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CERTIFICATE IN PERFORMING ARTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The Certificate in Performing Arts is a FETAC Level 5 course, which will take place in Áras Inis Gluaire, in partnership with FÁS and Muintearas. This training course involves eight FETAC modules:

Theatre Performance, Event Production, Communications, Work Experience, Safety and Health at Work, Sound Engineering and Production, Stage Management and Administration, Radio Programme Production.

 There is a substantial element of work experience, requiring participants to have a hands-on role in Áras Inis Gluaire - this will range from assisting in productions, organising open days, workshops and exhibitions, overseeing safety and procedure during performances, taking bookings, managing attendance spread sheets, developing media campaigns, welcoming visiting companies, as well as achieving personally defined goals within the setting of a busy theatre and arts centre. Participants on this six month course will be supported by a course co-ordinator and a number of specialist tutors.

Start Date:  To be confirmed  If interested, please contact: Sinéad Hackett - 097 81079

LORG PRINTMAKERS ARE OFFERING A NUMBER OF CLASSES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2010. UPCOMING CLASSES INCLUDE;

LORG PRINTMAKERS,Unit 8, Ballybane Enterprise Centre,Ballybane, GalwayP: 091 773759lorgprintmakers@gmail.comwww.lorgprintmakers.com

Mixed Media with  Grace Mitchell

A combined media course of intaglio and relief printmaking, including techniques such as monoprint, drypoint and collograph. These techniques combine line, texture and painterly mark-making.

 Dates: starting Tuesday 6th July .Suitability: Beginners & Refreshers. Duration:6 weeks  Day / Time: Tuesday Evenings, 6 - 8pm Availability: 8 places Cost: €130

Introduction to Intaglio with Peter Kelehan

This is a valuable opportunity to explore a range of print techniques including: monoprint, drypoint and etching. You will experiment with combining techniques and you will produce a small edition of prints.Dates: Wednesday 7th July

Suitability:  Beginners & Refreshers. Duration: 6 weeks. Time: Mornings 10:30 am - 12:30pm. Availability: 8 Places.Cost:  €130

Introduction to Screen Printing with Eimearjean McCormack

This course is recommended for those with little or no experience of silk-screen printing. Participants will be taught the basic techniques via hands-on one to one sessions. Participants will learn how to; expose and coat a screen using photo emulsion, operate an exposure unit and use a flat-bed press, prepare suitable artwork, use colours efficiently and mix them well, print using correct registration, and clean and degrease screens after use.You will need to bring an image (A4 or A3). The image could be a drawing, a photo, or a newspaper print... It should be of good quality, photocopied black and white onto either acetate or paper.

Dates: Mondays - Saturdays in July

Suitability: Beginners and Refreshers

Duration: The month of July. Time: 10am - 1pm session. 2pm - 5pm session. 5pm - 8pm evening session (available Mon-Thurs only.  These one to one 3 hour sessions can be arranged to suit your schedule.  Cost: €90

THE STONY THURSDAY BOOK CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Stony Thursday Book is calling for submissions from local, national and international poets for the next issue which will be published in Limerick, Ireland, as part of Cuisle, Limerick City International Poetry Festival* in October 2010. The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975, and has also been edited by Kevin Byrne, Patrick Bourke, Knute Skinner, Thomas McCarthy and Ciaran O’Driscoll. This year the editor will be Mark Whelan. The Stony Thursday Book is one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland and celebrated its 30th Anniversary Edition in 2005. Poetry submissions are now being accepted for issue No. 9 which will be published in October 2010.

Closing date for submissions is August 13th 2010. How to submit:  Send no more than 6 poems  When submitting poems, write your name and address on each page.  Send poems to : The Arts Service, Limerick City Council, City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick.  Please mark your envelope : The Stony Thursday Book.  Further information from : The Arts Service, Limerick City Council, Email : artsoffice@limerickcity.ie. Telephone : 061 407363 or 061 407421

TULCA FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ART IS SEEKING TO CONTRACT A TEMPORARY PART TIME ADMINISTRATOR

Tulca Festival of Visual Arts is an annual festival taking place in Galway each year. Running since 2002, Tulca features dynamic and exciting work from national and international visual art practitioners.

