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Category: Other
News Title: Programme for the largest ever Culture Night unveiled!
Dates of News Item:
25-08-2010 to 24-09-2010

Telephone: 01 6772255
Email: niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
Website: http://www.culturenight.ie

Details:
20 Irish Cities, Towns, Counties & Islands to get Cultural on September 24th

Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) and Irish cultural legend Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh on Wednesday 16th August, at Dublin Castle, unveiled the incredible programme for Culture Night 2010.

On the 24th September 20 cities, towns , counties and islands across our island will offer access to an amazing array of free late night culture and people can now see the full programme at www.culturenight.ie. This is the biggest Culture Night to date and it is expected that over half a million people nationwide will explore and engage with culture on September 24th.

The theme of this year’s Culture Night is ‘What Will You See?’ and there is plenty to choose from! The participating regions, Dublin, Galway City, Galway County - Oughterard, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, Sligo, Mayo, Wicklow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Westmeath, Letterkenny, Kerry, Carlow, Leitrim, Roscommon, and The Gaeltacht regions, will be transformed into cultural playgrounds with culture in all its forms including painting, poetry, dance, opera, traditional music, architecture, history, theatre and more, accessible to people of all ages.

A record 132 cultural venues in Dublin will open their doors for Culture Night this year including the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Light House Cinema, Freemasons’ Hall, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History, The Custom House, Quakers Meeting House, Irish Film Institute, National Leprechaun Museum, St Mary’s Abbey and many more.

To help visitors move around Dublin City on the night, Dublin Bus is providing free buses along three culture trails from 6pm to 11pm. Buses will leave every 20 minutes from bus stops at Bachelor’s Walk, Aston Quay and Trinity College transporting visitors to outermost venues.

So save the date, the 24th September 2010 will be a night of cultural exploration and fun!
MORE DETAILS ON CULTURE NIGHT EVENTS IN THE SOUTH EAST TO FOLLOW SHORTLY.

Culture Night is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport in partnership with the regional arts offices and local authorities and partners include Fáilte Ireland and Dublin Tourism.


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Date of Posting: 25-08-2010
Category: Other
News Title: Culture Night Update
Dates of News Item:
25-08-2010 to 24-09-2010

Telephone: 01 6772255
Email: niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
Website: http://www.culturenight.ie

Details:
For the first time, the Gaeltacht regions will also host their own Culture Night, marking a great step in bringing culture closer to people and moving towards Temple Bar Cultural Trust’s vision of an all-Ireland Culture Night. Grandparents, grandchildren, families and people of all backgrounds will experience Culture Night – bringing together a very unique and diverse audience who all share a desire to explore the wealth of culture on their doorsteps.

Dermot McLaughlin, CEO of Temple Bar Cultural Trust, organizers of Culture Night, said, “Everyone working in culture and the arts in Ireland has faced huge economic and other challenges in the last year. Yet despite these difficulties Culture Night has expanded from 11 regions last year to 20 in 2010 and many new venues have been added to existing regions which is a testament to the resilience of Irish culture, creativity and the arts. We all recognise the value that Culture Night brings to communities and neighbourhoods all over Ireland, and the benefit it also brings to the cultural venues that take part in Culture Night.

“We are pleased to see that the importance of cultural venues to our society is increasingly recognised by Government, the local authorities and the public and private sectors. This is evident in Culture Night’s expansion to 20 regions this year, including the entire Gaeltacht region as well as Belfast and Derry hosting their own Culture Nights. We expect approximately half a million people to be engaged with Culture Night this year and there\'s plenty of room for everyone! So save the date, the 24th September 2010 will be a night of cultural exploration and fun!” Dermot added.

