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May 28, 2020
Percent for Art Commission | N56 Coolboy to Kilmacrennan Road Scheme Public Art Project, Donegal
This public art commission is funded by the TII as part of the N56 Coolboy to Kilmacrennan Road Scheme. As detailed in the Further Information, appended to the end of this brief, Kilmacrennan and its environs have a strong connection with St. Colmcille. The commissioners request that the central theme of this Art Project is…
May 28, 2020
VAI Online: Clinic with Emma Dwyer (Co. Waterford Based Artists Only)
Clinic with Emma Dwyer (Digital Marketing and Communications) This clinic with Emma Dwyer follows her webinar looking at the Digital Marketing and Communication for visual artists. The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both on and off line. Artists are promoting themselves, consciously or not, as a brand.…
May 28, 2020
Webinar: How to Present You and Your Work – Digital Marketing and Communications with Emma Dwyer
After a fully booked webinar with Emma Dwyer in April, we are delighted to bring another event on Digital Marketing and Communications in June. This webinar is presented in association with Waterford County Council and Garter Lane Arts Centre. The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both on…
May 28, 2020
VAI Online: Clinic with Catherine Hemelryk (Assessing the Landscape of Opportunities)
This clinic with Catherine Hemelryk follows her webinar from last month looking at the Landscape of Opportunities for visual artists. There are open calls for commissions, exhibitions, residencies and funding. There are also submissions you have to pay for, others that require a detailed application. Most require at least some of your resources and some…
May 28, 2020
VAI Online: Clinic with Emma Dwyer (Co. Waterford Based Artists Only)
Clinic with Emma Dwyer (Digital Marketing and Communications) This clinic with Emma Dwyer follows her webinar looking at the Digital Marketing and Communication for visual artists. The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both on and off line. Artists are promoting themselves, consciously or not, as a brand.…
May 28, 2020
Webinar: How to Present You and Your Work – Digital Marketing and Communications with Emma Dwyer
After a fully booked webinar with Emma Dwyer in April, we are delighted to bring another event on Digital Marketing and Communications in June. This webinar is presented in association with Waterford County Council and Garter Lane Arts Centre. The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both on…
May 28, 2020
VAI Online: Clinic with Catherine Hemelryk (Assessing the Landscape of Opportunities)
This clinic with Catherine Hemelryk follows her webinar from last month looking at the Landscape of Opportunities for visual artists. There are open calls for commissions, exhibitions, residencies and funding. There are also submissions you have to pay for, others that require a detailed application. Most require at least some of your resources and some…
May 26, 2020
ONLINE: Visual Artists Café, Tuesday 2 June
At our weekly Visual Artists Café on Tuesday the 2nd of June, 3pm our special guests will be artists Ursula Burke and Helen Gaynor. Another guest will also be joining us, TBC! Ursula Burke is an Irish artist who works within the discipline of Sculpture. She uses a variety of media including porcelain sculpture, embroidery…
June 4, 2020
Fergus Hogan | Not the time to be silent
04/06/2020 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm – Thursday 4 June 2020 @8pm on zoom: Access here https://www.facebook.com/groups/NotTheTimeToBeSilent/ Fergus Hogan lives and works in Waterford where he lectures full time in systemic family therapy and narrative and storytelling therapy at Waterford Institute of Technology. His main research and publications are in the area of men’s lives and fatherhood. His first novel The Wisdom […]
May 26, 2020
Sanctuary/Wastelands by Alanna O’Kelly | IMMA Screen
26/05/2020 – 30/06/2020 @ – A new online screening series showcasing film and video works from the IMMA Collection. IMMA are delighted to present IMMA Screen, a new series which celebrates film and video works from the IMMA Collection. Previously only shown in an exhibition space, this is the first time these works will be shown online. The screenings are […]
June 8, 2020
Trancending Time by Aoife Dunne | Public Art Commission by Fingal County Council
08/06/2020 – 10/06/2020 @ – A pioneering, innovative and contemporary handling of a uniquely universal issue, digital installation artist Aoife Dunne, conjures the absurd and fantastic into a fully travelling otherworld. Enter your address @ transcendingtime.ie & have this technicolour dream come right to your doorstep. This insightful, evocative 4D installation is presented by Fingal County Council Public Art Programme, […]
May 26, 2020
In Confinement, Mokuhanga | Graphic Print Studio Dublin Online
26/05/2020 – 31/07/2020 @ – Graphic Print Studio asked some of their artists to make new work in the confines of their homes, using the traditional printmaking process known as Mokuhanga, which is Japanese for Woodblock Printing. Mokuhanga differs from western Woodblock printing, mainly because it utilises waterbased inks instead of oils, without a printing press. Yoko Akino, Cliona Doyle, […]
May 28, 2020
Get Together Recordings | Sustaining Your Practice – Mary A. Kelly, Geraldine O’Reilly, Nick Miller and Susan MacWilliam
Get Together 2020 has been postponed due to Covid-19 and we hope to reschedule the event in Spring 2021. In the meantime you might enjoy listening to some recordings of talks from previous events. In this panel discussion, chaired by Mary A. Kelly, established Irish artists Geraldine O’Reilly, Nick Miller and Susan MacWilliam discuss the…
May 26, 2020
Theatre Forum publish “Re-opening Arts Centres – Guidelines”
Theatre Forum have published useful Guidelines on the Re-opening of Arts Centres. These will assist arts centres throughout the country to consider how they might prepare to re-open under radically changed circumstances. The Government’s Phased Reopening plan provides a road map for organisations, including those supported by the Arts Council, to reopen their workplaces, cafés,…
May 26, 2020
ONLINE: Visual Artists Café, Tuesday 2 June
At our weekly Visual Artists Café on Tuesday the 2nd of June, 3pm our special guests will be artists Ursula Burke and Helen Gaynor. Another guest will also be joining us, TBC! Ursula Burke is an Irish artist who works within the discipline of Sculpture. She uses a variety of media including porcelain sculpture, embroidery…
May 22, 2020
‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast Series by VAI – Episode Two: Neil Carroll
‘The Unseen Shows’, a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland. This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The second podcast in this series features an interview with Neil Carroll, whose…