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WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL 2014

6th to 12th July 2014 

Poetry will be to the fore at this summer's West Cork Literary Festival which runs from 6 - 12 July. Acclaimed poet and Booker Prize-winning novelist Ben Okri appears on the opening night and talks about how stories "can conquer fear, can make the heart grow bigger." Awarded an OBE, he is one of the finest writers in the post colonial tradition.

Festival highlights include an evening with Anne Michaels and Paula Meehan, a poetry reading with Leanne O'Sullivan and a poetry workshop with Maurice Riordan. 

Anyone interested in booking a place on the workshop can do so by ringing the West Cork Literary Festival office on 027 52788 or by emailing info@westcorkliteraryfestival.ie    

Full programme details can be found on the West Cork Literary Festival website. 

An Dianchúrsa i Scríobh an Ghearrscéil agus an Úrscéil

MÓINÍN is pleased to announce that, for the fifth successive year, the intensive six-weekend training course in The Writing of the Short Story and Novel will again be conducted free of charge to eight (8) participants selected from the applications for places.

This comprehensive course, An Dianchúrsa i Scríobh an Ghearrscéil agus an Úrscéil is given in MÓINÍN’s purpose built training facility An Scríobhlann / The Writing House in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, and the instructor is the accomplished bilingual novelist and short story writer Ré Ó Laighléis. The tuition cost of the course is funded by Foras na Gaeilge. Applications have increased exponentially since the first course in 2010, culminating in 92 applications for the 2013 course. Unfortunately, for purposes of optimal benefit to the participants, the numbers are restricted to eight (8).

It is possible that some prospective writers and or those simply wishing to learn these writing skills, with whom your office may be in touch, may be interested in this opportunity. I attach a flier with all relevant detail and with the MÓINÍN contacts. We would be grateful if you would disseminate this information to any to whom you might think the opportunity to be of interest.

Contact moininpublishers@gmail.com

Proprioception. Kilkenny July 19^th/20th. 2014

Proprioception is seeking applications from live art Practitioners and performers of all backgrounds.

Proprioception is a performance event taking place in Kilkenny on Saturday 19^th and Sunday 20th July 2014.  Hosted & curated by John Conway, the event consists of 3 workshops with Fergus Byrne, Ciara McKeon and Francis Mezzetti, culminating in a public exhibition. The workshops and public performance exhibition will be held in a range of spaces across Kilkenny City (see below).

Proprioception is an opportunity for artists to spend an extended period of time symbiotically developing and challenging their performance practice around specific themes and locations. A diverse array of practitioners will be brought together and challenged to create and perform new work. Participants will be introduced to varied forms of performative expression, both as individuals and in collaboration, and encouraged to take risks with their practice.

Workshops:

Fergus Byrne leads Saturday's first workshop. This  workshop will allow people to engage their bodies and tune in to the physical processes both of themselves and others.

Ciara McKeon will lead Saturday afternoon's workshop, with a focus on intention, impression and energy.

Frances Mezzetti  will host Sunday morning's workshop, focusing on the body as sound instrument in live performance. This workshop aims to facilitate in a playful way an exploration of the person/artist's physicality in creating sound in performance

(Loose comfortable clothing should be worn for workshops)

Exhibition:

The culminating public exhibition on Sunday evening will provide the participants with a tangible outlet for the weekend's energy and creativity. Together, they will perform new works to the public, informed by the symbiotic period spent with one another in a series of stimulating spaces

Venues:

_Marble City Boxing Club: a large open floored boxing gym

_St Mary’s Church: A deconsecrated church in the centre of the city

_The Bishops Robing Room: An ornate ceremonial site located by St Canices’ Cathedral

_Kilkenny County Hall: A three tiered foyer on Johns St

About the artists/curator:

_Fergus Byrne is an artist working in performance and visual arts. He is a member of the Visual Arts Centre in Dublin. His practice involves drawing, sculpture and writing. Performance allows for an embodied delivery of ideas through these media. He has curated with Deirdre Murphy, Transversal and Generation. These performance events combined dance and performance art in stimulating alternative spaces.

_Ciara McKeon is an artist and curator whose practice focuses on live performance art. She has performed nationally across Ireland and is a member of pre form and Bbeyond, Belfast. Improvisation and collaboration are integral to her practice and research. Recent works have looked in particular at embodied shame, loss and intimacy. She also co-curates Unit1, an independent artist-run platform which supports the development of performance art in Ireland through exhibition of new work, symposia and archival projects. 

