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Issue 18 Midlands Arts 4:Layout 1 Issue 18 Midlands Arts 4:Layout 1 8/11/12 12:58 Page 1 VISUAL ARTS MUSIC & DANCE ISSUE & FILM THEATRE FREE THE WRITTEN WORD A REVIEW OF THE ARTS IN LAOIS, LONGFORD, OFFALY AND WESTMEATH WINTER 2012 18 COVER PIC Laois teens explore life Kilbeggan through a lens gallery set page 8 in stone page 17 Offaly composer Longford girl celebrated for pursues international ballet dream success page 31 page 4 Issue 18 Midlands Arts 4:Layout 1 8/11/12 12:59 Page 2 Toy Soldiers, wins at Galway Film Fleadh ....................Page 3 Midland Arts and Culture Magazine | WINTER 2010 Over two decades of Arts and Culture Celebrated with Presidential Visit A Word Laois native to trend the boards of the Gaiety Theatre ....Page 4 Midlands Offaly composer celebrated for international success from the American publisher snaps up Longford writer’s novel......Page 5 andCulture Leaves Literary Festival 2012 celebrates the literary arts in Laois on November 9, 10 Editor Backstage project sees new Artist in Residence........Page 6 Arts Magazine There has been so Irish Iranian collaboration results in documentary production much going on around Something for every child Mullingar Arts Centre!.......Page 7 the counties of Laois, Fear Sean Chruacháin Westmeath, Offaly County Longford writers honored .........................Page 8 and Longford that Laois teens explore life through the lens again we have had to Introducing Pete Kennedy .......................................Page 9 up the pages from 32 to 36 just to fit Making ‘Friends’ everything in. The Doctor of Poetry Eurochild launch set for Backstage Theatre after This edition of the magazine sees an overwhelming number of entries from the county .Page 10 American publisher snap up a Longford 'Offaly' good to see first tall ship exhibition set sail .....Page 11 writer’s novel, an Offaly director who is 16 DOING A RUNNER! Award-winning poet publishes first collection in over a decade following up the success of his previous All go at the Arthouse and Gallery, Stradbally ...Page 12 film The Moment with the release of Aisling Children’s Art Festival a big hit with Midlands youth another short film entitled Runner and a Adela & the Meanits hit the headlines with 32 county brand new gallery opening in Westmeath tour in a month ...................................................Page 13 while Laois teens explore life through St Peter’s Portlaoise – the perfect venue a lens. to showcase the arts ........................................Page 14 LAOIS YOUTH THEATRE presents: Rain Falling Up see schoolchildren In this edition of the magazine it is perform at Captial’s Convention Centre impossible not to notice the amount of Tullamore Rhymers welcome release of a madman ......Page 15 writers and poets throughout the Midlands. Music Generation Laois and Laois School of Music Open Evening In Longford as previously mentioned, 13 ADELA AND THE Opening the Window on 20 years author Lorne Patterson managed to get his Doing a runner! Ways of Seeing .......................Page 16 novel snapped up by an American MEANITS HIT THE Minister for Arts visits Offaly ...........................Page 17 publisher and the writers in the county Close harmony – a Cappella Chorus launched in Athlone were even honored by the Irish Writers' HEADLINES WITH 32 Longford’s new photography book creates a bang! Centre (IWC). In Edenderry, Dr Philip Brady New Gallery set in stone COUNTY TOUR IN A has launched his fifth collection of poetry Thomas Frye (1710-1762).................................Page 18 and In Laois the award winning Pat Boran MONTH Top class entertainment at Dunamaise Arts Centre has published his first collection of poems Three Years of Creative Engagement at in over a decade. This is great news for Birr Community School .....................................Page 19 Hats off to Eileen aspiring writers and highlights just how much support is available for people who From Longford to Carrigstown .....................Page 20/21 I.F. O.N.L.Y. (International Festival of A Necessarily like putting pen to paper. Lonely You) ............................................................Page 22 A big highlight for me from around the Theatre of Self: Presence/Presents counties of Laois, Westmeath and Offaly by Seamus McCormack.....................................Page 23 was Culture Night 2012. Again “Laois Youth Theatre gave me my start” .........Page 24 Westmeath took part and for the third year Making Space in Athlone held a staggering number of events and Cóilín Rush shares his thoughts about the Artist in Residence even managed to secure national coverage programme 2012/13 at Arthouse, Stradbally .......Page 25 on RTE’e Six One and Nine O’clock News. 24 MAKING SPACE IN Mixed Bag offers something for