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LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE

Linenhall St, Castlebar, Mayo

094 9023733 | linenhall@anu.ie | www.thelinenhall.com

Something About Home - Book Launch / Literary Event, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar Monday 10th April @ 8.00pm Adm: €5

"Something About Home" (Geography Publications) is a unique anthology that provides an invigorating array of creative responses to the experience of migration. It features 60 original works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by 39 writers of all ages from across Ireland and Britain. To celebrate the launch of this anthology the Linenhall Arts Centre is hosting a public interview with multi-award-winning Mayo writer Mike McCormack, mediated by Dr Liam Harte (University of Manchester, and editor of the anthology). This event will also feature readings by four of the other Mayo contributors to the anthology.

Something About Home originated in a series of ‘Writing Migration’ workshops held at the Linenhall Arts Centre (facilitated by Mike McCormack), as well as in Belfast and Manchester. Most of the contributors to the collection have direct, first-hand experience of living in another country, in some cases for most of their lives. None has remained untouched by the effects of migration, even those who have never, or not yet, left home. The anthology will be available for purchase on the night.

Castlebar Pool public art commission

 

Mayo County Council invites submissions for a public art project at the new Castlebar Pool site, County Mayo.

 

Budget - €45,000

 

Deadline - Monday 8th May

 

Please frind full Artist Brief, location maps and architects plans etc via below link:

 

http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/ArtsOffice/ArtsNews/StoryIfNoFilesToUpload,29103,en.aspx

 

Catch Kathy Raftery's "Mayo Boy, Vietnam Hero", radio documentary on Sunday April 2 on RTE Radio 1 at 7pm 

Among the 58,000 names inscribed on the Vietnam war memorial wall in Washington DC is that of corporal Patrick 'Bob' Gallagher. Patrick grew up near Ballyhaunis in rural county Mayo before emigrating to the United States in the early 1960s. Patrick joined the US Marine Corps and was stationed in Vietnam during some of the most intense fighting of the war. Patrick was just 23 years old and a Marine Corporal when he was killed on duty in southeast Asia. Just months before he died, Patrick was awarded a Navy Cross, the second highest honor in the US military. Like many war dead, Patrick is remembered by his family in Ireland and his friends and comrades who served with him in combat.

 

Kathy Raftery's mother was a friend of Patrick Gallagher before he emigrated to the US. They grew up together near Ballyhaunis on the Roscommon Mayo border. In the documentary Kathy hears from those who knew Patrick, his family and comrades and hears about the extraordinary act of bravery that warranted him receiving a Navy Cross. She meets with two Marines who were alongside Patrick near Da Nang in Vietnam on March 30th, 1967 when he died just weeks after he received his medal.

 

Such was Patrick's act of heroism that his family and friends have now started a campaign to have a US services vessel named after this Irish born Vietnam war hero.

 

Mayo County council invites anyone with an interest in culture, creativity or heritage to a briefing eveing on Creative Ireland in Lough Lanngh Holiday village Castlebar on Friday March 31^st.

Mayo County Council warmly invites you to attend an open meeting and discussion about Creative Ireland a major new culture and creativity initiative of the Government of Ireland designed to get communities actively engaged with culture and heritage at Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, Castlebar on Friday, March 31st 2017 from 5.30pm. RSVP essential to: avaughan@mayococo.ie or 094 9047923

Enabling creativity in every community is a core pillar of the Creative Ireland Programme, an ambitious five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which will place our strongest assets – our culture and creative communities - at the centre of public policy. In 2016, Mayo County Council demonstrated their unique capacity to activate and support community engagement and participation in marking the Centenary year through a wide range of arts, culture and heritage initiatives.  

Creative Ireland aims to build on this success by leading on the development of a dedicated Culture and Creativity plan for Mayo based on the premise that participation in cultural activity drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and societal wellbeing.  2017 will see a special focus on children and young people with the specific objective of fast-tracking the Charter for Arts in Education, which will significantly increase access and participation for children in high quality arts and culture experiences. 

A network of highly experienced arts officers, heritage officers and librarians has been set up across all 31 local authorities to lead on each county’s Creative Ireland Programme and a series of public meetings will be held over the next four weeks to share ideas, develop collaborations and explore opportunities for increased investment in local arts, culture and creative industries. Additional funding to support the initiative will be made available through the Creative Ireland Programme in 2017 with the potential for further investment over the next four years. Austin Vaughan has been appointed Creative Ireland co-ordinator for Mayo County Council. 

