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‘ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE’, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
New Line, Manorhamilton
Co Leitrim
Ireland
info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Telephone: 071 985 5098
Call for Applications 2012/13
Leitrim Sculpture Centre in association with Leitrim County Council Arts Office, are offering five residencies to visual artists in 2012/13. Each residency has a total value of €4,500 and includes all costs attached to the residency. Each residency is supported by the provision of studio space in Leitrim Sculpture Centre, along with access to all the facilities and basic technical support. Background of artists applying for these residencies:
While subject to alteration, in the allocation of residencies, it is envisaged that:
• Up to two residencies will be for artists originally from or living in Leitrim.
• Up to three residencies will be for artists from elsewhere withinIreland.
• One residency will be considered for an artist from outsideIreland.
Residencies fall into two types and these may also overlap:
a) Residencies to support artists wishing to develop or extend the boundaries of their own professional and technical skills and/or practice. It is envisaged that two residencies would fall within this category.
b) Residencies to support artists to lead engagement with places / people / industry / groups / communities or landscapes in Leitrim (to be suggested or identified by the artist in their proposal). It is envisaged that three residencies would fall within this category.
Deadline - 6th July 2012
Notification - 27th July
For information and guidelines on how to apply, please see our website and download the Residency Guidelines 2012/13:
AESTHETICA ART PRIZE.
The AAP is hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, an internationally recognised art and culture publication. Aesthetica’s editorial combines dynamic content with compelling critical debate, attracting a high-profile, culturally aware audience. Distinguished by its beautiful design and stunning images, the magazine engages with the arts both in theUK,Europeand further a field.
The prize is an opportunity for artists to showcase their work and further their involvement in the international art world. Previous finalists include Marcus Jansen, a leading modern expressionist who joins a legacy of artists featuring in Absolut Vodka’s artistic campaigns; Bernat Millet, also shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, and Julia Vogl, who was shortlisted for New Sensations: Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4’s Prize and has exhibited at Zabludowicz Collection.
The AAP is open to all artists and we want artists from Mayo to be among those who engage with this year’s prize. The winners and shortlisted entrants will enjoy a portfolio of prizes that will promote artist work to new audiences. The deadline for entries is 31 August 2012.
Main Prize
£1000 prize money
A group exhibition inYork,UKhosted by Aesthetica
Editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine
Publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize accompanying publication
Student Prize
£500 prize money
A group exhibition inYork,UKhosted by Aesthetica
Editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine
Publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize accompanying anthology.
The Aesthetica Art Prize is committed to innovation in the arts and we welcome entries from artists working in all media. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories:
Photographic & Digital Art
Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture
Painting & Drawing
Installation & Performance
Four shortlisted artists and four shortlisted student artists (one from each category) will receive a group show in spring 2013 and the final winner will be selected from this shortlist by our panel of judges. The Aesthetica Art Prize is a juried prize. You can take a look at our list of judges here. Judges will select an overall winner from four shortlisted artists. The four shortlisted artists will each be selected from a different category in the prize. For a detailed list of the categories, please click here. Judges will be looking for artwork that is engaging and innovative and that excites or challenges whilst demonstrating technical skill and ability.
The Aesthetica Art Prize is open to all artists internationally. There are no age requirements for the Aesthetica Art Prize and no formal qualifications needed. Art does not need to have been exhibited previously and previous exhibitions do not preclude your work from selection but work submitted must be available for an exhibition in the Spring of 2013. The winners and finalists, as well as a long list of artists will be published in the accompanying publication to the Aesthetica Art Prize. All artists featured will receive a complimentary copy of this publication.
The deadline for entries is 31 August 2012.
The finalists will be announced in December 2012.
