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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OPEN DAY SATURDAY 25 JUNE: 3pm beginning at ASKEATON CIVIC TRUST
Askeaton Contemporary Arts are hosting the 14th edition of WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, curated by MICHELE HORRIGAN, where artists live and work in County Limerick throughout June 2022. An accompanying public programme culminates with a special OPEN DAY on SATURDAY 25 JUNE featuring new artistic encounters and artworks throughout Askeaton. A reception at Askeaton Civic Trust will be followed by a guided tour of Askeaton, encountering and celebrating the work of 2022 resident artists, ADRIAN DUNCAN, CHLOE BRENNAN and LAURIE ROBINS, and the launch of NOLLAIG MOLLOY’S new publication A Confection of Photographs.
All events are free and open to the public. Please check additional VAI listings and ASKEATONARTS.COM for more details on individual events as part of our full programme.
WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PROGRAMME:
FRIDAY 17 JUNE: 10am -1pm & SATURDAY 18 JUNE: 12 noon – 3pm at ASKEATON CIVIC TRUST STONE CARVING IN ASKEATON
FRIDAY 17 JUNE: 8pm (reception), exhibition ongoing to 25 June at ASKEATON CIVIC TRUST THE SCULPTURAL IMAGINATION OF SEANIE BARRON
SATURDAY 18 JUNE: 4pm beginning at CORAL LEISURE RIVER DEEL WALKING TOUR
MONDAY JUNE 20 at 11am ASKEATON CIVIC TRUST LOCAL HERITAGE TOUR
TUESDAY JUNE 21: 8pm at TOP OF THE TOWN (PUB), UPSTAIRS ARTISTS’ PERFORMANCE with RUTH CLINTON and NIAMH MORIARTY
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE: 3pm beginning at ASKEATON CIVIC TRUST FOLKLORE AND HERITAGE WALK with folklorist EDDIE LENIHAN, artists MICHAEL HOLLY and DAVID BEATTIE and curator MICHELE HORRIGAN
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE: 8pm at TOP OF THE TOWN (PUB), UPSTAIRS MEN WHO EAT RINGFORTS STORYTELLING & DISCUSSION
THURSDAY 23 JUNE: 8pm at TOP OF THE TOWN (PUB), UPSTAIRS ANALOGUE FILM PRESENTATION & ARTISTS’ TALK with filmmakers MICHAEL HIGGINS and JUANA ROBLES
THROUGHOUT JUNE 24 hours a day SUPERVALU Originally commissioned in 2014, STEVE MAHER’S Sentences now reappears throughout the festival on Twohig Supervalu’s electric signage on Church Street. Placed at a busy petrol forecourt, quotes and poetry about life in Askeaton scroll across its screen intermingling with information about instore offers and social distancing. More public artworks by SEAN LYNCH and STEPHEN BRANDES can be seen in Askeaton’s East Square.
THROUGHOUT JUNE ONLINE at www.askeatonarts.com LOUISE MANIFOLD’S 2009 video Phantom dramatically revives accounts of spectral or phantom coaches, said to have haunted the old roads of Limerick.
THROUGHOUT JUNE ONLINE at www.askeatonarts.com RUTH CLINTON and NIAMH MORIARTY’S video Losing Track comprises a fanfiction account of American actor Kiefer Sutherland’s fateful visit to Askeaton in 1992.
THROUGHOUT JUNE ONLINE at www.askeatonarts.com In Imagine Being Here Now produced by MICHAEL HOLLY, join curator JO MELVIN in conversation with LUCY LIPPARD, American writer, art critic, activist and curator, and a provocative figure in the development of conceptual art throughout the world.
THROUGHOUT JUNE ASKEATON CASTLE TOURS 10am / 11.30am / 1.30pm / 3pm daily Following years of continuing restoration work, Askeaton’s mediaeval castle and fortress complex is now open. Encounter the colonial histories of the Desmond Rebellion, a Hellfire Club and mediaeval banqueting hall. Maximum six persons per tour.
EAT & DRINK The Belfry, Church Street Cagney’s Bar, East Square Top of the Town, Main Street Market at East Square every Friday morning
ACCOMMODATION Coolrahnee House – reservations 061 398883
VISITING ASKEATON CAR 25 minutes from Limerick City on N69 BUS Bus Éireann route 314 from Limerick City
PLANE 40 minutes from Shannon Airport.
FURTHER INFORMATION FACEBOOK AskeatonContemporary TWITTER @ACA_Askeaton INSTAGRAM @askeatoncontemporary
SUPPORTED BY Arts Council, Limerick City & County Council / Limerick Embrace, Cois Sionna Desmond Credit Union, Askeaton Civic Trust, Twohigs Supervalu, Askeaton Ballysteen Community Council, Irish Architectural Archive Map
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