There is definitely plenty to see on Culture Night, why not….

walk by the graves of famous Irish heroes at Dublin’s Glasnevin Museum and Cemetery; explore the work of over 30 local and visiting artists in Oughterard; enjoy a night of Contemporary Chaos dance in Limerick; travel on the Culture Music Bus in Sligo; try your hand at an Impromptu Haiku Competition in Mayo; be amazed as the Greystones’ Art Group complete a huge canvas in front of your eyes in Wicklow; learn about the art of photography from acclaimed photographer John Minihan in Kildare; create some craft of your own at the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny; take a guided tour of Belvedere House & Gardens in Westmeath; see some of the best short films that were made by young Kerry filmmakers over the last three years in Blennerville Windmill in Kerry; sing a song at the auditions for the Opera for Carlow project in Carlow; tap your toes at a traditional Irish music session in The Gaeltacht; see history come to life in a Culture Night special at Donegal County Museum in Letterkenny; take a trip to the Druid Theatre in Galway; create your own record cover and listen to musical covers at the Glucksman Gallery in Cork; join in on ‘Contemporary Chaos’, an hour long contemporary dance workshop for all the family at Daghdha in Limerick; watch out for the renowned Ballindaggin Pipe Band who will march through Wexford; experience african, folk, trad and classical music with contemporary and Irish dance at Dunamaise Arts Centre in Laois; listen to a fantastic five hour marathon of choral and instrumental classical music in St. Coman’s Church in Roscommon or hear performance poet John Cooper Clarke in Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford.

Culture Night is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport in partnership with the regional arts offices and local authorities and partners include Fáilte Ireland and Dublin Tourism.

Derry and Belfast will also hold a Culture Night on Friday 24th September.

The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2010 is available on www.culturenight.ie or by calling organisers Temple Bar Cultural Trust on 01 6772255.

Date of Posting: 25-08-2010
Category: Other
News Title: Carlow/Kilkenny Arts Workers Group
Dates of News Item:
20-08-2010 to 17-09-2010

Telephone: 087-2746036 / 056 77
Email: vincent@barnstorm.ie
Website: http://www.ncfa.ie/

Details:
A message from Vincent Dempsey, Barnstorm:

‘We are gearing up to support the National Campaign for the Arts day of action - 17th September 2010. See http://www.ncfa.ie/ for details of the national campaign. Here in Carlow/Kilkenny we are planning to meet the five TD\'s for the area on, or close to, the 17th Sept. We hope to organise a delegation/delegations of three or four, representing the many artists and arts workers in Carlow/Kilkenny, to lobby for the maintenance of current funding levels to the Arts Council, Culture Ireland, the Film Board, etc.

Required Action from you!
1. Encourage others to access the NCFA website.
2. Get more artists/arts workers to become members of the Facebook page (Carlow/Kilkenny Arts Workers Group) to show strength in numbers.
3. Log your comments, words of support, suggested actions or queries on the Facebook page.
4. Indicate your availability for actions on the day.

A lot is happening in other constituencies. We have been slow off the mark in Carlow/Kilkenny, so we really need to put in a concerted effort over the next few weeks to make ourselves heard by our politicians and the general public. We particularly need contacts in the Carlow end of the constituency in relation to the delegations.’

Contacts:
Kilkenny – Vincent Dempsey Barnstorm 087-2746036 / 056 7751266 vincent@barnstorm.ie
Carlow - Tara Connaghan Éigse. 083 3687791. 059 9140491. tara@eigsecarlow.ie



Date of Posting: 20-08-2010
Category: Other
News Title: Chrysalis Arts UK (worked on Kilkenny Woodstock Project in 2009) Launches Sustainable Approach to Public Art: FREE GUIDELINES
Dates of News Item:
20-01-2010 to 20-12-2010
Email: kate@artdepot.org.uk
Website: http://www.pasaguidelines.org

Details:
The first ever set of FREE guidelines to help artists and commissioners embrace the sustainable as well as the artistic impact of their work has been launched by Chrysalis Arts , a public art, training and development agency based in rural North Yorkshire.

Public Art Sustainability Assessment (PASA for short) is a free interactive assessment tool available from which aims to promote sustainable practice in public art to artists and commissioners and has been developed to assist Chrysalis Arts in the process of analysing and evaluating projects that they are involved in.

