The Shifting Tides Project connects coastal communities and marine environments on the twin shores of beautiful Carlingford Lough through collaborative creative arts and practical ecology, working across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. 

On 31 August 2025, at The Station House, Carlingford, local community members, artists, scientists and seafood producers gathered for the opening of The Fishery Exchange  — an exhibition born from a creative–scientific collaboration under the Shifting Tides  project. In The Fishery Exchange , art became far more than framed pictures. The work emerged through meaningful collaboration between oyster farmers, visual artists, oral history collectors, scientists and researchers —

As the two-year journey of the Shifting Tides project draws to a close, we are delighted to share our final summary film. This video draws together the threads of exploration, collaboration and discovery from communities on both shores of Carlingford Lough — from the divers surveying beneath the waves, to the artists, oyster-farmers, scientists and residents gathering above them.  What you’ll see   The story of citizen scientists who learned the tools of the trade, recording

This summer, Shifting Tides took to the road — and the sea — to bring the stories, films and learnings from Carlingford Lough to new coastal communities across Cork and Kerry. Supported by volunteers from Zero Waste North West in Derry and community organisers from Kerry’s arts community and support from the all-island Active Hope network, we embarked on a two-week journey of screenings, workshops and creative exchanges.  Together, we shared films and practices, learned ab