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Ballina Arts Centre
Ballina Civic Offices, Arran Place, Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Tel: 096 73593
Eventual Horizons an exhibition by Alan Cunnane, Rie Oshinomi and Urszula Oska
An investigation of myths surrounding ‘differences and similarities’ underlies the philosophy of Alan Cunane's work. In this exhibition, he is joined by Urzsula Oska and Rie Oshinomi, for an exploration of these themes. Using photography, architecture, music, film and art as the framework, they undertake a critical analysis of the design process leading to an investigation of the process as a whole, tempered with concern for ‘the scarcity of newness’. Rie Oshinomi analyses the perception of colour through her landscape and portrait photography; Alan embraces different design disciplines alternating between embracing technology and at times rejecting the latest fashion/technology in what he describes as ‘a process of retro-grouch-ness’; while Urszula Oska approaches an exploration of ideas through drawings and photography and the meaningful experiences and interactions with art.
Free admission. All are welcome to attend, exhibition runs until 2nd April.
Music Network seeks to recruit a Traditional Irish Group for 2011 Young Musicwide Award.
www.musicnetwork.ie Andreas Ziemons, (01) 671 9429 concertadmin@musicnetwork.ie .
Music Network has announced the deadline for the YOUNG MUSICWIDE AWARD 2011. Young Musicwide is a unique professional development scheme designed to assist a selected group of Ireland’s brightest young groups at the beginning of their professional career. This year the scheme is open to traditional Irish music groups. Through an audition process, a young, traditional Irish music group with a proven interest in performance will be selected to participate in the Young Musicwide Award programme for three years. The closing date for completed applications is Friday 10th June 2011
Three Blank Canvas Competition
Three, Ireland’s largest high speed mobile network, unveiled its new global brand identity in the Irish market which will form the core of all future Three advertising and marketing campaigns. To celebrate the launch, Three has announced a nationwide competition – the Three Blank Canvas, open to all aspiring illustrators and artists to submit artwork for possible use in a major multi-media advertising campaign for 3 this year. While working with professional Irish illustrators and artists in the development of their striking outdoor and print campaigns, Three is now running a competition to specifically support up and coming Irish artists, designers and illustrators.The brief for would be entrants will be broken down into 3 distinct themes, namely ‘Freedom’, ‘Flexibility/Adaptability’, and ‘Open’ which correspond to Three’s 3Pay, Flex and Broadband offerings. The artists will be tasked with choosing one theme and expressing this as imaginatively as they can.The winning entrant will receive a cash prize of E2,000 along with the chance to have their work featured in a future multi-media advertising campaign for Three, have their name added to the roster of professional illustrators used by Three, and an iPhone 4 on the Three network.
The runners-up will receive a cash prize of E500 each.
The overall winner and top 3 runners up will also see their artwork re-produced on a set of limited edition iPhone 4 covers available through 3Stores nationwide.For more information, terms & conditions, please visit:www.three.ie/blankcanvas3Stores nationwide, or call 1800 944 793.
All entries will be available to view on www.three.ie/blankcanvas from 1 March, with the winner announced w/c 28 March 2011.
Apollo Gallery: Call for Submissions
The Apollo Gallery, Dublin, are currently accepting painter submissions. Please forward images of work / artist cv / website information to art@apollogallery.ie T: 01 6712609 www.apollogallery.ie
Dublin Fringe Festival Application Deadline
Dublin Fringe Festival is welcoming submissions for the 2011 edition of ABSOLUT Fringe, running from 10 – 25 September 2011. For two weeks in September, Dublin will be captivated by theatre, dance, music, visual art, live art and street performance from Ireland and around the globe. We invite you to join us in making it happen.Deadline for applications: Friday 11 March, 6pm
Supporting documents to be received by: Friday 18 March, 6pm www.fringefest.com
Call for Artists: Millipede at Occupy Space, Limerick
Submissions are invited for MILLIPEDE, taking place in Occupy Space on Friday 1 April from 7 – 11pm.MILLIPEDE will be an evening that stomps and kicks, and dances and sings. MILLIPEDE is dedicated to art that moves, with a rough and ready vibe: performance, dance, video, installation and sound.MILLIPEDE hopes to provide an interesting place to see and do and think on a Friday evening in Limerick.For more information contact Occupy Space (before 12 March for MILLIPEDE 1).E: millipedekicks@gmail.com T: 0872867769. http://occupy-space.blogspot.com
Call for Submissions: Irish Contemporary Ceramic Awards
The Mill Cove Gallery, Cork are calling for submissions for the Irish Contemporary Ceramic Awards. Submissions must be original and of a high standard, both in presentation and content. The work should not have been previously exhibited and created within the last 2 years.Submission forms must be accompanied by photographs/CD (digital images) of the actual work with 2-3 images of each piece. Up to 3 works may be submitted. The submission fee is €10 for one piece, €18 for two pieces and €25 for three pieces, payable by cheque or postal order.Forms must be completed and returned with images and fees to John Goode, Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, County Cork on or before 14 May 2011.