Job Description

Tulca Festival of Visual Art is seeking to contract a temporary part time administrator from late July – December 2010. The administrator will liaise with the Curator, Project Manager and Board to deliver a high quality festival. Duties include: accounts, Marketing & PR, liaising with the team on accommodation, transport, insurance, hospitality and production. Excellent Communication Skills, Computer Skills and Project Management skills essential.

Formal qualification in Art or Art Administration advantageous, administrative experience in the arts essential.

Please apply with a CV and cover letter to tulcafestival@gmail.com by 5pm 30 June 2010, with the Subject Header: TULCA ADMIN

We would appreciate it if you could pass this on to interested parties.

 Work activities of the TULCA administrator may include:

        Liaise with treasurer & curator on budget

        Work closely with the curator and production manager on delivering the festival

        Working with curator and graphic designer on programme, website and other publicity materials.

        Taking responsibility for operational management issues such as venue accessibility, and health and safety issues.

        Developing a marketing plan with the Tulca sub-committee on PR & Marketing.

        Planning and managing accounts and budgets.

        Work with Board & curator to secure venues

        Working with the Board to secure funding.

        Recruiting and managing interns and volunteers

        Liaising with artists, galleries and curator on all administrative needs

        Liaising with graphic designers, and transporters an other non-technical contractors.

         Liaising with sponsors for accommodation, venues and other in kind sponsorship

 Salary: €6000

Hours:

July –  August 1 day per week

September 2 days per week

October – November 5 days per week, plus weekends & late evenings (extra 5 days pay)

December 1 day per week (3 days)

PART TIME VACANCIES BACKSTAGE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

e-mail backstageireland@eircom.net

telephone our head office on Galway 091-590706

WWW.BACKSTAGEIRELAND.COM

Due to expansion of their outreach programme

they have the following part-time vacancies

in the WEST COAST/MIDLANDS

DRIVER/TRANSPORT ESSENTIAL

SINGING TEACHER

KEYBOARD SKILLS ESSENTIAL

*

Hip-hop/Street

Dance Teacher

*

Jazz Dance

Teacher

*

Drama Teacher

Mime Teacher

FOR OUR 8-18 YEAR OLD STUDENTS

BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER

TONY O’MALLEY STUDIO RESIDENCY

The RHA is delighted to offer the Tony O’Malley Studio Residency. During his lifetime Tony O’Malley was the recipient of subsided studios and accommodation in St. Ives, Cornwall. Administered by the Arts Council of Great Britain it offered the artist time to concentrate on creating work. Jane O’Malley has never forgotten the privilege of those decades for herself and Tony. A number of years ago she acquired Tony’s family home in Callan Co. Kilkenny. Jane, working with her architect, set about renovating the building into a first class facility for an artist to live and work in. And in association with the Royal Hibernian Academy she now wishes to offer this home/studio to an artist on an annual basis.

 The house and adjoining studio are situated in Callan town, Co Kilkenny. The converted shop and house is decorated to the highest standards and boasts a modern bright kitchen and separate living room with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. A small inner courtyard links the front and back of the house and beyond the home’s living area is the studio. The studio has a double height ceiling with plenty of natural light. Double doors lead onto a large landscaped private garden area. The studio has a mezzanine level also which could be used as an office area if required. The house and studio are fully furnished to the highest standards and offer a superior living and work place for any artist.

The artist awarded the residency will have the exclusive use of the house and studio for 12 months, from January to December 2011, at a nominal cost of €250 per month. The artist would be responsible for his or her own utility costs. This full-time residency is for an artist who works primarily in the medium of paint. The studio is not suitable for sculptors.

To apply for the residency, artists are asked to submit the following:

A current CV. A cover letter detailing the proposed usage of the studio and a work plan outlining ideas for the residency. Up to 12 images of work, preferably presented in a printed format.

