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2015 EXHIBITION PROGRAM IN THE ARDS PENINSULA, CO. DOWN | CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Emerging and established artists of all disciplines are being sought for our 2015 Exhibition program in the Ards Peninsula, Co Down.

Three Studios and Gallery to open late 2014, with eatery, designed for artists by artists. Exhibition space & studios perfect for painters, drawers, designers, multi-media artists etc. As we are a new initiative, we are trying to establish what will encourage and help artists to develop, eg career advice, promotion, classes.

As we are self funded, there will be a flat rate charge for exhibition space, however this results in an extremely reduced commission on sold works. Introductory rates for for early interest!

Please title the email ‘EOI’ to hello@rachelmcbride.co.uk Include an Expression of Interest along with your CV and six samples of work.

ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY 133RD ANNUAL EXHIBITION | CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition will take place at the Ulster Museum, Belfast from the 17th October 2014 – 4th January 2015. With over 70,000 visitors, this long standing event aims to celebrate, enrich and expand contemporary approaches to the visual arts.

The Annual Exhibition showcases works by members of the Academy and works selected through open submission and by invitation.

Artists applying through the open submission process can enter a maximum of three works in any medium online, by 11th July 2014. From these entries the Selection Panel will draw up a shortlist of works for delivery to the Academy. The Annual Exhibition will be selected from these shortlisted works.

To enter the exhibition please visit: www.royalulsteracademy.org/submit

Over £7,000 in prize money will be awarded to exhibiting artists of merit by an independent adjudicator. Prizes include The Young Artist Prize, Portrait Prize, Printmaking Prize and the Royal Ulster Academy President’s Prize for a full-time student.

VANISHING ART | CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline July 30th 2014

Exhibition will open October 1st and run until December 20th 2014.

Artists are invited to submit entries by July 30th for pre-selection to Vanishing Art’s 2nd annual appearance on the grounds of Carton House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. This year Vanishing Art is delighted to announce the Carton House people’s choice award. €5,000 will be awarded to the sculpture voted most popular by the public.

Submissions must be of a high standard, both in presentation and in content. A site visit for artists will be scheduled for the 16th and 17th August 2014.

www.vanishingart.ie/exhibition/

Aesthetica Art Prize 2014

Offering both emerging and established artists the chance to showcase their work to a wider, international audience, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a fantastic opportunity to develop your presence in the international art world. Now in its seventh year the competition is a celebration of visual art, inviting artists to submit imaginative and innovative work in any medium.

Prize includes:

• £1000 Main Prize
• £500 Student Prize
• £250 art supplies voucher
• 12 week group exhibition in York, UK for eight shortlisted artists
• Publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology, distributed at major galleries across the UK for 100 longlisted artists
• Editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine, which has a readership of
  140,000 worldwide

Categories for entry are: Photographic & Digital Art, Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, Painting & Drawing and Installation & Performance.

Entry is £15. Deadline is 31 August.

For more information visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize

BOYLE ARTS FESTIVAL OPEN ART EXHIBITION 2014

This is a reminder to all artists, local, new, those from further afield and those 'under 25' – that it is time to be thinking of your entry to the BAF14 Boyle Open Art Exhibition. The exhibition runs this year from Friday 25th July until Saturday 2nd August.

Entries will be accepted in any medium, to a maximum of 3 per person. We were delighted that last year’s exhibition was well supported again, as always and anticipate another excellent show, exhibits for which will be selected by an anonymous panel.

Handing-in of entries will be on Friday 4th July 4pm to 6pm and/ or Saturday 5th July from 3pm to 5pm in Church of Ireland, Parochial School, Military Road, Boyle (opposite Family Life Centre).

Conditions of Entry and an Entry Form are available from www.unabhan.com , if you have any queries about the exhibition you can ring me at 071 96 63033 between 9am and 5pm. 

Foundation 14 – call for artists submissions

Tullamore - 15 to 28 Sept 2014

www.foundation14.com

Following the highly successful inaugural Foundation 13, visual, digital and performance artists now are invited to make a submission to Foundation 14, a contemporary arts event in Tullamore.

Foundation 14  is offering the following awards

The Foundation14 Undergraduate Award
The Foundation14 Critics Choice Award
The Foundation14 People’s Choice Award

-BATTERY +

The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. – Sol LeWitt

Foundation14's Annual Exhibition 2014 explores notions of both tangible and ephemeral energy, how it may manifest in, or is utilised in its physical, emotional, spiritual, chemical and indeed technical capacities.

“All art is the outcome of energy expelled by the artist. How this may manifest is multifaceted, it is the combination of both the positive and the negative results of process and experimentation. In essence, the work is 'energy' and therefore has a discernible power, a corporal presence beyond its origins within the conceptual realm.”

Brendan Fox, Curator

BLOOD at Science Gallery | Call For Proposals

Calling all artists, scientists, and designers: hot-blooded, blue-blooded, or just bloody interested in BLOOD.

Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin requests proposals for works to be included in a new exhibition entitled BLOOD. From the subcutaneous to the cultural, BLOOD seeks to investigate to blood across diverse realms of human and post-human endeavour. From cutting edge research in immunology and genetics, to bioart works that use the medium of blood, to mythical stories of vampires, we will explore the materiality of BLOOD through science, medicine, body and bioart, kinship and religious beliefs and its many symbolic and cultural meanings.

We are interested in everything from the internal dynamics of blood cells and their diseases, to themes such as racism, eugenics, bio-politics, popular cultural tropes such as vampires, gender, performance, ritual and religion.

Why do we love vampires but fear needles? Why do we ‘see red’ when our blood ‘boils’? What are the positives and negatives of our fascination with this crimson, coagulating oxygen carrier? Coursing in our veins, blood connects, sustains and fuels life, yet it also harbours disease and infection. It fascinates and it is feared, floating between transcendence and abjection.

We kindly invite you to contribute to this exciting project and let different disciplines bleed into one another. We are out for blood!