Submission forms may be downloaded from the website but cannot be submitted online.T: 02770393 E: millcove@iol.iewww.millcovegallery.com
Deadline: 14 May 2011
Call for Submissions: Beara Arts Exhibition
Open submission exhibition will run 23 April to 8 May 2011. Submissions must be original and not previously exhibited. A painting, a limited edition print, a photographic work or sculpture may be submitted for selection for the exhibition and sale.You may submit up to two works for the exhibition. The fee is €5 for one work and €10 for two, payable by cheque or postal order, payable to: Mill Cove Gallery. Forms must be completed and returned to Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, County Cork on or before 25 March 2011. Submission forms may not be submitted online. Please see the full conditions of entry on the
Mill Cove website.T: +353 (0) 27 70393E: millcove@iol.ie www.millcovegallery.com
Deadline: 25 March 2011
IMOCA: Call for Papers, Panels, Workshops and Presenters‘IRL: In Real Life 2011′Challenging, Changing and Hacking Practices of Human-Being
Hosted by the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art [IMOCA]Conference 13 – 15 July 2011; Exhibition opens Friday 15 July 2011.As a title, the three letters IRL can be read as the old international shorthand for Ireland, or as the now more-popular online acronym for In Real Life [as in, meeting a Facebook friend for the first time in real life]; as an exhibition and conference, IRL takes place in both. IMOCA is now accepting briefs and proposals for workshops, papers, and three-speaker panels that introduce related topics, research and arts practices. Although our focus is on contemporary art and technology, we strongly encourage submissions by researchers and practitioners from scientific and scholastic fields and the humanities who can present topics and studies to a general audience.Briefs need only be 300 words max; all accepted papers will need to be submitted by a specified date prior to the conference to be included in an ISBN-registered book which will launch the new publishing programme of IMOCA.Deadline for submissions is 5pm, Tuesday 29 March 2011.
Call for Submissions: Back Lane Gallery, Killarney
The Back Lane Gallery in Killarney are holding an open juried exhibition for the month of April. They are inviting submissions from interested artists until 25 March 2011. The fees for entry are as follows: €5 for one work and €10 for two, payable by cheque or postal order. Please visit http://thebacklanegallery.blogspot.com for further terms and conditions as well as submission forms .
“Its been a long journey – it still is”
Mayo Rape Crisis Centre invites you to the opening of a short exhibition ( one week) of an arts project carried out with Female Asylum Seekers living in direct provision in County Mayo, and with Visual Artist Isabela Basombrio Hoban and Quilt Maker Agnes Warren. The exhibition which comprises of photographic, text, sound and textile works are the result of this innovative and deeply moving project. Mayo Rape Crisis Centre has been at the forefront of services delivering support to asylum seekers since 2002. The Launch of this exhibition will be part of International Women's Day celebrations and will take place at 3pm March 8th 2011 in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar.
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company under the Local & Community Development Programme”
From Inspiration to Publication on March 12th
Novelist Emer Martin will join the Irish Writers' Centre at 19 Parnell Square in hosting an information day on publishing that will include Literary Agent Yvonne Kinsella and Book Editor Deirdre O'Neill. The day will feature talks from industry experts and will offer the opportunity to pose questions to the speakers.
The day will commence with a talk on 'The Editorial Process' by Deirdre O'Neill, former managing editor at New Island Books (2008-2010). This will be followed by 'The Author-Agent Relationship' by Yvonne Kinsella, Literary Agent for Prizeman & Kinsella Literary Agency. The next talk, 'Publicising a Book from Manuscript to Paperback', will be given by Helen Gleed O'Connor, Literary Publicist for Gill Hess Ltd (clients include Random House, Transworld, Simon & Schuster and Faber & Faber). After lunch, Fiction Buyer for Eason's Stephen Boylan will discuss 'Book Trends and the Marketplace'. The final talk will be 'Sustaining a Writer's Life' from Emer Martin.
The day will start at 10.00am with registration and run until 4.30pm. Tickets are €60 (€50 for Members) and can be booked by paying online or calling the Centre Ph: 01-8721302. Tickets can be booked by paying online or calling the Centre. There are a number of other events and courses coming up at the Centre so do keep an eye on our website. We also can be found on twitter or facebook.
