creative pleasure

Mini Worlds

Seeing quality in the everyday local objects, local photographer Max Carnson brought this project to life

Storytelling Through Song

We have searched through our library of song to tell stories that are educational to hear.

Shadow puppetry 2013

Our First "Show" was a shadow puppetry event in the woods, with choirs and bands

Details: Category: Projects 2018 - 2019

Mini Worlds

The Mini world’s photography project focused on the individual land marks, and unique landscapes within the Sliabh Beagh Region...

Photographer Max Carnsom

Each of the communities involved worked with photographer Max Carnson to identify, through a series of consultations, what makes their particular town land special. The images produced involved taking 80-100 individual photographs which were then stitched together to create a panoramic and subsequently twisted into a panospheres creating the mini world like effect.

The Photographer

Max Carnson is a photographer specializing in high dynamic panoramic and mini world photography originating from Whiterock in Co Down, now living in the Fermanagh Hills. Max has a boundless energy and enthusiasm for life, with many passions including music,climbing and sailing in addition to photography. His love for the great outdoors and the natural landscapes which have greeted him through his exploration have acted as a source of inspiration for his work. He is interested in the relationship between man made and natural structures and how they occupy the landscapes which present themselves to us daily. His work captures the unique ambiance of the ever-changing climates and seasons, capturing the influence of light as it imprints on natures canvas.The mini world series seeks out and identifies the defining features of both rural and urban environments, contorting and contrasting the visual to create individual micro worlds which capture the essence of the location, allowing the viewer to see it with new enthusiasm and perspective.