Location One Fellowship 2011-2012
Closing date – 5:30pm, Thursday 24 March 2011
Location One is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to fostering new forms of creative expression and cultural exchange through exhibitions, residencies, performances, public lectures and workshops. Based in the Soho district of New York, it supports experimentation and is focused on the convergence between visual, performing and digital arts. Location One operates an international residency programme where emerging and established artists can experiment with new forms of artistic expression, particularly those involving new technologies.
The Arts Council offers an annual fellowship to one artist to facilitate participation in the international residency programme at Location One in order to develop their practice and create new work. In addition to the support and resources provided by Location One, the Arts Council’s Location One Fellowship also includes flights, accommodation and a stipend. The residency is for a 10-month period from September 2011 to June 2012.
Applications for the Location One Fellowship 2011-2012 must be received through the Arts Council’s online application system by 5.30pm on Thursday, 24 March 2011.
Application forms and guidance notes are available here: http://url.ie/9ecg
If you have any questions about the application process please contact us at +353 1 618 0200.
Cottage & Studio Space for Summer Let, Kilkenny/Waterford
Cottage with studio space available for summer let – Kilkenny/Waterford area.
150 years old, fully modernised and furnished 2 bedroom cottage with open fire and lots of character features. Peaceful retreat location overlooking the Suir Valley. Area and atmosphere would suit any creative person. Beautiful views over six counties with wonderful walks and ideal painting locations. Lovely secluded garden and small studio space adjoining. Available June – September (short or long term).
For further information and photographs please contact Caitlin:
T: +353 (0)86 343 1619
E: caitlindoherty1@gmail.com
Hayloft Studio Available to Rent at Red Stables, Dublin
Dublin City Council invites applications from professional visual artists interested in a medium term letting of the Hayloft Day Studio at The Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Dublin 3. The studio is available to rent for a one to three year period from 1 April 2011 at a cost of E70 per week, inclusive of electricity, rates, water and refuge charges. The studio is 41 x 17 feet with excellent natural light.
Applications should be submitted no later than 5pm, 28 March 2011.
Artists are asked to submit the following:
A covering letter outlining a description of art practice, proposed studio for use, and reasons why occupancy of a studio in The Red Stables is important to career development.
A current CV.
Documentation of work.
Any special requirements, for example in terms of access.
Send to: Application For Day Studios: The Red Stables – Dublin City Council Arts Office, The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1.
Studio viewings will take place on Wednesday 23 March from 10am – 12pm.
To arrange a viewing of the studio please contact Dublin City Council Arts Office:
T: 01 222 7843
E: victoria.kearney@dublincity.iewww.redstablesartists.com
Troubling Ireland Think Tank Event, Limerick
Troubling Ireland is a Think Tank for artists and curators engaged in social change, conceived and led by curatorial collective Kuratorisk Aktion Denmark and commissioned by Fire Station Artists studios Dublin. The Think Tank convenes at different locations of social and political significance in Ireland to examine the social realities of postcolonial Ireland and its relationship to the global world order. As part of the program, Think Tank participant Augustine O Donoghue will be hosting an open public meeting in Limerick city on Saturday 5 March.
“Workers United” will be an evening of talks and discussions and film screening on labour issues from the Limerick Soviet to contemporary struggles. Speakers include Tom Hogan, trade unionist (Ex Waterford Crystal worker) and Cian Prendiville, United Left Alliance, Limerick. ‘Maquilapolis’ (city of factories), an award winning documentary by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre in collaboration with Mexican woman factory workers, will be screened after the talk. Event takes place at Occupy Space, Thomas St, Limerick on Saturday 5 March at 7.30pm.
For further information on Think Tank go to www.firestation.ie
Assembly: School as a Social Environment at Glucksman Gallery, Cork
12 March 2011, 10am – 5pm.
‘Assembly’ is a one-day symposium that explores the school environment as a space of social interaction and development. Accompanying the exhibition School Days: the look of learning, Assembly explores how educational curriculums are shaped and subverted by students and educators, drawing on alternative models of learning proposed by Friedrich Froebel and A.S. Neill’s Summerhill school. Through discussions and talks by artists, curators and academics, this symposium will also look at how education takes place outside the classroom, in cafeterias, corridors and playgrounds, and how these environments shape our learning.
For further information, please contact Chris Clarke, Curator of Education + Collections, Lewis Glucksman Gallery at c.clarke@ucc.ie.
Spaces are limited so advance booking is recommended. Places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis. For booking, please contact the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at info@glucksman.org or +353 (0) 21 4901844.