Molly Keane Memorial Creative Writing Award 2011
Now in its 14th year, Waterford County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting entries for the Molly Keane Memorial Creative Writing Award. The late writer lived, until her death in 1996, in Ardmore, Co. Waterford. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. In 1981 ‘Good Behaviour’ became a publishing sensation for which she was short listed for the prestigious Booker Prize. To celebrate this rich literary life, the County Waterford Arts Office, by kind permission of the Keane family, is inviting entries for a previously unpublished short story to a maximum of 2000 words. There is no entry fee, no age limit and no restriction on the subject matter. A prize of €500 will be awarded to the winner at a special ceremony during the IMMRAMA Literary Festival in Lismore, Co. Waterford in June 2011. The closing date for receipt of entries is 5pm on Thursday 24th March 2011.
Full details and an entry form can be downloaded from www.waterfordcoco.ie or by contacting the Arts Office on 058-41416 . Contact Name: Waterford Arts Office
Venue Address: Waterford Co. Council, Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford Contact Tel.: 058-41416 Email: morgan@waterfordcoco.ie Website: http://www.waterfordcoco.ie
Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme 2011
Managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts
Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work collaboratively on arts projects. The scheme covers all art forms –architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts.The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts eg arts and health; arts in prisons; arts and older people; arts and cultural diversity.
There are two phases to the Scheme:
Phase One, Research & Development, is open to artists who wish to research and develop a project in a community context. Maximum time frame is 3 months. The maximum amount awarded in Phase One is €1,000.
Phase One, Research & Development/Mentoring is open to artists who wish to develop a community based project and who have identified an artist mentor they want to work with during the research and development phase. The maximum award is €1500, which includes E500 fee payable to the mentor.
Phase Two, Project Realisation, is open to communities of interest or place (or their representative organisations), planning a project of between 6 weeks and 5 months with a maximum award of €5000, and those who are planning a project of between 6 months and 9 months with a maximum award of €10,000.
The deadlines in 2011 are Monday 14 March 5pm and Monday 27 June 5pm.
For further information, application forms or to book an advisory session, contact Katherine Atkinson, Project Support & Professional Development, 01-4736600 or email support@create-ireland.ie . Also visit www.create-ireland.ie the Professional Development page Artist in the Community
Mask Workshop with Miquel Barcelo 26th & 27th of March
“Everything is possible but it is not possible to do whatever”
This workshop will teach and stretch the boundaries of the actors and take them out of their comfort zone through constant theatrical provocations. The whole workshop follows the motto to develop, without even realizing, the three pillars where Commedia is sustained: Improvisation, direct contact with the audience and, of course, the mask
The masks that Miquel uses in his workshops are half-masks of the tradition of Commedie dell’Arte and are made by the great artisan Den Duran from Perpignan. The mask is not a complement of the acting but the instrument which the actor basis all his acting. The great power of the mask is that the actor reaches dramatic levels which in another way he couldn’t be able to reach.
Core Theatre College is very proud to present this mask workshop. Miquel is a freelance theatre performer, director, musician and practitioner born in the heart of the Mediterranean. Trained at Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He co-founded The Gombeens and has worked around Ireland, Spain, France, Holland, Italy and the United States.
The workshop runs on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th of March from 10am-5pm in the Blue Teapot Theatre. The fee is €65 for the full weekend. To apply for the course please email your CV to coretheatrecollege@gmail.com .
Achill Heinrich Böll Association - Readings
The Achill Heinrich Böll Association are hosting an evening of readings at the Cyril Gray Memorial Hall, Dugort Achill on Tuesday evening March 15 at 8.00pm.
Poet Kerry Hardie will read from her new Selected Poems, (Gallery Press). Kerry Hardie’s five collections, published by The Gallery Press, have garnered praise and prizes and have attracted a growing band of devoted readers. Her work is celebrated for its particular way of seeing, a rhapsodic recording of landscape and weather in cherished places — the valleys around her Kilkenny home, ancient monastic settlements and isolated islands. Selected Poems distils almost twenty years’ work, charts adventures in Australia, China, Paris and the Pyrenees and encompasses grief and loss while honouring thirty years of marriage. Above all, her work maps emotional states, ‘the way things are’ . . . ‘all as it is’ . . . ‘Lives. Theirs, ours. Human times are mostly hard.’ A long sequence explores the trials of exile. Yet for all such hardships her parables of experience find and offer consolation. In Poetry Ireland Review Jaki McCarrick recently commended the poems’ ‘deep slow burn . . . Long after they have been read their profound and simple power persists.’ ‘The essence of her marvellous poems lies in the way she sees through a material world that is rendered truthfully, plainly, yet freshly.’ — George Szirtes, The Irish Times .
Poet Geraldine Mitchell will read from her recently published collection World Without Maps(Arlen House). Geraldine Mitchell lives near Louisburgh, Co. Mayo. She was born in Dublin and lived in France, Algeria and Spain for many years before returning to Ireland. Her work has been widely published in journals and in the Oxfam 2009 calendar. She won first prize for poetry in the Amergin 2007 Creative Writing Awards and was the winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2008. Earlier publications include two novels for young people and a biography. She has been writing poetry since her move to Mayo in 2000.
