Artist Carol Kavanagh is currently enrolling for places on the following 'Understanding Creativity' course that will take place at North Merrion Community Centre, North Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9pm from early January 2010. The course aims to guide participants through the different stages of creativity from inspiration to expression in a relaxed environment that will nurture playful instinct, facilitate the emergence of ideas, develop self confidence and foster unique individuality. Media will incorporate drawing, mixed media, painting, three dimensional and self expressive forms. No previous art experience necessary. Course fee: E160.
For more information on course content and bookings please contact Carol Kavanagh at:
T: 01 2889798 or 087 6407561
E: carolkavanaghequ@gmail.com
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
CERAMICS CLASSES, DUBLIN 2
Ceramics Classes will start on 5 January 2010 on Baggot Street, Dublin 2. All levels of experience welcome. Classes will meet once a week for 8 weeks at one of the following times: Tues 7 to 9pm, Wed 7 to 9pm, Thurs 2 to 4pm, Thurs 7 to 9pm. Up to 2 missed classes can be made up at a later date. Students will learn handbuilding skills including pinching, coiling, molding, modelling, throwing on the wheel, as well as slip and glaze decoration. Course fee: E165, incl. all materials.
Christmas gift voucher special: E95 for 4-week Intro to Clay evening course, flexible start date, must be booked during the month of December 2009.
For more information on courses and bookings please contact:
E: rhymeswithgray@gmail.com
W: www.rhymeswithgray.blogspot.com
Christmas gift voucher special: E95 for 4-week Intro to Clay evening course, flexible start date, must be booked during the month of December 2009.
For more information on courses and bookings please contact:
E: rhymeswithgray@gmail.com
W: www.rhymeswithgray.blogspot.com
PILCHUCK SUMMER COURSE CATALOGUE NOW ONLINE
Visit Pilchuck's website to view the Summer 2010 course catalogue. Also note the deadline for priority placement and scholarships is 12th February 2010.
W: www.pilchuck.com
W: www.pilchuck.com
CRAFT AND DESIGN SELECTED AWARDS 2010
he craft&design Selected Awards 2010 are launched on 1st January 2010 by craft&design magazine. Winners are chosen from featured designer makers at Selected, the craft&design online gallery www.craftmaker.co.uk. Any professional designer makers and artisans currently working in the UK or Ireland not featured can feature their work on Selected for free (standard entry), subject to acceptance by the craft&design panel.
Applications for consideration need to be submitted either by email to selected@craftanddesign.net or in writing to:
Selected Applications
craft&design Magazine
PO Box 5
Driffield
YO25 8JD
There are six categories:
o Glass
o Wood & Metal
o Jewellery & Precious Metals
o Pottery
o Textiles
o Specialist Media
The awards also give designer makers a reason to keep in touch with their clientele – asking for their support by voting online – so is a great marketing tool for them.
Voting closes on 30 April 2010 and the winners announced shortly afterwards.
Applications for consideration need to be submitted either by email to selected@craftanddesign.net or in writing to:
Selected Applications
craft&design Magazine
PO Box 5
Driffield
YO25 8JD
There are six categories:
o Glass
o Wood & Metal
o Jewellery & Precious Metals
o Pottery
o Textiles
o Specialist Media
The awards also give designer makers a reason to keep in touch with their clientele – asking for their support by voting online – so is a great marketing tool for them.
Voting closes on 30 April 2010 and the winners announced shortly afterwards.
NORTHLANDS CREATIVE GLASS KILN RESIDENCY 2010
North Lands Creative Glass is offering an eight-week residency for four talented glass artists. The North Lands Alastair Pilkington Studio enables the artists-in-residence to benefit from a wide range of facilities from the 5th April until the 28th May 2010. The residency allows free access to all facilities bar the hot workshop at Northlands. As an artist-in-residency, you will receive a small stipend for materials as well as for living and travel expences, and accomodation is provided. For more information on the residency, and to download an application form, visit:
W: http://www.northlandsglass.com/
W: http://www.northlandsglass.com/
CGS WINTER SHOW
Visit the CGS website to view work from their current Winter Show 2009
W: http://www.cgs.org.uk/GALLERY2moduleASP/GALLERYMOD_item.asp?sectionid=39&imagename=a-e.jpg
W: http://www.cgs.org.uk/GALLERY2moduleASP/GALLERYMOD_item.asp?sectionid=39&imagename=a-e.jpg
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS: POST BUDGET UPDATE
Following the Government's budget of 7th December, the National Campaign for the Arts have issued a press statement which you can read at the website below. Overall ,arts cuts were not as severe as had been feared, and both Culture Ireland and the Irish Film Board have been retained. For more information, visit:
W: http://www.ncfa.ie
W: http://www.ncfa.ie
Sunday, 13 December 2009
URGENT: HELP SAVE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL OF GLASSMAKING, SENOV
It has recently been announced that the Senov Secondary School of Glassmaking in Bohemia is to be closed. A remarkable institution that those of you present at Itzell Tazzyman's recent GSoI lecture would have seen images of, and talked of the excellent teaching programme there with the incredible standard of work by 14 to 16 year olds. It has been running since 1856 and now faces closure due to financial reasons. To see some of the work that is produced at the school, visit this website: http://www.supss.clnet.cz It is at the heart of a wonderful glassmaking tradition that we in Ireland owe an awful lot to (it is from this region that our own traditions of cutting and engraving originate). Below is the letter sent by Frantisek Janak, principal of the school, has sent to the glass community:
Dear friends,
I want to inform you, that our provider wants definitely to close up our school
on April the 1st 2010. it was said today on the press conference in Liberec,
where I was not invited to. They have the plan to connect our school with the
school in Novy Bor. But it means actually physical liquidation of our school.