IN PARTICULAR WE WELCOME PROPOSALS:

– on blood, i.e. exploring blood via conceptual, polemic and textual inquiry.
– made with/from blood, i.e. exploring blood via artworks employing blood as a medium, such as paintings, performance and body art.
– on blood on film: i.e. exploring representations of blood in film.
made in/of blood, i.e. bio-artistic manipulations of blood at the discrete level.
– exploring the Health/Physiology/Disease of blood – its properties, diseases, circulation. We are especially interested in serology, haematology and pathology; blood count, transfusions, blood types and blood vessels; logistics of storing and donating blood.
– exploring blood as a source of genetic material.
foregrounding the Baroque celebration of blood and the Gothic ominous blood; Baroque rapture and Gothic rupture.
– on bloody hell!, i.e. foregrounding various psychological and psychosomatic effects of blood: catharsis, uncanniness, abjection.
– investigating the tension between blood as a biological substance and a cultural entity.
– investigating the often contradictory cultural meanings of blood.
– on life-blood, i.e. exploring blood as a life-giving substance, marker of individuality, a basic life force, token of the sacred. We are interested in both forensics and religious doctrines on blood.
– on one blood, i.e. exploring blood as the common denominator, token of communal bonds and social solidarity. We seek to explore blood as a ritual, seen through the lens of anthropology and ethnography. Last but not least, we would like to draw attention to the altruistic premise behind blood banks and blood donations.
– on bad blood, mixed blood, blue blood, i.e. exploring blood as a token of difference, boundary, otherness – associated with gender, race, religion, nationalism and social class. We welcome proposals which foreground blood-based nationalism as a source of conflict and displacement. We would also like to hear proposals exploring the prejudice behind blood libel accusations in Eastern Europe.
– investigating the bio-political aspect of blood as an exploitable commodity embodying social and political tensions whereby the very integrity of the human body is at stake and subject to state power. We are interested in submissions harnessing the captivating power of pop cultural tropes such as vampires.
on future blood, i.e. looking towards the future of the human body; investigating the role of blood in new posthuman landscapes of the future; producing self-mutating assemblages of the organic, the inanimate and the technological.
– on non-human blood e.g vertebrates vs invertebrates, unusual blood such as horseshoe crabs

CURATORIAL TEAM

– Jens Hauser – Art curator, writer and video maker
– Professor Luke O Neill – was appointed to the Chair of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin in 2008, where he leads the Inflammation Research Group. He is also Academic Director of the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute.
– Professor Shaun McCann – Professor of Academic Medicine, School Of Medicine, TCD
– Professor Clemens Ruthner – Professor of Germanic Studies, TCD Co-ordinator of European Studies Option: Cultures of Memory and Identity in Central Europe
– Lynn Scarff – Director, Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin

DATES

October 23rd, 9am-12pm: Media preview
October 23rd, 6-8pm: Launch party/ member and supporter preview
October 24th: Exhibition opens to the public
January 25th: Exhibition finishes

BUDGET

We are looking for up to 30 works for the BLOOD exhibition. Two outstanding projects may be funded up to the amount of €10000 and the others may be funded up to the amount of €4000. Please note that these are maximum amounts, not targets. We are happy to write letters of support for applicants seeking funding from elsewhere.

www.opencall.sciencegallery.com

CELESTE PRIZE 2014 – 6TH EDITION | CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Celeste Prize is an international contemporary art prize which supports quality work by emerging artists in a worldwide, talent scouting environment. Every year thousands of artists use the prize to promote their works and their careers.

Join now / more information:
http://www.celesteprize.com/celesteprize2014/

20,500 euro cash prizes:

Project Prize 4,000 euro

Painting & Drawing Prize 4,000 euro

Photography & Digital Graphics Prize 4,000 euro

Video & Animation Prize 4,000 euro

Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize 4,000 euro

Visitors Choice Prize 500 euro

This year’s team of international selectors is led by Elena Sorokina, chief-curator of Celeste Prize 2014 and independent curator based in Paris, France.

Selection Panel:

Antonia Alampi – Curator at Beirut Art Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Natasa Petresin Bachelez -  Chief-Editor Manifesta Journal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daniele Balit  – Independent curator and critic, France

Daria de Beauvais – Curator at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Jelle Bouwhuis  - Curator at Stedelijk  Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Andrea Bruciati – Independent curator and critic, Italy

Katerina Chuchalina – Curator at V-A-C Foundation, Moscow, Russia

Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield – Independent curator and philosopher, UK

N’Goné Fall – Independent curator and founder of Gaw-Lab, Senegal

Andrew Hunt - Director of Spacex, Exeter, UK

Mélanie Mermod  – Independent curator, Switzerland

Solvej Helweg Ovesen – Artistic Director at Grosses Treffen, Berlin, Germany

Oscar Roldàn-Alzarte – Curator, Museum of Modern Art Medellin, Colombia

Pedro Vélez – Independent curator, Chicago, USA

Deadline for entries is 15 July 2014.

Final exhibition and awards at Assab One, Milan, Italy, 15 – 23 November 2014

Entry fee payable online is 50 euro / work; 90 euro / project (includes up to 10 works).

Celeste Prize 2014 is supported by Celeste Network, a social network for contemporary arts, which includes gallerists, curators, critics, art organizers, collectors and many artists. Celeste Network is a fertile environment in which to promote artwork, make contact and start up art projects around the world. Take a look at Celeste Network, you can sign up and have your free page, then decide later if you wish to join the prize.

www.celesteprize.com/eng_auth_login/

For more information, please email: info@celesteprize.com

Freedoms 4 All

Northwest LGBT Pride's Multi-Media Exhibition 2014 

Call for submissions  is now open

Northwest LGBT Pride is delighted to announce that the call for submissions to our annual multi-media exhibition is now open.

The broad theme this year is in the title - Freedom IS for all! Submissions are welcome from all artists who uphold equality, inclusion and human rights for all.

To submit a piece/pieces for consideration, email:

JPEG images of the work accompanied by:

 titles, medium, dimensions and sale price (price includes 30% commission)

along with artists full name & brief bio to: art.northwestpride@gmail.com

Please note submissions cannot be accepted without the full details above...

