May 17 – 19, 2012 | Opening May 17 at 6pm | Shannon Rowing Club, Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick City | ‘Process/32′ is an exhibition organised by Third Year students of the Painting Department at Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT) in collaboration with Nuala O’Sullivan who curates the show. As the title suggests, the exhibition aims to emphasize the processes undertaken in the production of artwork. Through their work, the artists attempt to explore concepts such as location, remembrance, celebrity status,land and identity, light and mortality in an exciting and engaging manner. | www.facebook.com/events/20061274672575

17th May- 7th June | Opening  Thurs 17th May at  8:00pm by Helen Carey Director/Curator of LCGA | 5a Sarsfield Street, Limerick | ‘Landed’ an exhibition by Michelle Murillo | Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery are delighted to present a printmaking installation exhibition by American artist Michelle Murillo. There will be an Artist Talk Friday 18th May at 1pm to accompany the show. Through her work Michelle Murillo creates a visual language that expresses the intricacies of memory. To Murillo memory is a narrative of the past that can also function as a compass in the present and so she looks to history for evidence. The themes Murillo is addressing are concerned with identity and migration, the exhibition will be a combination of the landed and destination series of work, which deal with these issues | www.limerickprintmakers.com

19th May- 16th June | Opening Friday 18th May at 8pm | 7 Sarsfield Street , Limerick | Coinciding with the launch of Eva International, Raggle Taggle presents ‘Pathophysiology’.  Inspired by the French theorist Julia Kristeva, Pathophysiology explores ideas on the abject and how they relate to the symbolism of materials and the residual energy of materiality. Paula sources material from her own personal history as a point of reference for the show, with her inspiration coming from a psychoanalytic ambition to understand how the mind affects the body and the body affects the mind. Incorporating electronics, delicate needlework and ambitious sculptural objects, her work meditates on the fragility of the human body and mind. Further info contact E: Raggletaggleconsortium@gmail.com |   T: 086 125 5076

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Thursday 3rd May – Saturday 5th May |  An open studios initiative by Contact Studios (Mulgrave St., grounds of St. Joseph’s Hospital), Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery (Sarsfield St.), Wickham St. Studios, Raggle Taggle Consortium (Sarsfield St.) and Faber Studios (Henry St., opposite Garda Station).

C:inside Exhibition/Launch Thursday May 3rd 8pm: Simultaneous openings in Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Raggle Taggle Consortium and Faber Studios, exhibition showcasing the best of artists currently working in Limerick. Continues until Saturday 5th May.

Walking Tour:  Visit all the Studios, meet the artists and stroll through the city on this great walking tour leaving from the C:Inside stall at the French Market Saturday at 2pm (free!).

For more see:  http://facebook.com/cinsidelimerickstudios

Dates: 8th – 11th May | Opening: Tuesday, 8th May, 8pm

New Ceramics’ is an exhibition of current work by third year Ceramics Students from LSAD. Focused on the notion of how in many varied ways, history repeats itself, the exhibits cover a wide range of responses. Amongst many others, the human spectacle, fading memories, emigration and the search for the ideal relationship are a taste of topics explored and illustrated. Covering a broad spectrum of ceramic processes, the exhibits range from slip cast eggs to mosaic faces, hand built fragments of architecture, to surface manipulation of found objects. ‘New Ceramics’ is an exciting collection of fresh ceramic work by flourishing ceramic designers and artists, promising to be as pleasing as it is pristine. www.limerickprintmakers.com