_Frances Mezzetti’s practice includes site specific performance with vocal soundings and video installation. Much of her work is collaborative in nature. Mezzetti researches the local and personal history of place, recording personal stories and developing ritualized retelling of these, peculiar to the site.

_John Conway is the host and curator of Proprioception 2014. His visual art practice is based on observations, interventions and manipulations of materials and environments. His work encompasses sculpture, installation, performance, video, animation, drawing and painting. The current prominent feature in his work is the exploration of function, and the challenge of mobility. He has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally. John is the 2014 Waterford Healing Arts Trust artist in residence.

Workshop fees:

Participating artists will pay a fee of €30.00

Proprioception is in a position to refund participants with up to €30.00 towards travel/accommodation on production of reciepts, with thanks to the Version One Community Trust Fund.

Application:

Please send a short statement of interest (200 words), and details of your practice (200 words) along with up to 5 photographs (with a description) OR a video link of no more than 4 minutes length to: proprioception2014@yahoo.com

GARDEN SCULPTURE WORKSHOP 2014

Áras Éanna, Arts and Heritage Centre, Inis Oirr, The Aran Islands 15, 16 & 17 July

Award-winning sculptor and author DJ Garrity will be conducting a Garden Sculpture Workshop at Áras Éanna. Garrity who lives in the West of Ireland is the former Sculptor-In-Residence of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The artist developed the hands-on workshop at Mount Rushmore as an interpretive training program in collaboration with the National Park Service of America and subsequently conducts the workshop at Botanic Gardens and Museums in America and Europe.

Based on his book, The Rhythms Of Stone, the artist leads participants with no previous experience in a creative process using simple hand tools to create their own unique sculpture in stone for the home, garden or gallery. The workshop has been well received by artists, garden societies and the lifelong learning community.

The workshop fee is €200 and includes materials and the use of hand tools for the workshop.  Reservations are advised. For more information concerning the artist visit www.djgarrity.com and to book a workshop reservation contact:

Áras Éanna,

Inis Oírr, The Aran Islands, Co. Galway, Ireland

T: 011-353-099-75150 | E: araseanna@eircom.net

www.araseanna.ie/en

DJ Garrity

garritydj@aol.com | +353 089-444-5560

www.djgarrity.com

Lodestar | Summer 2014 at Kylemore Abbey – 18-28 August 2014

A formidable group of artists are coming together to work, discuss, share and reflect in the spectacular environs of Connemara this summer. Lodestar School of Art launches with a 10- day painting and drawing intensive at the historic Kylemore Abbey with a gathering of international artists whose enthusiasm and generosity of spirit should make for a stimulating experience.

Enrollment for Lodestar | Summer 2014 closes the 31st of July. The €1,700 fee includes all workshops, guest talks, excursions, two meals a day, accommodation in Kylemore’s Educational Centre dormitory, closing exhibition and dinner. Lodestar also offers options for a shorter stay of five days, and a non-residential participation for local artists. Information regarding application and registration can be found through the website www.lodestarschoolofart.com or by contacting the School Coordinator, Connie Farrell at info@lodestarschoolofart.com.

Contact: Denis Farrell, Director (083)453 9163

Connie Farrell, School Coordinator (087)7669622

info@lodestarschoolofart.com

PART-TIME PROGRAMMES AT GMIT (MAYO CAMPUS)

BA in Contemporary Art Practices

(Level 7, part-time [flexible mode])

The aim of the programme is to equip the student with the qualifications required to work in a broad range of art and community contexts. Entry to this programme is by interview/portfolio assessment.

Course commences September 2014 (1.5 days per week over four academic years). It includes an option for students to take a Higher Certificate (Level 6) exit award after five semesters.

For further information, contact:

John Mulloy, Tel. 094-9043160 or Email: John.Mulloy@gmit.ie

BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Level 8, part time [flexible mode])

For students with a BA (Ord., Level 7) degree in Art & Design or equivalent artistic qualification

Course commences September 2014 and is available on a part-time basis (1.5 days per week over two academic years).

For further information, contact:

John Brady, Tel. 094-9043160 or Email: John.Brady@gmit.ie

Inspiring Practice and building Capacity to nurture Global Citizens

CIT Crawford College of Art and Design

www.creativityandchange.info

ABOUT

Creativity & Change is about creativity and its power to ignite empathy, passion and learning about our interconnected and interdependent world.  It is about imagining more humane, just and viable ways to live in the world.  It connects how we think, live and act in the world and considers how we can live as connected global citizens becoming part of the changes we want to see.