Deadline for submissions is Friday July 25th

All entries will be subject to a €5 administration fee, whether one or multiple pieces are submitted. Details of how to make this payment will be provided when images are submitted.

Exhibition launch @ The Dock Arts Centre  Aug 7th 2014

‘NORTH WEST OPEN’ SUMMER EXHIBITION, LSC, 2014

Leitrim Sculpture Centre (LSC) invites artists based in the North West of Ireland to submit work for their Summer Open.^[1] The exhibition will take place in the LSC Gallery, on New Line, Manorhamilton, N. Leitrim and will launch at 12 noon on Friday 25^th July, with the show running for approximately 3-4 weeks, to be advised.

Submission for selection: Works in any medium in the form of drawing, painting, print or sculpture can be submitted. Up to a maximum of three works per artist may be submitted with a submission fee of €10 per work. Digital images of the work must first be emailed as jpegs to: openart@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie or delivered as photographs.

Please include the following information for each image: Name of artist, title, date, medium, dimensions and sale price (we will take 25% off this price as commission). Artist’s statements and bios/cv’s are also welcomed. All items must be for sale and not exceed 2ft square in size for two-dimensional work. There is no size limit for 3D sculptural works.

 Submission Deadline: Friday 4^th July at 5pm toopenart@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie.

Do not deliver original work or send payment to LSC for this selection process.

Notification of Selection: Thursday 10^th July.

Delivery of work: Selected artists should deliver work to LSC on Friday 18^th and Saturday 19^th July 11am to 4pm. Late works will not be accepted. A submission fee of €10 per work will be charged, payable upon delivery of the work. The date for removal of work will be advised to successful applicants for around the third week after the opening date.

All exhibiting artists will have a chance to win one of the following exciting prizes:

Prizes: 1^st  Prize - Solo show at LSC within the next two years.

2^nd Prize - Private studio with access to technical workspace for one month.              3^rd  Prize - Access to technical workspace for one month.

The date of the Prize Giving will be during the exhibition, to be announced.

Leitrim Sculpture Centre

New Line

Manorhamilton

Co Leitrim

openart@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

Custom House Studios - submissions for use of studio space for 2014 and 2015

The Custom House Studios are now inviting submissions for use of studio space for 2014 and 2015.   The Studios complex houses 7 artists studios,  a printmaking  studio and             two exhibition galleries. These facilities are housed in a historic restored Customs House building on the Quay in Westport, on a prominent waterfront street.

The studios are located up stairs overlooking the harbour and Atlantic Ocean.  All studios have good daylight  and 24hour access.

Applications are invited for; Artists are now invited to submit proposals for year long term and short term use of  Studios in the years 2014 and 2015. Selection by peer panel of artists.

Submissions due for studios  by the 15^th August 2014.

Please send letters of interest, CV, and documentation of work on a CD or photographs to:   

Manager           

Custom House Studios, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

Custom House Studios are funded by Pobal, Mayo County Council and Westport Town Council.

Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition

The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists. If the winner comes to Cork to collect their prize, we will lavish them with hotel accommodation, meals, drinks and VIP access to the literary stars at the Cork International Short Story Festival (16 - 20 September 2014). The deadline is 31 July 2014 and this year's judge is Joyce Russell, author of ‘Bloodlines’ (Mercier Press) and was winner of the 2006 Seán Ó Faoláin Competition. More information, including submission guidelines, may be found on our website: http://www.munsterlit.ie/SOF%20Page.html or via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OFaolainCompetition . Winners will be published in a journal which has previously showcased Haruki Murakami, Colm Tóibín, Patrick Galvin, Richard Ford and Tania Hershman amongst many other respected literary figures. The winner of the first prize will receive €2,000 (approx $2760/£1640), publication in the literary journal Southword, AND a week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat. Second Prize is €500 and publication in Southword. Four other shortlisted entries will be selected for publication in Southword and receive a publication fee of €120. *Currency exchange amounts via XE.com, calculated April 2014. Queries to info@munsterlit.ie with any queries they may have.

2014 OVER THE EDGE

New Writer of The Year competition

OPEN TO POETS & FICTION WRITERS WORLDWIDE

NOW TAKING ONLINE PAYMENTS 

COMPETITION JUDGE: ELEANOR HOOKER

Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,

other sponsors to date:

ISupply, Quay Street; Ward’s Hotel Lower Salthill; Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD

Closing date: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

In 2014 Over The Edge is continuing its exciting annual international creative writing competition. Since its inception in 2007, it has grown to become one of the most important competition’s for emerging writers in Ireland and internationally. The competition is open to both poets and fiction writers worldwide. The total prize money is €1,000. The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and will receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2014. The 2014 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year will be a Featured Reader at Ireland’s leading literary reading series, the Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library, on a date to be scheduled in Winter 2014/15. Salmon Poetry will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript submitted to them by the winner in the poetry category. Doire Press will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript of short stories submitted to them by the winner in the fiction category. The winner in the poetry category will have one of the poems from her or his winning entry published in the April 2015 issue of Skylight 47 magazine.

Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland. Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or stories. Put your contact details on a separate sheet. If you live in Ireland and wish to be informed of the results by post, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. OTHERWISE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENCLOSE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. Any of the aforementioned is one entry. Multiple entries are acceptable but each must be accompanied by a fee. The fee for one entry is €10. The fee for multiple entries is €7.50 per entry e.g. two entries will cost €15, three entries €22.50 and so on. Fee payable by cheque or  money order to Over The Edge. The competition is open to writers worldwide. We accept payment in Dollars, Sterling, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and so on. Writers from outside the Euro area can calculate the payment for their entry here http://www.xe.com/ucc/ WE ALSO NOW ACCEPT ONLINE PAYMENTS. See the below for details. If you pay the entry fee online you must still post us a hard copy of your entry/entries and enclose with it a note saying ‘entry fee paid online’. PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXACT NAME IN WHICH THE ONLINE PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY. 

