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Arts Audiences has published marketing consultant Annette Nugent’s guide to how arts organisations might begin working with the local and national tourism sector to increase tourist attendance at arts/cultural venues and events. The guide covers information on the who and what of cultural tourism in Ireland and practical approaches for including visitors in audience development strategies. This guide has been published as part of Arts Audiences Build Your Audience scheme, which focussed on cultural tourism in 2011. Click here to access the guide: (www.artsaudiences.ie
Thirty-three arts organisations and individual artists will receive funding from the Arts Council to specifically tour work in Ireland to venues nationwide in 2012. This specific touring fund of over €740,000 is allocated under the Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme for the second half of 2012. This is in addition to €750,000 in funding previously announced for touring projects taking place in the first half of 2012. This brings the total amount of funding the Arts Council has offered in 2012 under this scheme to c. €1.5m. A further €125,000 has been allocated to four artists and organisations to assist with their advance touring plans for 2013. The visual art organisations / artists to receive funding to tour in the second half of 2012 include Cleary and Connolly with their interactive work, Hall of Mirrors after its showing at Farmleigh; a retrospective of painter Dermot Seymour and visual artist Jim Smyth. In addition, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork will receive funding under the scheme’s advance planning strand (i.e. for 2013).
Based on the on-going expansion of Visual Artists Ireland’s services for professional visual artists, we are now seeking applications for the contract position of Northern Ireland Manager.
Required skills:
This position requires a great deal of skill and knowledge of the requirements of individual professional visual artists, combined with excellent understanding of the visual arts sector, including the leading artists’ organisations and groups. It is essential that applicants are respected by all levels of the visual artists’ community, and are recognised for their knowledge, professionalism and approachability. An excellent knowledge across visual art forms and current art practices is essential.
Visual Artists Ireland is lottery funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and also generates income from services offered within the visual arts sector. The contract is offered for an initial six month period, and is renewable at that stage subject to the above guaranteed income projections.
Description:
Assisting Visual Artists Ireland to achieve its goals and objectives the Northern Ireland Manager (Contract) will work to increase Visual Artists Ireland current levels of service and support. The position will coordinate, mentor, and motivate visual artists and visual arts organisations within the context of Visual Artists’ Ireland’s remit. The person will conduct clinics and site visits to assess conditions and provide information and support. The manager will also do periodic performance evaluations to ensure that the VAI programme is on the right path to achieving set goals. They will also work closely with VAI core staff to support the delivery of services in Northern Ireland.
The responsibilities:
• Visiting local artists groups, studios and exhibitions;
• Working with Visual Artists Ireland’s staff and partners to generate opportunities for professional visual artists;
• Planning and coordinating Visual Artists Ireland events in Northern Ireland;
• Reviewing measures to achieve targets set by Visual Artists Ireland;
• Attending conferences, events and meetings;
• Assessing, Recording and Reporting of achievements of projects and programmes;
Initially, the manager will work for six months on a half time basis. They will work out of their own home with travel to locations across Northern Ireland as well as regular visits to Visual Artists Ireland’s head office in Dublin. The position will include an agreed travel allowance.
To apply, submit a letter of no more than two pages indicating your current understanding of the needs of visual artists in Northern Ireland, the key players and evidence that you possess the key skills outlined above. The letter should be accompanied by an up to date professional resume that indicates clearly your suitability for the position. The letter should also outline any organisations and potential conflict of interests that existing relationships may have with Visual Artists’ Ireland’s work.
As this is for a contract position, the current remuneration level is £22,500 pro rata, and is subject to review based on funding as outlined above. Interviews will take place at the beginning of February for immediate appointment.
Deadline:
Deadline for applications is: Friday, 10th February 2012
Send to:
Noel Kelly FRSA
Chief Executive Officer / Director
Visual Artists Ireland
Central Hotel Chambers,
7/9 Dame Court
Dublin 2
*Installation Skills for Visual Artists – 2 Sessions
Wed 8 Feb (10.30 – 16.30) Session 1 – Focusing on Digital Media with Angela Halliday
Wed 22 Feb (10.30 – 16.30) Session 2 – Focusing on traditional media, painting, works on paper & sculpture
Cost per individual session £20 / £10 (VAI, BX & DAS Members)
@ Belfast Exposed Gallery, Donegall St, Belfast
Available Spaces: 10
*Insurance for Visual Artists with O’Driscoll O’Neill Insurances
Thurs 9 Feb (13.00 – 14.00) Briefing session on range of insurances available and VAI Clinic with Laura Graham & Monica Flynn
FREE EVENT
@ Jury’s Inn, Great Victoria St, Belfast
Available Spaces: 20
More info see: http://www.visualartists-ni.org
Contact:
Monica Flynn / Professional Development Officer, Visual Artists Ireland
T: +353 (0)1 672 9488
E: monica@visualartists.ie
http://www.visualartists.ie
My office hours are part-time and vary week to week so please refer to the information links below and/or contact VAI at the number above.
For full details of our current Professional Development Training for Visual Artists see: http://visualartists.ie/education/
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Formed in 1502 by the amalgamation of companies in existence before 1283, the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is actively engaged in supporting the art and craft of painting. With a strong commitment to fine art, the Painters’ Company is delighted to sponsor this annual prize in conjunction with the Lynn Foundation. The Lynn Foundation is a charity devoted to children, the disabled, music and the arts. Its contribution is the prize money totalling £25,000 and an engraved gold medal for the winner of the first prize.