COURSE CONTENT

The course has several main strands of learning within the context of global citizenship & global and local justice themes.

•Development of confidence in personal creativity

•Creativity & learning strategies

•Creative strategies for public engagement.

DURATION Seven 2/3 day blocks Oct 2014 to May 2015

WHO IS IT FOR?

Artists, community workers, youth workers, activists, educators, volunteers and anyone who is interested in exploring the connection between creativity, learning and change in the world and in nurturing possibilities to grow as connected global citizens.

APPLY

Applications accepted by email. Go website, www.creativityandchange.info and go to ‘get involved’ page to download application form. FEE €680.

Email creativityandchange@gmail.com with queries

This is a CIT approved Special Purpose Award at Level 8 (10 credits) certificate

Youth Arts Summer School 2014

“I had the most inspirational and invigorating three days with you all.  Just starting to process all I learned now! So many new ideas and concepts to mull over..." Previous summer school participant Delivered by NYCI’s Youth Arts Programme, Summer School is a 3-day residential youth arts practice summer school in NUI Galway, running from 11th-13th June 2014. It will offer workshops, evening events and lots more to stimulate your imagination and send you home with a wealth of ideas and techniques for developing creative approaches for your work with young people.

Download the brochure here: http://www.youtharts.ie/yass2014 

When:  Wed 11th - Fri 13th June 2014

Where: NUI Galway

The 3-day in-depth workshop experience will give you the inspiration, indepth practical know-how and skills to work in new ways with your young people and offer them high quality arts experiences.

Who is this suitable for?

Anyone working with young people in the non formal education sector who wishes to explore ways of introducing, enhancing and extending youth arts provision for the young people with whom they work. It is aimed both at those looking to improve their artform and delivery techniques or those totally new to youth arts.

What’s the damage?

The cost of attending summer school is highly subsidised by NYCI Arts Programme. It will cost 250 for members of NYCI and 300 for non members. This covers your accomodation, meals, all workshops and materials. In addition, we are offering an early bird promotion – if you book and pay before Friday, 9th May 2014, there will be an additional €50.00 discount. This brings the cost to €200.00 for members and €250.00 for non members.

Where do I sign up? 

Booking will open online on Wed 23rd April 2014 here: http://nycitraining.org/yass2014

Workshops for Craft businesses in Mayo

Mayo County Enterprise Board is delighted to be offering a number of Craft Council of Ireland workshops to businesses in County Mayo.

Please see below a list with the various workshops to be offered along with expected dates. The cost of these workshops is €40 – non refundable payment.

If you are interested in attending any of these workshops please contact Mayo County Enterprise Board for an application form.  Applications should be returned with the appropriate payment. 

For further information please contact:

Paula Prendergast

Cedar House, Top Floor, Moneen, Castlebar, County Mayo.

E:    pprendergast@mayococo.ie       

W:  www.mayoceb.com                       

T:  +353 (0)94 904 7586        

International Summer School of Physical Theater July 7 - 12, 2014

Participants & Programme:

The annual residential programme is open to dancers, choreographers, physical theater actors, contemporary circus performers and movers with professional stage experience working in various genres, techniques and styles, interested to take part in practical creative research of Physical Theater together with colleagues from all over the world.

Participants will explore the connection between physical action and voice, gesture, movement, dance and word, composition of the form and the artistic space of the performance, gain practical tools and valuable tips for creating contemporary professional productions in limited rehearsal time.

Scholarships:

There are several partial scholarships available for professional performers.

Practical questions:

accommodation & meals

The group will stay and train at the same venue - at the beautiful refurbished castle in the landscape of natural beauty. The castle has its own guest house and restaurant. Participants can choose to stay at shared twin or single rooms. Three meals per day are organized for the group (both for vegetarians and non-vegetarians).

Transportation:

The summer school is based in the south-east of Austria.

The nearest airport - Graz (Flughafen Graz - GRZ).

Participants will get the necessary detailed directions to the venue.

 More information about schedule, registration conditions, contacts:

http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality <http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality>

ONLINE SHORT STORY WRITING COURSE

After the success of both the Online Flash Fiction and Memoir Writing Courses, Fish is proud to announce the launch of the Fish Short Story Writing Course. This tailored online program will not only develop your general writing skills but will explore in depth the potential of the short story genre.

