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Kilkenny County Council Arts Office 19th March 2010
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Partner Local Authority of the ArtLinks Programme www.artlinks.ie
Arts Office Activities Dear All,
Welcome to this weeks e-bulletin from Kilkenny County Council's Arts Office. Each bulletin is packed with the latest information on Kilkenny Arts Office activities, county events as well as news and opportunities for arts practitioners from around the country.
This service will be provided fortnightly. To include an item in the next e-bulletin please send your info to [email protected] before 31st March 2010.
The e-bulletin will be archived at www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/ services/arts
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our information, we strongly advise readers to verify all details to their own satisfaction.
Regards,
Niamh Finn Arts Administrator T: 056 7794138 E: [email protected] W: www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/ Arts/ W: www.no72artistsresidency.com W: http://rhymerag.blogspot.com
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Partner Local Authority of the ArtLinks Programme www.artlinks.ie
(Image:Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet Issue 9, 2009 ) ______ARTS OFFICE •FINAL REMINDER! Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet Issue 10: Call for Submissions •As part of their on-going commitment to Kilkenny writers, Kilkenny County Council Arts Office & Library Service would like to announce their 2010 Writers’ Mentoring Scheme •Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Exhibition ‘Landscape Alternatives’ by David Warner •LAST CHANCE TO SEE Kilkenny County Council Arts Office ‘Collected Works’
ARTLINKS •ArtLinks announces new suite of Bursary Awards for 2010 totalling €30,000 ______
ARTS OFFICE ______
FINAL REMINDER! Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet Issue 10: Call for Submissions
The Arts Office of Kilkenny County Council is delighted to announce a call for submission for the publication of the tenth issue of the very popular Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet. The aim of the publication is to give local writers a platform for their work. Each poem selected is included in the broadsheet which in available for free throughout the County.
The tenth issue of Kilkenny Poetry will be edited by Pat Boran. Pat was born in Portlaoise and lives now in Dublin. Since his first collection of poems, ‘The Unwound Clock’, which won the Patrick Kavanagh Award, he has published three further collections of poetry as well as ‘New and Selected Poems’ (2005). In addition to poetry he has published fiction for adults and children and the recent memoir ‘The Invisible Prison: Scenes from an Irish Childhood’. Other non-fiction works include the popular writers' handbook ‘The Portable Creative Writing Workshop’ (1999), revised and expanded in 2005, and ‘A Short History of Dublin’ (2000). For many years he was the Programme Director of the Dublin Writers Festival, has held writer-in-residence posts with Dublin Corporation, Dublin City Libraries and Dublin City University and was the presenter of The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1. In 2005 he took over the running of the Dedalus Press, one of Ireland’s longest-standing literary imprints. Since 2007 he is a Member of Aosdána.
We are now accepting submissions from poets born or based in Kilkenny City and County.
Closing date for receipt of submissions is no later than 4pm on Monday 22nd March 2010
Application forms and submission rules are available from the Arts Office, No. 72 John Street, Kilkenny T: 056 7794138 E: [email protected] / [email protected] Or can be downloaded from: www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts www.artlinks.ie ______
As part of their on-going commitment to Kilkenny writers, Kilkenny County Council Arts Office & Library Service would like to announce their 2010 Writers’ Mentoring Scheme
In response to Kilkenny County Councils very successful 2009 Writer in Residence Programme, the Arts Office and Libraries have designed a mentoring scheme, which will enable sixteen Kilkenny writers to engage with one-to-one mentoring sessions throughout 2010.
Sessions will be facilitated by writer Grace Wells and are aimed at emerging and established writers who would benefit from feedback and professional engagement with their work.
Grace Wells won the Eilis Dillon Best Newcomer Bisto Award for her first book, the children’s novel, ‘Gyrfalcon’, which was also an International White Ravens’ Choice. Subsequent childrens’ books ‘One World, Our World’ and ‘Ice-Dreams’ have been published within the last two years. Her poetry and short stories have been published widely and she reviews Irish poetry for the University of Chicago’s online literary journal, ‘Contrary’. She is a Kavanagh Award winner, has been selected for Poetry Ireland Introductions Series, and has received grants from the Arts Council and South Tipperary County Council. Her first collection of poetry, ‘When God has been Called Away to Greater Things’, is forthcoming from Dedalus Press.
The Mentoring Process: —The mentoring sessions will focus primarily on developing writing and self-editing skills, providing analytical feedback and advice which aims toward manuscript development. —Sessions aim to assist participants with a better understanding of the publishing industry, and, where appropriate, will offer help with journal, editor and agent submissions, grant applications and other opportunities, which help raise the mentee’s professional profile.
Applications: Eligible genres are: poetry, fiction, auto-biography, creative non-fiction, and writing for children and young adults.
Writers with a clear commitment to writing are encouraged to apply in writing to the Arts Office by March 26th 2010. Hardcopy only applications are acceptable, and should be sent to Mary Butler, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny. Please mark envelopes as ‘2010 Writers Mentoring Programme’
Applicants should apply with: - a brief letter explaining their reasons for wishing to take part in the process - include a short writer’s CV - outline recent writing activities and - any creative writing courses or workshops undertaken
Applicants should also indicate what they intend to work on during the program and what they would like to achieve.
In addition applicants must provide a sample of work (either 3 poems, or a prose extract of less than 2000 words), which displays competence, artistic merit and an ability to engage with the reader.