Their plan is to bring students from our school to N. Bor. The deadline is 1st
of April. But this is a proposal only, which must be agreed with the Liberec
County assembly in January. Till then we must do everything to inform these
stupid politicians about world wide importance of our school! They have no clue,
how important it is. You have free hands to do anything! The guy, who is in
charge of it, the deputy Mr. Cikl, is a former ski jumper and a director of the
glass school in N. Bor is Czech language teacher! And these people are making
fatal decission about the oldest glass school in the world!
Best regards,
Frantisek Janak M.A.
(the last one?) principal
The Secondary School of Glassmaking
Havlickova 57
47114 Kamenicky Senov
The Czech Republic
Recently, Broadfield House Museum was saved from a similar fate, thanks to the great support shown by the international glass community. Now we must do the same for the Senov school, in the hopes that we can save it too. Please please follow this link to sign a petition to keep the school open: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SenovPreservation Also, please spread the world! Put this link on your Facebook page, tweet about it, and email anyone you think would like to support this very worthy cause.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
ARTIST PROFILE: SEAN CAMPBELL
Sean Campbell grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the 1970s followed by the personal freedom of living, working and travelling abroad. The direct experience of travel combined with the perspective that comes from returning home has developed an empirical interest in anthropology and abstraction. Sean Campbell trained in visual art in Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand and the United States. He was artist in residence at Northlands Creative Glass in 2009. Recent exhibitions include a solo show “Beginnings Without Boundaries” in the Alley Arts Gallery, Strabane, N.Ireland, “Skulturudstilling” in Denmark, “Vernissage” in Sweden, “Sculpture in Context”, Dublin, Ireland and as Invited Artist with Michael Brolly at The Goggleworks, Reading, USA. Sean holds a M.A. from the University of Ulster and a B.A. Honours from the University of Liverpool. His work is held in public and private collections in New Zealand, USA, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark and the U.K. Major public artworks include “Between the known and the Unknown”, N 15 By Pass Joint Public art Commission with Elizabeth Caffrey, “Arc” Integrated Public Art, Bayview Resource Centre, Bangor and “Passage of Time”, Ballymena Museum and Civic Centre.
Sean Campbell gives a lecture in NCAD's Noel Sheridan Room on Thursday 10th December at 7.45pm.
ARTIST PROFILE: MARY B. WHITE
Mary B. White is an American San Francisco Bay Area sculptor/arts educator is a Fulbright Scholar at the National College of Art and Design/ Dublin Sept 09-June 2010, She is facilitating a pilot collaborative seminar for NCAD MA students and Craft Council of Ireland participants on topics of the "Landscape of Aesthetics and Design". The seminar will culminate in an exhibition of participant work at Mason Hayes & Curran in Dublin and a symposium for makers at NCAD in April 2010.
Mary teaches at the Crucible Fire Arts Center Glass Department in Oakland, CA and much of her work links art making with social and environmental issues. She has a MFA in Glass and Painting from California College of the Arts. From 1985-2005 when she retired, Mary was head of the San Jose State University Glass Program and taught in the School of Art and Design and the Creative Arts Department at San Jose State University. She served as a board member and Oakland, CA site coordinator for the Glass Art Society, organized the San Jose California Glass Exchange and currently serves on the board of the Women Environmental Art Directory. She has taught workshops at over fifteen institutions and her work is in many collections, including the Corning Glass Museum. She is currently working on a flood level marker public art project on Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado.
On Thursday 10th December at 7pm Mary B. White gives a lecture entitled "Living on Fault Lines and Pacific Currents" in the Noel Sheridan Room in NCAD, Thomas Street, Dublin.