The course offers both new and experienced writers an extensive range of creative ideas and activities to help develop their craft.  Course tutor Mary-Jane Holmes will be on hand to offer advice on mastering technique and developing personal style. Each module concentrates on a key aspect of the form, such as shape and structure, narrative perspective and characterization and by the end of the program you will have completed a polished work of short fiction that will be submitted for the Fish Short Story Prize.

For further information please go to Short Story Writing Course or email: shortstorycourse@fishpublishing.com.

Creative Writing Course at Venues Across Ireland

Course available at venues across Ireland

Writing for Publishing is the title of a new educational initiative being spearheaded by The Manuscript Publisher and designed specifically for authors, writers, independent publishers. It aims to equip authors and writers with both the tools and the skills necessary to write and reach a public audience in today’s publishing environment.

It is a creative writing course for the modern publishing age, emphasising the all -important connection between writing and publishing: how one informs the other and how the two operate in today’s era of digital media and mass communication. Prospective authors and writers will learn how to develop their writing skills with a view to getting published. They will learn to seek out, identify and take advantages of writing and publishing opportunities that present themselves.

A complete course outline, including contact details and how to book a group seminar or presentation is available from the Writing for Publishing website – www.writingforpublishing.com

Arts Courses at Newtownbarry House

The fully equipped Artists Studio is in the old Kitchen of Newtownbarry House. It has beautiful light from its two roof light windows making it an excellent painting and drawing studio. It has easels, a room with sinks and a separate room for painting boards or still life. It can accommodate 12 people on the art courses. It also has a separate room for lunch and discussions. Newtownbarry also offers B&B with a delicious dinner for anybody who wishes to stay. There are also plenty of opportunities to do landscape painting or drawing around the grounds and parkland of the house.

For details, please download the PDF of New Studio Programme 2010 (approx 1mb).

For more details check out http://www.newtownbarryhouse.com/

RIAM Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching

The RIAM is delighted to present our Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching programme. This Diploma is unique to the RIAM and is our way of supporting the vision of Music Generation of bringing music education to every community in Ireland with the generous support of U2 and the Ireland Funds.

The prospectus outlines a range of information from entry requirements, application procedures to assessments and academic components.  The aim of the programme is to equip musicians with the attitude and skills required to teach effectively in the community and classroom setting.

If you require any further information please contact the General Office.

DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN MUSIC EDUCATION (MA Mus. Ed.)

The Department of Arts Education and Physical Education in association with the Department of Music offer this specialised MA degree in Music Education. The degree involves an exploration of music teaching and learning processes from a range of social science perspectives and involves interdisciplinary studies in Education, Music and other related fields.

Who the course is for?

Anyone with an interest in music education including:

• teachers (at primary, post-primary and music school/college levels)
• policymakers
• community/outreach workers
• curriculum support personnel
• professional/community musicians

How long is the course?

• A one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme that requires completion of six modules and a dissertation

Are there entry requirements?

Applicants will normally hold either:

a) an honours primary degree with Music along with a post-graduate qualification in Education, or

b) an honours primary degree in Education with Music.

Applicants with equivalent, appropriate qualifications along with relevant professional experience may also be considered on a case by case basis.

How do I apply?

Please read application guidelines on the postgraduate application page.

You must fill in an application form which can be accessed from:

Admissions Office ,
Student Services
Mary Immaculate College,
South Circular Road,
Limerick
Tel: +353 61 204348
Tel: +353 61 204348
Email: admissions@mic.ul.ie

Or you can access the form here.

Further information on the course is available from:

Dr Ailbhe Kenny,
Course Coordinator,
Mary Immaculate College,
South Circular Road,
Limerick
Tel: +353 61 774721
Email: ailbhe.kenny@mic.ul.ie

ONLINE MA IN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION AT LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN | CALL FOR APPLICANTS

The MA in Art and Design Education is a blended part-time programme that runs over two years.

The programme operates online through networked platforms with college-based seminars and workshops held during eight days over the two years. The next intake is September 2014 and applications from both national and international candidates are currently being accepted.

The programme is designed to meet the need for critically focused advanced-level study for art and design teachers within the contexts of professional in-career development and life-long learning; extend teachers’ learning in areas of creative art and design practice, research and teaching within an online community of practice; make learning experiences available to teachers that take advantage of Web. 2.0 technologies. The programme provides a platform to network with peers and agencies for the advancement of professional skills, personal capabilities and educational innovation and change in the field of art and design, and to provide teachers with pioneering learning and teaching processes that place a premium on contribution, collaboration, responsibility and autonomy.