Winners will be announced at the opening of the group exhibition inYorkin Spring 2013
Hilltown New Music Festival 2012 : Call for Audio Works
An open call for artists, composers and musicians to send a short audio recording that responds in some way to the following quotation by John Cage 'There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot'. The work can be a sound piece, a recording of a music composition, a field recording, an excerpt from a larger work, or other. The work can be mono or stereo and between 1 and 7 minutes in duration. Selected works will be included in a special listening room during the Hilltown New Music Festival, Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July 2012. Submission requirements: - Accepted file formats are uncompressed .wav or .aiff at 44.1kHz / 24bit - Files must be submitted via a special upload facility, which will be available on the www.hilltown.ie website from 1st June 2012. Details and short description of the track as well as a short artist biography must be submitted via a word form also available from that date. Deadline : Sunday 24th June 2012 | Contact E: audiocall@Hilltown.ie | http://www.hilltown.ie
Submission Deadline Extended – The Upset (Leitrim)
The Deadline for submissions has been extended to the 15th of June. We are communally organizing an arts event for 29th of June 2012 for 1 week into July with an environmental theme, entitled 'The Upset - our awareness and the freedom to express it'. We want to activate artists across Ireland in a response to environmental concerns and draw attention to the crossroads we as a nation are at in regards to our political decisions. The exhibition is to be hosted in the town of Drumshanbo in Co. Leitrim, Ireland. An area that in a recent upset has been the focus of a large scale gas extraction project. Your involvement maybe a submission of art in any medium including visual art, film, poetry, writing, dance/performance or music. We are also interested in hearing from volunteers who would like to support this motion. For application form E: the_upset_leitrim@hotmail.com | www.facebook.com/events/382365395136909/
Arts Council Travel & Training Award
Artform & practices: Architecture, Arts participation, Circus, Dance, Film, Literature (English language), Music, Opera, Spectacle, Street arts, Traditional arts, Venues, Visual arts, Young people children and the arts. Maximum awarded: €8000 There are no formal deadlines for the Travel and Training Award. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Applicants seeking support for formal courses (postgraduate or equivalent) and for other eligible opportunities must submit their application at least six weeks before their course or work programme begins. You are advised that the Arts Council cannot guarantee to assess applications received less than six weeks before a course or work programme begins. Purpose and priorities of award There are three strands to this award. The principal strand is Travel and Training Outbound, for which the majority of funding is available; the secondary strand is Travel and Training Inbound; a third strand is the CCP International Award. Full details on http://www.artscouncil.ie
Spark, Creative Residencies in Companies.
Leitrim Arts Office seeks interest from artists from any arts discipline who wish to participate in Spark, a new artists’ residency programme which is a partnership project of Leitrim County Council Arts Office and Leitrim County Enterprise Board, with the support of the Arts Council of Ireland.
Spark is a programme aimed at artists who are interested in working in new environments, and companies who are interested in collaborating with artists and promoting creativity within their organisations
As part of Spark, artists simultaneously take on dual roles of artist and creative collaborator over the course of six months spending an average of two days per week with the company over that period.
In both roles, there are no pre-determined outcomes and the journey the residency takes will define its own path.
In the role as artist, the resident is provided with the opportunity to make work inspired by the environment, materials, staff or working practices of a company. This provides the opportunity to explore different methods of working, new influences, and the opportunity to produce art in a unique context that allows for greater participation in its creation. Artists are not necessarily expected to make work collaboratively; rather the artist is making work for a period of time in a different place of work than usual. Quite naturally however, the work is clearly influenced by the adopted environment, relating strongly to that context thus providing a greater interest and involvement in the work from staff. While the residency will conclude with an exhibition of work, this may be documentation of a process that the artist has undertaken rather than finished work in the traditional sense.
In the role as creative collaborator, the artist can propose new and different creative and innovative paths, and serve as a catalyst for new thinking within companies. The artist can address areas where benefit to the company could accrue such as changes in work processes; developments within existing or new products or services; developments within staff interrelations; adoption of new attitudes towards creativity in the workplace or adoption of new attitudes towards service users, customers or the wider society.
Spark responds directly from within a company, developing a platform for creative collaboration appropriate to that context, providing alternatives to the current view, and making connections and linkages where they may not have existed previously.
Spark takes from international models of best practice which have shown that there is a real demand not only by companies wanting to take more creative approaches, but also by artists wanting to interact in broader fields than strictly within their artform. This exchange carries benefits for both parties and is important for developing ideas about creativity.
The two companies selected to participate in the 2012 Spark programme are The Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon and Leitrim Organic Centre, in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim.