Speaking about the Creative Ireland programme in advance of the open meeting in Mayo, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D., said "I launched Creative Ireland last December in our National Gallery, which is nearing completion following a €20 million refurbishment project over six years. We chose the National Gallery to launch the Creative Ireland programme - because of the symbolism of a new beginning, a blank canvas as it were, a link between the past and the future. The open meeting in Mayo is a fantastic opportunity for those at local level to get involved and I hope to attend some of the county workshops around the country to hear their ideas first hand. I encourage those involved in the cultural and creative communities around Mayo to attend the open meeting in Lough Lannagh, Castlebar on Friday, 31st March. It is important to recognise that if we do not create our own future, we run the risk that it will be created for us. Together we can do extraordinary things and this is your opportunity to join the discussion about how the Creative Ireland programme will enable creativity for all our citizens."

In addition, all the agencies of Government, including national cultural institutions, state agencies, Government Departments, organisations, individuals and communities will be activated to embed creativity across all aspects of their work – and use that creative potential to foster collective wellbeing and social cohesion.

Mayo County Council and the Creative Ireland national team will host an open meeting on March 31^st from 5.30pm to 7.30pm to share details about the Programme and to explore opportunities to increase access, engagement and collaboration in the local arts and creative industries in Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, Old Westport Road, Castlebar

 

Full details of the Creative Ireland Programme are available at creative.ireland.ie

 

 

Mayo Youth Theatre present – I’ll Be Your Mirror.

"I'll Be Your Mirror" is a showcase of original writing, directing and acting by Mayo Youth Theatre. Take a short jaunt through a Shakespearean Midsummer (madness!); get inside the mind of a conscientious activist trying to help refugees in a world gone mad; meet a couple who confound their therapist as to which one is crazier; see the Seasons come to life; watch Ballina's all new, exciting mid-morning talk show, MYTea, where the tea is almost as hot as the host; spend a dizzying moment with a soldier coming to terms with a reality at home worse than the one he left on the battlefield; and meet a young girl living with a ghost in her family. Join some of Ballina’s finest young creatives for an evening of original, thought-provoking fun.  MYT is an initiative of Mayo County Council and hosted by Ballina Arts Centre. MYT is a member of Youth Theatre Ireland.

Dates: Friday 7th & Saturday 8th April 2017

Time: 8pm

Venue: Ballina Arts Centre, 096 73593, www.ballinartscentre.com

Tickets: € 10/€8 plus * concession rate of €5 for youth theatres

 

 UPSTART 2017.

Mayo County Council’s Arts Office is now inviting applications for UPSTART 2017, a programme of arts activities in celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities which takes place annually on 3rd December.

Mayo County Council’s Arts Office has made a considerable commitment to the development of quality Arts and Disability activity in County Mayo through flagship projects and ongoing programmes.  Since 2010 through the UPSTART programme, the Arts Office has provided funding for 35 collaborative projects involving arts organizations, artists, disability organizations/ groups of disabled people.

In 2016, events took place in Ballina, Castlebar and Westport.These included collaborative projects between artists, groups of people with disabilities and arts venues in Mayo. Participating artists were: visual artists Caroline Masterson, Grainne O’Reilly, Susie Quinn,Breda Murphy, Katie Moore, Pat Youell, Christine Kelly, Bríd Kivneen and Henri Hedou,dance facilitator Kasia Voetter,percussionist Anthony McNamee and poets/writers Mary C ReillyandMaura Gilligan.Participating groups included St. Anthony’s school (Castlebar), Scannán Technologies Group (Ballina), Luisne Art Group (Ballinrobe), Carrowbeg Enterprises (Westport), Rural Training Centre (Castlebar) Ridgepool Training Centre (Ballina) and the Hawthorn Social Group (Swinford)Mayo Venues included:Ballina Arts Centre, Linenhall Arts Centre, Custom House Studios, Rural Training Centre  and Mayo University Hospital. A wide variety of projects were undertaken and wonderful outcomes included exhibitions, a drumming performance and an animated film. For information on all UPSTART projects see:

http://www.mayococo.ie/en/Services/ArtsOffice/Whatwedo/Programming/ArtsDisability/index.aspx

 

The UPSTART programme has been imaginatively embraced and interpreted by artists, arts organisations and people with disabilities. It has lead to excellent artistic and participatory outcomes.