everyone ..Page 26/27 ATHLONE Striking a high note - the International Summer Music Similarly locals and visitors alike embraced School in Offaly ................................................Page 28 the day and night of free entertainment in Their stories in our place - Rosalind Fanning Offaly and Laois, with both counties taking 20/21 Athlone Dancer Orla Shine talks about her practise and part for the second year in succession with FAIR reveals that dance can be more than a hobby .....Page 29 great success. Watching Through My Fingers CITY’S The Midlands showcases a variety of talent during Longford recently held the Aisling LUCY Culture Night ...............................................Page 30/31 Children's Festival - a week long festival Putting best foot forward Longford girl heads to Germany to dedicated to children with many free MALLON pursue ballet dream activities which was a wonderfully colourful TALKS TO Poetry of self and place ................................................Page 32 way for children to actually take part in the Laois Artist Patrick Fitzpatrick shares some thoughts arts and try something new. MIDLANDS as he gets ready for his first solo show...........Page 33 To discover just what a valuable ARTS AND Visual artist Amanda Jane Graham dreams of designated gallery space in Longford...............Page 34 contribution the Arts make to our society check out the National Campaign for the CULTURE Meet the Team ............................................................Page 35 Arts on www.ncfa.ie MAGAZINE The meaning in things .......................................Page 36 A look inside YOUR LOCAL ARTS OFFICERS County Offaly County Westmeath County Laois County Longford WHO: Sinead O'Reilly, WHO: Catherine Kelly WHO: Muireann Ní Chonaill WHO: Fergus Kennedy WHERE: Offaly County Council, WHERE: Westmeath County Council WHERE: Laois County Council, WHERE: Longford County Council, Charleville Road, Tullamore County Buildings, Mullingar Portlaoise, Co Laois Great Water St. Longford. CONTACT: Telephone 057 9357400 CONTACT: Telephone 044 9332140 CONTACT: Tel: 057 8674342/44 CONTACT: Tel: 086 8517595 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.offaly.ie/arts www.westmeathcoco.ie/arts www.laois.ie/arts www.longfordcoco.ie/arts_office.html 2 Issue 18 Midlands Arts 4:Layout 1 8/11/12 12:59 Page 3 TOY SOLDIERS wins at Galway Film Fleadh The FilmOffaly/Filmbase- funded film Toy Soldiers, which was shot on location in Tullamore last winter, and premiered locally in May has just won Best First Short Drama at the Galway Film Fleadh. This is great news for the cast and crew, which includes writer, Matthew Roche, Director Mike Hayes and producer Ciara Gillan. The cast includes young actors Darragh O’Toole, Robert Donnelly and Mollie McCann alongside Una Kavanagh. The win also represents two successes out of three for FilmOffaly at the Galway Film Fleadh, with Noreen winning Best Short in 2010. For FilmOffaly, this is internationally, that it is serious about Toy Soldiers will continue to be submitted to film festivals. extremely important and a message to filmmaking, has high standards and is Anyone on Facebook can follow progress on the following pages: the film industry, nationally and more than open for business. FilmOffaly and Toy Soldiers Short Film M Over two decades of art and culture celebrated with Presidential visit In his first official appointment to Laois, the President of Ireland visited two art venues which jointly celebrated over two decades of art and culture. To kick off his Laois visit President On behalf of the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Higgins visited the Dunamaise Arts Mr Brennan also presented President Centre to celebrate its thirteenth Higgins with a specially commissioned anniversary and Laois School of Music’s gold and silver shaped lapel pin designed (LSM) tenth anniversary. by Portlaoise based goldsmith Helena And his visit was imbued by a common Malone. theme – the importance of the arts. He commended the Dunamaise Arts Special Olympian turns out to Centre and the Laois School of Music welcome President saying that it was important to instil a THE Knockmay community turned out in love of the arts in the nations youth. force to welcome President Michael D “The young musicians behind me, it will Higgins to Treo Nua Family Resource be something that will stand to them for Centre and Suaimhneas Community their lives, enriching not only their lives Childcare during his visit to Laois in June. but the lives of the community,” he said. Public representatives, members of the Seventeen year old LSM pupil Benn local community, including Special Hogan said that music had opened many Olympian Patrick Doyle, turned out to doors for him and he had performed in
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