One ofIreland’s and Leitrim’s oldest hotels, the Bush started life as an Inn on the Bianconi Stage Coach route betweenDublinand the Northwest. Today the tradition ofInnkeeping continues and the Hotel is now an award winning boutique hotel with open fires, themed lounges and bars, coffee shop and restaurant with innovative cuisine, chic bedrooms along with extensive and flexible conference and banqueting facilities. The Hotel is steeped in history, charm and character with many memorabilia from the past. The Hotel is privately owned and managed by the Dolan family whose mission is simply to provide all of their customers with exceptional, honest, ethical and personal service in a respectful and sustainable way.The aim of Leitrim Organic Centre is to promote organic gardening and sustainable living through training, demonstration and the provision of information. Over 2000 people learn organic gardening through their courses and community gardens every year, and many more are inspired towards a more organic, sustainable and healthy lifestyle. The centre is continually developing courses and product ranges to meet the needs of people who have moved to a healthier lifestyle or who want to find out how to do so. From very humble beginnings in 1995, Leitrim Organic Centre’s services include - demonstration organic gardens with seven polytunnels, an orchard, outdoor gardens, ornamental beds and a woodland; special event days to demonstrate organic gardening skills and encourage people to grow their own food; a full time, FETAC accredited Level 5 certificate course in Organic Horticulture; a menu of weekend courses covering organic production, alternative energy, sustainable self-build, cookery and traditional crafts; supporting Community and School Gardens; operating a Green-Organic-Help-Line; and having an onsite and online eco-shop.
Artists wishing to apply should simply email Leitrim Arts Office on ckelly@leitrimcoco.ie to declare their interest in the programme. There is no need to supply any information other than an email address at this point. From that a site visit day will be arranged where artists who have declared their interest will be invited to visit each company, talk with management and staff and come to a better understanding of the programme and the companies involved.
Following the site visit, artists will be asked to prepare a proposal for a residency in either company. An artist can make two separate applications for each company, or more than one for each, if they wish. The proposal is not a definite “in stone” document but rather an indication of how an artist would complete the residency if their course did not alter during it. It is essentially an indication of an artist’s methodology, their interests and their understanding of the company. However as it is only based on a short site visit, it would be expected that the residency itself would dictate how the work would progress and that it would, in the end, differ substantially from the original proposal. But in order to decide who participates and how appropriate an artist’s approach is likely to be, applications are assessed primarily on the information contained in the proposal.
As well as including a CV along with images, recordings etc. of previous work, the proposal should include how the artist would approach both strands of the residency – that of artist and that of creative collaborator, describing potential processes, lines of enquiry and potential culminations for both.
- Closing Date for expression of interest: 5pm, Friday 8th June
- Site Visit: Thursday 14th June
- Closing Date for receipt of proposals: Thursday 12th July
- Artists Selected by Thursday 19th July
- Residency Dates: July to December, average two days/week
- Artist Fee: €7,000 (circa €350/two-day week inclusive of all costs inc travel, accommodation etc.)
- A materials budget of €3,000 is also provided (€1,500 for each of the two strands of the residency)
The Arthouse and Library : Call For Workshop Proposals
The Arthouse and Library are calling for workshop proposals from creative individuals to submit a proposal for a workshop to run for 2-3 hours a week over a 6-7 week period suitable for adults. Workshops can be from all diversities. We want to offer new and exciting opportunities to the public and we would like you to help us. Deadline: 16-09-12 Please send your proposal and your CV to: Cara Byrne, Arts Co-ordinator and Art Administrator, The Arthouse and Library, Stradbally, Co. Laois. T: 057869 41740 | E: cbyrne@laoiscoco.ie | www.thearthouseandlibrary.wordpress.com
ART@WORK 2012 – ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
Registration of Interest. art@work is a residential programme of Roscommon County Council Arts Office where artists spend three weeks in a workplace in CountyRoscommonmaking artwork motivated by the environment, people, materials and working practices of the company/organisation/service. The programme is open to all artforms and all approaches are considered. Following site visits to participating workplaces in late June and selection of successful proposals, the art@work 2012 residencies will take place from mid July-mid Oct. To register your interest in the programme and to receive further information please email Roscommon County Council Arts Office, C/o Mary Mullins: mmullins@roscommoncoco.ie
See the Roscommon County Council Arts Office website for an Information Brief and for previous residency publications: www.roscommonarts.com/artsoffice/programmes/art@work.htm
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL IS SEEKING FIVE ARTISTS TO TAKE PART IN THE ARTIST IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMME 2012.