 

The Arts Office is now inviting applications for projects/events to take place in 2017.  Applications can come from:

• Venues which participated in Mayo County Council’s Disability Arts Programme.

• Artists who have participated in      Disability Equality Training.
• Professional disabled artists.
• Groups of disabled people interested in      working with a particular professional artist and/or venue to develop a      project.

 

Applications will be assessed by an expert external panel and funding will be awarded accordingly. Applications should be submitted no later than Wednesday 3rd May 2017.  Funding is intended to support any of the following:

• An event to celebrate arts and disability
• A workshop (or series of workshops) with a local group of people with disabilities.
• A performance for an invited audience of a work in progress/ event (film, theatre, dance, music, choral or other event) by a group of people with disabilities, which has come about through collaboration with a professional disabled artist or artists experienced in the area of disability.
• A main stream performance that will be made accessible for an audience of people with disabilities.
• An exhibition/performance by a disabled artist/group of artists.

 

For more information and details of how to apply please contact Damien O’Connor, Disability Arts Coordinator at Mayo County Council at the following email address doconnor@mayococo.ie

 

 

Arts & Disability Ireland and the Arts Council announce details for the 2017 Arts and Disability Connect scheme, open to artists with disabilities working in eleven artforms.

This scheme is designed to support artists with disabilities to make new and ambitious work. It offers artists the opportunity to: connect with other practitioners or venues; make a change in their practice; ‘step up’ in terms of scope and scale; reach new audiences and to engage in mentoring and training.

Funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and managed by Arts & Disability Ireland, Arts and Disability Connect continues to be tailored closely to the needs of artists living in the Republic of Ireland in a way that complements other funding opportunities available. 

Arts and Disability Connect has three funding strands:

Arts and Disability Connect New Work 
2 awards of up to €8,000 each
For more established artists with a strong track record in their professional practice who wish to work with artists and arts partners to develop new work and present in established arts organisations, venues, and festivals etc.

Arts and Disability Connect Mentoring                                               
5 awards of up to €2,000 each
For artists at all stages of career development including emerging artists who wish to engage in mentoring opportunities.

Arts and Disability Connect Training                                                     
3 awards of up to €1,000 each
For artists at all stages of career development, including emerging artists, who wish to engage in professional development and other learning opportunities.

Information Clinics
Arts & Disability Ireland will host information clinics in Galway, Cork, Kilkenny, Dublin, Limerick and Leitrim.

Galway, Monday 27th March 3pm at Town Hall Theatre

Cork, Monday 3rd April 3pm at St Peter’s

Kilkenny, Thursday 6th April 3pm at Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel

Dublin, Friday 7th April 2pm at The Ark

Limerick, Monday 10th April 2pm at Limerick City Gallery of Art

Leitrim, Wednesday 12th April 2pm at The Dock

To attend please RSVP to info@adiarts.ie.

All of the venues are accessible for wheelchair users.

Irish Sign Language interpretation and speech to text will be provided at the Dublin information clinic on the 7^th April at The Ark.
Please contact us if you have any additional access requirements.

Application process and deadline:

All application forms, guidelines and information documents can be downloaded here: www.adiarts.ie/connect

A completed application form along with all supporting material must be sent to info@adiarts.ie using WeTransfer by 5pm on 4th May, 2017.

Please note: applicants may submit an application for only one strand of ADC i.e. you must choose to apply either for Arts and Disability Connect New Work or Arts and Disability Connect Mentoring or Arts and Disability Connect Training.

Further information:

Contact Arts & Disability Ireland at 01 850 9002 or email info@adiarts.ie.

Tá leaganacha Gaeilge de na foirmeacha iarratais agus treoirlínte ar fáil ach iad a iarraidh.

 

Arts and Health Check Up, Check In 2017 now open for bookings

Bookings are now being accepted for Arts and Health Check Up, Check In, the unique arts and health get-together hosted by artsandhealth.ie, Create and Arts Initiative in Mental Health, Sligo. Arts and Health Check Up, Check In is a networking event for arts and healthcare practitioners and artists who work in healthcare settings. This year it will take place on 5 May at The Model, Sligo from 9.30am to 5pm.

 

The event will promote solidarity among arts and health practitioners, enable networking and peer support amongst practitioners, inspire practitioners to develop their practice and facilitate the exchange of ideas. With this in mind, the keynote speech curated by Create will take the form of a conversation between Patrick Fox of Heart of Glass UK and Mark Storor, an acclaimed and award-winning artist, who works in the space between live art and theatre.