Eligibility and Criteria: -Applicants may be published or unpublished -Applicants must have been born, or now living in the Kilkenny administrative area. -Applicants are asked to specify the literary genre in which they are currently working and -Give an indication of dedication and commitment to writing as part of their ongoing professional or personal development.= -Applicants must remain available and committed to the scheme throughout 2010 -During the programme applicants will need to submit manuscripts to their mentor prior to meetings, and will be asked to write a brief assessment/evaluation at the end of the mentorship for Kilkenny County Council Arts Office and Library Service.
Applications will be assessed by Grace Wells and writers will be accepted on the strength of their writing, their indication of commitment to learning and overall keenness for the project.
Details: Participants can expect to meet with the mentor five times between 15th April-30th November 2010.
Sessions will be of 60-90 minutes duration, and will be scheduled at a mutally agreed time.
If participants are unable to attend meetings they have committed to, they must understand the mentor will not be available to substitute another session.
Please Note: It is anticipated that mentoring sessions will take place in Kilkenny City Libraries outside of opening hours, and will, in all likelihood, be on Mondays. For planning purposes, applicants need to indicate if this is suitable and which time slots (mornings/afternoons/evenings) they would be available for. If unavailable on Mondays, applicants should specify an alternate day and time slot that would suit them.
Applications must be received by 1pm, March 26th 2010
Please send to Mary Butler, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny Please mark envelopes as ‘2010 Writers Mentoring Programme’ ______
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Exhibition ‘Landscape Alternatives’ by David Warner
After almost 40 years of working only in watercolours, Kilkenny based artist Richard Warner finds it both great delight and frustration in handling this medium! He says ‘Having taught general drawing and painting for many years it is the one medium that I would not recommend to amateurs’. Having said that, Richard feel strongly that watercolour painting is still considered ‘second-best’ to other mediums in the professional art world which he thought was a battle that had been won 200 years ago.
Although his work has come from his imagination he does consider himself a landscape painter, albeit one that approaches its subject from a somewhat ‘odd’ angle. Richard’s response to the often asked question, ‘What is it?’ is that it is a real landscape – just one that hasn’t been seen yet.
Richard’s forms are sometimes explicit: clouds, horizons, tree, fields etc, but many rather vague and personal, though hopefully still suggesting some natural form. ‘Usually I enjoy mixing the two styles but the old constants remain – the lower part of the painting is the foreground and the upper – the sky! The landscape setting for many of my ‘events’ is recognizably the view across the fields where I grew up.’
Born in 1947 in Berkshire, Richard Warner moved to Ireland in 1996. He graduated from Berkshire College of Art in 1965 and Chelsea School of Art in 1969 and thereafter taught part-time in Adult and Further Education while continuing with his practice. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in the UK, including the London, Royal Academy Summer Show, Warwick Arts Trust, Curwen Gallery and various public and private galleries throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Canada. In Ireland he has exhibited in the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Leinster Gallery, Dublin and during the Kilkenny Arts Festival. The Arts Council of Great Britain and the British Petroleum Collection of British Modern Art are collectors of his work.
Exhibition ‘Landscape Alternatives’ in the Watergate Theatre, Upstairs Gallery from 19th March to 16th April 2010.
Opening hours: Monday–Friday 10am–7pm, Saturday 2pm–7pm
For sales or further information on this or subsequent shows, contact the Arts Office on (056) 7794138 [email protected] / [email protected]
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Partner Local Authority of the ArtLinks Programme www.artlinks.ie ______
LAST CHANCE TO SEE Kilkenny County Council Arts Office ‘Collected Works’ no. 76 John Street, February 11th – March 31st 2010
Come and view our next exhibition ‘Collected Works’ at Kilkenny County Council Arts Office, no. 76 John Street from Thursday 11th February. This show will be a selection of diverse works including but not exclusive to the following artists, Neil Butler, Glen Kehoe, Blaise Smith, Thomas Barron and Lorna Corrigan. We will also be highlighting works by our many past Artists in Residence undertaken at no.76 John Street over our four year period there. Many of you may remember Etaoin Holahan’s life size stencils and Patrick O’Connor’s exquisite drawings and paintings. David Beattie will surprise us with a short sound piece and we will be presenting some paper works by Polly Minett. Stephane Kiszak you may remember created large works utilising layers of collage and paint while Gypsy Ray focussed on her swimmer drawings whilst also involving the public and creating a number of wonderful blind contour drawings for us to enjoy. Lesley Frew created her work from recycled plastic bags giving the materials a second life by transforming and reusing them. Hugh McCarthy delighted many with his large very colourful paintings and Niamh White charmed many with her invitation to come and make bread for your valentine. She also worked in photography and painting. Aisling Keating and Abi Ighodaro were invited to introduce a new art form to the residencies, they sketched, drew and of coursed danced. We hope you can make the time to come and enjoy the show which will run from February 11th – March 31st 2010.