Tickets are €30 or €20 students / members. Coffee and lunch are included in the ticket price.
www.glucksman.org
Eyal Weizman Lecture at University of Ulster, Belfast
1:30pm, 9 March 2011.
Eyal Weizman keynote lecture, Research Graduate School conference, University of Ulster, Belfast.
Prof. Eyal Weizman, Goldsmiths College, London, will deliver the keynote lecture on “Forensic Architecture” at the Research Graduate School Conference, University of Ulster, Belfast campus, York Street, on Wednesday 9 March 2011, 1.30pm, Conor Lecture Theatre, entrance free.
The RGS conference will also feature papers delivered by PhD researchers across the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment, a poster exhibition outlining their research, the launch of a publication by PhD researchers, and prizes. Applicants for PhD and those interested are cordially invited to join us for the day.
www.ulster.ac.uk
Screen Printing Workshop, Dublin
6 March 2011: 10am – 6pm
7 March 2011: 5pm – 9pm
This screen printing workshop will give you a great opportunity to gain new skills while creating your own art screen prints.
You’ll gain familiarity with the equipment used in screen printing, successful printing techniques and two ways of making a stencil to create your own screen printed image on paper or textiles. The class size will be small to make sure you have all the assistance you need to be successful printing your art work.
T: 01-6717945 or 087-2865020
E: lindacondon1@hotmail.com
www.screenexpressions.com
Video Editing For Beginners, Dublin
Video Editing For Beginners
Starts Thursday 17 March, 7:30pm
This is an 8 week starter course in editing techniques and practical editing for beginners.
The course covers:
Basic editing techniques & skills
Importing various content
Audio & video transitions, fades and effects Inserting titles & other media into your edit Polishing & rendering Exporting and encoding various content
Throughout the course these items will be covered and there will also be an overall edit project which can be used in a portfolio or showreel.The course does not focus on any one edit system (Premiere Pro, Final Cut etc.) but instead concentrates on the actual process of editing itself and the basic skills required to use any of the editing software in use by any major production house.
There are 8 places available and the course will begin Thursday 17 March.
Call or Email for google maps link to studio.
T: 087 9744482
E: info@adamconroymedia.com
www.adamconroymedia.com
Courses in March at Cork Printmakers
Mixed Media with Donna McNamara
In this course you will gain practical skills in a range of printmaking techniques. Monoprint is a painterly printmaking technique, while with drypoint; line is incised onto a plate using a scribe, tone can also be achieved. With collograph, a variety of materials are glued onto a plate, to create a textured surface which can be inked and printed from. Each of these methods can be developed individually, or combined by layering the techniques in one work. Line, texture and painterly mark-making will be explored. This night course begins on Wednesday 2 March for 7 weeks, running from 7 – 10pm. It is suitable for beginners and refreshers and the course fee is €295. There are just 2 places currently available.
The Photo Etching with Riston Film weekend course is now fully booked.
Relief techniques: Impressions of your City with John Aherne
Relief is the earliest form of printmaking. This workshop will bring you through the technique of relief print using linoleum. How to prepare your image and the use and care of tools, rollers, inks and paper will be covered. The theme of this workshop is: Impressions of your City. Your images can be of any city and explore any aspect of an urban environment.
This weekend course takes place on Saturday & Sunday, 26 & 27 March from 10am – 5pm daily. It is suitable for beginners and refreshers. The course fee is €185 and there are 3 places currently available.
For more information or to book your place, please contact:
T: (021) 4322422
E: courses@corkprintmakers.ie
www.corkprintmakers.ie
Woodcut Workshop at Belfast Print Workshop
5 – 6 March 2011, 10am – 4pm both days
Tutor: Terry Gravett
£90, min 6 places
Wood cut is a relief form of printmaking. In its simplest form a print is created by inking the top surface of a printing matrix then printed on to paper. The matrix has been made by carving into the wood with special tools. Examples of works will be shown. A fantastic opportunity to learn skilled techniques from master printmaker Terry Gravett.
Please contact the workshop for more details.
T: 02890 231323
E: jessica@belfastprintworkshop.org.uk
www.belfastprintworkshop.org.uk
Galway Film Centre Courses
After Effects for Beginners:
Over 8 evenings, you will be introduced to the basics of Adobe After Effects software, which allows you to create motion graphics and visual FX for film and all types of commercial video production. In a small class of 6 participants, you will be shown how to animate, alter and composite media in 2D and 3D space. Topics covered will include rendering and outputting work, creating text, animation essentials and working with layers and masks.