There will be a series of paired presentations exploring the nature of collaborative working between artists and healthcare professionals.

Members of Arts and Health Coordinators Ireland (AHCI) will present their collective manifesto developed at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in December 2016.

Highlighting the issues and hot topics from the morning’s talks, attendees will have an opportunity to meet their peers in facilitated discussion groups. Artist Naomi Draper will employ various creative devices to allow entry points into conversations that invite participants to listen, share and exchange with one another.

Join us for this special Arts and Health networking event and keep the conversation going.

 

Arts and Health Check Up, Check In is funded by the Arts Council, Sligo Arts Service and HSE North West.

Full programme details to follow.

Book your place here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/arts-and-health-check-up-check-in-2017-tickets-32403835745  

Admission is €20 per person including lunch.

For further information, contact Claire Meaney, Acting Arts Director, WHAT, at claireA.meaney@hse.ie or phone 051 842664.

See www.artsandhealth.ie for further updates.

Association Of Irish Festival Events

C/o Town Hall Theatre

Society Street

Ballinasloe

Co. Galway
T. 00 353 (0) 90 964 3779
E. info@aoifeonline.com
W.www.aoifeonline.com

Twitter: @AOIFE_Online

AOIFE  are hosting  delegates from the festival and events sector along with industry speakers and suppliers at the annual Irish Festival Summit on Friday March 31 and Saturday April 1 in Gullane’s Hotel and Conference Centre Ballinasloe.

Since its formation in 1992, when a small group of like-minded festival organisers got together to chat and share ideas, The Association membership has grown to over 250 festival and event organisers, suppliers, agents and freelance individuals.

The Conference will appeal to all in the sector: delegates are an exciting mix of volunteer and professional festival and event organisers, academics, researchers and policy makers –  bringing together teams that have been running for generations with first time organisers, new suppliers with familiar names, programmers and marketing specialists. 

From Friday morning to Saturday evening , the session rooms will be buzzing with headline speakers, presentations, discussions, & how to do that & sessions and panel debates. The Festive Expo forms the all-important networking hub the Marketing Awards Lunch on Saturday will prove a welcome look back on the season just gone.

Colm Croffy, Executive Director states  “Whatever your role or interest in festivals or events, if you are dedicated to learning and teaching, sharing and networking to continuously improve the scene, you will find plenty of common ground at our annual Irish Festival Summit .”

 

For more information on the Irish Festival Summit click HERE

 

For the full conference programme click HERE 

 

For ticket information click HERE

 

Registration is FREE to members

Green Fuse presents Jonathan Frisby Interiors

Jonathan Frisby recently returned to Ireland from Florence, Italy where he studied full time at the Florence Academy of Art since 2013. Prior to that Jonathan attended Waterford Institute of Technology where he studied Architecture for 3 years. It was during his time on the Architecture course that Jonathan found his real passion, painting.

At the Florence Academy, there is a strong emphasis on drawing and particularly drawing the human figure. The emphasis of the academy is on close observation of the material world and one can see in these new paintings how Jonathan’s strong technical ability has helped him to confidently express in paint what he observes in the world around him. Many of his oil paintings are painted en plein air as he strives to capture the play of light on the landscape forms. He refuses to paint from photographs preferring to battle the elements and the environment for the spontaneous image.

Jonathan, born 1990, is based in Waterford and is a frequent visitor to Westport where he spent the summer working on some of the paintings in this exhibition.

25 March –15 April

Private View

Saturday 25 March, 4–7pm

Tel: 00 353 98 25971 Email: info@greenfuse.ie www.greenfuse.ie

Green Fuse, The Octagon, Upper James Street, Westport, Co Mayo, F28 T020

Marie Wood Exhibition

Marie Wood exhibition, "Just being.." at the Clew Bay Hotel, Westport. April 1st-30th 2017.

Marie Wood has been a practising artist for 16 years, and moved to Mayo from the UK two and a half years ago, (she is originally from Manchester with Donegal family ties).