GLASS SOCIETY OF IRELAND LECTURE, 10TH DECEMBER
As mentioned in the last e-bulletin, the Glass Society of Ireland, in association with NCAD Glass Dept, is holding another evening lecture on Thursday 10th December (that's tomorrow) at 7pm in the Noel Sheridan Room in NCAD. The two speakers are Mary B. White and Sean Campbell. Mary is an American artist currently studying in NCAD Glass Dept as a Fulbright scholar, while Sean is an Northern Ireland-born artist based in Leitrim. See their artist profiles for more information on their work.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AT WARM GLASS UK
For the first 12 days of December, Warm Glass UK have a new offer each day. Visit the website to see what bargains you can find on glass and glass equipment.
W: www.warm-glass.co.uk
W: www.warm-glass.co.uk
SPACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR PENLAND, SPRING 2010
There are still spaces available for eight-week courses in glass and other crafts at Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina. The courses run from 14th March to 7th May, and more information can be found at:
W: http://penland.org/classes/spring/spring_main.html
W: http://penland.org/classes/spring/spring_main.html
WARM GLASS MASTERCLASSES 2010, UK
Bristol based ‘Warm Glass UK’ will be the venue for some exciting new Masterclasses in 2010. Class size is limited to 8 students, 10% CGS discounts are available - first come first served.
* ‘Skin’ with Silvia Levenson – The way we interact with objects through their surface.
* ‘Into the Light’ with Bruno Romanelli – Using lost wax casting to manipulate light.
* ‘Making your Mark’ with Heather Power – Screen printing onto Bullseye Glass. SOLD OUT
* ‘Drawing to Glowing’ with Deborah Horrell – An exploration into pate-de-verre.
* ‘Engraving’ with Nancy Sutcliffe - Engraving with small rotary tools
Warm Glass UK is the UK’s main online resource for glass artists. The classes are being supported by the Oregon based Bullseye Glass Co and the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS).
For more information:
W: www.warm-glass.co.uk
T: 0044 1934 863344
* ‘Skin’ with Silvia Levenson – The way we interact with objects through their surface.
* ‘Into the Light’ with Bruno Romanelli – Using lost wax casting to manipulate light.
* ‘Making your Mark’ with Heather Power – Screen printing onto Bullseye Glass. SOLD OUT
* ‘Drawing to Glowing’ with Deborah Horrell – An exploration into pate-de-verre.
* ‘Engraving’ with Nancy Sutcliffe - Engraving with small rotary tools
Warm Glass UK is the UK’s main online resource for glass artists. The classes are being supported by the Oregon based Bullseye Glass Co and the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS).
For more information:
W: www.warm-glass.co.uk
T: 0044 1934 863344
GLASS KILNFORMING SUMMER CLASS: ISTANBUL
Australian-based artist Gerry King will teach a two-week kilnforming class at The Glass Furnace in Istanbul from 1st - 14th August 2010. For more information on the course, click on the image to open in a new window and save.
PLACES STILL AVAILABLE: INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, THE JOINERY
Spaces still available for the Introduction to Digital Photography Workshop that will be taking place on 5 and 6 December 2009 at The Joinery on Arbour Hill in Dublin 7. The workshop will cover a number of areas with a view to fully understanding the SLR camera. Cost: €100.
For more info and bookings please contact Miranda at:
T: 086 9815370
E: mirandadriscoll@gmail.com or joineryworkshops@gmail.com
For more info and bookings please contact Miranda at:
T: 086 9815370
E: mirandadriscoll@gmail.com or joineryworkshops@gmail.com
CRAFT WORKSHOPS, DESIGNER MART
Workshops with Designer Mart allows you to learn a skill and leave with a handmade Christmas gift. Choose from 4 workshops taking place on Saturday 5 December 2009 in Cow’s Lane, Old City, Temple Bar. Make sterling silver earrings with Ann Tyrrell, string pearls with Tammy Bradley, create your own leather bound notebook with Wendy Stephens or create hand-knit Christmas presents with Hazel Donnelly.
For further information and bookings contact Eimear Chaomhánach on:
T: 01 6772255
E: echaomhanach@templebar.ie
For further information and bookings contact Eimear Chaomhánach on:
T: 01 6772255
E: echaomhanach@templebar.ie
GAS CONFERENCE 2010, LOUISVILLE, USA
The 2010 GAS Conference will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, USA from 10th - 12th June, and its theme is Ingenious Possibility. You can now download the pre-conference brochure from the website, as well as register to attend. You can also find information on scholarships to the conference, as well as work exchanges, to keep the cost of the conference down.
W: http://www.glassart.org/2010_louisville.html
W: http://www.glassart.org/2010_louisville.html
CGS "REMARKABLE GLASS" EXHIBITION: CALL
European Artists are invited to submit work for a show of outstanding glass at the prestigious venue of Contemporary Applied Arts, London. This collaboration between the Contemporary Glass Society and Contemporary Applied Arts offers a unique opportunity to be part of a new European initiative.