Kate Maddison, Director at Chrysalis Arts comments:”

“ When we set out to discover how to address sustainability within our public art practice, we were dismayed to find so little information to guide us. This prompted us to take the first step and start the process of establishing our own method of working sustainably. What we found interested us greatly because it threw the spot-light on issues that are relevant to others involved in commissioning and creating public art and beyond that to the way society values sustainability.”

“ Art has an ability to reflect and potentially influence our behaviour and public art is by its nature in the public eye. Chrysalis Arts believes it has a role to play in promoting responsible behaviour in this context. It soon became clear that we needed to disseminate this information widely, as the issues need to be dealt with by everyone involved in the process of planning, commissioning and implementing public art.”

The online interactive checklist is easy to use and covers the key issues which surround sustainable practice in public art. This checklist is supported by full guidelines and useful case studies.

To use the free PASA checklist and download the guidelines please visit and register at www.pasaguidelines.org Registered users can answer questions about their art activity or project online and when the checklist is completed, they can download their answers as a pdf document.

PASA has been created for artists and creative practitioners as well as public art organisations, local authorities, developers, commissioners, funders, architects, landscape architects, engineers, contractors, communities, schools and anyone else who may be involved in the commissioning, development, creation, maintenance and decommissioning of public art at different scales and in different contexts.

Chrysalis Arts have developed PASA in consultation with a wide range of partners – including artists and arts organisations, local authority officers, specialists from higher education establishments and environmental consultants Gaia Research, as well as looking to government sources and other creative practitioners such as architects for guidance on sustainable principles and practice.

“While artistic considerations should be foremost in creating public art, there is no reason why artists cannot embrace sustainable principles in the way in which they conceive and implement their ideas, as long as this is supported through the funding and commissioning process… “ Kate Maddison


Chrysalis Arts view PASA as very much the starting point in the debate around public art practice and sustainability, and hope that by throwing the debate open to others, the result in the long term will be a more sustainable way of working.

For more press information and images contact Jane Redfern PR tel 01845 526720 / 07724 131179 email pr@janeredfern.co.uk / to speak to Kate Maddison, Chrysalis Arts /
email kate@artdepot.org.uk

Editors notes
Chrysalis Arts is an artist-led public art company, training and arts development agency based in the North Yorkshire village of Gargrave. The company was founded in 1985 by Rick Faulkner and Kate Maddison.

Date of Posting: 20-01-2010

Literature

Category: Literature
News Title: Kilkenny: Poetry now in Art Cafe (new venue) last Friday each month
Dates of News Item:
25-01-2010 to 30-12-2010
Email: mmasseykilkenny@yahoo.co.uk
Details:
Poetry in the Art Cafe\'s

Grace Wells & Michael Massey
are back with Kilkenny Writers\' Club

First session of 2010
begins with the usual
last Friday of the month Poetry Reading now in the Art Cafe, Kieran St Kilkenny

See you @ 8 pm
Come & read or Come & listen
Date of Posting: 31-05-2010

Music

Category: Music
News Title: New Harpsichord videos on YouTube
Dates of News Item:
18-08-2010 to 02-09-2010
Email: dvc@braybaroque.ie
Details:
BRAY BAROQUE RELEASES LIVE HARPSICHORD PERFORMANCES BY CLAUDIO DI VEROLI ON YOUTUBE. A total of 40 pieces recorded live in public harpsichord recitals are now being released as YouTube videos. The original audio recordings have been digitised and complemented with related pictures.
The Description below each video includes full details. The first series is now available: it consists of 9 recordings from 1971 to 1981. Please go to YouTube.com and search for . --------
Email: dvc@braybaroque.ie
Date of Posting: 19-08-2010
Category: Music
News Title: New eBook: Playing the Baroque Harpsichord
Dates of News Item:
10-03-2010 to 01-12-2030

Telephone: 012764713
Email: dvc@braybaroque.ie
Website: http://play.braybaroque.ie/
Details:
Bray Baroque has now launched this new eBook, recently written in Ireland. A review is to appear shortly in a British magazine. Full details on the book\'s webpage http://play.braybaroque.ie/
Date of Posting: 26-04-2010