This is a new type of MA programme, one that embraces new ideas about learning and the kinds of active social spaces that can be nurtured online. By stressing the importance of fostering a learning community of art and design teachers the new programme endeavors to meet the challenge of providing authentic educational experiences that expose participants to a rich network of content and dialogue.

For further information contact programme leader Maria Finucane (maria.finucane@lit.ie)

www.lit.ie/lsad/courses/mastersineducation/index.html

MFA at the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster: Call for Applications

The two-year MFA at the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster seeks to attract outstanding and highly motivated applicants. The MFA was established 1979, is based in Belfast and has a long and proven track record of providing a rigorous studio-based programme with access to the expertise of a core staff of nationally and internationally recognised visiting artists. Within the studio and wider environments the diversity of teaching input by staff and visiting artists reflects the range of approaches and contexts embraced.

We recognise contemporary Art practice as being open and pluralistic and encourages dialogue between diverse disciplines. A multi-disciplinary/ inter-media approach enables students to work in a flexible manner that offers the maximum opportunity for individual practice. Students are asked to engage with systems of enquiry that explore and embrace traditional exhibition formats alongside wider models of production, distribution and dissemination. Critical discourse on practice with an emphasis on analysis and self-reflection contributes to an understanding of contemporary art located within a larger cultural, social and political context.

The MFA supports committed, critically engaged and sustainable professional practice.

The 2010 Turner Prize was won by MFA graduate Susan Phillipsz (1994). Other nominated graduates include Phil Collins, Cathy Wilkes and Christine Borland. Graduates of the MFA have been substantially represented over the years in other high profile events and prizes, including the Venice Biennale, Becks Futures, The Nissan Art Award, New Contemporaries, The John Moores Prize and the Glenn Dimplex Award. Two graduates have been awarded the highly competitive Paul Hamlyn Award. Film production, art writing, gallery management and curation are allied areas where graduates have also been internationally successful.

Deadline: The application process has rolling deadline however we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible as places are allocated to suitable candidates on a first come basis.

For full details see: http://mfabelfast.wordpress.com/

MA Art in Public: University of Ulster, Belfast Campus

The MA Art in Public has evolved from current complex concerns for the role of art / artists in a changing society. The MA focuses on a wide set of contexts, it is based in and responds to Belfast, where engaged art practices have been developed in various “public” spaces for many years.

The programme seeks to develop testing modes of working that are dialogic, participatory, interventionist or collaborative in intention and structure.

Throughout the programme students will work with formal / informal external partners and be expected to develop self initiated, innovative practice based approaches.

The programme is run full-time over 3 semesters – a period of 18 months including a summer break. Part-time it is run over a 3 year period.

More details here: http://masterartinpublic.wordpress.com/

The deadline is ongoing.

Postgraduate and Part-Time Programmes in IADT Dun Laoghaire
IADT: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology have postgraduate and part-time programmes in the following areas: • Business: Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Cultural Event Management. • Humanities: -MA in Public Culture Studies. -Certificate in Creative Writing. -Certificate in Citizenship and Society. • Visual and Media Arts: MA in Visual Arts Practices. MA in Screenwriting for Film and Television | MA in Broadcast Production for Radio and Television.  IADT is also offering a number of scholarships for Masters by Research on the basis of research proposals in Creative Arts and Media, and Public Cultures / Entrepreneurship. More information on www.iadt.ie , or contact our Admissions Office on (01) 239 4621 or at postgraduate@iadt.ie

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing - American College Dublin in association with the Irish Writers' Centre

• A one-year course examining the process and composition of prose fiction.
• Critical workshops and one-on-one mentoring guide students to complete a novel or short story collection.
• The creative writing process considered from intellectual, psychological, economic, and cultural angles.
• Seminars presented by agents and publishers emphasise the professional environment of writing.
• Master classes by established writers.   

You can find full details of the MFA in Creative Writing here 

American College, Dublin, a constituent college of Irish American University, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

For Further discussion and advice on the programme and guidance on submitting:

www.amcd.ie 01-676-8939 ADMISSIONS@AMCD.IE  

POP-UP WRITERS' RETREAT IN WEST CORK, 6TH TO 13TH SEPTEMBER 2014

Run by West Cork College, this is an exclusive week long retreat with a focus on finishing your writing, whether it is poetry, drama or fiction.

Prices start at €385 p.p. sharing and include three workshops with established authors, all your meals, and accommodation.

Based in beautiful Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland, it will be laid back and peaceful as, unlike many retreats, much of the time is devoted to your own writing.

To read more, please visit www.irishwriters.ie  or phone 028 20620