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office ‘Collected Works’ no. 76 John Street, February 11th – March 31st 2010
Opening hours: Monday–Friday 9.30am –1pm and 2pm – 5pm
For further information contact the Arts Office on (056) 7794138 [email protected] / [email protected] http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts/ New: www.no72artistsresidency.com New: http://rhymerag.blogspot.com Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Partner Local Authority of the ArtLinks Programme www.artlinks.ie ______
ARTLINKS ______
ArtLinks announces new suite of Bursary Awards for 2010 totalling €30,000
ARTLINKS is pleased to announce a suite of bursaries and awards for its membership in the five ArtLinks partner Counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow for 2010. Director Cathy Fitzgerald remarked that there have been changes in 2010 to the ArtLinks Bursaries to reflect the changed economic climate. While the amounts of funds available for Bursaries has not changed significantly, the Awards have been divided so instead of one main bursary there will be in fact four bursaries, so that more people in the arts can be supported. And new for 2010, in addition to applications being accepted from individual practitioners, applications from artist-led groups are also welcome. Please ensure that applications are submitted in advance of the April 1st closing date.
Four ArtLinks Bursaries per County Four ArtLinks Bursary Awards will be awarded per ArtLinks partner counties, to a successful practitioner or artist-led group in the categories of dance, music, drama/theatre, literature, film and visual arts. There is one Award available for a maximum of €3,000 and three awards for a maximum of €1,000 available per county. These awards are designed to support the professional development of creative practitioners, or groups, aged 18 and over, who are resident within the ArtLinks five county partnership region.
The Bursary Application Form and Guideline Notes can be downloaded from the Bursary page of www.artlinks.ie or alternatively you contact your local County ArtLinks- Arts Office in Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford or Wicklow for an application pack. Please see the ArtLinks site for contact details. Bursary Applications can be either sent to ArtLinks, C/o County Hall, John St, Kilkenny or your local ArtLinks-Arts Office.
The CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL AWARDS IS 5pm, Thursday 1 April 2010. An independent panel shall make decisions on all of these awards. Bursary notification will be as soon as is practicable following this assessment. Please note late and/or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Further information please contact: Cathy Fitzgerald, ArtLinks Director, 0567794187, [email protected] Arts News from Kilkenny and beyond! In this e-bulletin:
Kilkenny Events •A new look Supermacs! Collaborating artists Etaoin Holahan and Steven Aylin and Mick Minogue and Dan Leonard (image) •George Vaughan at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny •National Gallery of Ireland Leaving Cert Study Day •Life Drawing Workshop with Blaise Smith •Music Gig - Mark Anthony McGrath •Mr Phil Evans art exhibition at the Little Ghost •Characters needed for new Irish Feature Film •Kilkenny: Poetry in Bollards last Friday each month •Kilcumney Player's ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ •Barnstorm’s ADC will perform anything...but Peig •Performing Arts for summer events: Call For Submissions •Relief Printmaking: 5 day workshop in Relief Printmaking with tutor Debra Bowden •Children’s Pottery Workshops •Children’s Easter Workshop "Hannah Montana Camp" •Music in Kilkenny presents 'Trio Vintage' •The National Chamber Choir of Ireland and The Irish Baroque Orchestra bring new life to Bach’s magnificent Easter Cantatas •Exploring Drama and Short Fiction
Grants / Funding •Emerging Visual Artist Award 2010: Call for Applications •Conference: Green Shoots: Fundraising Out of a Recession •Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon: Commissioning Award •Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon - Project Awards •Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon: Touring & Dissemination of Work Scheme 2010 •Belmont Mill Artists Bursaries 2010
Education / Training / Jobs •Easter Art Courses at National College of Art and Design •GMF International Festival of Music and the Arts - Dunmore East, Ireland 17 - 23 June 2010 •CityArts Seminar: Managing through the Downturn
Residencies •The Guesthouse Residency Programme •Roscommon Arts Office ‘art@work’ Artists’ Residency Programme
Call for Submissions •Sculpture in Context 2010: Call for Submissions •Per Cent For Art Scheme: Emo National School: Call for interest •Gorey Educate Together National School, Co. Wexford; Public Art Commission: Visual Art
News / Events •Open/Invited ev+a 2010 Matters •National Heritage Week 2010 - Calling Event Organisers •FutureArts.ie - new online forum for young people & arts •Have Your Festival Details Read By 300,000 Irish Independent Readers! •MART Launches Revamped Mart Website: www.mart.ie ______
Kilkenny Events ______
A new look Supermacs! Collaborating artists Etaoin Holahan and Steven Aylin and Mick Minogue and Dan Leonard.
Steven Aylin and Etaoin Holahan ‘The Human Condition’ High Street, Kilkenny
Steven Aylin draws, paints, prints and puts images on a variety of surfaces using whatever he can get his hands on. With a background in Fine Art, Arts Education and gallery work, originally from the UK he now resides in Kilkenny, and works at KCAT in Callan. He has exhibited his paintings widely in group and solo shows here and abroad, and continues to try and inflict his doodles and illustrations on others. You can view some of his work on www.russiandance.wordpress.com
With training in Architecture and Fine Art Etaoin Holahan has established herself as a visual artist working predominantly with paper, paint, print and projections. The street as a canvas is not new to her, as in 2005 she installed large scale prints on select buildings of Kilkenny, amongst them the much missed ‘Kiss’ triptych on the gable end of Essaness music in Kieran Street. Etaoin has exhibited her work in a broad range of exhibitions, and she is currently an active member of Endangered Studios. www.endangeredstudios.com
Though this is the first time the two artists have collaborated, both thoroughly enjoyed the process and their shared aesthetic may well lead them to investigate this route further.