Author Sean Hardie will read from new work. Sean Hardie was born in Northumberland in l947. He worked with the BBC as Producer/Director in TV Current Affairs and in comedy - co-creating and co-producing Not The Nine O'clock News, and later wrote and directed for Spitting Image. He has also worked with and written for among others, John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Prunella Scales and Dawn French. He moved to Ireland in l985 to concentrate on writing, since when he has published three well-received novels: 'The Last Supper' (Michael Joseph/ Sphere/Simon and Schuster). 'Right Connections' (Michael Joseph/ Penguin); and 'Till The Fat Lady Sings' (Michael Joseph/ Penguin). He has designed and tutored a number of TV and Film script courses for Screen Training Ireland, written a commissioned screenplay, 'The Emerald State', for Channel 4. He has taught and run workshops on creative writing and the imagination both in Ireland and at the Paris WICE summer school, and is currently Writer In Residence in County Carlow. He lives in Skeoghvosteen, on the border between Counties Kilkenny and Carlow.
Readings are at the Cyril Gray Memorial Hall, Dugort Achill on Tuesday evening March 15 at 8.00pm. Admission Free. All interested are invited to attend. Further details;- 086 2325516.
Kilkenny Arts Festival Seeks Marketing Manager & Fundraising Manager
Marketing ManagerFull time – 6 month contract
Deadline: 23 March 2011
Purpose:
* The Marketing Manager is the guardian of the festival visitor* The role of the Marketing Manager is to grow visitor numbers and maximise visitor engagement to enable the festival to hit its box office income targets for the year* The Marketing Manager is also principal steward of the Kilkenny Arts Festival Brand IdentityRequired Experience:Marketing, Box office systems, Computer literate, Full clean driving license.
Fundraising Manager
Full time – 6 month contract
Deadline: 23 March 2011
Purpose:
* Fundraising is an important revenue stream for the festival* The role of the Fundraising Manager is to deliver the sponsorship revenue target that will enable the festival to hit it’s income targets for the year* The Fundraising Manager is the guardian of the SponsorRequired Experience:Fundraising or selling, Computer literate, Full clean driving license.
To apply for either position:Apply with CV and cover letter by email only to info@kilkennyarts.ie by Wednesday 23 March 2011.Full job descriptions are available at: www.kilkennyarts.ie/blog
TheKnowledge Seek Lead Editor, London
Lead Editor, TheKnowledge Peer Learning Environment on Digital Strategy for Cultural organisationsOpenMute, Mute Publishing’s digital publishing and strategy agency, is looking to appoint a Lead Editor for its information and learning resource, TheKnowledge. TheKnowledge has been developed as an online extension of OpenMute’s Arts of Digital London: Salons & Surgeries project, a workshop series developed in collaboration with IT4Arts and OpenBusiness to explore digital strategy for arts organisations. AoDL’s ten sessions ran over 2009/10, responding to a commission from Arts Council England, London, to support its 275 Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) in meeting the ‘Digital Opportunity’ agenda.The Editor will author new, introductory material, as well as shape, standardise and write into an existing body of research already compiled on a wiki. Using an agreed style sheet, s/he will integrate written, image and video material to create a lively and accessible resource. TheKnowledge will be released in phases, with the global introduction and first key area followed by subsequent areas in the ensuing weeks/months. The Editor will report to the Digital Programmes Director, liaising closely with the AoDL project coordinator and a videographer also being appointed to work on the project.How to apply:Please submit the following items by the deadline of Monday 21 March 2011 to caroline@metamute.org:A cover letter explaining why you are the best person for the job
Your CVThree samples of recent writingAny websites, books or catalogues, which you have edited, proofed, or conceivedLondon, fixed-term contract, £3,461Deadline for submissions: Monday 21 March 2011Schedule: April – June (commencing Monday 11 April)Contact: Caroline Heron: caroline@metamute.org www.openmute.org/opportunity-lead-editor-theknowledge
IMOCA Graduate Residency Award 2011
The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art [IMOCA] is pleased to open the application process for the 4th annual IMOCA Graduate Residency Award. The award includes a 1-year working studio residency at Moxie Studios, facilitated reviews and technical consultation with working artists, and a solo show at the culmination of the residency.The residency is open to all 2011 graduates within the Republic of Ireland, regardless of degree or course. Only online applications will be accepted.