Remarkable Glass is aimed at established European artists. Submissions are preferred from artists who have been working professionally for at least seven years. Artists who have been working for less than seven years will not be excluded, but should be aware that the CGS/CAA are looking for a maturity of style and aesthetic and a demonstrated commitment to practice. There will be a separate category within the show for emerging, or early career, artists. These must be within three years of graduating from their BA degree or Diploma (not MA).
The deadline for Remarkable Glass is Friday 15th January 2010. Selection will take place during February 2010, when a panel will meet to view the entries.
For further information please contact Pam Reekie:
E: admin@cgs.org.uk
(Source: Alan J Poole
Remarkable Glass is aimed at established European artists. Submissions are preferred from artists who have been working professionally for at least seven years. Artists who have been working for less than seven years will not be excluded, but should be aware that the CGS/CAA are looking for a maturity of style and aesthetic and a demonstrated commitment to practice. There will be a separate category within the show for emerging, or early career, artists. These must be within three years of graduating from their BA degree or Diploma (not MA).
The deadline for Remarkable Glass is Friday 15th January 2010. Selection will take place during February 2010, when a panel will meet to view the entries.
For further information please contact Pam Reekie:
E: admin@cgs.org.uk
(Source: Alan J Poole
GLASSHAMMER STUDIOS OPEN EVENING, OFFALY
On Friday 11th December from 7pm you can visit Glasshammer Studios and Gallery in Rhode, Co Offaly. The evening will be officially opened by TV personality Anna Nolan, and there will be mulled wine and mince pies to start the Christmas season.
E: info@glasshammer.ie
W: www.glasshammer.ie
E: info@glasshammer.ie
W: www.glasshammer.ie
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS DELEGATION MEETS WITH MINISTER MARTIN CULLEN
A delegation from the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) met with Martin Cullen TD, Minister for the Arts, Sport and Tourism last week on Wednesday 25 November 2009 to discuss the impact that further cuts to arts funding would have on the sector in advance of the impending Budget 2010.
The delegation comprised of Tania Banotti of Theatre Forum, Sarah Glennie of the Irish Film Institute, Gerry Godley of the Improvised Music Company and Fiach Mac Conghail of the Abbey Theatre also called on Minister Cullen to bring the demands of the NCFA to the Cabinet. In support of the NCFA's campaign the delegation presented the Minister with a petition signed online by over 10,000 people in just two weeks. The National Campaign for the Arts is lobbying for the retention of Culture Ireland and the Irish Film Board, the maintenance of existing levels of arts funding for the Arts Council and continued full representation of the arts at senior cabinet level.
The National Campaign for the Arts is proudly supported by the Glass Society of Ireland, and the society will continue to show its support into the new year.
W: www.ncfa.ie
The delegation comprised of Tania Banotti of Theatre Forum, Sarah Glennie of the Irish Film Institute, Gerry Godley of the Improvised Music Company and Fiach Mac Conghail of the Abbey Theatre also called on Minister Cullen to bring the demands of the NCFA to the Cabinet. In support of the NCFA's campaign the delegation presented the Minister with a petition signed online by over 10,000 people in just two weeks. The National Campaign for the Arts is lobbying for the retention of Culture Ireland and the Irish Film Board, the maintenance of existing levels of arts funding for the Arts Council and continued full representation of the arts at senior cabinet level.
The National Campaign for the Arts is proudly supported by the Glass Society of Ireland, and the society will continue to show its support into the new year.
W: www.ncfa.ie
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY IN CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
Applications are now invited from professional artists, craftspeople, designer/makers, studio workshops, co‐operatives, galleries and dealers seeking to expand their markets worldwide through participation in Craft Arts International’s Collectors Guide, to be published in their 78th issue, due out in March, 2010 and covering the period March through to July 2010.
For more information, please visit
W: www.craftarts.co.au
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
For more information, please visit
W: www.craftarts.co.au
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
WARM GLASS UK PRIZE 2010; CALL
The brief for 2010 is "NATURE".
All entries must include an element of kiln-formed glass work.
The competition calls for entries from artists, students and newcomers to glass fusing and prizes will be awarded in three categories as follows:
Artist's Prize: Open to all glass artists, regardless of experience. The prize for this category will be a place on one of our Spring Masterclasses, run by international artists including Silvia Levenson, Bruno Romanelli and Deborah Horrell.
Student's Prize: Open to students currently studying on an accredited full or part-time Further or Higher Education course at a college or university. The prize for this category will be a Paragon SC2 kiln.
Newcomer's Prize: Open to any glass worker who has begun working in the glass medium within the past twelve months and has not sold their work commercially. The prize for this category will be £250 to spend on products from the Warm Glass range.
Entry Deadline: Midnight January 31st 2010
Voting Opens: February 8th 2010
Voting Closes: February 24th 2010
Winners Announced: March 1st 2010
Full details and rules can be viewed on http://www.warm-glass.co.uk/.