Tutor: Dennis d’Silva
Dates: 8 Wed evenings, 23, 30 March 6, 13, 20 April 11, 18, 25 May (6.30pm to 9pm)
Fee: €195 unwaged/€205 waged* (Fee inc membership). Limited to 6 Places.
Where: Galway Film Centre, Cluain Mhuire
E: education@galwayfilmcentre.ie
T: 091 770748
Stop-Motion Animation Workshop:
Make your own animation through drawings, claymation and photos using i-stop motion. Learn how to use this software and how to shoot your animation film on a movie camera, camcorder, pocket camera or even a mobile phone. This course is very practical and by the end, you should hopefully be able to go and make your own animations at home. Materials will be provided. Suitable for beginners or those with a little knowledge and class sizes are very limited.
Tutor: Aideen Barry
Dates: 6 Tuesday evenings, 7pm – 9pm, March 29, April 5, 12, 19, May 3, 10, 2011
Fee: €225 unwaged/ €255 waged* (Includes membership. 10% discount if you have done a course with us in the last year.)
Link to animations created on a recent workshop: www.galwayfilmcentre.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=
Where: Galway Film Centre, Cluain Mhuire
E: education@galwayfilmcentre.ie
T: 091-770748
*There is a discount of €35 if you sign up for both the i stop motion and the after effects courses so the price for the 2 courses would then become €340 unwaged/€380 waged.
Printmaking Workshop, West Cork
19 & 20 March 2011
10am – 4:30pm
Collograph printmaking experience. Limited places (4) for artist led master class in this unique creative printmaking process. Work with experienced artist & facilitator Ken Parker in his own printmaking studio in the heart of West Cork.
Two day tuition €400. All supplies included in price. When students complete the workshop, it is estimated they will have added at least 4 fine quality prints to their portfolio.
Location: Kilbrittain, County Cork
T: 087 3120994
E: ken@kenparkersart.com
www.kenparkersart.com
Workshops at Camden Palace Hotel, Cork
Various ongoing workshops have been running for a year now in Camden Palace Hotel. These will continue this year along with exciting new classes. The full details about each workshop is available on our website, Facebook and on the notice board in the lobby.Feel free to check on www.camdenpalacehotel.org or call in at Camden Quay.
Workshops in Camden Palace Hotel in March 2011:
Monday: Contemporary dance by Inma Moya Pavon, Capoeira by Nelson.
Tuesday: Acting for absolute beginners by Maria O’Callaghan, Acting workshop / Introduction to Shakespeare by Ashley Strand.
Wednesday: Acrobatics by Cian Kinsela / Michaela Heyer / Ali, Stand-up Comedy by Ashley Strand, Acting for absolute beginners by Maria O’Callaghan, Capoeira by Nelson.
Thursday: Aerial by Michaela Heyer / Francesca Castellano.
Friday: Creative writing by Kathy D’Arcy, Breakdance by Konrad Fischer, Clowning by Jan Diederen / Arran Towers.
Saturday: Yes I can dance! by Blessing Sanyanga, Ceramics hand building and Raku by Karina Abdulbaneeva, Stone carving and Stone sculpting by Blessing Sanyanga, Painting and drawing by Daniel O’Brien, Basics of sewing by Lisa Zagone.
In addition, there’s going to be a body painting workshop by Jan Diederen.
Time and day to be determined soon.
T: 0868642554www.camdenpalacehotel.org
E: info@camdenpalacehotel.org
Portrait Sculpture Course, Dublin
Sculptor Liz O’Kane is running an evening course in portrait sculpture in her studio in the Design Tower on Pearse Street / Grand Canal Quay.
The classes will commence the week of 7 March or 14 March, and will either be on a Tuesday or Thursday evening – dates to be confirmed. The model will be American Indian male, fantastic features. The course is suitable for all levels from beginners to those with experience. The course will consist of 10 classes of three hours, starting at about 6 pm. The course will be intensive, with maximum of four students in class. Clay is provided. Students will have finished portrait head by end of course and may choose to fire the head or make a mold for plaster or bronze casting.
Course cost: €350, deposit: €50.
For more information and to reserve a place, contact Liz.
T: 087 9174947
E: info@elizabethokane.com
www.elizabethokane.com
Ceramic Figurines Sought for Visual Art Project
I am a visual artist currently researching a project for which I need multiple ceramic figurines. I’m calling for donations of ceramic or porcelain figurines in any condition, damaged, old or new, (depictions of both animals and humans are welcome).