Visual Art

Category: Visual Art
News Title: Waterford: Hide & Seek II Exhibition
Dates of News Item:
08-07-2010 to 02-09-2010
Email: what@hse.ie

Details:
Hide & Seek II is an exhibition of artworks by Margaret O\'Brien Moran in response to her experience of migraine. The exhibition is on display in Waterford Regional Hospital and WHAT Centre for Arts & Health from the 8th July to the 2nd September.
Date of Posting: 07-07-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: Co. Wicklow, Studio share available.
Dates of News Item:
21-06-2010 to 21-01-2011
Email: joannakidney@eircom.net
Details:
Glendarragh Studios, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow is a purpose built arts/crafts studio, situated in peaceful inspiring location close to N11. Quality space, good light, internet access, kiln facilities, small printmaking area, and sociable atmosphere. €170 per month per artist sharing inc bills. Contact Joanna for more info, tel 087 2377613, joannakidney@eircom.net
Date of Posting: 02-07-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: Ireland: Launch of Plein Air Painters Community Site
Dates of News Item:
31-05-2010 to 31-12-2030
Email: info@artintheopen.org
Website: http://pleineire.ning.com
Details:
PLEIN EIRE, a website for plein air painters in Ireland has been launched. For information on outdoor painting, equipment, paint outs and to make new friends and keep in touch, sign up. Free.
Date of Posting: 31-05-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: Co Carlow Visualise: Open Windows – by Denis Roche working for and with the residents of St. Dymphnas Hospital
Dates of News Item:
07-04-2010 to 07-09-2010
Email: ascully@carlowcoco.ie

Details:
Open Windows – by Denis Roche working for and with the residents of St.Dymphnas Hospital in Carlow. This project will build on the success of artist Denis Roche who devised for the Open Window Project and patients of the National Bone Marrow Transplant Centre in St.James Hospital, Dublin.

1. This Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office project will take place throughout 2010 with two artwork elements : Untitled Contract - In this work the artist engages with the patient to identify a location/image/landscape which is significant to the patient in some way. The artist will then travel to that location and will make a visual document of the site through still image, video or audio. The resulting work will then be
shown to the patient on a screen located in St.Dymphnas.

2. Moving Windows - In this work an artist will work to make a visual document of their day to day activities or moments of inspiration which will then be relayed to the screen in St.Dymphnas.

What is Visualise Carlow

Visualise Carlow brings three projects to Carlow every year to promote our forthcoming visual arts centre. The programme is now recognised as one of the most exciting public art programmes in the country. Visualise Carlow, through temporary public artworks curated by local, national and international curators will ensure that the forthcoming visual arts centre has established local, national and international connections thus ensuring Carlow maintains its national reputation as a centre for visual arts.
Date of Posting: 07-04-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: Carlow Arts Office: CALL FOR ARTISTS IN CO CARLOW 2D work needed for exhibitin in Tullow Civic Offices
Dates of News Item:
07-04-2010 to 07-10-2010

Telephone: 0599136204
Email: ascully@carlowcoco.ie

Details:
We are currently looking for artists based in Co. Carlow who produce 2D work, to be exhibited at the exhibition space in Tullow Civic Offices by local artists / local groups / schools etc throughout 2010.

Please send in examples of your work, no originals, instead please send photographs, CDs, slides etc, size dimensions, the number of works you have available to exhibit. Please ensure all material you send in is clearly labelled.

A brief statement of what works you propose to exhibit and your contact details i.e. name, address, telephone number and e-mail.
Date of Posting: 07-04-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: KILKENNY ART GALLERY FOR RENT
Dates of News Item:
08-03-2010 to 29-03-2030

Telephone: 0851032909
Email: littleghostgallery@gmail.com
Website: http://littleghostgallery.com/

Details:
Little Ghost Gallery available to rent for group or solo shows for a period of one week.