All entries must include an element of kiln-formed glass work.
The competition calls for entries from artists, students and newcomers to glass fusing and prizes will be awarded in three categories as follows:
Artist's Prize: Open to all glass artists, regardless of experience. The prize for this category will be a place on one of our Spring Masterclasses, run by international artists including Silvia Levenson, Bruno Romanelli and Deborah Horrell.
Student's Prize: Open to students currently studying on an accredited full or part-time Further or Higher Education course at a college or university. The prize for this category will be a Paragon SC2 kiln.
Newcomer's Prize: Open to any glass worker who has begun working in the glass medium within the past twelve months and has not sold their work commercially. The prize for this category will be £250 to spend on products from the Warm Glass range.
Entry Deadline: Midnight January 31st 2010
Voting Opens: February 8th 2010
Voting Closes: February 24th 2010
Winners Announced: March 1st 2010
Full details and rules can be viewed on http://www.warm-glass.co.uk/.
PHD STUDENTSHIP AT SWANSEA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Swansea Metropolitan University have a PhD studentship available working with their water jet cutting equipment. It is a 9k tax free studentship working with Vanessa Cutler on extending the parameters of how water jet can apply to glass. If anyone is interested please email Vanessa or Professor Kelvin Donne to find out more. The intention is that the PhD would begin December 2009 completing 2012. Applicants need to have a good degree or Masters, preferably (but not necessarily) in glassmaking. The work will develop on Vanessa's work carried out from and since her thesis on the subject in 2006, extending the parameters of the machine and investigating the aesthetics of applying waterjet technology. This will include cutting and surface milling, little has been investigated currently that incorporates controlled surface abrasion (milling) which could be the starting point for the PhD.
For more information, please contact:
E: kelvin.donne@smu.ac.uk or vanessa.cutler@smu.ac.uk
W: www.smu.ac.uk
For more information, please contact:
E: kelvin.donne@smu.ac.uk or vanessa.cutler@smu.ac.uk
W: www.smu.ac.uk
CRYPT-MAS 2010 BY ILLUMINI: CALL
Dead line: January 15th 2010
Applications are invited from artists of all disciplines, working in illumination. If your work glows or lights up in any way, Illumini wants to here from you. The theme is alternative Christmas; this can be broadly investigated and is left wide open for your creativity and imagination.
Crypt-mas will be a free alternative Christmas art experience, in December 2010, for all ages, created inside a subterranean labyrinth. The venue is a dark underground church crypt, with alcoves and arched ceilings, the fantastic setting and atmosphere, for an alternative Christmas grotto. Including children’s workshops and Illumini’s very own futuristic Santa (art installation).
Illumini Event, Sep 2008, attracted over 3,000 people on its opening night and 7,145 guests during its two weeks. Artist’s from professionals-students gained commissions, sales and major press coverage and interviews through Illumini. They take promotion very seriously and have a great track record with their featured artists. Illumini promotes artist from any background and at any stage of their career.
For further details on how to submit please visit the submission page at
W: www.illuminievent.co.uk
Applications are invited from artists of all disciplines, working in illumination. If your work glows or lights up in any way, Illumini wants to here from you. The theme is alternative Christmas; this can be broadly investigated and is left wide open for your creativity and imagination.
Crypt-mas will be a free alternative Christmas art experience, in December 2010, for all ages, created inside a subterranean labyrinth. The venue is a dark underground church crypt, with alcoves and arched ceilings, the fantastic setting and atmosphere, for an alternative Christmas grotto. Including children’s workshops and Illumini’s very own futuristic Santa (art installation).
Illumini Event, Sep 2008, attracted over 3,000 people on its opening night and 7,145 guests during its two weeks. Artist’s from professionals-students gained commissions, sales and major press coverage and interviews through Illumini. They take promotion very seriously and have a great track record with their featured artists. Illumini promotes artist from any background and at any stage of their career.
For further details on how to submit please visit the submission page at
W: www.illuminievent.co.uk
RCA CERAMICS AND GLASS OPEN DAY, DECEMBER
3 December 2009. Royal College Of Art, Ceramics & Glass Open Day. The department offers Masters, M.Phil. & Ph.D. Research Degrees. Hear about the course, find out about the RCA's Bursary Scheme, listen to graduate presentations. Visit the studios and workshops. Meet informally with students and staff. Have your questions answered.
Presentations start at 14:00. Lecture Theatre 1. The student canteen will be open for lunch between 13:00 – 14:00 and you are invited to view the ‘Work In Progress’ exhibition by current 1st. & 2nd. Year Students. At 16:00 in the Ceramics & Glass Seminar Room there will be the opportunity to discuss M.Phil. and Ph.D. Research proposals with Alison Britton, our Research Co-ordinator.