Roscommon County Council in association with the Arts Council are looking for artists who have experience in delivering high quality arts experiences for children and young people and who are interested in working collaboratively with the selected primary school. If you are interested in working on this programme, please apply in writing to Mary Mullins, Roscommon County Council, West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon by close of business Tuesday 12th June 2012 and include the following – CV of relevant experience. Two referees. A copy of your HSE approved Keeping Safe certificate. Interviews will take place in June 2012. Projects will be planned to be completed by December 2012. All enquiries to Mary Mullins, PH 090-66-37321 or email: mmullins@roscommoncoco.ie.
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 ValleyArts & Cultural Centre: Call for Submissions
Due to open in Autumn 2010, 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,LimavadyBT49 0HA(marked for the attention of the Arts & Cultural Services Officer)
Website: www.limavady.gov.uk
Deadline: Ongoing
Call for Submissions: The Carnegie Arts Centre 2011/12
The Carnegie Arts Centre in Kenmare is currently seeking submissions from both emerging and established artists to develop its visual arts programme for 2011/12. The Carnegie is looking to offer a challenging programme of contemporary visual arts to the community and we welcome proposals from individuals or groups of artists working in any media.
Interested artists should send applications either by email or post marked ‘Submissions’ containing a short CV and a proposal or statement along with good quality images or video and, if possible, a website address. (Please send an SAE if you require return of your material)
The Carnegie Arts Centre, Shelbourne Street, Kenmare, Co.Kerry.
T: 064 6648701
E: info@carnegieartskenmare.ie
www.carnegieartskenmare.ie
Deadline: Ongoing
COE '12 8th - 29th September – Call for Submissions
Applications are now being sought for COE '12, the 35th Claremorris Open Exhibition. Please find attached the entry form and terms of entry.
Closing date for receipt of entries - Friday, 8th June.
(The closing date has been extended by two weeks due to the delay in finalising arrangements for this year's exhibition.)
Prize Fund - €3,000
Curator - Mike Collier, lecturer, writer, curator and artist.
Mike Collier - studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College before being appointed Gallery Manager at the ICA in London.
In 1985 he moved toNewcastle to run the Arts Development Strategy at theLaingArtGallery, where he initiated the Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. For the last 15 years he has worked in education and is currently Programme Leader for Foundation Studies in Art and Design at theUniversity ofSunderland. This is Mike Collier’s third visit to Claremorris.
For more information: http://www.coearts.org/COE/Home.html
MART: Call for Submissions
MART is host to Ireland’s largest on-line video art gallery and collection of Irish Visual Artists working in New Media, Installation, Sculpture, Experimental Film, and Performance. MART was set up by Ciara Scanlan & Matthew Nevin in 2006 with an inclusive ethos and have worked with over 300 artists through 27 exhibitions across Ireland, UK, Europe & USA. Mart is working on a National and European programme of exhibitions for 2012/13, we will also be announcing the start of a new initiative later this year. If you work in one of our represented disciplines and wish to be part of our upcoming programme of events, we have an ongoing submission process which includes joining the website. For more information on how to join please E: info@mart.ie for submission guidelines. For more info on MART visit: www.mart.ie | www.facebook.com/MARTgroup | www.twitter.com/#!/MARTart
Tri Oileain Artists | Call for Officers
Contact: 0862244548 and 0876594992
Inish Turk, Inish Boffin andClareIsland
Tri Oileain Artists is group of artists whose art work concentrates on the unique environment and life of Inish Turk, Inish Boffin and Clare Island on Ireland’s Atlantic coast.
In order to qualiify for grants and be recognized as an organization by Failte Ireland, County Mayo Arts Office and other agencies, a constitution for Tri Oileain Artists will be written with the help of Comhar na nOileain Teo’s Rural Development Programme. The following positions are required in order to comply with a constitution: a Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary.
Cooperation with Greenway Artists Initiative is ongoing and opportunities for displaying art work inWestportby Tri Oileain Artists is currently being developed.
