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Submission Deadline: Monday, May 5, 2014

Forum Date: June 27, 2014, 9.30am – 5pm
Forum Location: NationalMuseum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin

If you have been working on a new and innovative access, outreach & education project – or have an example of creative engagement and learning – that is happening on the ground in museums, galleries, libraries or archives, we want to hear from you.

Formerly known as ‘Blow Your Own Trumpet’, this annual meeting is now in its ninth year and has firmly established itself as a key event in the calendar for museum educators to meet and discuss topics of interest to their programmes. It is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas, where a lasting contribution can be made to the development of education in the museum context.

From discussing resources to individual projects, the IMA Forums programme provides informal platforms to share your findings and engage with your colleagues and others working in museums & galleries, libraries, archives and other cultural institutions.

Submissions must be sent before Monday, May 5, 2014, to Gina O’Kelly, Irish Museums Association at office@irishmuseums.org and should contain:

• Full name, Job title and Institution/Organisation
• Email address and telephone number
• Personal Biography (150 words max)
• Proposed Title of presentation
• Presentation Abstract (200 words max)

The forum will consist of 6-8 short papers of 15 minutes duration with Q&A and ample time for discussion, followed by 2-3 topic-specific papers and a workshop.

Speakers must be available to present in person on June 27, 2014.

For information on previous forums and other activities of the Irish Museums Association, please visit www.irishmuseums.org

 ‘Encircling Worlds: Imagining Irish Suburbia’ Conference | Call for Papers

September 12-13, 2014
CarlowCollege and VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art

In the final decades of the twentieth century and in the early years of the new millennium, the spaces of Irish suburbia have been significantly transformed. From the enlargement of commuter belts, residential areas, and the commensurate construction boom in apartment complexes, to the redevelopment of housing estates and older forms of residences, the socio-geographical configuration of the Irish suburb has undergone unprecedented change.

This conference seeks to explore how Irish writers and artists have consciously responded to the evolution of the Irish suburb and also how the changed nature of the Irish suburb has placed new demands and pressures upon Irish cultural and artistic forms. We welcome papers on themes and topics including, but not limited to, the following:

- The aesthetics of Irish suburban literature. The amenability of the short story, the novel, drama, film, television, or photography to Irish suburban experience.
- Traditions of Irish suburban literature and the sublimation of older forms of Irish suburban art into contemporary narrative forms.
- Suburban identities: sexuality, gender, class.
- Suburban cultures: heterogeneity and homogeneity.
- Irish suburbia and the Celtic Tiger and/or legacies of the Celtic Tiger.
- Irish suburbia and childhood.
- The question of the Irish suburb as a site and source of creativity.
- Migration, emigration, immigration within and to Irish suburban spaces.
- Globalization/Glocalization in Irish suburbia.
- The ecological impact of Irish suburbia.
- Suburban Gothic.

The conference will run alongside the launch of the Autumn season in VISUAL, featuring Mary McIntyre’s ‘A Contemporary Sublime’ plus new place-specific commissions, in partnership with Carlow Local Authority Arts Office. Papers should last approximately twenty minutes maximum. Please send proposals of 200-250 words and a brief biography to the following email address: risbcarlow@gmail.com

Closing date for receipt of proposals: 30th May, 2014

PHOTOFEST IRELAND 2014: SUN 27 APRIL - IRELANDS LARGEST IMAGING TRADE SHOW

Date - Sunday 27th April 2014 - (one-day event) - http://www.photofestireland.com

Venue - Crowne Plaza Hotel | Conference Centre | Santry | Near DublinAirport | Dublin

Time - 10am - 6pm

Entry Fee – FREE WITH TICKET – Book your FREE Ticket here: - http://photofestireland2014.eventbrite.ie

Seminars – ALL FREE

Following the success for both Exhibitors and Visitors of Photofest Ireland 2013.  The IPN Photography Agency for Photographers & Trade is delighted to announce Photofest Ireland 2014 - held in the professional Conference Centre in the ‘Crowne Plaza Hotel’, Santry, 5 minutes from DublinAirport.  It will be a one-day event on Sunday 27th April 2014, for further details on the Crowne Plaza Conference Centre, please link to the following website page:- http://www.photofestireland.com/visitors.htm

“This Photographic/Imaging Trade event continues to be the largest Photographic Trade Show in Ireland - The extensive Exhibitors list with all major Brands continues to grow.”

Key activities at - ‘PHOTOFEST IRELAND 2014’: -

• Photographic & Imaging trade representation, including IT companies introducing new products and services – meeting new and existing clients face to face.
• FREE Seminars & NEW Lecturers – Irish and International Speakers
• Additional Photographic related activity at this event will include – Latest Photographic Equipment; Product Demonstrations; New Software Solutions; Pilot Commercial Shooting; Introductions to new Styles & Finishing’s; B2B Opportunities; Training Solutions; Stock Photography; Photographic Associations; New Insurance Solutions for your business; Galleries; Web Designers for Photographers; Careers & Students; Photographic Publications; & more in development !!!

W - http://photofestireland.com/

Engine Room Europe Convention – April 2014

April 2014 will see Amsterdam host a Convention on the future of independent culture in Europe. This Convention, titled 'The Future Is Not What It Used To Be', will take place from the 2nd to 4th of April.

'The Future Is Not What It Used To Be' is organised by Trans Europe Halles, a network of independent cultural centres in Europe, and its Netherlands members, Melkweg and P60 and is the final event in a three year programme called Engine Room Europe. 

Engine Room Europe was established in 2011 with EC funding to 'invest in the future sustainability of independent culture in Europe' and is an action research project with 19 projects in 11 countries: Sweden, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, France, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Serbia and The Netherlands. I have attached an interim report here, that you may find interesting. One of the legacy projects of ERE is the establishment of an online Resource for the independent cultural sector, gathering and exchanging peer to peer knowledge that is aiming to be both practical and inspiring. 

If you are interested in finding out more about ERE, the Resource and the 2014 Convention, go to the Trans Europe Halles website here.

Are you an arts focussed organisation? - Register to be part of The Common Room Café at Get Together 2014

Get Together 2014 will take place on Friday, May 23rd in IMMA. This third edition promises to be even more lively and vibrant with a wide range of talks, events, and networking opportunities spread throughout the day.

Central to Get Together is The Common Room Café. We have a slight change on previous years. As well as arts organisations and support networks, we will have a range of clinics and mentoring sessions in the Café spread throughout the day.

Organisations who have participated in previous years have included Festivals, Studio Programmes, Insurance Companies, Financial Advisors, Legal Practitioners, Artists Groups, Galleries, Multi-disciplinary Venues, Print Studios, and Shipping Companies.

We are now taking bookings for tables in The Common Room Café. The venue will be the Great Hall in IMMA but we want to avoid the crushes of previous years, so we are limiting the number of organisations.

To apply, send an email to director@visualartists.ie with details of your organisation.

Further details about Get Together 2014 will be made available in the coming weeks.