For more information, contact the RCA:
T: 0044 2075904252
E: sandra.reynard@rca.ac.uk
P: Royal College Of Art. Kensington Gore, London. SW7 2EU. GB. Please use the Front Entrance to the College, (next to the Albert Hall).
W: www.rca.ac.uk
Nearest Tubes: South Kensington or Gloucester Road. Buses: 9, 10, 52.
Presentations start at 14:00. Lecture Theatre 1. The student canteen will be open for lunch between 13:00 – 14:00 and you are invited to view the ‘Work In Progress’ exhibition by current 1st. & 2nd. Year Students. At 16:00 in the Ceramics & Glass Seminar Room there will be the opportunity to discuss M.Phil. and Ph.D. Research proposals with Alison Britton, our Research Co-ordinator.
For more information, contact the RCA:
T: 0044 2075904252
E: sandra.reynard@rca.ac.uk
P: Royal College Of Art. Kensington Gore, London. SW7 2EU. GB. Please use the Front Entrance to the College, (next to the Albert Hall).
W: www.rca.ac.uk
Nearest Tubes: South Kensington or Gloucester Road. Buses: 9, 10, 52.
EQUIPMENT TO RENT, WATERFORD
Workhouse Studios, a new Design and Craft Studio in Co.Waterford, have launched a rental scheme for the use of all available equipment and facilities onsite. The site boasts a number of glass cold-working machines and top-loading kilns, as well as large spaces and benches for working in. A technician can also be hired for various time slots, and all visitors to the studio will be given a short tutorial on the machinery they wish to rent to familiarise them with the particular pieces of equipment on site. All equipment rental must be booked in before arriving at the studio.
For any one interested there is also a jewellery studio with a full equipment rental list available from the website or by calling the number below.
Please find below a full list of equipment and rates. For more information or availability visit the website at www.workhousestudios.com or call +353.87.96.08.766. All enquiries welcome.
Glass Equipment:
Diamond Saw: Vitrex Pro 900 Diamond Bridge Saw, water pump and tray for safe glass and tile cutting, 200mm blade, mitre cutting angle of 0-45 degrees
Max Cutting Depth 35mm
Max Cutting Depth at 45 degrees 30mm
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Diamond Drill, ZJ4116Q Model Drill Press with Water Hook Up for Drilling Glass, 16mm drilling capacity, movable bed (higher and lower to suit needs),bolted to workbench for safety
Diamond Tipped Core Drill Bits, Sstandard Walls and Habit Shank
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Linisher, Loser KS 362 Horizontal Linisher, 2 speeds in 2 directions, belts from 80grade to 400grade available
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Sandblaster, Sandblaster Cabinet with high speed compressor hook up, internal dimensions 83 x 53 x 35 cm, internal cabinet light, 70 grade sand
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Mould Making Station Includes:
• 1 bench 1 x 2 metres for mould making, easy to clean surface
• A variety of wooden mould making boards in a variety of sizes, and clamps
• 1 double boiling ring for melting wax etc
• 2 steamers for cleaning out moulds
• A smaller bench set up with the burning rings and steamers
Tools, wax and investment materials not included.
€20 an hr / €140 a day
Cutting Table Carpet covered table on wheels 2 x 1metres
Rate: €10 an hr / €70 a day (per each of two tables)
Resist Kit Letralite UV Exposure Unit
Includes:
• UV Light, with blackout cover
• Magnetic wash out board
• Spray Hose tap attachment
• Burnishers for applying resist sheets to glass
Resist paper not included
Rate: €10 an hr / €70 a day
Kilns
Nabertherm Toploading Fusing and Slumping F110 Model
Inner Dimensions 930 x 590 x 230 mm
Max Temp 950 degrees
C290 Digital Controller
Kiln Shelves to fill the inner dimensions included
Small selection of kiln props and furniture available
Rate: €50 for 24 hours plus electricity charges at a rate per unit
(per each of two kilns)
Casting Kiln KF No.3 Model
Inner Dimensions 450 x 450 x 620 mm
Max Temp 1000 degrees
Auber Digital Controller
Kiln shelf to fill the inner dimension included (x1)
Small selection of kiln props and furniture available
Rate: €50 for 24 hours plus electrical fees
For any one interested there is also a jewellery studio with a full equipment rental list available from the website or by calling the number below.
Please find below a full list of equipment and rates. For more information or availability visit the website at www.workhousestudios.com or call +353.87.96.08.766. All enquiries welcome.