4 – 26 May | Opening May 3rd 7- 9pm | Occupy Space, Thomas Street, Limerick | Artists: Paul Bokslag, Fiona Burke, Gerard Carson, Marie Connole, Aoife Flynn, Marilyn Gaffney, James L. Hayes, Christine Mackey and Eimearjean McCormack. Curated by Noelle Collins. Occupy Space presents ‘The Wood between the Worlds’ an exhibition of works from contemporary artists using paper as a fundamental material in their practice. Through both invitation and an open submission call, artists working in sculpture, printing, collage, painting and mixed media explore the transformative quality of paper. The Wood between the Worlds as described in the writing of C.S Lewis is a transitional space between alternate realities. Upon arrival in the Wood you are susceptible to amnesia, but once you have been transported there, other Worlds are accessible through pools of water. The potential to see different versions of the World we inhabit seems an absurd reference in relation to artists using paper, but it is that sense of possibility and escapism that informed the selection of work |www.occupyspace.com

May 3 – 26 2012 | Opening May 3 | 6 – 8pm | Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street, Limerick | SOMA Projects presents ‘Dogs’, a group exhibition in Ormston House. This exhibition brings together twelve artists, influenced, inspired and intrigued by the canine animal. Artists: Adrian McGrath, Ben Reilly, Bridget O’Gorman, Cassie Kirby, Christian Jankowski, Isabel Nolan, Magnhild Opdøl, Michael Beirne, Michael Durand, Rachael Corcoran, TINKEBELL, Vanessa Donoso-Lopez. Curated by Rachael Corcoran. Dogs takes as its point of departure the common domestic dog, a theme that openly attests to the status of its role as ‘Man’s best friend’. From prehistoric times to the present day, dogs have been represented in art as the human companion. Dogs are benign entities or playful rogues that animate their surroundings. For a dog, the way to learn about the world is by experiencing it. This exhibition looks at the way artists communicate their experiences of dogs. The reference point for artists was ordinary life, rather than a transcendent realm apart. This dog lovers’ cornucopia presents the familiar in an unexpected and truly enjoyable way. If you have a dog of your own, don’t forget to bring them along to the exhibition! | www.somacontemporary.com |  www.ormstonhouse.com

26 April – 1st of May | Opening 6pm on 26 April | No. 8. Chapel Court, Limerick City | LSAD 3rd Year Sculpture & Combined Media Evites you to attend ‘Adaptive Identity’: from singularity to pop up collectively’ | Curated by Annette Moloney. An exhibition exploring the notion of “What is Identity” and the notion of the self in reference to the contemporary world. Our environment dictates our identity, our gender, our belief systems etc. The very idea that each individual art student looked inward and yet outward was the backbone of our conceptual concern with this project. The work created by the group is an accumulation of over 28 pieces of work individually reflecting the human condition mediated in a number of different forms: film, video, performance, sculptural object, installation, sound art and drawing, all of which increase the visual fluency as students and yet emphasised the relevance of these media in contemporary art.

Opening in both venues on Thurs 5 April | 6 -7.30pm at The Belltable | 7 .30-9pm at Occupy Space | The Belltable and Occupy Space present ‘Spiders from Mars’, two exhibitions experimentally linking a series of contemporary art positions to David Bowie’s 1972 concept album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’. Artists: Andrew Dodds, Jeronimo Hagerman, Louise Manifold, Mark McGreevy, Oswaldo Ruiz | Curated by Michele Horrigan | Artist Talk Andrew Dodds, Mark McGreevy and Louise Manifold in conversation Friday 6 April, 1pm, Occupy Space | Film Screenings : ‘The Labyrinth’ (1986, 101 minutes, director Jim Henson) Saturday 28 April, 3.30pm at the Belltable Theatre ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ (1976, 138 minutes, director Nicolas Roeg) Saturday 28 April, 5.30pm at the Belltable Theatre | Occupy Space runs until April 28 | The Belltable: exhibition runs until May 11 | www.occupyspace.com | www.belltable.ie

23 March – 29 April | Opening 22nd March 6 – 8pm | Carnegie Building, Pery Square, Limerick | TENSE is 9 Artists Mark Clare, Amanda Coogan and Paddy Cahill, Brian Duggan, Antony Haughy and Susanne Bosch, Charlotte de Maupeau, Deirdre O’Mahony, Vavara Shavrova | www.limerickcitygallery.ie