To take part you must be at least sixteen years old by September 1st 2014 and not have a book published or accepted for publication in the genre in which you enter. Chapbooks/ pamphlets excepted. Entries must not have been previously published or be currently entered in any other competition. The closing date is Wednesday, August 6th, 2014. A long-list will be announced at the August Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, August 28th, 2014 (6.30-8pm). THE LONGLIST WILL BE AVAILABLE, BEFORE THAT, AT CHARLIE BYRNE’S BOOKSHOP FROM 5PM ON THURSDAY AUGUST 28TH.  The shortlist will be announced at the September Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 25th, 2014 (6.30-8pm). The winners will be announced at the October Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, October 30th, 2014 (6.30-8pm).

Eleanor Hooker lives in North Tipperary. Her debut collection of poems The Shadow Owner’s Companion, published by The Dedalus Press in 2012, has recently been shortlisted for the Strong/Shine award for best first collection in 2012.  Her poetry has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, The SHOp, Crannog, Can Can, Agenda, POEM: International English Language Quarterly, New Leaf, and in the anthology I Live In Michael Hartnett. Online her poetry has been published in Wordlegs, And Other Poems, Ink Sweat and Tears and Poethead.  In June 2013 Eleanor won the Poetry Ireland/Trocaire poetry competition (Published Author Category). In 2011 she was a winner in the Frank X Buckley Flash Short Story competition at the Irish Writers' Centre, was joint second prize winner in the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story competition. In December 2012 a winner in the ten word short story competition held by @shortstoryday. Eleanor has a BA (Hons 1st) from the Open University, an MA (Hons.) in Cultural History from the University of Northumbria, and an MPhil in Creative Writing (Distinction) from Trinity College, Dublin. She was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series in 2011. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the Dromineer Literary Festival. She is Helm and Press Officer for Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat. 

For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748,

e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com

or to make an online payment see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com

Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,

other sponsors to date: ISupply, Flood Street;

Ward’s Hotel, Salthill; Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD

BRING YOUR LIMERICKS TO LIMERICK

The world's richest Limerick verse competition takes place this year July 19th at the University of Limerick. Free to enter competition run by The Limerick Writers' Centre and Campus Life Services UL and is aimed at anyone who has an interest in this poetic form. Prize: €1,000 

Send entries online at www.facebook.com/limerickcompetition

Further details: limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com

POETRY SOCIETY SEEKS POEMS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS FOYLE YOUNG POETS OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014

Deadline: 31 July 2014

The Poetry Society has announced the launch of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2014, the world’s largest and most prestigious award for young poets aged 11 to 17 years old.

Last year’s competition attracted entries from a staggering 7,478 young people from 75 countries worldwide, making it one of the largest literary competitions in the world. The 2013 winners (15 top winners and 85 commended poets) spanned the globe, from Nigeria to Malaysia and from right across the UK. Now in its 17th year, the competition once again invites young poets to enter their writing.

Any young person writing in English can enter the competition, whether they have been writing for a long time or just started, and the competition is free to enter. Full details on entering the competition can be found at www.foyleyoungpoets.org.

THE PATRICK KAVANAGH POETRY AWARD 2014.

Closing date for entries Friday 25th July 2014

The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for a first unpublished collection of poems in English is open to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or long term resident in Ireland. 

The award is now in its 43rd year. Previous winners include Eileán Ni Chuilleanáin, Paul Durcan, Thomas McCarthy,

Peter Sirr, Sinead Morrissey, Conor O’Callaghan,

Celia de Freine and Joseph Woods.

The winner of this year’s award will receive €1,000.

Closing date for entries is Friday 25th July 2014.

The Award will be presented on the evening of the

Friday 26th September 2014 at the opening of the

Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend in Inniskeen.

Rules and entry form from the Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen:

Tel. 00353(0)429378560,  Fax 00353(0)429378855

E-mail: infoatpkc@eircom.net www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com

WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME COMPETITION

Genre: Prose, poetry. (Themed; see website for full details). Word Count: Maximum 2,500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry. Entry Fee: Free. Prize: 1st prize - £200, 2nd prize - £100, 3rd prize - £50, plus highly commended certificates. Some entries will, subject to the authors' agreement, be used to promote the Dying Matters Coalition and will feature on Dying Matters' website.

Deadline: 30 June. Link here.  

Call for Submissions – VerbalArt & Phenemenal Literature

Submissions are invited for two literary journals: VerbalArt & Phenemenal Literature. please visit following links for complete submission guidelines:

1. http://verbalart.in/submit-1.html

2. http://phenomenalliterature.com/submit.html

BARD OF ARMAGH FESTIVAL OF HUMOROUS VERSE COMPETITION 2014

Over £3000 in prizes

The poem should be no more than 650 words and should not exceed 9 minutes performance time.

The poem must be the original work of the entrant. It should be humorous verse, suitable for family audiences and radio broadcast.

Each entry should be type written in English. It should have a detachable cover page stating clearly the entrant's name, address, telephone number and the title of the poem.

CD/Tape recorded entries are also encouraged.

There will be an entry fee of £2.00 for each poem.

Entries should be sent to:
Mr John Makem, 34 Fergort Rd, Derrynoose, Co Armagh, N. Ireland.
BT60 3DN

Final closing date for entries is 1st October and competitors will be contacted by mid-October.

Finals will take place in the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 21 November 2014.

Tickets for the event will go on sale early September.

Visit:  www.bardofarmagh.com

£5,000 Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2014

Sponsored by Cegin Productions (see our Poems page for 2007-2013 prizewinners & prizewinning poems)

Judged by Amy Wack & Neil Astley with both judges reading all poems

prizes: 1st £5,000, 2nd £1,000, 3rd £500
plus 20 prizes of £25 each 
plus a spring 2015 coffee-house-poetry season-ticket
plus a prize-winners' coffee-house poetry reading
with amy wack & neil astley
on mon 1st dec 2014
…for all prize-winning poets

Submissions, via e-mail or post, by Mon 20th Oct 2014

Rules

General: Entry implies acceptance of all rules; failure to comply with all rules results in disqualification; submissions accepted by post or e-mail from poets of any nationality, from any country, aged over 18 years; no poet may win more than one prize; judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.