More info to follow on Mick Minogue and Dan Leonard’s work. ______
George Vaughan at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Time Place Memory March 6 – April 18, 2010
The Butler Gallery is delighted to present Time Place Memory, an exhibition of paintings by Kilkenny based artist George Vaughan. George Vaughan is a respected painter and educator who has been making paintings for over forty years. This collection of abstract expressionist paintings marks an important step forward in Vaughan’s output.
Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland www.butlergallery.com ______
National Gallery of Ireland Leaving Cert Study Day
Tuesday March 23, 2010
10.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 16.00 Parade Tower and Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle
Led by Helen Monaghan, Education Officer: Schools & Youth, National Gallery of Ireland in the morning and staff of Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle in the afternoon
As part of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Teacher and Schools Programme there will be a Study Day for Leaving Cert Art Students held in the Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle in conjunction with the Butler Gallery.
The morning session will cover three topics from the Leaving Cert curriculum -The Renaissance, Impressionism to Abstraction and Modern Irish Art 1890 – 1960. These have been chosen to reflect the strengths of national collections and as a response to specific requests from art teachers. In the afternoon the Butler Gallery will hold a workshop in the Gallery’s George Vaughan Time, Place, Memory exhibition. There will also be a short presentation about the Craft’s Council of Ireland’s exhibition programme for 2010. The day is intended as a revision tool for students, backed up by visual examples from national and local collections.
For more information about the Butler Gallery workshops and to book a place contact Jean or Pauline on 056 7770031 or email [email protected]. For more detailed information on the content of the NGI morning session please contact Helen Monaghan, Education Officer: Schools & Youth, National Gallery of Ireland on 01 6633509 or email [email protected] ______
Life Drawing Workshop with Blaise Smith
‘How to draw accurately‘ Blaise Smith will give a three-day drawing workshop in Borris House, Co.Carlow, 29th – 31st March 2010. E150 per person
This workshop will be focussed on giving participants a solid working method in observational drawing which will add to their repertoire of tools and techniques.
For more information and to book your place please contact Elinor on 0871409154 E: [email protected] www.blaisesmith.com www.borrishouse.com ______
Music Gig - Mark Anthony McGrath
He will play his guitar at The Red Door Theatre at The Bridgebrook Arms in Thomastown Friday the 19th of March at 9pm. Admission is only € 5 ______
Mr Phil Evans art exhibition at the Little Ghost
From the 26th of March until the 2nd of April Mr Phil Evans will be taking over The Little Ghost Gallery with his first solo show.
For more information: Contact Name: Little Ghost Gallery Venue Address: Coach Road Dean Street Kilkenny Ireland Contact Tel.: 00 353 851032909 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.littleghostgallery.com ______
Characters needed for new Irish Feature Film
(NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!) With IFTA Winning Director KEN WARDROP
Probable Parent is an exciting new feature film by IFTA award winning filmmaker Ken Wardrop, and is produced by Venom Productions with the support of the Irish Film Board.
Probable Parent is a comedy surrounding a single woman hitting her forties who sets about a journey to find a potential suitor.
We are currently looking to cast characters in these particular age groups: Female Characters between the ages 30 – 45 & 15 – 23 Male Characters between the ages 10 - 16 Male Characters with a foreign accent (authentic) between the ages of 20 & 45
Applicants should be available to work on specific days during the second two weeks in May. Remember there is no experience necessary; we hope to find some undiscovered talent out there!
If you are interested in finding out more about the production please call the number below. Alternatively just come along to one of our Open Castings:
Saturday 20th March: 10am- 7pm: Kilkenny: Venue TBC - contact 01 4975980.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Sheena O’Byrne on 01 4975980/ e: [email protected] www.venom.ie ______
Kilkenny: Poetry in Bollards last Friday each month
Grace Wells & Michael Massey are back with Kilkenny Writers' Club
See you there: March 26th @ 8 pm Come & read or Come & listen
Venue Address: bollards Pub, Kieran St, Kilkenny Email: [email protected] ______
Kilcumney Player's ‘The Playboy of the Western World’
Kilcumney Player's Goresbridge presents JM Synge's ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ In Ionad Dara, Goresbridge, on Thurs 25th, Fri 26th and Sat 27th March 2010 at 8.30pm Admission, Adults €10, Students & OAP's €8 and children €5 ______
Barnstorm’s ADC will perform anything...but Peig
Having spent the last eight months since their first theatrical foray ensconced in The Barn perfecting their acting and directing skills, Barnstorm’s Adult Drama Club are putting the final touches to their latest offering Anything…but Peig, which will hit the stage later this month.
With a three night sell out run of Shorts behind it, ADC will once again tread the boards with ‘Anything....But Peig’ on Thursday 25 March and Saturday, 27. Once again The Barn will be transformed into the intimate setting of a cabaret club where patrons will enjoy wine and nibbles at café style tables while being entertained with a quirky, convivial collection of excerpts and vignettes from a variety of Irish writers - with one notable exception. Audiences will be able to enjoy some of Ireland’s finest pieces of theatre performed by some of Kilkenny’s most exuberant amateur dramatists. Offerings from our native greats include Wilde, GB Shaw, JB Keane, Synge...and Roddy Doyle.
Each play is directed by another member of the group, under the guidance of Barnstorm’s Anna Galligan and Keith Raven.