Anyone who is interested in giving views on these proposals is welcome to do so by return email to: Kathleen Barnes at clareislandart@gmail.com or Raphael Mc Cabe at raphaelle@eircom.net
Tri Oileain Artists Plans for 2012
ART DISPLAY SUMMER 2012
Location: ClareIslandCommunity Centre
Period of Display: July, August and September
This summer, Tri Oileain Artists are been given the use of the walls of Clare Island Community Centre to display art work. July and August are the months available. Two dimensional works which can be hung on the walls will be accepted. A maximum of 5 medium/large or 10 small works from each artist will be displayed. Each artist’s work is to be labeled with title, medium, name of artist, price (or NFS) and artist contact information. Each work is to be ready to hang.
Art works will be for sale if desired. In the event of sale the customer will be referred to the artist. Business cards and flyers of each artist will be on display.
A person will be in attendance at the Community Centre from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Participating artists in attendance during these hours may display her/his cards, flyers, prints, etc for sale.
Please note: Though reasonable care will be taken, Clare Island Community Centre and Tri Oileain Artists will not guarantee the safety of the art work.
The Tri Oileain Artists events will be advertised in the Mayo News during the summer. Additional advertising is being sought from FailteIreland.
Each artist is requested to forward a fee of 50 euros for membership in the group and to help defray costs of the Summer and Feile Ceol exhibitions.
Please contact Raphaelle McCabe at raphaelle@eircom.net (087 6594992) or Kathleen Barnes at clareislandart@gmail.com (086 2244548).
CLARE ISLAND FEILE CEOL WEEKEND | TRI OILEAiN ARTISTS EXHIBIT
August 31, Sept 1 and 2, 2012
On the weekend of August 31, September 1 and 2 ClareIsland’s Feile Ceol will take place. To celebrate this event there will be an Tri Oileain Artists Exhibit. More information on this exhibit will be forwarded to you in the coming months.
Please contact Raphaelle McCabe at raphaelle@eircom.net (087 6594992) or Kathleen Barnes at clareislandart@gmail.com (086 2244548).
TITLE Award : Open Call for Submissions
The TITLE Award is an award issued by studentsZINE Publication, Network & Resource for Contemporary Visual & Sonic Art for an outstanding piece of writing / research. The Award is issued to one recipient per issue of the publication, where the successful recipients research/paper will be published in the upcoming issue of studentsZINE. In the past we have received submissions of Undergraduate, Postgraduate & Doctoral dissertations as well as other independent papers by researchers outside of an educational system. To enter, please create your account at www.studentszine.com (enter the library and upload your text to the relevant section) | Deadline: 21st June 2012 | Announcements of the Recipient of the TITLE Award will be made early July http://www.studentszine.com
Young Musicwide Award 2012
Music Network invites applications for the Young Musicwide AWARD 2012, a unique professional development scheme designed to assist a selected group of Ireland's brightest young musicians at the beginning of their professional career. The award this year is open to young Irish chamber groups with between two and five members. The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Monday 16th July.
For further information and application details contact Andreas Ziemons, at concertadmin@musicnetwork.ie or (01) 671 9429.
Call for WHAT Healing Sounds musicians 2012-13
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) has been bringing live music performances to the bedside of patients inWaterfordRegionalHospitalsince 2000 through its monthly Healing Sounds programme.
In July 2011, WHAT set up its first Healing Sounds panel allowing soloists and ensembles the opportunity to perform in Waterford Regional Hospital up to four times throughout the year.
WHAT are now accepting applications for the Healing Sounds panel 2012 -13.
For more information on how to apply see: http://www.artsandhealth.ie/2012/04/06/what-call-for-healing-sounds-panel-201213/
2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition
Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
other sponsors to date:
ISupply,Quay Street
The Creole Restaurant,Dominick Street(opening soon)
In 2012 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 2012. The 2012 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year will be a Featured Reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading to be scheduled in Galway City Library in Winter 2012/13. 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 winning poems and the winning story will both be published in a special Over The Edge Tenth Birthday anthology which will be published during 2013.
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 2012 and not have a book published or accepted for publication in the genre in which you enter. Chapbooks and pamphlets excepted. Entries must not have been previously published or be currently entered in any other competition.
The closing date is Wednesday, August 8th, 2012. A long-list will be announced in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012. A shortlist will be announced at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, August 30th, 2012. The winners will be announced at the Over The Edge reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 27th, 2012.