Poems: Poems must be in English, must each be no longer than 45 lines, must fit on one side of one A4 or US-Letter-size page, must show title & poem only, must not show poet's name or any other identifying marks on submitted poems (whether submitted by post or as e-mail attachment), must be the original work of the entrant (no translations) and must not have been previously broadcast or published (in print or online); prize-winning poems may be published (in print or online) by Troubadour International Poetry Prize, and may not be published elsewhere for one year after Monday 20th October 2014 without permission; no limit on number of poems submitted; no alterations accepted after submission.

Fees: All entries must be accompanied by submission fees of £5/€6/$8 per poem (Sterling/Euro/US-Dollars only); entries only included when payment received via—

• EITHER
• PayPal:  (visit www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes/ PayPal account not required, no additional details required, please note your PayPal Receipt No.)
• OR
• Cheque/Money-Order: payable to Coffee-House Poetry

NB: include PayPal name or cheque signatory name in e-mail or postal submission details, only if different from Poet's Name

By Post: No entry form required; two copies required of each poem submitted; please include the following details on a separate page — 
Poet's Name & Address, Phone No, E-Mail Address (if available), List of Titles, No. of Poems, Total Fees, & EITHER PayPal Receipt No. OR cheque/money-order/postal-payment enclosed; no staples; no Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery or Registered Post; entries are not returned.

By E-mail: No entry form required; poems must be e-mailed to coffPoetry@aol.com  as attachments (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf only); please include the following details in your e-mail message — Poet's Name & Address, Phone No, List of Titles, No. of Poems, Total Fees, and EITHER PayPal Receipt No. OR send cheque/money-order/postal-payment by post, no Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery or Registered Post.

Deadline: All postal entries, and any cheque/money-order/postal-payments for e-mail entries, to arrive at Troubadour International Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON W4 1ZP postmarked on or before Mon 20th Oct 2014. Prize-winners only will be contacted individually by Mon 24th Nov 2014. Prize-giving will take place on Mon 1st Dec 2014 at Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour in Earls Court, London.

Acknowledgement/Results: E-mail entries acknowledged within 14 days of receipt of both entry & payment; postal entrants may include stamped, addressed postcard or envelope marked Acknowledgement &/or stamped, addressed envelope marked Results; results will be posted on website (& mailed to all postal entrants who included a Results envelope) after announcement of results on Mon 1st Dec 2014; no correspondence will be entered into. 

A TRADITION OF INDEPENDENT THINKING FILM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (SCREENWRITER)

Applications are invited from film artists of distinction for the above role, jointly funded by the Arts Council and University College Cork, in association with the Cork Film Festival.

The Film Artist in Residence is designed to provide a screenwriter with a unique opportunity to develop his/ her practice in a university environment while offering students the opportunity to engage with a practicing artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

The appointment of Film Artist in Residence is for one year and the successful applicant will be paid a fee of €20,000. S/he will o_ er fi ve contact hours per week in the form of screenwriting workshops, lectures and individual student consultations over two semesters, and will enjoy uninterrupted time to advance his/her own work during the university vacations. The Cork Film Festival will host a dedicated public event with the Film Artist in Residence at the festival in November 2014.

UCC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

1 September 2014 - 31 August 2015

Please apply by letter or email outlining your suitability for the role, on or by 27th June, including a comprehensive C.V. with details of screenwriting experience.

Informal enquiries about the post may be made to Dr Gwenda Young, UCC (g.young@ucc.ie). Interviews will be held in Cork on 23rd July.  Please send applications toUCCFilmStudies@ucc.ie

Wicklow Arts Office invites tenders for its ‘YOU CAN DANCE’ a youth dance project

The You Can Dance Festival has previously taken place in North Wicklow for two years and Arklow in 2013. It has involved a number of professional dancers across a number of dance styles facilitating a fully participatory programme for young people in Wicklow both in and out of school contexts, free of charge. It is run by Wicklow County Arts Office and Wicklow Local Sports Partnership as a joint initiative in relation to the synergies between dance, movement, creativity and general physical well-being.

Previous ensembles and dancers have included Dance Theatre of Ireland, Cois Céim, Niamh Condron and Kathleen Kelly and Myriad Dance. The approach to both the programming and the delivery of the Festival for 2014 is open to the suggestion of the appointed tender party. The main facets of the programme are that it works with young people in both a performative and collaborative way, facilitating their engagement with creative practitioners and the artform of dance. This year the Festival would potentially also aim to create partnerships with local youth groups. It is of particular interest to the local authority to develop the artistic direction and approach to the engagement of dance practitioners for 2014. Fees may also include the development / choreography of new dance work for children / young people as part of the presentation of this Festival.

In general the majority of workshops/performances happen in a schools context with the involvement in 2013 of 250 children. Other aspects of the Festival in previous years have included primary teacher dance development workshops, secondary school workshops, bursaries for young emerging dance practitioners, street and indoor performances for young people.

The services required as a result of this tender process are for the successful party to devise, develop and engage dancers/dance ensembles to deliver the programme on behalf of and in consultation with Wicklow County Council.

Tender Requirements of the successful party:

• To oversee the artistic direction and delivery of the You Can Dance 2014 Programme with the approval of the Arts Officer Wicklow County Council
• To engage practitioners to deliver the programme
• To manage the budget and payments to engaged practitioners
• To collate promotional material for the Festival
• To ensure that the work of engaged practitioners is being delivered effectively and at the highest standard in accordance with the expressed goals of Wicklow County Arts Office
• To circulate and collate evaluation material to practitioners and participant parties
• To enter into discussion with new potential local or national partners as appropriate
• To manage communication between the Festival team and Wicklow County Arts Office
• To ensure that this Programme delivers a fun and accessible introduction to dance and creative movement for participants
• To facilitate any other duty as may arise from time to time within the context of the programme

Booking for the Festival will be provided by Wicklow County Arts Office

Further information and tender documents can be found here:

http://www.wicklow.ie/you-can-dance-fesitval-2014

Closing Date: 8th July 2014

Further information contact: lizculloty.45@gmail.com

The Dancer in Residence is a partnership between Kerry County Council and the Arts Council.