Deadline for submissions is Friday 29 April 2011, 5pm.To apply please go to: http://imoca.ie/imoca2/wordpress/residency/2011-graduate-residency-award/ To view previous Award Recipients please view: http://imoca.ie/imoca2/wordpress/residency/
Talbot Gallery Most Promising Graduate Award 2011
Following the successful inauguration of our competition in 2010, we are pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the Talbot Gallery and Studios ‘Most Promising Graduate Award’ 2011. We feel that the encouragement of Ireland’s artists, particularly in these difficult economic times, is of the utmost importance and through this award we hope to create a platform upon which the participants can build.Last year’s competition attracted very strong submissions and culminated in an exciting group exhibition. We have no doubt that the ‘Most Promising Graduate Award’ 2011 will prove to be equally successful and rewarding.The winner will be granted the use of a studio at Talbot Gallery, free of charge for an eleven month period. Following this time, they will then be given a solo exhibition in the gallery. The winner will join our other five resident artists in their own bright studio space where they can work at their leisure. Coming straight from college, this will allow the winner to observe how the other more established artists work and earn a living while instantly plugging them into a professional creative network.The award is open to 2011 graduates of DIT, IADT and NCAD. In order to apply please email info@talbotgallery.com to ask for an application form. The deadline is the 29 April 2011.T: 018556599E: info@talbotgallery.com www.talbotgallery.com Deadline: 29 April 2011
Gormley's Fine Art Invitation for Submissions“Art in the Garden”
7 – 22 May 2011
Gormley’s Fine Art in association with Hastings Hotels is proud to announce “Art in the Garden”, a major sculpture exhibition, taking place this spring in the Culloden Estate and Spa, in Belfast. The wooded slopes of the Hollywood hills, overlooking Belfast Lough and Antrim coastline, the Culloden’s estate will provide the perfect backdrop for one of the finest collections of sculpture to be viewed in Ireland. Taking visitors on a private journey of sculpture through the divergent styles represented.Gormleys Fine Art would like to invite professional artists to submit works for consideration for the exhibition. Submissions can be sent to dublin@gormleys.ie, for attention of Lorraine Brett.For further information log onto www.gormleys.ie
Artists-Led Exhibition
OpportunityTo celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Cill Rialaig, former Cill Rialaig residents and other interested artists are invited to express their interest in participating in a series of artist-led exhibitions in partnership with the Urban Retreat Gallery in Dublin.For further information, contact urbanretreatgallery@gmail.com or 01 478 5159.
Body & Soul: Creative Festival Proposals
Calling all artists – Creative festival proposals wanted for Body & SoulThe art and creativity flourishing within Body & Soul grows from strength to strength each year. We invite you to create in a way that encourages people to look, listen, explore and interact. It’s time to pour our dreams and aspirations into exciting projects, to both inspire and be inspired. Be they big or small, simple or complex, cosmic or comical, organic or electronic – we look forward to your proposals with bated breath, as do the people who spend their weekend in awe of your work!Last years proposals included giant kaleidoscopes, hanging moss pods, a stunning Goddess sculpture, beautiful gardens, creative willow fencing, a giant elk complete with his own knitted jumper, video and sound installations, a surreal house of lost toys, a 100 metre long serpent made from CD’s suspended in the tree tops, giant lanterns and more. So, whatever your idea; whether it be hanging, planted or floating we would like to hear from you.
Please apply online using the application process in the Get Involved section of our website.
Body & Soul Festival, Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath.T: 0851476244 www.bodyandsoul.ie E: info@bodyandsoul.ie
Engage International Summer School, Slovenia
New Galleries, New Audiencesengage International Summer School 201121 – 24 June 2011, Ljubljana, Sloveniaengage is inviting applications from experienced gallery educators, artists, curators and academics for its International Summer School 2011. engage’s peer-led International Summer School is an annual event for visual arts and education professionals who describe themselves as mid-career or senior (or equivalent), who are passionate about gallery education.This year’s Summer School will be hosted by Moderna galerija in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Visits will include a glimpse into the city’s (not yet open) new museum of contemporary art, based in an-ex army barracks and forming part of the city’s new ‘museums quarter’. Delegates will also have the chance to visit the new Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, in neighbouring Croatia. Ljubljana is four hours from Venice by bus, so easily combined with a visit to the Venice Biennale before or after Summer School.For further information on how to apply and funding sources, go to www.engage.org/downloads/2011_ISS_info.doc .For an application form, go to www.engage.org/downloads/2011_application_form_ISS.doc Non-members are welcome to apply to Summer School on the basis that if they join engage if their application is successful. Individual membership of engage starts at £30, for details go to http://engage.org/join
Deadline for applications: 10am, Monday 21 March 2011. www.engage.org/training
NITA Conference 2011
The NITA conference is organised to create an independent discussion and learning forum for all theatre practitioners in Northern Ireland.
Building on the success of the 2010 event the 2011 conference programme will incorporate presentations from national and international experts who will share their success stories and give the local theatre sector a chance to learn from their experiences.