Anything....But Peig an evening of Irish theatre, music and poetry will be performed in The Barn, Church Lane, Kilkenny on Thursday, March 25 and Saturday, March 27 at 8pm each night. Tickets are €8, including a glass of wine, and are available from Barnstorm on 056-7751266. If you would like more information about joining an ADC or other aspects of Barnstorm’s Outreach Programme, please contact Anna at [email protected]. ______
Performing Arts for summer events: Call For Submissions
Name: Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre Telephone: 087 6261134 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ballykeeffe.com/ Details:Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre would like to receive submissions of interest from performing artists for the summer events calendar 2010. Please visit our web site for details of the space and submit a brief description and cv by email only. ______
Relief Printmaking: 5 day workshop in Relief Printmaking with tutor Debra Bowden
Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown, County Kilkenny Monday 28th June – Friday 2nd July, 2010. 10am - 4pm daily
Explore line, colour and texture with a variety of relief printmaking techniques including; Japanese Woodblock, Linocut and Collagraph. Experiment with environmentally friendly materials on a variety of papers. Suitable for Beginners and Refreshers.
Cost of workshop €150 plus €15 for materials. Non- refundable deposit of €50 is required before 31st May to secure booking.
For further information please contact Alex on: 056 7724557 ______
Children’s Pottery Workshops
Name: Shona Flood Telephone: 0879798080 Email: [email protected] Details: Children’s Easter Pottery Classes @ The Pottery School in Thomastown.
Tuesday 6th - Friday 9thApril 4 day workshop
Ages 6-10 Morning Session 10.30 - 12 Play with clay and have a go on the wheel. 65 euro for 4 days.
Ages 11-16 Afternoon Session 1-3pm Handbuilding and have a go on the wheel. 70 euro for 4 days.
The workshops will be themed and each child will create and decorate several pieces as well as have the opportunity to throw a pot on the wheel. The children’s work will be fired and available to pick up later. ______
Children’s Easter Workshop "Hannah Montana Camp"
Name: Jason Paul Ryan Telephone: 0852022038 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.starlightstageproductions.com Details:Starlight run a "Hannah Montana Camp" over the first week of the Easter Holidays. From Monday 29th March - Thursday 1st of April you can learn to sing, dance and act like Hannah Montana and other Disney Channel characters in this fun and exciting performing arts camp.
Starlight have been running these camps for over 5 years now and have had great responses to previous camps. Telephone 085 202 2038 and speak to Jason for more details - Cost of the 4 day camp is €65.00 ______
Music in Kilkenny presents 'Trio Vintage'
Saturday 20 March 2010 - Chamber Music Recital by 'Trio Vintage' at The Heritage Council Headquarters (note change of venue) – 8:15pm
Music in Kilkenny presents 'Trio Vintage'. This recital in Kilkenny Castle sees prize- winning violinist Ariadne Daskalakis go head-to-head with two of Germany’s foremost early music specialists: Markus Möllenbeck and Gerald Hambitzer.
For further information and bookings, please call 056 77 61497 email [email protected] ______
The National Chamber Choir of Ireland and The Irish Baroque Orchestra bring new life to Bach’s magnificent Easter Cantatas
EASTER CANTATAS J.S. BACH
Thursday 25th March, 8pm, Black Abbey, Kilkenny
“The Irish Baroque Orchestra is one of the brightest stars in Ireland’s concert life” Irish Times
Two of Ireland’s most celebrated ensembles, The National Chamber Choir of Ireland (NCC) and the Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO) will present an uplifting seasonal performance for concert-going audiences in Dublin, Belfast and Kilkenny this Easter, when they join forces to present three of Bach’s magnificent Easter Cantatas.
Easter Cantatas will be performed at the Black Abbey, Kilkenny on Thursday 25th March, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on Friday 26th March and The Parish Church of St. George, Belfast on Saturday 27th March.
KILKENNY Event: Thur 25th March, 8pm, Black Abbey, Kilkenny Tickets: €20 (conc. €16) Booking Online - www.IrishBaroqueOrchestra.com Tel: +353 (0) 1 44 345 22 - NO BOOKING FEES ______
Exploring Drama and Short Fiction
A 10-Week Course
This course will begin by looking at the plays and short stories of Chekhov and Brian Friel, writers who worked in both forms. We will then go on to explore selected texts by Marina Carr and Alice Munro. Each class will include a close reading of a key text, a group discussion and a look at the broader dramatic and literary context. Where: Kilkenny Campus, NUI Maynooth When: Tuesdays 7pm - 9 pm 13 April 2010 – 15 June 2010 Cost: €150
Closing Date for Application: 26 March 2010
For further information and an application form please contact: Lisa Condon at 056 777 5910/087 2630 999 Email: [email protected] Or visit our website at: http://kilkenny.nuim.ie ______
Grants / Funding ______
Emerging Visual Artist Award 2010: Call for Applications
Wexford Arts Centre and Wexford County Council are pleased to announce that applications are now being received for its annual Emerging Visual Artist Award.
The Emerging Visual Artist Award is a partnership initiative between Wexford County Council, Wexford Arts Centre and the Arts Council. The initiative supports promising visual artists in Ireland with an award of €5,000 and a solo exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre. This award is aimed at recognising and supporting the development of committed emerging artists, in kick starting their career and achieving professional recognition.
The successful recipient of the award will be required to create a new body of work during the period January - December 2011, which will be exhibited at Wexford Arts Centre during January 2012.