Alternatively, if you have any amount of these in good condition and are looking to sell, we could negotiate a fee. If there are any ceramicists with ‘seconds’ or unfinished pieces to be binned I would also be interested.
I can pay for postage or arrange collection from where-ever you may be based, at anytime.
If you can help, please contact me:
E: bklk@rocketmail.com
T: 086 1522280
Web Designer Available
Fellow artist wishing to help other artists to create a professional/modern website of your artwork and the artist.
Prices are low given what you get by way of design and expertise. Contact Shane at shn.murphy@gmail.com if you need a website.
Two Large Front Loading Kilns For Sale
Two very large Kiln & Furnace Kilns for sale, along with a lot of other pottery equipment.
KILNS
8ft long, 200cm high and 4ft wide.
Kilns & Furnace LTD,
SER.NO. -04864
TYPE- CRBE1500
Other equipment includes: drying press, clay recycling baths, plaster molds and plates and cups for glazing.
All equipment has been stored for a number of years.
We are looking for in the region of E20,000 for the lot or E8,000 per Kiln. Email me to request pics or more info.
Location: Swords Co. Dublin
T: 0879401110
E: rachel_kiernan@hotmail.com
Michelle Browne at The LAB, Dublin
‘out on the sea was a boat full of people singing’ and other stories
Solo Show by Michelle Browne
4 March – 9 April 2011
Opening: Thursday 3 March, 6 – 8pm
Michelle Browne’s first solo show presents a series of public performance works made over the last four years. Browne has become synonymous with public event based work. For this exhibition she re-imagines for the gallery a series of works previously performed in public space. Created through a series of interviews with witnesses to these events, Browne tries to determine the experiential legacy of this work. In conjunction with this, Browne has curated a group exhibition of work dealing with the challenges of documentation featuring Amanda Coogan/Simon Keogh, Trace Collective, The Performance Collective, Susanne Bosch and Ella Burke. An essay ‘On Collecting, presenting and mediating’ by Helen Carey has been commissioned to accompany the exhibition.
Alongside the exhibition, viewers will be offered the chance to take part in Nama Taxi – The Update. Places will be available for the opening night and for dates during the run. Please email victoria.kearney@dublincity.ie for information.
www.michellebrowne.net / www.thelab.ie
Isabela Basombrio Hoban at Mountmellick Library & Art Gallery, Laois
‘RANSOM ROOM’ an exhibition by Isabela Basombrio Hoban
8 – 31 March 2011
This exhibition refers to the current economic climate in Ireland and the larger question of value and meaning through the use of gold. The “gold” objects on view are a reference to the ancient use of gold in Peru (where the artist is from). The exhibition title ‘Ransom Room’ alludes to the 16th century captured Peruvian Inca leader Atahualpa who offered to fill a room with gold in return for his freedom.
www.castlebar.ie/arts/isabela
Kenneth Webb at Greenacres, Wexford
‘Kenneth Webb and Friends’
5 March – 16 April 2011
Kenneth Webb ATD, RWA, FRSA, has been exhibiting in Ireland since 1954 when he held his first exhibition at the Arts Council in Belfast. He was Head of the Painting School at the Ulster College of Art and has lectured at Queen’s University and at the Tate, London. A significant body of his work was purchased in the sixties by the Talbot Hotel, Wexford.
For the past 35 years he has taught painting at the Blue Door Studio, Dublin which he founded with fellow artist Clare Cryan. The exhibition at Greenacres Art Galleries celebrates the artists who have worked with, been influenced or taught by Kenneth and includes over one hundred works.
Kenneth includes a number of recent pieces which he painted in his much beloved Connemara. The influence of Kenneth is clearly evident in the work but the different styles, medium and perspective applied to the same subject matter is the hallmark of the exhibition.
www.greenacres.ie
Supafast Military Museum at Block T, Dublin
Supafast Military Museum, Block T, Smithfield.
3 – 5 March 2011
Opening: Thursday 3 March 2011, 7pm.
Military Parade: Saturday 5 March, 6pm.
After the Battle of Croghan Hill we look back at the technologies developed in the Good Hatchery, Co. Offaly. See the equipment collected from the battlefield of Croghan Hill itself. Marvel at the non-lethal weaponry such as the Incredibly Unreliable Potato Canon and also the Trusty Cluster Spud. See those who gave their days and so who were etched into the annals of Harrier history. See and meet those who have been inducted into the fighting Harriers.