Two panel sessions will take place at the conference in which experienced practitioners will share best practice and create a forum for discussion. The first panel will focus on getting work successfully produced abroad and will feature speakers from outside Northern Ireland who will share their own programming experiences. The second panel will consider the actions required by the sector to work towards putting theatre at the heart of our society.
New for 2011 a facilitated 'Open Space' session will give delegates the chance to put forward topics to be worked through during breakout sessions.
The event will also launch NITA's vision for 2011-2015 with a drinks reception at the close of the conference. And after this we hope conference delegates will join us for the post-event dinner in Belfast's Ginger Bistro.
We look forward to welcoming our colleagues to what promises to be an invigorating and innovative NITA Conference on 29 March 2011.
For booking & further information please contact http://www.eventelephant.com/nitaconference2011
2011 RDS National Crafts Competition Call for Entries
Deadline: 16 May 2011
The RDS National Crafts Competition has announced the call for entries for this year’s competition. The competition is one of the largest crafts competitions in Europe that brings an international panel of judges to Ireland to adjudicate a 20 category competition. It boasts a prize fund of E28,400 and is open to all craft workers and designers in Ireland including students and apprentices. It is also open to Irish craft workers based abroad. Entrants can also enter the RDS Student Art Awards should they meet the terms and conditions of the Awards.Full details are available at www.rds.ie/crafts
CTK Foundation's 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program
Over $25,000 in grants supporting registered nonprofits, charities and voluntary organizations of all sizes in the United Kingdom and Republic of IrelandThe CTK Foundation is proud to announce the 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program. Nonprofits of all sizes and types are invited to apply their creativity to win major grants of funds and technology.Nonprofits are asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects their mission and work. Poems may be written by staff, clients and/or volunteers and must be entirely original (in both content and creativity!). The winning poem, to be selected by an international panel of independent artists and producers, will be the inspiration for a song by Bill Dillon, a recording artist who was exonerated through the work of Innocence Project of Florida and went on to achieve his dreams.Applications will be accepted up to March 28th, 2011. Winners will be notified by April 10th and celebrated at the Heart and Soul Grant Award Gala on April 14th in Austin, Texas. Questions? Email inquiries@ctkfoundation.org. You can find out more here www.communitytech.net/foundation
Grassroots Grants
Deadline: 31 March 2011
The Community Foundation for Ireland works with community and voluntary groups in the Republic of Ireland. Through the Grassroots Grants Scheme it aims to support the disadvantaged in communities by providing small grants for specific projects that will contribute to alleviating isolation and disadvantage. Since 2000, the scheme has supported hundreds of groups in this way. The Grassroots Grants Scheme has allowed them to build links and forge relationships with those working at grassroots level in Irish society. The outcomes learnt from projects they fund give them a bank of knowledge and a unique perspective on the issues of greatest concern within the sector.Grants of up to €5,000 are available to community based groups for small, once-off projects. You can apply on line here http://bit.ly/gowvUW
Call for Creative Director for Creative Campus Programme
Deadline: 21 March 2011
To oversee the creative development of the Creative Campus as a whole andmanage the day-to-day running of the programme.The Creative Campus Programme is a partnership programme between SouthDublin County Council’s Arts Office, NOISE South Dublin and Tallaght Community Arts that encourages collaboration and mentoring between young people, ages 18 – 25 (from within and without the County), and professional contemporary artists with a view to develop the skills and confidence ofparticipants as autonomous, young, emerging artists.The aim is to create site specific art work within and for the Big Picture,an interactive multimedia exhibition centre housed over three floors at the last LUAS stop in Tallaght near RUA RED Arts Centre, Tallaght Library, the Civic Theatre and The Square Shopping Centre. We would like to encourage collaboration between artists working in, but not limited to video,technology, sound, performance, visual and installation art.Time Frame: March – October 2011
For more information and how to apply, please contact Victoria Durrer, Youth Arts Coordinator, South Dublin County Council
T: 01 414 9000 ext 4606
E: vdurrer@sdublincoco.iehttp://arts.southdublin.ie
Art Swap Residency
Blue Drum is inviting Family Resource Centres to submit an application to host USA based artists Lyndsey Scott and Robert Longyear as part of Blue Drum’s Arts Exchange Residency. Robert & Lyndsey will travel to Ireland during May-July and stay in Ireland for just over four weeks each. During this time they will each be based in an FRC exploring new ways of engaging with family and community. The initiative is a new collaboration between Blue Drum and the St Louis's Arts Council's Community Arts Training Initiative, USA.
How to apply:Please forward a letter (i) outlining why you feel your FRC would particularly benefit from an Arts Residency, (ii) an outline of previous art programmes undertaken by your Family Resource Centre, (iii) identification of a key worker and an artist (with CV) who will be willing to work with a USA artist and (iv) agreement to fundraise to cover arts materials for the duration of the residency.Blue Drum are currently investigating the possibility of an Artist and Community Worker taking part in a return residency in St. Louis. Therefore we are especially interested in Family Resource Centres who can locate artists who are willing to engage with Lyndsey and Robert during their stay and, together with the Family Resource Centre, propose ideas for a residency in St. Louis.