Glass Equipment:
Diamond Saw: Vitrex Pro 900 Diamond Bridge Saw, water pump and tray for safe glass and tile cutting, 200mm blade, mitre cutting angle of 0-45 degrees
Max Cutting Depth 35mm
Max Cutting Depth at 45 degrees 30mm
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Diamond Drill, ZJ4116Q Model Drill Press with Water Hook Up for Drilling Glass, 16mm drilling capacity, movable bed (higher and lower to suit needs),bolted to workbench for safety
Diamond Tipped Core Drill Bits, Sstandard Walls and Habit Shank
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Linisher, Loser KS 362 Horizontal Linisher, 2 speeds in 2 directions, belts from 80grade to 400grade available
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Sandblaster, Sandblaster Cabinet with high speed compressor hook up, internal dimensions 83 x 53 x 35 cm, internal cabinet light, 70 grade sand
Rate: €15 an hr / €100 a day
Mould Making Station Includes:
• 1 bench 1 x 2 metres for mould making, easy to clean surface
• A variety of wooden mould making boards in a variety of sizes, and clamps
• 1 double boiling ring for melting wax etc
• 2 steamers for cleaning out moulds
• A smaller bench set up with the burning rings and steamers
Tools, wax and investment materials not included.
€20 an hr / €140 a day
Cutting Table Carpet covered table on wheels 2 x 1metres
Rate: €10 an hr / €70 a day (per each of two tables)
Resist Kit Letralite UV Exposure Unit
Includes:
• UV Light, with blackout cover
• Magnetic wash out board
• Spray Hose tap attachment
• Burnishers for applying resist sheets to glass
Resist paper not included
Rate: €10 an hr / €70 a day
Kilns
Nabertherm Toploading Fusing and Slumping F110 Model
Inner Dimensions 930 x 590 x 230 mm
Max Temp 950 degrees
C290 Digital Controller
Kiln Shelves to fill the inner dimensions included
Small selection of kiln props and furniture available
Rate: €50 for 24 hours plus electricity charges at a rate per unit
(per each of two kilns)
Casting Kiln KF No.3 Model
Inner Dimensions 450 x 450 x 620 mm
Max Temp 1000 degrees
Auber Digital Controller
Kiln shelf to fill the inner dimension included (x1)
Small selection of kiln props and furniture available
Rate: €50 for 24 hours plus electrical fees
STICKY FINGERS EARLY YEARS ARTS PUBLIC ART COMMISSION: CALL
Budget: £45,000 (Inclusive of all artist’s and material costs)
In association with the Department for Regional Development and the Arts Council Northern Ireland Lottery fund, Sticky Fingers Early Years Arts is currently inviting expressions of interest from visual artists working in the public realm for this innovative art project. The aim of the commission is to create a high quality, large-scale, permanent, innovative and original artwork, inspired by the ideas, imagination and aspirations of the young children living in Newry city today. Following a series of consultative workshops with children from across Newry the successful artist will incorporate children’s ideas into elements of the final design. The finished artwork will be a visual statement acknowledging the role of children in a cultural society and will become a permanent declaration of the importance of recognising children’s right to high quality arts and cultural enjoyment, acting as an example of good practice across Ireland and beyond. The resulting public artwork will be situated on the Dublin to Belfast A1 motorway at Newry, becoming the focal point of a new major junction and enhancing the creative and cultural climate of a modern day city. It is hoped that the commission will become a recognised symbol of Newry and that it will create a sense of place and arrival at a major gateway site, achieving international recognition. Budget: £45,000 (Inclusive of all artist’s and material costs)
E: elaine@stickyfingersarts.co.uk
W: http://www.stickyfingersarts.co.uk
Deadline for submissions: 1pm, 7 December 2009
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
In association with the Department for Regional Development and the Arts Council Northern Ireland Lottery fund, Sticky Fingers Early Years Arts is currently inviting expressions of interest from visual artists working in the public realm for this innovative art project. The aim of the commission is to create a high quality, large-scale, permanent, innovative and original artwork, inspired by the ideas, imagination and aspirations of the young children living in Newry city today. Following a series of consultative workshops with children from across Newry the successful artist will incorporate children’s ideas into elements of the final design. The finished artwork will be a visual statement acknowledging the role of children in a cultural society and will become a permanent declaration of the importance of recognising children’s right to high quality arts and cultural enjoyment, acting as an example of good practice across Ireland and beyond. The resulting public artwork will be situated on the Dublin to Belfast A1 motorway at Newry, becoming the focal point of a new major junction and enhancing the creative and cultural climate of a modern day city. It is hoped that the commission will become a recognised symbol of Newry and that it will create a sense of place and arrival at a major gateway site, achieving international recognition. Budget: £45,000 (Inclusive of all artist’s and material costs)
E: elaine@stickyfingersarts.co.uk
W: http://www.stickyfingersarts.co.uk
Deadline for submissions: 1pm, 7 December 2009
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, NEWRY AND MOURNE DISTRICT: CALL
COMHAIRLE AN IÚIR AGUS MHÚRN NEWRY AND MOURNE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Public Art Commission "Newry Historic Canal Feature” Value £40,000
(Tender Ref: 23/2009)
Artists’ project brief for permanent sculptural artwork in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Newry, Co. Down is a gateway city, situated between Dublin and Belfast on the main eastern seaboard corridor of Ireland. This project is an important follow-on initiative from the recently completed Public Realm Works within the wider ‘Canal Street Conservation Area’, in that it will recognize and symbolise the history and special character of Newry Canal, which was the first summit Canal in the UK and Ireland, built in 1742. The commission is for a strong, site-specific artwork, which will bring an “Historic Canal Feature” to the City. The actual location is the key access point to the Canal Street/Sugar Island area of the city from the Merchants Quay approach road and is located on a large triangular shaped area, which serves to direct traffic circulation at this jun ction. It is the main approach to this historic part of the city and thus creates the first impression for visitors. The Terms of Reference (Artists Brief) and applicable information can be downloaded at www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/procurement. All relevant submissions are to be received on or before Friday 4th December 2009 at 12.00 noon and returned to www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/procurement.