Contact Mick and Anne
The Little Ghost Gallery and Studio
Coach Road
Dean Street
Kilkenny
Ireland
Date of Posting: 06-04-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: KILKENNY: LITTLE GHOST ARTISTS STUDIOS FOR RENT
Dates of News Item:
18-01-2010 to 31-12-2010

Telephone: 0851032909
Email: littleghostgallery@gmail.com
Website: http://littleghostgallery.blogspot.com/

Details:
The Little Ghost Gallery is looking for new artistic neighbours. We are hoping to build up an artist community in and around the area of the Coach Road on the way up to St Canice’s Cathedral and Dean Street. This area has many properties to let and many empty office and shop front that we feel are going to waste. This is where we feel the artistic community can step in and create an established artistic ghetto of sorts.

There is a great studio space beside the gallery up for rent and we are hoping to get artists in make a creative atmosphere. The room is split into three spaces, one large, one medium and one small. There is a storage closet and the small room to the front could be used as a dark room if it’s needed. It’s a cosy little space and looks out onto the hill up to Canice’s Cathedral.

The space is ideal for an artist studio and would comfortably house at least 3 - 4 artists. The space is unfurnished but I\'m sure there would be a skip you can steal from somewhere. There is Gas heating and the electricity can be run off a meter if it suits you better than a bill.


Kilkenny is becoming a great place to set up shop as an artist. Since the new by-pass went in Dublin is less than an hour and a half away. Its 20 min from Thomastown and 10 min form Bennetsbridge. Perfect. If you’re an artist wanting to set up a new artist collective with a few other artists this space would be perfect and you have a gallery next door, what more do you need?


If you or someone you know would be interested in renting this space please contact us at the Little Ghost Gallery by emailing us at littleghostgallery@gmail.com and please pass it on to anyone you know who may be interested.
Date of Posting: 19-01-2010
Category: Visual Art
News Title: Wexford: Cow House Studios: 2010 Workshops and Courses
Dates of News Item:

Telephone: 086 210 9027/ 053 91
Email: info@cowhousestudios.com
Website: http://www.cowhousestudios.com
Details:
Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Co. Wexford announces 2010 Courses and Workshops, including a Portfolio Preparation Course, Adult Painting and Drawing Weekends and Children\'s Workshops.

Please visit our website for full details and contact Rosie (086) 210 9027 for bookings.
www.cowhousestudios.com

Portfolio Preparation Course
Monday, April 5th - Sunday, April 11th
This intensive six day course will establish the groundwork for producing a portfolio of work needed for entry to third level colleges. This course focuses on idea generation, research, experimentation and critical thinking, complimented by practical demonstrations and workshops to advance technical skills. Students will generate and develop a conceptual and/or visual theme of personal interest, to continue to explore once the course is complete.

Life Drawing Weekend
Thursday, April 22th - Sunday, April 25th
Suitable for students who have previous experience with drawing, this three day workshop focuses on capturing the form of the human body through acute observation and economy of means, using a variety of painting and drawing materials. After a productive day of drawing and painting in the studio, students can explore the scenic farmland, and later enjoy a beautiful home cooked meal and good company.

Painting Weekend
Thursday, May 6th - Sunday, May 9th
This course is suitable for students who have experience with painting (acrylics or oils), but would like to improve their technique and broaden their experiences, while drawing inspiration from the rural environment. This three day course focuses on observation and interpretation of the farmed landscape through colour, movement and space. Students will draw and paint from the surrounding landscape, and after a full day’s painting, enjoy good conversation over a yummy home cooked dinner.

Children’s Workshops
Time: 10am - 1pm, Saturdays during September, October and November
Age: 6 - 12 years
During the autumn we will host a series of 3 hour Saturday workshops for children. Topics include drawing and painting, puppet and mask making, creating sun prints, and how to build a pinhole camera. Focusing on sensory, intellectual and creative enrichment; learning how to approach the world visually, these fun and engaging workshops are suitable for children aged 6 to 12 years. If your child would like to participate, please register your interest with us.
Date of Posting: 07-12-2009