But I’ve never done this before!In recognition that some FRCs may have an advantage over others in terms of arts experience, and as a means of sharing experiences and connecting artists with Family Resource Centres, Blue Drum have begun a programme called Initiators in Community Arts which you will have read about in February's newsletter. Part of this process involves regional lunches where FRCs and artists will be invited to come together in an informal setting and introduce themselves and their work to each other.
You can see Lyndsey Scott's work at: http://www.seehere.info/ and Robert Longyear's work at: http://flypigeoncamp.blogspot.com/
For further information contact Eleanor Phillips or ring 086-0261638
2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition
Sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, McGinn’s Bar, Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames& Mike Cubbard.
In 2011 Over The Edge is continuing its exciting annual creative writing competition. The competition is open to both poets and fiction writers. 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 2011. The 2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year will be a Featured Reader at a reading to be scheduled in Galway City Library in Winter 2011/12. Salmon Poetry will read without prejudice a manuscript submittied to them by the winner in the poetry category.
Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland with an accompanying SAE. Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or story. Put your contact details on a separate sheet.
Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. 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. To take part you must be at least sixteen years old by September 1st 2011 and not have a book published or accepted for publication in that genre. Chapbooks excepted. Entries must not have been previously published or be currently entered in any other competition.
The closing date is Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011. A longlist will be announced in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011. A shortlist will be announced at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, August 25th. The winners will be announced at the Over The Edge reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 29th, 2011.
This year’s competition judge is Elaine Feeney. Elaine was born in Galway in 1979. In 2006 she won the North Beach Nights Grand Slam and in 2008 won the Cúirt Festival's Poetry Grand Slam. Elaine has performed at many venues including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Electric Picnic, The Vilenica Festival and The Cúirt International Festival of Literature. Her work has been translated into Slovene. Elaine lives in Athenry with her partner Ray, and sons, Jack and Finn. Her first full collection of poetry Where’s Katie? was published last year by Salmon poetry.
For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748,
e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com
or see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Belltable Studio and Creative Limerick present Scratch
Scratch is a curated event where theatre makers can develop and present new works in progress. Participants will be offered development time in the Belltable's studio space, as well as an opportunity for showcase and feedback at the Belltable Arts Centre on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th of May. If you are interested in taking part please submit your proposal by Friday April 8th.How to Apply:Applicants should submit a proposal detailing the project in no more than 500 words. Explain what the work is and how you will present it. Please separately include a detailed biography of participants as well as any technical requirements.All submissions are be emailed to scratch@belltable.ie for the attention of Duncan Molloy. The closing date for submissions is Friday 8th April at 1pm. If you have any queries and require further information about Scratch please contact Duncan Molloy, scratch@belltable.ie .Belltable Studio is an initiative of the Belltable Arts Centre and Creative Limerick supported by the Theatre Resource Sharing Arts Council Funding.
RUGERI MUSIC TEACHING METHODS
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The Liberties Festival – Artists Commission
Background to the Brief
The Liberties Festival is a week long celebration of the Liberties neighbourhood in Dublin 8 managed by SICCDA (South Inner City Development Association).
For the 41st Liberties Festival, June 12th to June 19th, The Liberties Festival are working with Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts to provide a commission to an emerging artist(s) to work collaboratively with local traders to realise a contemporary collaborative arts project that will form part of this years festival programme.
The Commission
The Commission for a collaborative arts project realised with local traders in the Liberties area should focus on delivering a high quality collaborative project that meaningfully engages with local traders and reinforces a sense of place.
The commission is aimed at emerging artist(s), who have been out of college for no more than 5 years.
Artists are free to propose a multi-disciplinary team to undertake the project. The fee, to include all materials, is € 2,500 (incl of VAT).
The commission will be managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts. The selected artist(s) will receive mentoring and advisory support throughout the process from Create.
Application Process
Create recommend that the proposal is in the form of a written application, up to a maximum of 4 sides of A4, supported by additional information detailing work history and examples of professional collaborative practice in social and community contexts.
Applicants' principal residence should be in Ireland.
The application should detail proposed artform(s) and outcome(s) of the Project and provide a Project Plan that identifies the following: research phase to inform how the project will be progressed that ensures meaningful collaboration with local traders processes and approaches to working collaboratively with local traders intercultural dimension and how this will be achieved timeframe with clear progress goals to deliver the Project
Applications will be assessed under the following criteria:
Artistic merit
Quality of proposed collaboration with local traders in the Liberties
Feasibility
Assessment will be made by a panel. The panel will consist of representatives from SICCDA and Create.