Deadline for submissions in London: 17 & 18 February, 2012
Entry forms and labels available to download from www.parkerharris.co.uk/downloads
Prizes
First Prize: £15,000
5 Runner Up Prizes each : £1,500
For further information:
http://www.parkerharris.co.uk/artists/awards/index.php?ArticleID=219&subsection=background
All enquiries to the prize organisers:
Parker Harris
T: +44 1372462190
E: lps@parkerharris.co.uk
If you have recently been involved in a public commission, percent for art project, socially engaged project or any other form of ‘art outside the gallery’ we would like you to email us the information for publication in the Visual Artists News Sheet. Send images (3-4MB in size) and a short text (no more than around 300 words) in the following format:
-Artists name
-Title of work
-Commissioning body
-Date advertised
-Date sited / carried out.
-Budget
-Commission type
-Project Partners
-Brief description of the work
Send your info to Publications Assistant, Lily Power at: lily@visualartists.ie
The Chairperson and Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art have announced the appointment of Sarah Glennie, currently Director of the Irish Film Institute, as the new Director of IMMA.
Sarah Glennie was born in Britain and moved to Ireland in 1995 to work at IMMA, where she curated a number of projects, including solo exhibitions by Olafur Eliasson, and Shirin Neshat and the major public art project GHOST SHIP by Dorothy Cross. In 2001 she moved to The Henry Moore Foundation Contemporary Projects where her curated projects included Paul McCarthy at Tate Modern, and Stopover at the Venice Biennale 2003. In addition, in 2004 she co-curated Romantic Detachment at PS1/MoMA and in 2005 a major new film commission by Tacita Dean for Cork Capital of Culture. She was also the Commissioner of Ireland’s participation at the 51st Venice Biennale 2005. In 2008 she became Director of the IFI, where she oversaw significant development of the Institute’s activities, nationally and internationally.
Commenting on the appointment IMMA’s Chairperson, Eoin McGonigal, said: “Everyone at IMMA is delighted to have secured as the Museum’s new Director someone with such an impressive record of achievement in the arts, more especially the visual arts. I am confident that Sarah is exceptionally well placed to build on the Museum’s very considerable achievements over the past 20 years. It is interesting that Sarah began her distinguished career in the Irish arts sector at IMMA. I believe we can all look forward to the impact her well-known creativity and energy will have on the organisation over the coming years”, he said.
Eoin McGonigal also paid tribute to the outgoing Director, Enrique Juncosa. “Over the past nine years Enrique has transformed virtually every aspect of the Museum’s activities. Through his standing in the international arts community, through his sheer ambition for the Museum and through his faith in what it could achieve, he has increased IMMA’s reputation immeasurably, both at home and abroad”, he said.
Sarah Glennie said: “IMMA makes a vibrant and valuable contribution to contemporary Irish society and I am truly honoured to be given the opportunity to lead this great institution into the next important phase of its development. I look forward to working with the Museum’s excellent team and the wider arts community to build on the extraordinary legacy of the Museum’s first twenty years, and to ensure that Ireland continues to have a modern art museum of distinction and international significance”.
Sarah Glennie will take up the post of Director in April 2012.
Artist Seamus O’ Byrne (VAI member) from Dublin, who lives in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow was selected as a finalist in the 2nd International Falconry Festival Art Competition which took place in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11th – 18th Dec. As a finalist he was sponsored by the organisers to attend the festival, where he went on to win First Prize for his painting ‘Surprise Encounter’ in the International Art Competition.
The week long festival was shared between Desert Camp at Ramah, and the Festival Site at Al-Jahili Fort in the city of Al Ain, where the exhibition was held and hosted by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, and the Emirates Falconers Club.
The winning painting ‘Surprise Encounter’ which sold is destined for the USA.
For more information see: www.seamusobyrne.com
Outgoing director of the National Gallery of Ireland, Raymond Keaveney, retires (11 January 2012), after 33 years in office and 23 years as director. The recently appointed director of the Gallery, Sean Rainbird, will take up his post in mid-April.
Mr Keaveney joined the National Gallery of Ireland as curator in 1979. He was appointed assistant director in 1981 and appointed director in 1988. During his tenure he has overseen many structural interventions to the fabric of the complex on Merrion Square, most notably the complete refurbishment of the Beit Wing (1996); the construction and fit out of the Millennium Wing (2002). More recently he has been responsible for steering the project of the Master Development Programme which involves both the restoration of the historic Dargan Wing (1864) and Milltown Wing (1903) together with plans to construct a new extension to the Gallery directly adjacent to the Beit and Millennium Wings.
Sean Rainbird, who has been director of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart from 2006, will become the 14th director of the National Gallery of Ireland. He is expected to take up his post from 18 April 2012. Mr Rainbird said: “I would like to congratulate Mr Keaveney on his long and distinguished directorship, and I look forward to working in this great institution, building upon the expertise and experience of the Gallery’s excellent staff and many supporters.”
Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh have been appointed as Co-Directors of the Context Galley in Derry-Londonderry. They joined the organization in December and will be responsible for creating a vital programme of exhibitions, public programmes and events for 2013, the UK Year of Culture and Context Gallery’s 20th anniversary, and beyond. http://www.contextgallery.co.uk/