Who is eligible to apply for the Award? Artists practicing any visual art form are eligible to apply for the award. Applicants must have resided in Ireland for a minimum twelve month period to be eligible to apply. Applicants cannot be currently enrolled in an undergraduate programme in their art form at the time of the application deadline.
What selection criteria will be used? Applicant's demonstrated commitment as a serious professional to her/his art form; Overall excellence of the applicant's art work; Demonstration of exceptional talent;
Submissions must be emailed to [email protected] and include the following: 1) An up to date CV; 2) A statement about your work detailing ideas, sources, themes, working methods and medium; 3) A detailed proposal in relation to the body of work which you intend to undertake; 4) Reasons for applying for this award; 5) Timescale breakdown - research, production, delivery; 6) Budget breakdown, to include artist's fees, materials, travel, studio hire, etc.; 7) Examples of work to date i.e. documentation in the form of 10 jpeg images. Full details for each image are required, i.e. title, medium, measurements, date of work. Three copies of each film, video or audio work can be sent by post.
The deadline for receipt of email submissions is 5.00p.m. Thursday 8th April 2010 ______
Conference: Green Shoots: Fundraising Out of a Recession area - Croke Park Stadium, Dublin dates - 23/24 March 2010
Fundraising Ireland is delighted to present Ireland's flagship National Fundraising Conference taking place on 23-24 of March 2010 in Croke Park. The theme is 'Green Shoots: Fundraising Out of Recession'. This unique conference has been designed by fundraisers, for fundraisers, people who know what the real challenges are out there for you right now.
* Enjoy three streams of parallel workshop sessions * Take advantage of fundraising masterclasses the day before the conference * Hear a host of both national and international speakers
Whether you're a zero or a hero at fundraising, there will be something in this conference for you. http://www.fundraisingireland.ie/NationalConference2010.html ______
Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon: Commissioning Award deadline - 5.30pm Thursday, 29 April, 2010 (hard copy); 5.30pm Thursday 6 May (online) dates - Application forms become available during March
The Arts Council will offer the following Commissions awards for activities commencing in 2010:
- Music Commissions Award - Traditional Arts Commissions Award
In the context of this award the definition of a ‘commission’ is where one person or entity (the commissioner) supports and pays another (an artist or group of artists) to create or deliver an artistic work or project that takes place within a set of parameters agreed to by both partners.
The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate creative partnerships between a range of commissioners and artists. The process must lead to some form of outcome or conclusion.
Further information www.artscouncil.ie/en/intro/funding.aspx 01 618 02 00 [email protected] ______
Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon - Project Awards deadline - 5.30, 25th March (hard copy); or 5.30pm, 1st April (online)
The Arts Council will offer the following project awards for activities commencing in 2010:
Architecture Project Award Arts Participation Project Award Circus Project Award Dance Project Award Film Project Award Literature Project Award Music Project Award Street Arts and Spectacle Project Award Theatre Project Awards Visual Arts Project Award
The awards listed above will replace the project awards that were previously known as New Work and Once-off.
The awards will be open to individuals and organisations.
Further information: Application forms and guidance notes are available here: www.artscouncil.ie/en/available_funding.aspx If you have any questions about the application process please contact: 01 618 02 00. Email: [email protected] ______
Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon: Touring & Dissemination of Work Scheme 2010
The Arts Council has announced a new scheme for supporting the touring and dissemination of work in all arts disciplines. The principal purpose of the scheme is to ensure that audiences throughout the country may have access to high quality arts experiences.
Applications are invited for proposals seeking funding in support of high quality activities aimed at reaching various types of audiences in any art form or area of arts practice. These activities should be due to take place this year, or at least begin in 2010.
The deadline for applications is 5.30pm on Thursday 15 April 2010. It is expected that applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application before the end of May 2010. Full information (including Guidance Notes and a sample Application Form) will be posted on the Arts Council website on Monday 22 March 2010. Additional details will not be available in advance of this date.
Get full details on the website. www.artscouncil.ie ______
Belmont Mill Artists Bursaries 2010
We are delighted to announce that the programme for bursaries will be funded again by Offaly County Council and The Arts Council of Ireland. This year 8 National Artists (normally resident in Ireland) will have the opportunity to live and work at Belmont Mills for 8 weeks with their own studio and apartment. We are keen to hear from artists who are focusing on a body of work for a soon to take place solo/joint exhibition towards which they are working.
Please send your CV together with a CD showing your work. We would appreciate some narrative describing your work and a statement of how you would use your time at Belmont. Please enclose a SAE for return of your work. Dates for each 8 week bursary: 10th April – 4th June 7th June – 30th July 2nd August – 24th Sept 27th Sept – 26th Nov. There will be 2 artists for each period of 8 weeks. Applications by post only (not email) to: Sandy Lloyd, Bursary Application, Mill House, Belmont, Birr, County Offaly.
Application dealine 26th March 2010 www.belmontmill.com ______
Education / Training / Jobs ______
Easter Art Courses at National College of Art and Design
Try your hand at an exciting new course this Easter at NCAD. Titled, “Techniques of Collage and Assemblage”. This one week course uses a variety of techniques available through collage and 3D assemblage to create expressive artworks. Slide shows on contemporary artists’ uses of these media and a visit to a gallery exhibition are also part of the learning process. There will a series of demonstrations before students start on their own personal projects. Cost 210 Euros: Dates: March 29,30,31, April 8,9 Tutor: Margaret Fitzgibbon Limited places left T: 01 6364214 E: [email protected] ______
GMF International Festival of Music and the Arts - Dunmore East, Ireland 17 - 23 June 2010
Book now for the Global Music Foundation International Festival of Music and the Arts in Dunmore East, Ireland. This new festival (17 - 23 June 2010) will bring students from around the world together with an outstanding international team of tutors and performers for an unforgettable week of instrumental and vocal music, poetry, dance and martial arts.