Interested artists are requested to apply by post by Monday April 4th by 5pm. Please address applications: Liberties – Artist Commission, Create, 10-11 Earl Street South, Dublin 8.
Please note email applications are not accepted – applications must be received as hard copy.
Deis recording award
Closing date: 08/04/2011
Maximum awarded: €10000
Art area: Traditional arts
Audience type: All
Collaborative application possible? Yes
Contact: Eimear Harte
Position: Traditional Arts Assistant
Telephone: 01 6197807
Email: traditionalarts@artscouncil.ie
Deadline
5.30pm, Friday, 8 April 2011.
This closing date is for recording projects that will take place in 2011.
Purpose and priorities of award
The purpose of the Deis Recording Award is to provide support for traditional arts recording projects, or recording projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms. Priority will be given to projects that demonstrate:
attention to artistic quality innovation significant benefit to the traditional arts community (In 2010 the Arts Council supported 20 proposals under this award. The average award was €3,000.)
Who can apply?
The Deis Recording Award is open to individuals, groups, bands and organisations
Proposals are accepted from all areas in the traditional arts (traditional music, song, dance and oral artforms such as storytelling and agallamh beirte)
Proposals received from organisations who are funded by the Arts Council under RFO, Annual Programming grants or Annual Funding grants must provide evidence that the project is exceptional and outside the remit of their funded activities.
Activities funded through Deis, which are run by colleges/universities must be accessible to the public.
What and how much can I apply for?
The Deis Recording Award is open to individuals and organisations and recording projects (including CD production) of the following nature will be considered:
Recordings that are of a significant archival nature or that are pertaining to the music of a specific region or in a particular style;
assist in making the music/song of an exceptional performer/composer/region publicly available;
have a particularly innovative theme or original artistic format;
form part of an individual’s career development.
The maximum award available is €10,000.
How do I apply?
PLEASE NOTE: Applications for this award must be submitted online. The Arts Council has launched an online services website which allows for applications to be submitted entirely online. You will be able to upload a wide range of support materials in electronic format along with your application form.
Before you will be able to make an online application you must register with the site. It may take up to five working days for your registration to be confirmed so it is very important that you register as early as possible.
The window for making applications through the online services website will open on: 1 March 2011.
For information on how to make an online application please go to the following links.
Online services FAQs: a listing of frequently asked questions about making an online application
Youtube: A step-by-step video guide on how to download, complete and upload an application form for funding
Twitter: a listing of funding-related tweets
Further information
If you require further advice or assistance you can contact Eimear Harte (part time Traditional Arts Assistant) on 01 6197807 or eimear.harte@artscouncil.ie and Karen Lee Walpole (part time Traditional Arts Officer) on 01 6180282 or karenlee.walpole@artscouncil.ie
Music project award
Deadline: 31 March 2011
The Music project award supports initiatives in the field of music. The purpose of the award is to support stand-alone projects which enrich the musical landscape by facilitating artists in bringing innovative, ambitious and high-quality projects to audiences.PLEASE NOTE: Applications for this award must be submitted online. The Arts Council has launched a new online services website which allows for applications to be submitted entirely online. You will be able to upload a wide range of support materials in electronic format along with your application form.Before you will be able to make an online application you must register with the site. It may take up to five working days for your registration to be confirmed so it is very important that you register as early as possible. There is a maximum award of €35000 available.To apply visit http://bit.ly/bzyvOz
Street arts and spectacle project award
The Street Arts and Spectacle project award supports initiatives in the field of street arts or spectacle. The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate the development and/or making of new work or working practices.PLEASE NOTE: Applications for this award must be submitted online. The Arts Council has launched a new online services website which allows for applications to be submitted entirely online. You will be able to upload a wide range of support materials in electronic format along with your application form.Before you will be able to make an online application you must register with the site. It may take up to five working days for your registration to be confirmed so it is very important that you register as early as possible.
For more details and to apply for this grant visit the Arts Council website www.tinyurl.com/6hudned
love:live music 2011
love:live music 2011 is almost ready to go, so now is your chance to get involved in Ireland's National Music Day, taking place on Friday 8th April! Coordinated by Music Network in association with RTÉ lyric fm, love:live music will involve lots of free live music events all across the country.
With the big day just over two months away, participants are urged to start registering events on the love:live music website.
For the second year running, the website will offer tips on marketing your event and will contain downloadable posters that can be used to promote individual concerts in the weeks coming up to Friday 8th April. Register by 8th March and you'll receive a free promotional pack, including love:live music balloons and stickers! If you have registered with us before you can login or retrieve your old password here.
Start planning your event now and if you have any questions, call Aisling Ryan at Music Network on 01 6719429 or email info@lovelivemusic.ie .