Dancer in Residence: to further developing contemporary dance in Kerry, with a focus on both technical and creative development and best practice. Applicants should identify main target groups for opportunities to explore dance developing both technical and creative skills. (Taking account of the fact that the county has four administrative areas (South and West Kerry, Tralee Area, North Kerry, Killarney Area).

The Residency will be a part-time position (20 hr week, 6 -7 hours of which is for the Dancers own work development) to allow time both for the Dancers’ own work in addition to engagement and interaction with target groups. As part of this Residency, the successful applicant will be asked to stimulate greater awareness, facilitating opportunities for young people to engage with dance performance. The Dancer will deliver workshops, master classes, mentoring and performances whilst developing their own work as inspired by their time here. The Dancer’s ability to mentor must be demonstrated. A contract for services fee of €14,100 inclusive of travel and expenses is offered for a 23.5 week period envisaged to commence once Garda vetting is secured.

Requirements

• Proven professional track record in dance
• Ability to engage young people in dance, both technical and creative.
• Experience with mentoring dancers to up-skill standards of practice.
• Demonstrate tangible outcomes.
• Project based approach– four projects artist can select/ identify target group. Showcase in each administrative area (or one overall).

Selection process

The position is open to both Individuals and Dance Groups.  Dancers need to submit details of previous work to date as follows:

• A typed curriculum vitae (maximum 3 pages);

• Examples of own work (inc dvd’s, links to websites, pr material, reviews etc.);

• Programmes or published articles, such as reviews;

• A typed proposal outlining artistic ideas and approaches (two typed pages); this should include an outline of the benefits of the residency to her/his stage of development as a dancer and ideas in relation to engagement of people during the residency.

Please note: Applicants must submit three copies of CV and proposal. In the case of submission by a dance group, three copies of ONE overall CV and proposal are required on behalf of the group.

Please ensure that all submitted materials are clearly marked with the Dancer’s name.    Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 24th July 2014

Criteria for selection

• Artistic Merit of applicant and application
• Quality of own work
• Facilitation / Mentoring ability and experience
• Relevance and suitability of proposal responding to brief as above.

Interviews

Applicants will be short-listed on the basis of their submissions and short-listed applicants will be called for interview in  August2014.

In advance of the residency starting the following will be agreed:

• Goals, roles and responsibilities and agreed criteria for the Dancer in residence and the Arts Office;
• Agreed programme of work that is flexible and responsive;
• Administrative support from the Arts Office
• Ongoing review and evaluation; regular meetings.
• This is a part-time residency, which will require flexible working hours.

Summary

Budget information

The total budget for the residency is €16,000. This amount is fully inclusive of the Dancer’s fee –inclusive of all travel, accomadation and expenses incurred - of €14,100 (including VAT) and an allowance for promotion of residency outcomes, public events, materials and working in partnership with other Artists for an end of residency performance, or other related costs of €1,900.

The successful Dancer/s will be required to provide Kerry County Council with a tax clearance certificate prior to signing of contracts.

Applications should be submitted to:

The Arts Office

Kerry County Council

Rathass

Tralee

CountyKerry

Please refer any queries to Kate Kennelly, Arts Officer, 066 7183541, or email arts@kerrycoco.ie

Traditional Artist in Residence

Closing Date for Applications: 14 August 2014 School: School of Music and Theatre Contract Type: Fixed Term Part-Time.
1 October 2014 - 30 September 2015
Applications are invited from well-renowned and accomplished traditional artists (musicians, singers, dancers) of distinction, for the above residency, which is jointly funded by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences (UCC) and the Arts Council. The role will be offered for the period October 2014 - September 2015.
The appointee will advise and mentor emerging traditional artists in the UCC community, offering six contact hours per week in the form of workshops, seminars and consultation during university terms. The appointee will give two public performances, and s/he will engage in a collaborative project with staff and students leading to the production, for public dissemination, of original artistic material. In university vacations the appointee will enjoy uninterrupted time to advance his/her own projects.
To Apply:

Applications should be sent by email attachment on or before 14 August. Candidates are invited to submit a letter of application and a C.V. with details of relevant performances, publications (including CDs, DVDs, etc.) and awards to Dr Mel Mercier, School of Music and Theatre, UCC mmercier@ucc.ie Interviews will be held in Cork in early September.
Requests for further particulars, financial information and informal enquiries about the role may also be made to Dr Mel Mercier.

Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal Competition 2014 Now Open for Entries

Deadline: Friday, 26 September 2014, 5.00pm

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Casla, CO GALWAY

The competition for the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal 2014 is now open to entries.  This year’s competition is for fiddle, and closing date is 26 September.    

The Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal 2013 was won by Kerry concertina player Cormac Begley at the final held in Cork in February.  As well as the medal, he also won a cash prize of €2000.  

The competition, now in its fifth year, was initiated by musician and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta presenter Peadar Ó Riada on his radio programme Cuireadh chun Ceoil because he felt that there was far too much emphasis on technique and ornamentation in traditional music competitions these days.  In this competition judges deem character, spirit and musicality as being equally as important as technical proficiency.

To enter, musicians should record 5 pieces of music and upload them to www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie, or alternatively burn them to CD and send them to Peadar Ó Riada.  Full details are on the website.  Those intending to enter are advised to do so as soon as possible, rather than waiting for the closing date.  

15 musicians will be shortlisted, and they will take part in a concert in February in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork, where the winner will be chosen.

Over the next few months Peadar Ó Riada will play some of the entries to the competition on his weekly traditional music programme Cuireadh chun Ceoil on Raidió na Gaeltachta on Fridays at 7 pm.  Listeners can also register with the website www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie to hear the entries.

Competition Announced for Choreographers and Directors of Physical Theatre
"HAMLET" Shakespeare performance production with Russian professional actors at the Russian repertory theatre.
The project is open to participants from different countries.
Participants who successfully finish the programme can receive the Certificate.
Find out more about the programme and application details on:
http://www.stagedirectorslab.org/theatre2014

DUKE STREET GALLERY | CALL FOR IRISH PAINTERS

Irish painters are invited to submit works for exhibition in Duke Street Gallery, Dublin 2.