Following a very successful show last year, Marie is excited to be having her third solo exhibition at the Clew Bay Hotel where she is displaying a new body of work, created over the last twelve months. More than 30 artworks offer a glimpse into the diverse inspirations that encompass her vision. From abstract experimental three dimensional oil paintings to mixed media paintings and collage that have been inspired by the awesome beauty of Clew Bay and its fast shifting weather. Eerie works revealing a moody Croagh Patrick bathed in watery light, sunrises that seem to set the bay on fire, moonlit bays and reflections. The Exhibition is a distil-lation of the magic of this area, revealing a sense of the extraordinary that is Mayo; light, energy and passion are a constant presence throughout.

During the last year Marie has had work on show at The Art House Achill, and will have a solo exhibition at The Ballina Arts Centre in November. Marie has exhibit-ed widely in public and commercial galleries throughout Scotland and England and more recently in Ireland. Her first solo exhibition was in The National Gallery of Scotland, and she has twice exhibited works at The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Marie has works in private collections in Ireland, UK, America, Italy and France.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see these unusual and exciting works.

Revealing the Extraordinary in the Everyday

Administration Manager, Wexford Arts Centre

Category: Job
Deadline: 20 March, 5pm
Web: www.wexfordartscentre.ie
Email: elizabeth@wexfordartscentre.ie

Wexford Arts Centre currently have an opportunity for an experienced, confident and meticulous Administration Manager to join our team during an exciting transformational period when significant capital upgrades are due to take place which will revitalise the centre for sustaining and enhancing creative development and cultural engagement.
 
Please forward Cover Letter addressed to Elizabeth Whyte, Executive Director, Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Wexford highlighting suitability according to criteria along with detailed CV to above email address.

 

Artistic Director, Imagine Arts Festival

Category: Job
Deadline: 22 March
Web: http://imagineartsfestival.com/
Email: ollie@imagineartsfestival.com

Imagine Arts Festival seeks a dynamic, experienced and highly motivated Festival Director to assume responsibility for the year round management of the Festival including the financial management and the devising and delivery of its artistic programme.

Applications will be accepted by email only and should be submitted to imaginefest@gmail.com

Full details can be downloaded here.  If you have questions in relation to the role you can call Ollie Breslin at 086-1759188 or email ollie@imagineartsfestival.com

 

Marketing and Sales Manager, Droichead Arts Centre

Category: Job
Deadline: 24 March
Web: www.droichead.com
Email: collette.farrell@droichead.com

Droichead Arts Centre is looking for a highly motivated, creative and dynamic individual to develop, manage and implement Droichead Arts Centre’s Marketing and Communication Strategies. The Marketing and Sales Manager should have previous experience of working in marketing, delivering campaigns and marketing initiatives, to develop and grow audiences and meet income targets.

Please forward a detailed CV and covering letter outlining appropriate skills and experience to above email address with Marketing and Sales Manager position in the subject line.

VIsit above weblink for Job Description.  Droichead Arts Centre is an equal opportunities employer.

 

Marketing and Communications Officer, Irish Association of Youth Orchestras

Category: Job
Deadline: 27 March, 10am
Web: www.iayo.ie
Email: info@iayo.ie

The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras is recruiting for a Marketing and Communications Officer to work at their office in Cork City. This is a new role in the company and an opportunity for the position-holder to contribute to the development of youth orchestras and youth music throughout Ireland with a wide, but manageable, portfolio of activity to a variety of stakeholders and the general public.

Application for the post is by application form and cover letter.

IAYO Marketing and Communications Officer Application Pack (.pdf)
IAYO Application Form (.doc)

 

Various Roles, Irish Film Institute (IFI)

Category: Job
Web: http://ifi.ie

IFI is currently recruiting for the following positions:

Development Officer | Deadline: 29 March, 5pm
The IFI Development Officer is a new post created within the Development team at IFI, currently comprising Head of Development and Membership Officer, and underpins the development of both commercial and philanthropic opportunities and relationships for the IFI. There will be an emphasis on developing patron schemes, researching and engaging trusts, foundations and other grant making bodies, and driving sales (including venue hire). This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, motivated, commercially-minded individual with a passion for arts and culture, a sales or fundraising background, with a highly organised and professional approach to their work.

Full job specification and application process for download: Development Officer.

Human Resources Manager | Deadline: 31 March, 5pm
Working closely with the CEO and Management team, the Human Resources Manager will be responsible for HR projects and support services, including HR policies, training, recruitment, and positive staff engagement activities. If you are a self-starter, enthusiastic and organised, this is a great opportunity to work within a fantastic and diverse cultural workplace.