Course fee only €345for places booked before 15 April 2010.
Teachers bringing groups of 5 or more students will receive free course entry and accommodation.
Global Music Foundation www.globalmusicfoundation.org ______
CityArts Seminar: Managing through the Downturn
Managing through the Downturn: Key Legal and Finance Management Issues for Arts Organisations Today
A seminar organised by CityArts with the support of the Arts Council and logistical backup by Business to Arts.
Aimed at Directors, General Managers and Board Members of Arts Council-funded arts organisations, this seminar will address the current critical legal and financial challenges the arts are facing. Friday, March 26, 2010 Lecture Theatre, National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Book online here: www.cityarts.ie/managingthroughthedownturn Closing date for booking is Monday, March 22, 2010 at 17.00 hrs ______
Residencies ______
The Guesthouse Residency Programme
Applications are invited for residencies at The Guesthouse project space in Cork. The Guesthouse operates an artist residency programme which allows artists to develop projects at/for The Guesthouse and in the broader context of Cork city. Residencies are facilitated by a self-contained apartment and a flexible working space that encourage opportunities to meet and engage with other artists. This space can also be used for exhibition of work.
Artists are encouraged to contribute to the Guesthouse programme during their tenure by offering to either host a lunch, do a presentation, workshop, performance or exhibition. Residencies are open to individual artists, independent curators and other cultural producers, as well as organisations that work with artists. Applications should include a CV, brief proposal and samples of work. For full details see: www.theguesthouse.ie Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2010 ______
Roscommon Arts Office ‘art@work’ Artists’ Residency Programme
As part of art@work, artists from any arts discipline, spend three weeks in a company or service in County Roscommon making work motivated by the environment, staff and working practices of the company Since its inception in 2001, the art@work programme has continued as a unique outlet for contemporary art to be integrated into society – introducing not only art, but also artists, and the processes of making art, to new audiences.
If you are interested in participating in art@work, simply email [email protected] or call 090 66 37285 to register your interest before Friday 26th March, after which a day of site visits will be arranged to participating companies. www.roscommonarts.com ______
Call for Submissions ______
Sculpture in Context 2010: Call for Submissions
The Sculpture in Context Annual Open Exhibition 2010 will be held at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 from 3 September to 15 October 2010. A site visit for those who are interested in submitting work for the open-air exhibition is scheduled for Saturday 27 February 2010 at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9, meeting inside the main gate at 11am.
Entry forms and further information on conditions of entry are now available online. Proposals (typed A4) with entry forms and the appropriate fee should be sent by postal mail to the address below and enquiries may be made by telephone to Ana or Beatrice: Sculpture in Context, PO Box 10054, Dublin 16 T: 087 6258258 or 086 8942851 www.sculptureincontext.com Deadline for proposals: 16 April 2010 ______
Per Cent For Art Scheme: Emo National School: Call for interest
Fund: €16,000 Emo National School under the Department of Education & Science Per Cent for Art Scheme wish to commission a permanent visual artwork for their new school building. The total fund awarded is €16,000 to include all fees, costs, transport and installation. This commission will be awarded by a two-stage selection process. At this first stage, the school invites expressions of interest from professional artists working in all aspects of contemporary visual art practice for this site/location specific artwork. At the second stage, artists will be shortlisted and invited to submit a detailed concept proposal for the final piece. The project is to be fully completed and the final piece/artwork installed by March 2011.
Deadline for expressions of interest is 12 noon, Monday, 26th April 2010
Application forms and brief is available by email from: The Secretary, Emo National School, Emo, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Tel. 057 8646868, E-mail: [email protected]. See www.emons.ie for information on the school. ______
Gorey Educate Together National School, Co. Wexford; Public Art Commission: Visual Art
Gorey Educate Together, Co. Wexford, wishes to invite submissions from an artist for a temporary or permanent work of Visual Art, to be sited in public areas (internally or externally) at the school.
The commissioners are particularly interested to receive proposals that embrace the school’s ethos, and they invite concepts which engage with the multidenominational, coeducational, democratically run and/or child-centred principles on which the school is founded. Furthermore, the commissioners are interested to receive proposals which would promote the school community’s understanding of the creative processes involved in making art.
The school community’s experience of the work would be purposeful, and could include opportunities for them to engage, explore, experiment, imagine, design, invent and/or communicate.
The total budget for this commission is €21,800 inclusive of all costs, expenses, VAT, insurance and other charges.
This commission will involve a 2-stage Open Competition process.
An element of background research will be needed to inform artists’ proposals. For further details, commission briefs, application forms or to arrange a site visit, please contact Raymond Swan 053 9489662 or e-mail [email protected].