Applications should be sent to the RHA Academy Co-ordinator, Ciara Timlin by July 30th. Short listed applicants will be called for interview in mid-September. Requests for further information should be directed to the Academy Co-ordinator, Ciara Timlin, email ciara@rhagallery.ie phone 01 6612558.

Go to http://www.royalhibernianacademy.ie/studio to view images of the house and studio, on our website www.royalhibernianacademy.ie

CREATE

10/11 Earl Street South Dublin 8. 01 - 473 6600www.create-ireland.ie

Over an eighteen month period Create the national development agency for collaborative arts and Common Ground undertook an action research project – Connect Mentoring Programme – to examine mentoring for collaborative and participative arts.

 As a result of the research findings Create and Common Ground are administering two mentoring awards available to artists working in collaborative/participative arts in the specific context areas: Arts and Health and Cultural Diversity. Full details on how to apply:

 http://bit.ly/bQlw8V or   http://www.create-ireland.ie/projects-and-initiatives/mentoring.html#mentoringaward

 The Connect Mentoring Programme learning resource – DVD, Booklet and blog – will be formally launched at IMMA on Wed July 21, 2-4pm.

 The launch will provide an opportunity for interested applicants to the Arts and Health and Cultural Diversity Mentoring Awards to understand more about the Connect programme and the eligibility criteria for the Create/Common Ground Mentoring Awards.

 Applicants are strongly recommended to consult the Connect learning resource (DVD and Booklet). Copies are available from Create, to request a copy please email – info@create-ireland.ie or tel: 01-473-6600.

 NUI CERTIFICATE IN YOUTH ARTS 2010/11

 The Certificate in Youth Arts is a part time, year long university accredited course of study in Irish Youth Arts Practice.(Accrediting body: NUI Maynooth, Dept of Applied Social Studies)The Certificate in Youth Arts aims to introduce those working in the non-formal education sector to the concepts, principles and practice of youth arts using a context and practice approach.  Application form and 2010/2011 prospectus available to download here.  www.youtharts.ie

APPLICATION PROCESS:

·        We will begin accepting applications on Monday, 24th May 2010.  The closing date for applications is 4pm Wednesday 7th July 2010

·        All those meeting minimum criteria will be invited to a group workshop on Wednesday, 21st July 2010.(You must be available to attend this workshop if you are applying)

·        All those who do not meet minimum criteria will receive a letter explaining that they have not been successful. 

·        The group workshop will include group discussion and activities intended to explore in more detail applicant’s background and experience, expectations of the course etc.  We will also explore how people participate and perform in a group..  It will be led by a panel comprising the arts team at NYCI, the course tutors and an independent facilitator.

·        From the group workshop 20 people will be offered places within 5 days of the workshop.

·        These participants will be asked to accept or decline their place by Wednesday, 11th August 2010

 ART IN THE OPEN 2010 plein air painting festival

 30th July to 1st August (public holiday weekend) Wexford and Enniscorthy.  www.artintheopen.org     

Travel to the southeast during Art in the Open Festival and you will find lots of artists at their easels on the streets of Enniscorthy and on the quayside of Wexford, in lanes and in doorways, capturing the light, the bustle and the character of these two historic Irish towns. The third festival of plein air painting will be held throughout August bank holiday weekend. Over 100 artists are taking part, travelling from USA, Europe, UK and all over Ireland, to paint together in Wexford and Enniscorthy and to take part in what may be the largest annual festival of outdoor painting in Europe,

 Like Constable, Monet, Van Gogh and Sargent, today's outdoor artists typically seek to capture an authentic sense of place and time and fleeting effects of light and shadow they also value the opportunity to paint and share with other artists.

Encouraged by tourist interests, this social aspect among professionals and amateurs as well as a love of fresh air and nature has given rise to a new plein air painting movement across America and now in Europe.  An urban plein air festival like Art in the Open also encourages interaction with the public who seldom have such an opportunity to observe the creative process at close quarters and who seem to enjoy them almost as much as the artists themselves. There are double-takes from passers-by seeing an artist at work in the street and there is often delight  at seeing familiar a scene through an artist's eyes, or watching a blank canvas transformed into a painting.

