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Call for Volunteers | Belfast Photo Festival 2017

May 10, 2017

The 2017 Belfast Photo Festival will bring the busiest and most ambitious programme of exhibitions and events ever seen to Northern Ireland. In order to realise this we are looking to build a first-class team of volunteers to help us set up and deliver the Festival.

The Festival’s success relies on the enthusiasm and hard work of a group of committed volunteers. The Festival offers volunteers the invaluable experience of working with internationally renowned curators, photographers, publishers and photographic professionals and offers the camaraderie of being part of an international experience. In addition, we will be giving away tickets to a selection of events including a number of those within our VIP programme.

Festival Dates: 1st – 30th June 2017
Programme launched: 12th May 2017

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27/11/2012 – “What if”

November 27, 2012

This exhibition consists of a number of oil paintings first shown as a solo exhibition at the Ranalagh Arts Centre last yeat (since added to)and made since graduating from NCAD in 2007. As shown on my web page older materials and methods are examined and used but I consider my work to be “Contemporary still life”

The paintings are backed up by a number of the objects that were uses as subjects and as such tie in very well to create a unity and completeness.

There are thirty plus paintings and four or five 3D pieces available for display, depending on the space available.

This exhibition is very accessible the paintings being mostly 40x50cm and the 3Ds about the same size, (displayed on wooden plinths, which I can supply). Costs or expenses are totally negotiable.

Exhibition available from now.

In keeping with Visual Artists Ireland’s policy we require venues or events to pay artist’s fees for exhibitions.

Email

david.f.leahy@gmail.com

Website

http://leahyartist.org

VAN May/June 2012: Iron Age

August 7, 2012

JAMES L HAYES DISCUSSES HIS ‘IRON R RESEARCH PROJECT’, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE FACTORY, CORK, IN MARCH 2012, BRINGING TOGETHER ARTISTS, STUDENTS AND SPECIALISTS TO ENGAGE IN THE UNIQUE CAST-IRON PROCESS

Have you ever wondered how to turn a ton of rusty scrap iron consigned to the scrap heap into 50 unique artworks in under a week? During the last week of March 2012 at The National Sculpture Factory in Cork, eight contemporary Irish Artists and 18 Fine Art Students from CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and the Coleg Sirgar (formerly the West Wales School of the Arts), did exactly that, over a period of five days. The project was part of a research project funded by CIT Crawford College, and facilitated and hosted by the NSF. [Read more…]

Register your Art Criticism Blogs & Websites with Visual Artists Ireland

July 16, 2011

As part of our on-going policy supporting the development of art criticism, Visual Artists Ireland has created a space where people who are active in the delivery of art criticism blogs and websites can advertise their site to visitors to Ireland’s most comprehensive visual arts resource.

This service is for Visual Artists Ireland members. If you are not a professional visual artist, there are other levels of membership that will allow you to avail of this service, and be eligible for other benefits. If in doubt, call us and we can make sure that you are guided to the right category.

To add your site simple enter your details here

After entering your details, our staff will check that you are a member. If not, they will make contact with you to guide you through the membership options.

Some simple statistics – 2011

Number of registered artists	3,800+
Number of paid members	1,500+
Number of eBulletin Subscribers	9,500+
Number of Visual Artists’ News Sheet recipients	6,000+
Value of opportunities for visual artists advertised	€3,700,000+
Number of Readers of Printed Project online	7,071
Number of unique visitors to visualartists.ie	700,000+
Number of members of The Common Room	1,577

*** Please note that VAI’s website is changing at the moment and although this section is live, we are still in the middle of processing the content of our practical listings for artists to this area ***

Some simple statistics – 2011

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