This year’s competition judge is John Corless. John Corless lives near Claremorris, inCountyMayo, and is a vastly experienced creative writing tutor. He has an MA in Creative Writing from theUniversity ofLancaster and is currently researching a PhD. Many satisfied students have taken John’s creative writing courses at GMIT Castlebar, over the past number of years. Some have gone on to win prizes and had their work published. John has also facilitated workshops with active retired groups in Ballindine and Ballinrobe also inCountyMayo – both groups launching anthologies of their work. John has facilitated workshops as part of the Luisne project, and has mentored students in theUK,USA andUganda. He has also given workshops at a number of festivals and summer schools and has worked in national and secondary schools, facilitating both creative writing and drama workshops. He has performed his work all over the country, including at the Electric Picnic, the Force 12 Festival, The Munster Literary Festival, Over The Edge, and The Whitehouse Poetry Revival. He regularly features on RTE and local radio stations. He writes poetry, drama and fiction. His work has been published internationally and he has won many prizes for his writing. John’s debut poetry collection, Are you ready? (Salmon Poetry) was published in 2009 and has sold out two print runs making it a poetry best seller. John’s poetry is a mix of political and satirical; one critic described it as Paul Durcan meets The Sawdoctors. Another said: "... he shines the tell tale torchlight of his killer wit into all the most embarrassing areas of contemporary Irish life. No-one is safe..."
For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748,
e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com
or see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
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.
International Residences at Recollets, Paris
The City of Paris and the Institut Français, offer a programme of residences dedicated to established writers and artists in the fields of visual and performing arts who have already achieved international recognition. Artists and writers who are selected by a consultative committee for a three months period residency, will benefit from a monthly grant of E 1500 and will be accommodated in one of the five residential studios of an average size of 50m². The purpose of the residence programme is to host artists and writers who have a specific project to develop in Paris. This project should preferably be carried out in partnership with a previously specified local institution or another structure, company, or artist, in Paris or the surrounding area for artists in the fields of visual or performing arts, and for writers as part of a research project. The project should be developed in Paris, in harmony with the host town and its cultural environment. This residence, which is a privileged period of reflection and creativity for the artist, will contribute to the presence and visibility of international artists in Paris. The residences will take place from January to December 2013. 3 consecutive months without interruption and limited travels abroad. Online applications: | Deadline June 17 2012 | For more information E: emmanuelle.lavaud@paris.fr | www.international-recollets-paris.org | http://www.international-recollets-paris.org/inscription/accueil.php?lng=en
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
culturia
culturia is a residency programme based in Berlin, Germanyfor artists and researchers who are engaged with alternative ways of producing work.
culturia is an intersection of Berlin-based & international artist networks and researchers.
At the beginning of 2012 culturia would like to establish connections and contact the international institutions with a wish to broaden the networks
of artists from various countries and foster the mobility in the creative sector.
culturia has been building its networks since 2005 and has progressively continued to expand and develop its links with artists
and other arts organisations. It started out as a residency that used temporary spaces in Berlin. It has since developed into an experimental place
where the practice of exploring artistic processes has become the key concept. http://culturia.de/
If you are interested in keeping up to date with information about upcoming submission deadlines
and would like to receive invitations to our events, you can sign up to our newsletter.
Each residency period lasts for three months and these are the deadlines for 2012:
27 May 2012 26 August 2012
25 November 2012
If you are interested in starting a cooperation, project or information exchange please
do not hesitate to write to us with your proposal at info@culturia.de addressing Mr. Andrzej Raszyk.
Deadline Announced: Application to Artists’ Residency Programme at IMMA
During 2012 IMMA is introducing a new online application system for those applying to the Artists’ Residency Programme. The online system will be open to prospective applicants for six weeks from Friday 18th May until Friday 29th June 2012 and will be accessible through IMMA’s website along with supporting application guidelines. Successful applications will be scheduled to participate on the Artists’ Residency Programme in 2013 when it resumes fully at IMMA. For 2012, due to the refurbishment at IMMA’s RHK site, ARP activities will be limited, however the full provision of facilitating art professionals living and working on-site at IMMA will recommence once the Museum returns to its permanent location in 2013. For more information on the residency programme and IMMA’s ongoing activities please go to www.imma.ie
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.