 Art in the Open also features demonstrations and workshops for those who don't feel ready to boldly take their easels onto the street and six extra painting day-trips are scheduled to sites around County Wexford in the days before and after the bank holiday weekend. Fnished paintings, the product of 3 days of concentrated activity by so many artists can be seen in an impressive exhibition which opens on Monday 2nd August at 3pm in White's Hotel, Wexford when the Mayoral Prize and several other substantial cash awards will be presented.

 ASNI. Artist Studio Network Ireland                                                                       

www.asni.info. contact@asni.info. Facebook Artist Studio Network Ireland.

Aims and priorities of ASNI

·      *Establish itself as a collective voice for studio providers

·     * Position itself as a principal source of information, advice and support on all aspects of artists’ studio provision

·      *Advocate and lobby for better working conditions on behalf of the visual arts studio workspace sector

·     * ASNI aims to be an all island studio network supporting artists workspace in rural, urban and international locations

 Building on the number of member studios is a priority for ASNI. As the range and diversity of ASNI members grow, the greater its mandate to speak and act on behalf of artists studios and to represent the concerns of studio providers.

Benefits of membership                                                                                   

Be part of an all island network of affordable studio providers, Add your support to ASNI campaigns in favor of studio provision, Access to information and resources, Listing in the online Directory of studio members, Opportunity to participate in decision-making, Voting rights at the ASNI AGM  

 Criteria for membership

1.    * Provide studio accommodation for visual artists

2.     *Offer these spaces at an affordable rent to artists in need; i.e. those who are unable to afford to rent workspace on the open market in addition to somewhere to live.

3.     *Provide these spaces wholly or substantially for the purpose of creative art practice and the production of art works and cultural meaning in visual and other related languages.

4.    * Be not for profit and be able to demonstrate a commitment to affordability and the ongoing support of visual arts practice.

5.     *Be of benefit to the public by encouraging and supporting art practice that ultimately engages with the public, or sections of the public, through Open Studio events, exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, residencies, teaching, community activities or otherwise.

6.    * Support equality of opportunity and be working towards sustainability, accessibility and diversity in their organizational structure, studio provision and other related activities.

 Annual membership of ASNI

Unfunded Studios     €20 Funded Studios         €50, Individual Artists      €20.

 Payment account details;Artist Studio Network Ireland ( ASNI), Address: AIB, 37 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. Account No. 14017092. Sort Code: 93-11-36

 Postal address.Artist Studio Network Ireland. Studio 9, c/o Broadstone Studios. 36-40 Upr. Dominic Street. Dublin 7.

GALWAY THEATRE FESTIVAL IS NOW ACCEPTING NEW PLAY SCRIPTS FOR THIS YEAR’S REHEARSED READING SERIES.

 PRESS INFO: Róisín Stack. roisin.stack@gmail.com +44750 89 85 890

 Plays must not have had a previous production or be scheduled for production and must not exceed one hour in length. Scripts will be accepted from Irish or Ireland-based writers only and must be written in either Irish or English.

A shortlist will be announced in September and the finalists will then be invited to sit in on the rehearsal process and receive feedback from directors and performers.

The Rehearsed Reading Series provides a great opportunity for writers of all ages and experience to have their work brought to the next level, and is an integral part of Galway Theatre Festival, which takes place from 25th - 31st October 2010.

‘The Quare Land’ by John McManus was directed by Rod Goodall for last year’s Rehearsed Reading Series and will receive a full production at this year’s Galway Arts Festival. Jaki McCarrick’s ‘Leopoldville’ was also featured among last year’s readings and has since gone on to scoop the 2010 Papatango New Writing Award in the UK and a run in Covent Garden.

Full details of how to apply can be found in the Festival News section of galwaytheatrefestival.com. Before submitting it is essential that writers read the guidelines on the website or email scripts.gtf@gmail.com <mailto:scripts.gtf@gmail.com> to request a copy of the requirements.