The full job specification is available for download: HR Manager

 

Artistic Assessors, Arts Council Northern Ireland

Category: Job
Deadline: 31 March, 5pm
Web: http://artscouncil-ni.org
Email: pcurran@artscouncil-ni.org

The Arts Council is seeking to appoint suitably qualified individuals to assist it in providing artistic assessments for the art forms and specialist practice areas which it funds.

Assessors will be contracted for a two-year period, renewable for a further two years, to undertake assessments of the work of funded organisations and clients. Collectively the assessors will represent the widest possible expertise and include art form specialists from all disciplines.

It is expected that appointments will commence in April 2017.

Application forms from: Patricia Curran, pcurran@artscouncil-ni.org

 

Front of House Manager, The Helix

Category: Job (Maternity Cover)
Deadline: 31 March
Web: http://bit.ly/2mvQ5Sh
Email: info@thehelix.dcu.ie

The Helix is a multi-purpose arts, entertainment and conference and events centre nestled in the heart of Dublin City University’s vibrant campus located in Glasnevin Dublin 9. In line with our continued organisational growth and the interest generated as a result of the venue winning the prestigious 2016 “Best Purpose Built Event Venue”, The Helix is currently recruiting for the role of Front of House Manager - Maternity Cover. 

Visit above weblink for full details.

 

Head of Producing, Abbey Theatre

Category: Job
Deadline: 31 March, 12pm
Web: www.abbeytheatre.ie
Email: recruitment@abbeytheatre.ie

The Abbey Theatre is Ireland’s national theatre and occupies a unique position in the hearts and minds of Irish people.  

An opportunity exists for a Head of Producing. This is a new post, designed to lead a new Artistic Development Department for the Abbey Theatre.  The post holder will be instrumental in establishing a new producing environment at the Abbey Theatre, creating a department where ideas flourish from first thought to full production. The successful candidate will be expected to work with a whole range of theatre makers including, but not limited to, writers, actors, producers, musicians and designers.

Please send an up to date CV and an Abbey Theatre Application Form to Barbara Pender, HR Administrator, Abbey Theatre, 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 or alternatively email recruitment@abbeytheatre.ie

The Abbey Theatre is an equal opportunities employer.

 

Director, Void Art Gallery

Category: Job
Deadline: 14 April, 5pm
Web: www.derryvoid.com
Email: celine@derryvoid.com

“Void exists to present the contemporary visual arts and to support artists, through a programme of exhibitions, related educational and outreach activities from a national and international perspective.”

Void Art Gallery wish to appoint a Director who will be responsible for the overall leadership, development and management of the company and take particular responsibility for the programming operations of the organisation.

For a copy of the job description and person specification please contact celine@derryvoid.com . Application is by CV and covering letter.

Poetry Ireland and Cúirt Bursary

Once again, Poetry Ireland and Cúirt International Festival of Literature are delighted to offer an emerging younger poet the opportunity to visit the festival and to immerse themselves in the poetry programme. The bursary includes tickets to all events and workshops, accommodation for 5 nights, travel costs to Galway and a per diem. Applications must be received by 31 March 2017. More info

Mid Career Bursary offered by Poetry Ireland in association with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre

Poetry Ireland and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig are delighted to jointly offer two fully resourced Poet-in-Residence Bursaries (one week in duration) in 2017.  This bursary is specifically designed to appeal to mid-career poets. Applications must be received by 30 March 2017. More info

Submission call: Audio Poems for Poetry Day Ireland

Lagan Online is teaming up with Poetry NI for Poetry Day Ireland, seeking your audio poems to feature on their special ‘Mix Tape’, which will be made available to download for free on the day. They'll be selecting the best tracks to showcase, so get recording and send them your work! More info

Call for Writer in Residence June 2017 – May 2018

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council invites applications for a writer in residence for the period June 2017 to May 2018. This writer in residence is managed by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office and is grant-aided by the Arts Council. The residency is open to writers working in script-writing in any form (e.g. writing for stage, TV or film). More info 

Stories from the City: Open Call for Submissions

International Literature Festival Dublin are seeking ideas for their Stories From The City programme. The scheme invites you to share your story or one that you think is worth telling at your very own festival event, working alongside a writer or artist to develop and shape your idea. More info

2 Day Drawing Workshop with Artist Michael Wann

On Saturday and Sunday 1st and 2nd of April 2017 in Breaffy N.S. School Hall Breaffy Castlebar from 11am to 4pm each day

The Workshop.