Photographs and up-to-date school news can be found on the award-winning website: www.goreyeducatetogether.ie
The closing date for receipt of submissions is 2pm, Friday 23rd April 2010 ______
News / Event ______
Open/Invited ev+a 2010 Matters
INVITED e v+ a 2010 – Artists Peter Carroll & John Gerrard (IRL), Tom de Paor & Peter Maybury (IRL), Shin Egashira (Japan/UK), Eva Hild (Sweden), Rebecca Ivatts (UK), Hans Josephsohn (Switzerland), Michael Kane (IRL), Peter Märkli (Switzerland), Staffan Nihlén (Sweden), John Pickering (UK), Stephen Rothschild (IRL), Sai Hua Kuan (Singapore/UK), Janna Syvänoja (Finland), Wang Ruobing (China/Singapore/UK).
OPEN e v+ a 2010 – Artists Kaspar Aus (Estonia), Matthew Beattie (IRL), Javier Burón & Eleanor Moloney (Spain & IRL), Loretto Cooney (IRL), Aoife Desmond (IRL), Simon English (IRL), Tom Fitzgerald (IRL), Leo Fitzmaurice (UK), Christina Gangos-Klien (Greece/IRL), Stephen Hall (UK), Johanna Hällsten (Sweden/UK), Fionnuala Hanahoe (IRL), Karen Hendy (IRL), Sandy Kennedy (IRL), Kirsty Kilbane (IRL), Caoimhe Kilfeather (IRL), Valérie Kolakis (Greece), Christopher Leach (IRL), David Lilburn (IRL), Sarah Lincoln (IRL), Liu Wei (China), Jacob Maendel (USA), Francis Matthews (IRL), Maria McKinney (IRL), Ben Mullen (IRL), Oonagh O’Brien (IRL), Robin Parmar (IRL/Canada), Patricia Reed (Canada/Germany), Fiona Reilly (IRL), Christopher Roland Mahon (IRL), Tia Schmidt (Germany), Lytle Shaw & Jimbo Blachly (USA), Myles Shelly (IRL), Sunghoon Son (South Korea/UK), Spiritstore (IRL), Chr! istine Tauber (Austria/Switzerland), David Theobald (UK), Allard van Hoorn (Netherland! s), Tara Whelan (IRL), Xia Peng (China).
The exhibition will run for 10 weeks, until Sunday 23 May 2010. www.eva.ie ______
National Heritage Week 2010 - Calling Event Organisers dates - 21-29 August
Calling all Event Organisers! It's never to early to start planning your event for National Heritage Week which this year will run from the 21st to the 29th of August. Event registration for inclusion in the National Heritage Week event guide will be available online at www.heritageweek.ie from the 1st of April. The deadline for inclusion in the National Heritage Week event guide is the 31st of May.
This year, events that, where possible encourage, outdoor activity, are interactive, involve active participation and “doing” and that are child friendly (if feasible) - are welcomed. Check back to the National Heritage Week website for further updates and info over the coming weeks. ______
FutureArts.ie - new online forum for young people & arts
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon is pleased to announce the launch of FutureArts.ie, an online forum. FutureArts.ie is designed and managed by Exchange Dublin, a youth-led arts collective.
FutureArts.ie is an opportunity for young people to share and record their views about cultural life and the arts in Ireland, and to provide links to young people’s creative work online.
This forum is part of Art-Youth-Culture: FYI, an Arts Council initiative, which centres on three days of meetings, workshops and discussions between young people and policy makers in the area of cultural life and the arts. The views and information shared on the forum will form part of the record of Art-Youth-Culture: FYI, and will be made available as a reference for policy makers in the area of cultural life and the arts.
Visit: FutureArts.ie ______
Have Your Festival Details Read By 300,000 Irish Independent Readers!
AOIFE in partnership with the Irish Independent are launching a 24 page full colour supplement detailing all the AOIFE member festivals in the 2010 year.
The festival supplement will be distributed FREE in an issue of the Irish Independent in the the final week of April.
The Irish Independent has a readership in excess of 300,000 so make your sure your festival is included in what will be the Irish Festival Guide of the year!
Only fully paid members of AOIFE will be included. To contact AOIFE [email protected] ______
MART Launches Revamped Mart Website: www.mart.ie
Mart would like to announce the of the revamped MART website www.mart.ie. We have transformed the whole site, improved all our sections and created an easy to navigate website. The website includes:
- An improved full Artist Directory – with embedded Video and Artists Galleries. Showcasing Performance, Installation, Video & New Media Artists from Ireland, UK & Beyond - A Detailed List of MART’s previous Exhibitions.
- An improved and detailed Mart Directory – outlining Galleries, Initiatives, Resources for Visual Artists in Ireland & The UK.
You can now also sign up to our Monthly Newsletter in the Contact us Section. The Newsletter will outline: new Artists, updates, events, reviews and more.. You can also join it directly here: http://eepurl.com/iBB1
If you would like to showcase your work on the website or wish to exhibit in one of our upcoming exhibitions please email [email protected] or see Join Section of Website. www.mart.ie ArtLinks A Successful Podcasting Course!
ArtLinks ran its first Podcasting day for the Arts on 1 March. Thanks to ArtLinks members, Ken McGuire (former Podcaster of the Year, Devious Theatre), John Morton (Devious Theatre) and Alan Slattery of MycroFilms for a great course. All course notes now available in ArtLinks Archive/Buisness notes
Are you thinkging of Applying for the ArtLinks Bursaries? Don't forget to view the slideshow Applying for Funding, etc from the ArtLinks Archive
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