For 2012 the arts residencies are during the weekdays, arrive Sunday depart Friday afternoon but interested Artists can inquire if it is possible to also stay over certain weekends. Across 2012 weekends are predominantly for mostly Irish language workshops. We encourage the idea that a core group from a similar medium might put together a workshop concurring with their arts residency. Also keep an eye out on our website to see if our scheduled workshops interest you.
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
Curatorial Residency Programme at Node Center, Berlin
Node Center for Curatorial Studies - Berlin | Waldemarstr. 37A, Berlin 10999 | The Center´s core activity stems from the Curatorial Residency Program that offers its participants the possibility of expanding their professional and practical experience while deeply immersing them in Berlin’s art scene. Node is a dynamic space where professional interactions take place in the form of seminars, artist presentations, and other activities that explore the complexity of curatorial work. It also draws together curators, artists, and creative practitioners in Berlin. The residency culminates in the development of a printed publication and the curation of a final show. To learn more about the program we invite you to explore the Curatorial Studies Residency. To gain an insight into Node’s daily life, please visit our blog: www.blog.nodecenter.org
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.
VAI Studio Exchange Programme
Visual Artists Ireland members can now register with Artelier. Artelier is for professional visual artists to arrange free studio exchanges with their peers anywhere in the world. You can also use it to network with artists in your local area or overseas. For more information see: http://visualartists.ie/resources/studio-exchange-programme
Ranelagh Arts Festival : Call for Submissions
Call for submissions to Ranelagh Arts Festival's Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Art 21st - 30th September 2012. Please submit: Images/Examples in jpeg. format; Artist's Statement; Artist's biog by email to E: ranelagharts.contemporary2012@mail.com | www.ranelagharts.org | Deadline: June 30th 2012
Skibbereen Arts Festival 2012 : Call for Submissions
Skibbereen Arts Festival is calling for submissions for the wonderous Museum of Miniature. In this ‘For One Week Only’ Pop-Up Museum, the only criteria is that your artwork must fit into the palm of your hand. Showcasing hundreds of tiny works of art, the museum will take place in an old disused building in Skibbereen town for the duration of the festival from 28th - July 4th August. Inspiration has been drawn from artists Slinkachu and Issac Cordal who create tiny dioramas in cities all over the world, micro-miniaturist Hagop Sandaljian whose ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’ fits on to the eye of a needle to the stories of the Borrowers, Gulliver’s Travels, Alice in Wonderland, model railways and dollhouses. Everything is considered and anything is possible. The Museum of Miniature is the creative initiative of artists Tess Leak and Marie Brett. For further details, guidelines and a submission form please E: tessleak@yahoo.com
Global Multimedia Bloomsday Project – 16th June 2012
We have an open call to anyone who wants to interpret/express/re-imagine Joyce's Ulysses for Bloomsday this year | Further information: www.liberateulysses.com/2012/02/01/join-in-a-global-multimedia-bloomsday-extravaganza
Touring Art & Craft Show Seeks Artists
I have started a project called ‘Art & Craft on Tour’. Basically it is a showcase of 50 outstanding Irish artists, doing a tour of sorts in Irelandand Northern Ireland. We are holding a new 3 day exhibition in every town in the countries, one every two months, increasing to one a month very soon. I have also organised an Artists Dinner at all venues which is a great way of networking and making new friends.
22 – 24 June 2012: The Europa Hotel,Belfast
TheBelfast gig is E200. At the exhibition you get an 8x4ft booth (consisting of one 8x8ft back board, and two 8x4ft side boards).
Contact Terrie Burton, Donegal Art Festival
T: 087 741 2975
www.facebook.com/DonegalArtFestival
MADART GALLERY SEEKS CRAFTERS AND DESIGNERS
56 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin1
E: info@madartstudio.com, sofia@madartstudio.com
T: +353 1 8182039
MadArt Gallery is looking for designers, jewellery makers, crafters, fine artists to help them to promote and sell their work. We want to create a unique collection filled with fabulous and truly original, professional art from handmade jewellery and accessories to paintings, prints, drawings, cards, furniture, clothes, ceramics…and much more (any ideas?)
All works of participating artists will be featured on the online store.
The shop is open since the 1st of April 2012 at MadArt Gallery.