This workshop will focus on drawing and exploring the use of charcoal and the

potential to create vivid drawings. Drawings will be sourced from photographs and

developed over the course of the workshop. Day one will focus on The Portrait and

Day two will be landscape.

About the Tutor

Michael Wann is a visual artist living in Sligo. He completed a BA in Fine Art in

Sligo IT in 1992. He has had several solo exhibitions notably Sligo Art Gallery,RHA

Dublin Ashford Gallery, Sligo Model Art Gallery and others. He has received several

awards for his work including Iontas small works in 2001, Axa Drawing Prize RHA

Dublin 2006. Royal Ulster Academy 2010 and RHA Silver Medal 2016. He has

completed several residencies, including Ballinglen Foundation, Cill Rialig Artists

Retreat and Heinrich Boll Centre Achill. His work is part of several public collections

including OPW,Fingal Co Council and AXA Insurance. For more information please

see http://www.michaelwann.com

To book a place on the course please contact Cathal Mc Carthy 087 6699142 or

email progartnet1@gmail.com

Cost for 2 day course is 120 Euro.

This is A Progress Art Network Event.

 

Print Making Course at Custom House Studios, Westport Quay.

 

Date:               Saturday 1^st and Sunday 2^nd April  .  2017. 

 

Time:               11.00am   -   5.00pm

 

Cost:                €180 materials included.

 

Tutor:              Daniel Lipstein

 

Booking advised at; 098 28735

 

 For more information see: 

 

http://www.customhousestudios.ie

 

www.daniellipstein.org

 

The Custom House Studios are arranging a van to deliver works to RHA

 Are you submitting for the RHA annual exhibition 2017 ?

The Custom House Studios at Westport Quay will organise a van to deliver works to RHA – if there is interest from 20 artists. Costs will depend on how many artists are interested and how many works are submitted?. Please email info@customhousestudios.ie if you are interested in using this delivery service before Friday 24th March.

Works would need to be delivered to Custom House Studios at Westport Quay wrapped and labelled on Tuesday April 4th – for delivery to RHA on April 6th 2017.

Please note that forms plus fees must be returned to the RHA by Thursday, 23rd March.

Please note Custom House Studios Ltd take no responsibility for damage to works in transit to or from the RHA. Custom House Studios will  not go ahead with this arrangement if they do not  have sufficient interest from artists.

 

Archiving Activism: A Project by Breda Burns

Archiving Activism Drop-In Day
11am - 4pm
22nd March: Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo

 

Artist Breda Burns has been commissioned by Bealtaine Festival 2017 in partnership with Sligo Arts Office and Mayo Arts Office, to develop a sound and radio-based work, 'Archiving Activism', in response to the Bealtaine 2017 theme. A society only progresses when citizens care enough to contribute to its fabric and its future. The arts is the mortar that holds society together and counties Mayo and Sligo are particularly blessed with the contribution its citizens have made to the field. These people are often the unsung architects of a thriving society where people can access music, visual arts, and literature in so many different ways. As a response to this commission, Breda Burns will collate an archive of the vanguards of the arts community and through a series of radio interviews to be broadcast locally, an archive of ephemera relating the artist-led movement in the Sligo/Mayo region. Breda will also create an 'Archiving Activism Manifesto' with a commissioned text by author Brian Leyden in response to the archive.

Archiving Activism Drop-in Days

 

Were you involved in establishing or running art projects, festivals or exhibitions in either Mayo or Sligo from the 1970's through to the 1990's? If so, artist Breda Burns would like to meet you! If anyone has memories, stories or printed material they would like to share with the project or are interested in finding out more about it, Breda will hold a drop-in day on the 22nd of March in the Custom House Studios. All are welcome!

 

For more information contact: bredaburns@hotmail.com

 

Shackleton's Endurance - Pauline Garavan at Town Hall Theatre Westport 

Continues until Saturday 1st April.

Shackleton's Endurance, Words in Oil on Aluminium, Wire, 145 x 95 cms, 2016. 

Shackleton’s Endurance is based on the famous night-time photograph taken by Frank Hurley.  He was the photographer on the Endurance Expedition (1914-16), which was led by Ernest Shackleton.  The work was created specially to mark the centenary of the rescue of the crew of his ship ‘Endurance’ after it had become trapped and crushed in the Antarctic ice pack.