Apply for Harriership and receive there and then your very own Free Harriers of Dublin Chapter House Crest officiated by The (unamed) Grand Master Harrier himself. Learn the history of the International League of Harriers and how it was brought to Ireland from France after ancient beginnings a dying way of life. Learn how it’s prestige began in Ireland at the Battle of Tyrellspass in 1569 and how its almost perished legacy was revived by W.H.S Monck on Earlsfort Terrace in 1881.
The Museum runs until the evening of Saturday 5 March.www.supafastmilitary.com
1st Annual Small Works Exhibition at Redwells Studios, Wexford
Redwells Studios’ 1st Annual Small Works Exhibition
3 – 16 March 2011
Redwells Studios is a group of artists from Cavan, Wicklow, Kildare, Laoise, Carlow and Wexford directed by Sheila Mangan, B.A., M.A., M.P.A. Sheila is an artist who has exhibited in South Africa, America, Poland, Rome, London, Paris and Israel. She has also had many successful exhibitions in Ireland. Sheila founded the group recently to provide a platform for artists to develop their skills and techniques. All the works in the exhibition are 6″ by 6″, oil on canvas.
T: +353 (0)53 9122019www.pigyardgallery.com
E: info@pigyardgallery.com
Kilmainham Arts Club, Dublin
Kilmainham Arts Club
Monday 7 March 2011
It’s World Book Night on 5 March and DCC are giving away copies of Seamus Heaney’s book of poetry through Kilmainham Arts Club. Join us to celebrate the arts on Monday 7 March at 8pm at Kilmainham Arts Club in The Patriots Inn, Kilmainham.
We will focus on Heaney’s poetry in the night through three readings: Liam O’Meara, local poet and author of The Bayno, will read some of his own work and both he and playwright John Devoy will read their favourite Heaney poem. Aoife Franklyn, the overall winner of the fifth annual Poetry Aloud Competition who received the Seamus Heaney trophy 2011, will read some of her work and a favourite Seamus Heaney poem.
The evening will also consist of visual presentations on the big screen – a slide show of illustrations depicting Irish customs, traditions, crafts, townlands, stories and myths from the book The Ould Ago by Johnny McKeagney (now deceased) presented by his son Paul. Vera McEvoy, a graduate of NCAD, will show her multi-disciplinary work and Sara Franklyn will present images relating to water in honour of UNWWD (United Nations World Water Day 22/03). Anthony Cronin will show some of his stunning black and white photographs and we will raffle one on the night to raise funds for the Kilmainham Arts Festival. Traditional Irish music will round off the night with Paul Conlon and Aoife NiCormaic (violen).
Artists interested in displaying and discussing their work at upcoming Kilmainham Arts Club events should contact kilmainham.arts.club@gmail.com.
http://kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com
Group Show at Cockleshell Gallery, Wexford
11 March – 27 April 2011
Opening reception: Friday 11 March, 8pm
The Cockleshell Gallery, Duncannon presents works by Anthony Doyle, Matt Doyle, Veronika Kladnakova, David McSwiggan and Orla Wallace with work from local artists Eileen Cloney, Ann B.Colfer, Ethna Horan and Catherine Power.
Official launch by visual artist, Christabel Atkins.
R.S.V.P. by Wednesday 9 March 2011cockleshellartscentre@eircom.net
Colm Desmond at DIT Kevin Street Library, Dublin
‘Off The Street’
7 – 11 March 2011
Opening: Monday 7 March 2011, 6pm.
Colm Desmond (artist) and Oran Ryan (novelist) collaborate in an exhibition of photographic and literary art, as part of a week long series of events organised by the Seven Towers Agency, to mark Library Ireland Week. Full programme to downloaded at www.seventowers.ie
DIT Library, 2nd floor, Kevin Street, Dublin 8.
‘We are all creative…. If we just let go!’
Wednesday 9 March, 5:30pm – 8pm
A space for people with no background in art, who would love to explore their creativity but have always let something get in their way. A space where there are no expectations or judgements, where we experiment with drawing and share thoughts and feelings about art and what is stopping us from exploring our creativity.
Objective: To let go of inhibiting beliefs and preconceptions about art and have fun with drawing.
The event is free but booking is necessary as spaces are limited to 7. We will have a break so there is the option to bring something to eat. Please contact Wendy for information and booking.
‘Creativity… What gets in our way?’
Friday 11 March, 5.15pm – 6.45pm
A space where practicing artists can connect, listen and share their thoughts about creativity and any obstacles they come across.
Objective: To listen and talk without judgement or expectations and to identify and let go of obstacles or beliefs that hinder the creative process.
The event is free but booking is necessary as spaces are limited to 7. Please contact Wendy for information and booking.