Each submission must include a current C.V and 5-10 images, or a link to the artist’s website.

Duke Street Gallery specializes in the work of Irish art on an international scale, and selected artists will benefit from having their work presented to this vast audience.

Email your submission to: art@dukestreetgallery.ie

www.dukestreetgallery.ie

Exhibit at Leixlip Library Gallery Space

Exhibit your work at Leixlip Library gallery space! Come and visit us Leixlip Library, Captains Hill Leixlip Co. Kildare, ring 01 6060050 or email jbranigan@kildarecoco.ie

Luan Gallery

Athlone’s Luan Gallery opened its doors to the public on 30th November 2012 following its official opening by Mr Jimmy Deenihan, T.D. Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.  Luan Gallery is a purpose built modern facility incorporating the sympathetically restored Fr Mathew Hall.  The new site juxtaposes the late 19 century build with a modern glass section extending over a boardwalk area. The Gallery is currently exhibiting the work of acclaimed Irish and International artists from the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s (IMMA) permanent collection. Entry to the exhibition is free.

Luan Gallery caters primarily but not exclusively for the visual arts, with an emphasis on meeting local audiences’ needs in terms of art exhibitions and engagement.  It targets both national and international projects ensuring a varied and engaging arts programme is delivered to the people of Athlone.

Luan Gallery aims to champion innovative, challenging and engaging arts practice.  The space is dedicated to progressing, strengthening and inspiring audiences’ engagement, perception and appreciation of traditional and modern approaches to the arts.  The exhibition and education programmes reflect this commitment. 

As an institution dedicated to nurturing the engagement with and understanding of visual art, Luan Gallery operates on a broad spectrum seeking to achieve its objectives through the provision of high quality collections, exhibitions, programmes and services. 

This facility represents a progressive and sustainable measure for the development of the arts in the region and aims to make positive contributions to the living culture of Athlone and beyond. 

Luan Gallery and the intrinsically linked Abbey Road Artists’ Studios work closely together, particularly in regard to educational initiatives and in the areas of access and inclusion.

The gallery is now taking open submissions from professional artists and curators as well as the amateur arts community. Full details are available on the website.

Gallery Opening Times:
Tuesday—Saturday 11—5pm
Sunday 12 noon—5pm

Contact: www.athloneartandheritage.ie / T: 09064 42154.
Luan Gallery, Grace Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Bainnlann Chúil na nGabhar Art Gallery | Open Call

Bainnlann Chúil na nGabhar Art Gallery, 66 O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

Submissions need to include: A concise, clearly written artist statement, CV and a proposal. Gallery does accept group applications.

Address submissions to: Open Submissions, Bainnlann Chúil na nGabhar Art Gallery, 66 O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bainnlann-Chuil-na-nGabhar-Art-Gallery/127095944039322?ref=tn_tnmn

Exhibiting at Turn-berlin
Turn-berlin is an artist funded space, with a large gallery in the middle of the biggest concentration of art in Europe. We are working to find the most effective ways of progressing an artists name and reputation. By introducing a more integrated approach we can be more effective and develop wider opportunities.
The intense experience of showing work in a gallery is the best way to have work seen. To get the most from  exhibiting which can be a relatively short event, to include it as part of a comprehensive package gives more considered exposure. Developing a name is the only way forward, it takes time and a lot of determination. This is why many artists are finding new ways of being seen. If you don’t exhibit you are only doing half of the job, but taking a positive approach to exhibiting should include other forms.
We are now big enough to be a representational gallery offering a full promotional package. More information on turn-berlin’s long term approach to developing artists is on the following link: http://turn-berlin.de/application/index.html
Address: turn-berlin Gallery, Josetti Höfe, Rungestr 22-24, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Deadline: Open.

Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre: Call for Submissions

The Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre is a multi-purpose arts centre featuring exhibition galleries, community workshop rooms, 215 seater theatre, dance studio, storytelling/ presentation area and outdoor town square for external events and performances. We are currently seeking visual artists to contribute to our gallery programme which will include local, national and international artists. Artists working in any media are welcome, as are both emerging and established artists. Interested artists should submit a current CV, statement and a minimum of 8 images of recent work. Please also indicate interest and capacity to participate in accompanying gallery education and community activities if applicable. Requested items should preferably be emailed to or posted to:

Email: desima.connolly@limavady.gov.uk

Address: Limavady Borough Council, 7 Connell Street, Limavady BT49 0HA (marked for the attention of the Arts & Cultural Services Officer)

Website: www.limavady.gov.uk

Deadline: Ongoing

4 week Creative Residency at repertory theater - performance production
http://www.stage32.com/lounge/production/4-week-Creative-Residency-at-repertory-theatre

Practical training, rehearsals and the intensive creative process on the way to the performance/work-in-progress.

During the project participants will become acquainted with the "creative factory" of the repertory theater - a complex mechanism with numerous departments, huge staff, and large scale activities going on simultaneously. On the way to creation of the work-in-progress in the limited rehearsal time participants will be able to experience and learn practically how to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones, to listen to each other, to accept differences, to treat obstacles positively and to be open to joint ideas on performance vision, style, script, music and other elements offered by all the members of the creative team.

Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) Programs
Banff Artist in Residence programs offer independent periods of study where artists, curators, and other arts professionals are free to experiment and explore. Participants are provided with an individual studio accessible 24 hours a day, as well as use of Visual Arts facilities including printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. BAIR offers short and long-term opportunities to work at a remove from the constraints of everyday life. For more information and to apply: Office of the Registrar | Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca | www.banffcentre.ca/va

Artists Residencies

The Gyreum in tandem with Foras na Gaeilge is offering Arts Residencies to speakers of Irish or those working through Irish or bilingually.  The Gyreum is a round wooden  hilltop "arts fortress," "acoustic perfect" with easy access to inspiration.  
This suits sculptors, painters, ceramicists, composers, song writers, choreographers, calligraphers, dramatists + actors, puppeteers, poets, prose writers, film directors, editors, academics and architects.  There are two well lit spaces for painting etc.  There are five rooms that can be used as single/ double or triple usage.  As a workshop accommodation space we can roof 25 people.
Cost of Arts Residency is €30 per day with all meals covered, €150 per five day week.
A team of two or more or couple who can share a room would be €25 per day each. €125 per week.

