Residency award

From: Lisa Newman [mailto:lisa@burrencollege.ie]
Sent: 11 May 2015 12:22
To: lisa@burrencollege.ie
Subject: Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Application - June 2 Deadline

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Burren College of Art is once again inviting artists to submit applications for the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award ’15. We are looking for recent graduates and emerging Irish artists who are highly motivated and would like the opportunity to receive the following:

·   A large artist’s studio for the month of September 2015 with access to all college facilities.

·   Partake in a group show in two venues: BCA Gallery / G126 Galway

·   Opportunity to gain teaching experience at BCA.

We welcome applications from artists working in any medium including: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Photography, Performance Art, Mixed Media, Video.

Four selected artists will receive a free one-month residency, including individual studio space and access to all college facilities for Sep 2015. They will curate and organise a group show based on their time in the Burren and their shared experience, which will be held in the BCA Gallery in 2016 and will travel to G126 Gallery in Galway. Suitable candidates may also get the opportunity to gain some teaching experience, with potential to give visiting artist talks to BCA students and provide tutorials.

There is a €5 submission fee, which will cover administration costs. If selected, artists must be willing to pay a one-off fee of €150 to cover housing and utilities costs in Ballyvaughan for one month, and are responsible for covering their own food and material costs.

Submission Process:

To be considered for this application please follow the two steps:

Step 1: Complete the payment of €5 via the following link  http://www.burrencollege.ie/invoices

In the invoice number box please enter:  EIARA15_Applicants_Name

(e.g John Doe would enter EIARA15_JOHN_DOE)

Step 2: E-mail the following to rellis@burrencollege.ie

A PDF or Word Document (Max 4 Pages) to include CV, Artist Bio & Statement & a short paragraph proposing why you want to partake in this residency and what you intend to work on (Max 400 words).

Images sent separately to support application:
- max.10 j-peg images.
- max. 1MB/each.
- Pixel Dimension: 800 pixels longest side

The deadline is Tuesday June 2^nd at 5pm.

Successful applicants notified by July 1^st.

Residency takes place in Sep 2015.

Exhibition in BCA & G126 in 2016.

Tel. +353 (0) 65 707 7200
Fax. +353 (0) 65 707 7201

Burren College of Art is an internationally recognised not-for-profit independent college specialising in undergraduate and graduate fine art education. 
We offer artists and art students from around the world time, space and inspiration within the unique environment of the Burren.
The Master of Fine Art programme is accredited by the National University of Ireland, Galway and is operated in association with the Royal College of Art, London and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Our undergraduate Study Abroad programmes, Summer School and Artist Residency Scheme also recruit internationally.

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Artist Opportunity

Cavan Alzheimer’s Dementia Friendly Project - Artist Opportunity

Cavan Alzheimer’s Dementia Friendly Project, invites application from artists to design and produce a mural or graffiti art on the Band Stand at Con Smith Park, Cavan.

Cavan Alzheimer’s Dementia Friendly Project is developing a meaningful Reminiscence Walking Trail from Supervalu to the existing Con Smith Park (over 1 km distance). This walk includes the award winning outdoor exercise amenities which were created specifically for older people. The project will make a more interesting walk by adding reminiscence features such as animals and objects that were used in the past in agricultural activities.

This “Boithrin na Smaointe’ is a new, exciting, innovative and culturally relevant development. It will greatly enhance the cluster of interesting amenities in the same locality. It will engender a sense of curiosity for both carer and person with dementia to explore at no cost and at their leisure. To walk on this trail will provide stimulation to the senses and physical exercise, all of which will provide intervention to dementia.

This reminiscence walk can be used and enjoyed by other members of the family i.e. grandchildren, friends, associates and the wider community thus making it inclusive and an amenity for all generations to enjoy. The band stand is part of this walk and we seek submissions from artists to enhance it. We envisage painting a mural on the floor of the bandstand and/ or on the panelled roof. The mural would ideally be based on a Cavan theme. Ideas might include interpretation of the popular music or other meaningful symbols that will be relevant in a Cavan context to a wide audience and in particular the Dementia Friendly Project. We are also looking to develop an appropriate logo for the project.