Info/Booking for either event, contact Wendy:
E: wendystephensart@gmail.com
T: 0872719191
Clare Hartigan at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Offaly
‘Inner Space Exploration’
Opening: 3 March 2011, 7:30pm.
A graduate of Limerick College of Art and Design, Clare Hartigan’s work is very much influenced by her surroundings with a major focus on the importance of family, friends, community and local heritage, finding inspiration in political, cultural, or emotional happenings around her. Previous collections explored evolution as an integral part of all our existence, physical, emotional and spiritual. “Everything changes; everything is connected; we humans need to pay attention.” Other work looked at the freedom of nature in contrast to the structures of the urban jungle and the rules and regulations we impose on ourselves. As Birr is associated with outer space exploration, through the location of Lord Rosse’s telescope from the 1840s, Hartigan decided to internalize the exploration to Inner Space. A space as vast and unexplored.
The exhibition will continue throughout March and will be open Monday – Friday
1 – 5.30pm and evenings of performances.
www.birrtheatre.com/visualarts.shtml
Willie Redmond at Aras an Chontae, Offaly
‘Home Truths’, Willie Redmond
1 March – 1 April
‘Home Truths’ is an exhibition of paintings based on the bogs and landscapes and waterways where the artist is from. The title refers to home, connection, awareness, truth and the beauty of these areas. Presented in a narrative style, highly detailed and engaging. Presented as part of Offaly Support for Artists Scheme 2011.
www.willieredmond.com / www.offalycoco.ie
Dearc 150 at RDS, Dublin
Dearc 150: Celebrating 150 Years of the RDS Taylor Art Award
25 February – 20 March 2011
The premier award of the RDS Student Art Awards is the RDS Taylor Art Award. Awarded annually, the Award is made possible by a bequest made by George Archibald Taylor of Dublin who died in 1854, leaving a sum of £2,000 to his trustees for “the promotion of art and industry in Ireland”.
In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the RDS Taylor Art Award, the RDS is hosting a retrospective exhibition of Irish Art featuring artists such as Walter Osborne, Sir William Orpen, Seán Keating, Melanie le Brocquy and Louis le Brocquy alongside contemporary artists such as Eamon O’Kane and James Hanley. Curated by Dr Patrick J. Murphy, the exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of events including a series of talks, lectures and tours.
For details on opening times and ticket prices, see:www.rds.ie/taylorart
Alessandro Bosetti at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Strange Attractor 5 with Alessandro Bosetti
12 – 4pm, 5 March 2011
Strange Attractor is a dynamic multi-dimensional series of collaborative ventures between five artists, Anthony Kelly, Danny McCarthy, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea and David Stalling leading to a gallery based exhibition during April 2011. Throughout this project the artists will be working both as a group and as individuals using improvisational sound performance, experimentation with technology and combined media to explore creative possibilities resulting in an experience that offers multiple points of entry for the audience.
This performance features guest artist Alessando Bosetti, an Italian composer and sound artist working on the musicality of spoken words and unusual aspects of spoken communication, producing text-sound composition, often including translation and misunderstanding in the creative process.
www.crawfordartgallery.ie
Group Show at SOMA Contemporary, Waterford
‘Three Colours / Blue’ at SOMA Contemporary
10 March – 2 April 2011
Opening reception will be held on Thursday March 10th at 7:00 pm with music by Katie Kim.
SOMA Contemporary announces ‘Three Colours / Blue’, the first in a series of exhibitions investigating the Primary Colours and their acquired meanings. Featuring work by John Brady, Hannah Breslin, Oisin Byrne, Susan Connnolly, Rachael Corcoran, Michael Durand, Mary Kelly, Cassie Kirby, Aoife Kirwan, Ruth Lyons, Kevin Mooney and Mary-Ruth Walsh.
Blue is Calming. It can be strong and steadfast, or light and friendly. This forms the exhibition’s context, to provide an overarching setting for the works, all of which include or are produced in blue. Participating artists have been asked to express their own thoughts on blue’s fundamental values.
The aim is not merely to interact with the perceptual property on a theoretical level, but to find a more personal, creative approach which, against the exhibition’s guiding motif of the colour blue, allows the individual voice of each participating artist to emerge.
Curated by Rachael Corcoran.
Free Events at Occupy Space, Limerick
Free events for the last week of “Trompe Le Monde” at Occupy Space
Wednesday 2 March 2011, 4pm
“Horror Hardly Happens”
Mary Conlon in conversation with James Merrigan.