The image, measuring 145 x 96 cms, is made up of thousands of very closely condensed words which are taken from the extracts of Shackleton’s diary that he kept on the Endurance Expedition and which he included in his book ‘South’.  

The words are written on aluminium using oil paints.  The words are combined, sometimes compressed together and sometimes lightly inscribed and spaced, to make the image.  

The image therefore requires close attention to the texture of letters and words which serve as the building blocks for the whole image.    

 

Linenhall Arts Centre seek applicants for Community Employment opportunity

The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, is currently seeking applications for one position on a Community Employment Scheme which supports its Visual Art Programme for Schools. Full details at this link: http://www.thelinenhall.com/news/index.php?s=arts-worker-position-at-the-linenhall-arts-centre-castlebar

World renowned musician visits Westport as part of its 250 celebrations

Graham Hopkins, renowned as one of the greatest and most influential Irish drummers of his generation visits Westport this Friday.

Following a hectic touring schedule with Oscar-winner Glen Hansard, Graham is combining his two great passions - drums and coffee with this upcoming nationwide tour. Graham will visit 6 of Ireland's best independent coffee shops between 21st February and 9th March, for an intimate hang out, to play and talk drums, music, and drink coffee.

A spokesperson for the Westport 250 Events Committee said, ”We are delighted that someone of Graham’s talent and creativity has included Westport as a location for his drum clinic tour.” This is a great opportunity not only for drummers but other musicians and music enthusiasts to come along, drink coffee, listen to great music and chat with one of this country’s best musical talents.

 

Graham remains busy drumming both live and on recordings for many Irish and international artists, including The Frames, The Swell Season, David Kitt, Mundy, The Reindeer Section, Josh Ritter, Jape, Q (Colm Quearney), Ollie Cole and in addition has vast touring experience, playing with bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol

Graham Hopkins is due to appear at Mocha Beans, Westpoint Shopping Centre, Westport at 7pm on Friday 3^rd March. Tickets €15

 

Red Line Book Festival 2017 - Now open for Submissions!

The Red Line Book Festival 2017 is now open for submissions from writers/poets to participate in the literary strand of the festival. The closing date for applications is Monday 20th March at 4pm.

http://www.redlinebookfestival.com/

Custom House Studios at Westport Quay are now inviting submissions from visual artists for use of studios .

We accept submissions by Email – include all letters of interest, CVs

and documentation of work maximum 10 images in one attached file only

in PDF format, (no JPGS or other image formats accepted). For work on

video please provide links for online viewing. Send to ;

customhouse@eircom.net

By post:  letters of interest, CVs and documentation of work maximum

10 images on a CD. 

 

Send postal submissions to :

The Manager,

Custom House Studios,

The Quay,

Westport, Westport,

Co Mayo,

Ireland.

 

Selection is by peer panel of artists. Custom House Studios are funded

by Pobal, Mayo County Council, The Arts Council of Ireland.

 

Tiny Shows/ Seónna Bídeacha

Do you have an idea for a show for children?

Do you want to explore that Idea?

Do you want to work with new art forms?

Tiny Shows/Seó Bídeach is intended to be a safe space where artists and theatre professionals can experiment with new skills or new roles in a developmental context.

This experimentation will allow for ideas for shows for children to be given an early stage exploration.

The idea is that 3 people come together on Friday morning, they play and experiment in a supported environment until Sunday evening where they will then show/share what they have achieved.

Each Tiny Show/Seó Bídeach concept selected will be allocated 500Euros for their weekend residency.

The weekend residence will take place on an agreed weekend in autumn/winter 2017.

We will encourage people to:
·      try new early stage seed ideas,
·      to change roles e.g actor – director, technician – actor,
·      explore working with new people
·      explore working with new media
·      explore working with text
·      explore working with live music
·      explore dance
·      explore puppetry
·      explore clown
·      explore mask

The expected outcomes of this initiative are as follows:
Artists will explore and gain experience with new theatrical forms
The residency will lead to the development of new work for children.
The residency will allow artists to explore work for children

Follow the link to apply:
https://goo.gl/forms/pjPpiX92a9y7YTzM2

 

Mountains to Sea Invites Applications for a Festival Director

Closing Date: Monday 20 March at 12 noon

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council invites applications for the role of Director of Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2018. The fee for the 2018 Festival is €35,000 inclusive of VAT. The Director will be engaged initially for the 2018 Festival.

Further info:

http://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/arts/funding-opportunities/mountains-sea-call-festival-director

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