Artists are invited to submit a letter of interest detailing how their proposal consider the theme relevant to the Dementia Friendly project as outlined here, a current CV and good quality relevant examples of their relevant work.

Artists should also consider the material and multi-purpose, outdoor nature of the floor and ceiling in the Band Stand, durability, project time line and costing.

Submissions must be received by Thursday 7 May 2015.

Please send your submission to: brady-cath@hotmail.com

by Closing Date: 7 May 2015

Total Budget Available: €900 Info: 0498540088

http://www.cavanarts.ie/Default.aspx…

Landscape and Memory Exhibition

You are cordially invited to attend:

Landscape & Memory Johnston Central Library Gallery Space will host an exhibition titled ‘Landscape and Memory’ curated by visual artist Marilyn Gaffney. The exhibition comprises of 20 international artists work.

One of our deepest needs is for a sense of identity, belonging and human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. Landscape therefore is not simply what we see, but a way of seeing. We see it with our eye but interpret it with our mind and ascribe values to landscape for intangible spiritual reasons. Landscape can therefore be seen as a cultural construct in which our sense of place and memories inhere.

This group of artists gathered to talk in one shared language -as well as many tongues, on the matter of memory and landscape. Since the landscape changed in times for them, and as much as their eyes allowed, becoming their own. Many of them have come from other countries and cultures, adding to the personal voyage, the re- interpretation of the land by different experiences and tongues.

The landscape then changes, subtly transformed by memory, acquiring multiple forms: abstract digitized photos to fine painting; children playing in bucolic gardens that the artist eye turns sinister, portraits disintegrate to pixels, the human body as a textual form and repository for memories, human impact on the land, stating what matters is the personal voyage, the unique experience under the set point Memory and Landscape.

This exhibition is taking a step into the computer screen to bring the combined international artists together, into a ‘real’ space and ‘real’ artwork that we get a true sense of.

Exhibiting artists include: Malgorzata Dawidek Gryglicka (Poland), Nikolas Lamplaos (Greece), Carly Zufelt (USA), Judith Mazzucco, (USA), Elena Feijoo (USA), Marilyn Gaffney (Ireland), Karen Esteves (USA), Madaline Walker (USA), Tomás Castaño (Spain), Sasha Romashko (Ukraine), Stuart J. Gibson (USA), Andy Golan (Great Britain), Xiaohong Zhang (USA), Reyhaneh Afzalian (Iran), Miranda Mirandita (Argentina), Yami (France), Klaus Pinter (Austria), Vera L.P. Cauwenberghs (Belgium), Rachel Lin Weaver (USA), Courtney A. Henderson (USA).

Official Opening by Cathaoirleach Shane P. O’Reilly Opening 23 April at 7pm.

Welcome by Marta Mirandita.

The exhibition runs until 22 May and takes place during the Bealtaine Festival 2015.

Reveal an Exhibition

An Exhibition of Works from

Cavan County Council's Art Collection

Venue: Cootehill Library 

Dates:  24th March - 18th April

Cootehill Library is delighted to be hosting "Reveal" an exhibition of painting, prints and sculpture from Cavan County Council's Art Collection.  The pieces on show are from an ever expanding collection that Cavan County Council has taken great pride in collecting over the years.  This collection of contemporary art is important in supporting artists who live and work both in Cavan and beyond and also provides enjoyment for the people of Cavan.

The artists featured in ‘Reveal’ include Marilyn Gaffney, Clarie Halpin, Maria Bagnoli, Stuart Patrick, Catherine Kelly, Aoife Geary, Jane McCormick, Roisin Duffy, Aideen Barry and Charles Lamb. The painting ‘Midnight Blues’ by Rikki Van Den Berg also features in the exhibition.  Born in Holland, Rikki has spent much of her life in Ireland and has embarked on a personal journey in search of place and identity. Her work reflects a deep sense of vulnerability and an abstracted view of belonging. She is involved in the performing arts and has worked with Cavan Youth Theatre as a director. Another artist featured is Paul Burns from Shercock, Co. Cavan. His work "Winter Nights" is inspired by “A Funeral”, the poem by the late Dermot Healy.  Paul Burns work renders large-scale paintings and experimentations in both figurative and abstract styles. The painting depicts the journey of the poem and is set in a mythical but recognisable Sligo landscape.