Thursday 3 March 2011, 8pm
Six Memos and Videogram present “Werner Herzog Eats his Shoe” (1979), a Les Blank film and “Gypsy Soul Disco” (2010), a Nicky Larkin film.
Friday 4 March 2011, 4pm – 6pm.
Carnegie Reading Circle on the theme: “Heroes or Villains”.
Saturday 5 March 2011, 3pm
Alpha Omega Workshop facilitated by Helen Horgan and Mary Conlon.
All events are free of charge and will be held at Occupy Space, Thomas Street, Limerick.
For further information:
E: artgallery@limerickcity.ie
T: 061310633www.gallery.limerick.ie
Barrie Cooke at Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
New & Selected Works by Barrie Cooke
3 March – 2 April 2011
Opening: Thursday 3 March 2011, 8pm
Barrie Cooke RHA, begins his 81st year with this exhibition of personally selected works, spanning the last decade, at the Hamilton Gallery. The works on exhibition include watercolours and oil paintings from Cookes travels to New Zealand and South Africa. Selected works include two portraits of Sligo author Dermot Healy and paintings from Cill Rialaig, Lough Arrow and Knocknarea. The artist has also selected a series of lithographs for the exhibition.
In the words of Nobel Laureate and fellow Aosdana member Seamus Heaney ‘Much of his art has exhibited the fluency and first-handedness of cave art, combining the now of perception with the then of fulfilment. Whether he is painting a nude in a landscape or water-hurry in a river, whether it is an elk with horns full of galactic light or a tench-lake sluggish with lilies and twilight, there is something at once erotic and absorbed in the pursuit.’
www.hamiltongallery.ie
Maeve Callanan & Charlotte Kelly at Galway City Museum
‘Simple to the Complex’
5 – 26 March 2011
‘Simple to the Complex ‘ is a drawing exhibition which endeavours to express the evolution that landscapes undergo. How simple layers of a place render it more and more complex. How man constantly marks the landscape in his quest for progress. From steam engines to the discovery of electricity and the progression of architecture throughout the ages.
Together with their own work both artists will collaborate on one large drawing. This will be the keystone of the exhibition, both laying down their marks in dialogue with each other. The combined drawing will reflect the sharing, the giving, the taking and the interaction of the two artist.
www.galwaycitymuseum.ie
Zita Reihill at Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Zita Reihill – ‘Poetic Space’
4 – 26 March 2011
Opening: 7:30pm, Friday 4 March 2011
An exhibition of recent oil paintings by Dublin-based artist Zita Reihill that find their inspiration in poetry. “The basis of this work is poetry, it is about the depths that poetry takes you. A poet’s word strikes true, it moves the very depths of pure being. So, this body of work is about finding that voice, a voice so remote within us, that it is the voice we hear when we listen as far back as memory reaches, the very limits of memory, even beyond memory perhaps.” Reihill has exhibited regularly in Dublin over the past 15 years, and has also been involved in shows in London, New York, Venice and Melbourne.
www.thelinenhall.com
'It's Been a Long Journey - It Still Is' at Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
‘It’s been a Long Journey- It still is’
9 – 16 March 2011
Mayo Rape Crisis Centre presents an exhibition of an arts project carried out with female asylum seekers living in direct provision in County Mayo, and with visual artist Isabela Basombrio Hoban and quilt maker Agnes Warren.
The exhibition which comprises of photographic, text, sound and textile works is the result of this innovative and deeply moving project. The poignant title is a quote from a Female Aslyum Seeker who is 6 years in Direct Provision. Mayo Rape Crisis Centre has been at the forefront of services delivering support to asylum seekers. The Launch of this exhibition will be part of International Women’s Day celebrations.
www.thelinenhall.com
Irish Coast Art at Portballintrae Hall
Opens 4 March 2011, 5pm
Ends 5 March 2011, 8pm
Portballintrae Village Hall, Beach Road, Main Car Park, Portballintrae, County Antrim, BT57 8RT
A two day exhibition of original paintings, photography, sculpture and ceramics by local artists. Wine Reception, free refreshments, live art demos, charity raffle supporting CONCERN and an art auction. Exhibition will be inaugurated by The Lord Mayor of Coleraine. Entry: £5.00.
For further information please contact: Paul 07971345097 or Pat 07522239998.
Mark Chambers at The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
Mark Chambers ‘Sinews of Understanding’ Solo Exhibition
4 – 26 March 2011
This body of work is about harmony and discord; the notion that everything does not adhere to its symbolism. Multiple meanings will exist, often resulting in a paradox. It deals in opposites and contradictions: black and white, shadow and light, movement and stillness, clarity and obscurity, and the interplay between different dimensions.