Colum Stapleton
Gyreum, Corlisheen, Riverstown, Co Sligo
+353 71 9165994
www.gyreum.com
087 3280 789

The Schoolhouse - Artist Retreat and Studio, Kiltimagh

IRD Kiltimagh Ltd. is taking applications from artists who wish to undertake a period of retreat, work on a commission or prepare for an exhibition, in our modern tastefully refurbished Schoolhouse Artists Retreat and Studio. The facility is let on a self catering basis and applications for tenancy are welcomed from all disciplines particularly visual and literary Artists.  Applications for Tenancy should be by way of Covering Letter and CV. The Covering Letter should specify in detail, when and how you propose to use the studio, emphasising work being undertaken on a commission, preparing for an exhibition or other works. Each Application will be assessed on its merit by a selection committee.

Further details on the building and the residencies, are available from the IRD Kiltimagh Ltd. website, www.ird-kiltimagh.ie by following the links on the front page and also by visiting the IRD Kiltimagh Ltd. Facebook page.  A full album of photographs is available and the brochure for this facility can also be downloaded.

New service for VAI Members - International Studio Exchange with fellow artists around the world

We are pleased to announce a new service available to paid members of Visual Artists Ireland.  In partnership with Artquest, VAI has negotiated places for members on their Artelier international studio exchange.  Artelier is for professional visual artists to arrange free studio exchanges with their peers anywhere in the world.

Membership of Artelier is by 'invitation only' to ensure it is only used by professional visual artists and is safe for members. Members can request an invitation by contacting us through our Artelier webpages.

This is a great opportunity to meet fellow artists around the world and potentially find artists with studios looking to exchange with the city you live in.  You can also find and arrange free accommodation or a studio on holiday or when working overseas, or indeed, find someone to look after your studio or apartment while you are away.

Artelier keeps your exact location and personal contact information private until you choose to let individual artists know where you are.

For more information see: http://visualartists.ie/resources/studio-exchange-programme

Arts Council Launches Major Survey of Irish Harpers

The Arts Council has commissioned a major piece of research into the harp and harping in Ireland and is asking all harpers to fill out an online survey. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 8 July 2014.

The harp has a particular significance in Ireland, as a national symbol and as a distinctive sound of the country. It has an extraordinarily rich history in Ireland having been played on the island for an estimated one thousand years.

With an increasingly vibrant harp scene, the Arts Council is keen to examine the current state of harping, to identify gaps in provision and explore opportunities for cooperation and development to secure the future of the instrument.

The Arts Council is asking harpers north and south, and of all genres, to fill out the survey and for the public to bring it to the attention of harpers they may know.

Paul Flynn, Head of Traditional Arts at the Arts Council, said ‘This is an important opportunity to document the full breadth and scope of harp playing throughout the island of Ireland. We are fortunate to have such a rich harping history and so many excellent contemporary practitioners. The Arts Council wants to engage as many harpers as possible in this research to guide our work into the future.’

The Council has commissioned Toner Quinn to carry out the research. Quinn was formerly Project Officer for the Special Committee on the Traditional Arts, which produced the report Towards a Policy for the Traditional Arts.

To fill out the survey, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/harpcruit2014

For further information, please phone Toner Quinn at 086-8241309 or email toner.quinn@gmail.com

- See more at: http://journalofmusic.com/listing/19-06-14/arts-council-launches-major-survey-irish-harpers#sthash.m2NQpo4c.dpuf

Creative Enterprise Offices

As part of the Northwest’s creative hub, The Model, home of The Niland Collection houses six Creative Enterprise Office Spaces.

Suitable for media, film, design, music or other creative industries, these workspaces are available for rent. Professional creative enterprises are prioritised but all interested parties are welcome.

All Creative Enterprise Office Spaces have access to broadband.

For more info contact
Emer McGarry
Deputy Director
The Model,
The Mall
Sligo

(071) 914 1405

- See more at: http://journalofmusic.com/listing/18-06-14/creative-enterprise-offices#sthash.xsxA1vkt.dpuf

Truman Town Theatre Present Radio Luxembourg

 A Play by  Mick Donnellan.

@ Galway Fringe 2014.

July 12^th – 17^th. (Saturday-Thursday.) 

8pm.

€10/€12

Tickets can be purchased here: http://galwayfringe.ie/events/radio-luxembourg/

Venue: St. Columban Hall – Sea Road, Galway.  (A beautifully converted space almost identical to Nun’s Island Theatre - situated very close to The Crane Bar.)

Description.

Radio Luxembourg is a black comedy centring around two Irish criminals involved in a Tiger Kidnapping that goes terribly wrong. Paddy and Joe arrive at a local bank manager’s house to kidnap the man’s daughter in a bid to use her as ransom. At first things seem to be going according to plan but soon the cracks appear and we witness a bizarre and hilarious unfolding of events. Joe’s past comes back to haunt him while Paddy’s future hangs in the balance. But can he prove himself worthy of the criminal life? Meanwhile the kidnapee, Samantha, presents a whole new set of problems that none of them could possibly foresee. Everything combines to create a feast of comedy and drama with a delightfully explosive ending, leaving a lasting and typically wild impression, now synonymous with Truman Town’s work. 

"La Bohème" with Cairo Opera Orchestra, in Ballybofey.

It is a coup for Donegal, not only to welcome the players of the Cairo Opera Orchestra, but also its principal conductor, internationally acclaimed Nayer Nagui.
With a cast of professional operatic soloists, from Germany, Brazil, Holland, Japan USA and Ireland.
Kathleen Watkins will come to support and open the Opera on both nights.
Thanks to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, who are sponsoring the event along with Jackson's hotel with support from Earagail Arts Festival.

Please forward to your friends, acquaintances or anyone you feel would attend this magnificent masterpiece in Jackson's Hotel, on 25th & 26th of July. 

Tickets available from the Boxoffice at An Grianán Theatre 074 912 0 777