The exhibition will be officially opened by Eoin Doyle, Director of Service at Cavan County Council on Tuesday 24^th March at 7pm.  All are welcome to come along to this event and enjoy all the works in the exhibition until it closes on Saturday 18^th April.

Supported by Cavan County Council Arts Office

Adminstrator

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Seeks Art Administrator & Marketing Assistant

This entry was posted in Job Vacancies on March 4, 2015 by Adrian

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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is seeking a Part-time Arts Administrator & Marketing Assistant to join its busy team and augment a lean staff structure, currently comprising two full-time staff – a Director and Programme Curator and one part-time – Finance Manager and Development Co-ordinator. The Part-time Arts Administrator & Marketing Assistant will be briefed and overseen by the Director and Programme Curator.

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is an artists’ community in the heart of Dublin city centre. Founded in 1983, the building houses thirty artists’ studios in which professional visual artists make their work, and a public gallery which programmes five exhibitions annually showing a cross-section of Irish and international visual arts practices. Alongside, there is an extensive public engagement programme of talks and events aimed at anyone interested in developing their knowledge of visual art. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is funded by the Arts Council Ireland and Dublin City Council.

Please see the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios website for full job description and specification, including information on how to apply.

Deadline:  Friday 27th March 2015

Art Documentation Workshop

Good quality imagery is essential for artists when making submissions and documenting their work. This workshop offers a practical introduction to photographing you own paintings, drawing, textiles and prints for use in portfolios, websites, etc. Marilyn Gaffney offers a step-by-step methodical process to obtaining the best possible results with your manual camera and digital camera.  It is about getting the very best quality results from the equipment you have.  The course will cover; exposure, white balance, depth of field, jpg quality, resolution of images, tripod use and more.

Art Documentation Workshop for artists and photographers takes place on:

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Session One: 11am – 1 pm

Session Two: 2.30 – 4.30pm

Booking is essential.  Please contact Joanne Gorman at jmcsherry@cavancoco.ie to book your place for a morning or afternoon session.

Participants are encouraged to bring piece of their own art work to photograph. 

It is optional for participants to bring in their digital camera or manual camera.  There will be equipment available to use at the workshops provided by Cavan Arts Office.

Marilyn Gaffney is an Irish visual artist who has experience in photograph documentation of artworks for her own practice and other artist’s works.

Committee change over.

The outgoing committee for Rianta have provided services for the past 4 years, and started with the successful art fairs.

We are presently looking to fill the following positions:

Chairperson (curator - mentor)

Treasurer

Secretary 

We welcome volunteers to come forward to fill the positions.  The outgoing committee will provide initial support.

The website Riantaart.com is hosted by www.register365.com. The Curatorial team of Annette Moloney and Maeve Mulrennan have been fully briefed on the Rianta activities and we eagerly await their report as to further ideas for networking in this digital age.

Extracts from Cavan Arts item on Cavan Local Authorities page in the Anglo Celt issue January 22nd  hereunder:

The Arts Award and Professional Development Award 

The closing Date for completed Arts Award and Professional Development Award (artists only) is Tuesday February 3rd at 4p.m. and must be received in hard copy. Further details and application forms are available on www.cavanarts.ie.

Applications that are most successful are those where the community has sought the advice or engaged artists or professional arts organisations to support their work. The awards though modest can support a community group to kick start their arts activity. Additional fund raising through ticket sales, funding agencies or the individual or organisations own funds are most likely necessary even for those who are successful in the funding process. The Elected Representatives are committed to the arts award funding which is ring fenced by Senior Management. The professional development award provides funding to individual professional artists based in Cavan who earn a proportion or all their annual income through their artistic practice. This award is supported by the Arts Council. The award is intended to:

* Support professional development and stimulate an awareness of excellence in specific art forms.

*Encourage diversity of practice within and across art forms

*Support new ideas, innovation and emerging practitioners

*Support emerging and established artists for a specific need in the creation of new work

*Encourage interdisciplinary collaboration as appropriate. 

Individual Awards will be in the region of €2000 and four will be awarded in 2015. The process is competitive.