The work uses the human form and other symbolic metaphors, applying a variety of materials, processes and techniques through the disciplines of drawing, painting, installation and sculpture.
By removing objects from their physical context and isolating their elements, the work seeks to encourage the viewer to see things in a concentrated and intimate way; with the aim to provoke, enrich, destroy and renew sinews of understanding.
www.markchambers.org / www.theengineroomgallery.com
Bébhinn NicLiam at Arts & Disability Forum, Belfast
‘Hierarchies and Heirlooms’ Prints by Bébhinn NicLiam
4 March – 14 April 2011
Opening: 5 – 7pm, 3 March 2011.
The Arts & Disability Forum presents a solo exhibition of prints by disabled artist Bébhinn NicLiam. “My work is informed by the environment I grew up in, both inside and outside. A landscape of ancient architecture and a home full of mementos, each with their own narratives. I also look at hierarchies we are all subjected to, knowingly and unknowingly. Printmaking is a means of exploring my interests, and one which I have increasingly turned to in the last 5 years. It has a long established tradition but is not confined to the past. It suits my condition and the rhythm and way I need to work.”
Deaf/disability access requests (such as BSL) are needed by by 27th February for the preview on 3rd.
T: 028 9023 9450www.adf.ie
E: info@adf.ie
Hide Ishibashi at Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen
‘Tokyo – Belfast – Tokyo’
4 March – 3 April 2011
Opening: 8pm, Friday 4 March 2011
Tokyo based visual artist Hide Ishibashi completed a B.A. in Combined Studies at University of Ulster in 1994 and an M.A. in Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995. He has exhibited in Belfast, London and Tokyo in the past and had been mostly living in Tokyo, in the recent ten years. Hide is also a member of Floating World Books that has connections in Sligo, London and Fermanagh.
The main concern in his art works related to a sense of belonging to places in where people find their identity in the contemporary world. Transport system has greatly improved in the 20th Century that moves millions of people every day. Ishibashi is most intrigued by the rapid changes in our lifestyles, which is now resulting in dramatic transformations of societies in all over the world.
His recent show ‘National Scandal’ was an exhibition themed to examine current Japanese media with critical eyes.
Further details available from The Arts Officer for Fermanagh District Council at:
E: diane.henshaw@fermanagh.gov.uk
T: 028 6632 5050www.fermanagh.gov.uk
Jane Hughes at Tape Modern 20, Berlin
4 – 5 March 2011, 7pm – 2am
Jane Hughes was selected to take part at Tape Modern 20. The exhibition is themed around the idea of construction/destruction and is curated by Amir Fattal and Daniel Kingery. Hughes will show photomontages from a series of work created in Finland, exploring decaying Swedish bourgeoisie houses in the suburbs of Helsinki.
Tape Modern, Heidestrasse 14, Berlin 10557, S-bhn Hauptbahnhof.www.facebook.com/tape.modern.berlin
Dublin Contemporary at The Armory Show, New York
Sunday 6 March 2011, 12 – 1pm
The Armory Show, Open Forum Lounge, Pier 92
Dublin Contemporary 2011 is delighted to present Open Forum at The Armory Show (NY) an eclectic series of conversations and panels featuring top figures in the art world curated by Stamatina Gregory.
As part of the series of conversations, Dublin Contemporary 2011 Lead Curators Jota Castro and Christian Viveros-Faune’ along with DC2011 artists will debate on the following topic: Biennials As Barometers of Social Transformation? Dublin Contemporary 2011: Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance.
The first edition of Dublin Contemporary, opening in September 2011, will host both emerging and established Irish-based artists alongside leading figures from around the globe. Rather than a contemplative experience of art, the exhibition invokes the social and economic dynamism of the present to explore urgent themes like violence, pleasure, nationalism, terror, poverty, beauty, the sublime, censorship, the relationship between the artist and society, and the West’s unfolding recession.
For the full programme, please visit www.thearmoryshow.com
James Clancy at Walden Gallery, Berlin
‘Border Country’
4 – 26 March 2011
James Clancy, Cork photographer brings his work to Berlin.
The exhibition ‘Border Country’ will open on the 4 March at the Walden Gallery in Berlin, Germany and will run until the 26 March. ‘Border Country’ deals with the in-between states through a monochrome world. James will travel with the work.
Further details of James Clancy’s work: www.jamesclancy.org
Contact: jamesclancyphotos@gmail.com
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