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
Public Art Commission "Newry Historic Canal Feature” Value £40,000
(Tender Ref: 23/2009)
Artists’ project brief for permanent sculptural artwork in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Newry, Co. Down is a gateway city, situated between Dublin and Belfast on the main eastern seaboard corridor of Ireland. This project is an important follow-on initiative from the recently completed Public Realm Works within the wider ‘Canal Street Conservation Area’, in that it will recognize and symbolise the history and special character of Newry Canal, which was the first summit Canal in the UK and Ireland, built in 1742. The commission is for a strong, site-specific artwork, which will bring an “Historic Canal Feature” to the City. The actual location is the key access point to the Canal Street/Sugar Island area of the city from the Merchants Quay approach road and is located on a large triangular shaped area, which serves to direct traffic circulation at this jun ction. It is the main approach to this historic part of the city and thus creates the first impression for visitors. The Terms of Reference (Artists Brief) and applicable information can be downloaded at www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/procurement. All relevant submissions are to be received on or before Friday 4th December 2009 at 12.00 noon and returned to www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/procurement.
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
WHITE CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, BELFAST
A selling exhibtion with a selection of works by some of NI's leading makers and artists including Alison Fitzgerald, Karl Harron, Fiona Kerr, Deirdre and Michael McCrory, Rachel McKnight, Cara Murphy and Heather Wilson. 17 Nov - 20 Dec 09 in the Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University, Belfast, 11-4pm Tues – Sun.
P: 0044 2890973580
W: www.naughtongallery.org
P: 0044 2890973580
W: www.naughtongallery.org
CRAFT NI EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMME 2010/2011: CALL
In 2008/9 Craft NI hosted 5 selected craft exhibitions at their display space in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. The 2-month exhibitions were attended by 500 people on average per month and were a part of the Late Night Art walking tour and the Belfast Galleries programme www.belfastgalleries.com
They are now inviting expressions of interest for the space for our exhibitions programme for 2010/11. The space provides an accessible platform for quality contemporary craft in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
Who can apply?
Craft NI particularly welcomes proposals from Curators who are looking to develop contemporary craft/applied art displays, craft outlets and galleries and from Individual makers/groups of makers interested in:
* a city-centre platform
* gaining experience in putting together a solo/group show
* a venue as a spring-board for touring their work
What’s available:
The gallery at Craft NI is an L-shaped partitioned secure space with full insurance cover, permanent staffing and is open from 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri. Craft NI will monitor and manage visitors and enquiries regarding the work. We will also put visitors with any sales queries in touch with exhibitors (although we cannot sell work directly). Selected exhibitors will also have access to the following equipment:
* Up to 16 display cases (12 measuring 50Wx 50L & 4 x 60Wx60L) with lockable covers or for use as plinths
* Flexible and movable 16 spotlights system
* LCD-Screen & Laptop for playing power-points, dvds and/or music/sound
* White plaster-wall for hanging light wall-mounted work
* Partition wall at entrance for exhibition graphics
* Printing & photocopying services for exhibition lists
* An A1 street-sign located at front of the building to promote the show
Promotion opportunities available:
* Craft NI e-bulletins – promotes the exhibitions to an audience of over 3000
* Selling opportunities – As Craft NI is unable to sell directly; makers/retailers should provide price lists, contact details and details of where visitors can buy their work.
* On-street location - Visitors can access the gallery directly via the side-door that opens onto the Cotton Court plaza and the Cathedral Quarter is a centre for cultural activity.
* Late Night Art – the gallery is open until 9pm the first Thursday of every month and hosts a walking tour of approx. 30 people and promotion on www.belfastgalleries.com with an e-bulletin going out to their mailing list of over 20,000. Work can be sold directly at these events.
* As part of its membership with the Belfast Welcome Centre, Craft NI can promote its events the ‘what about’ guide to Belfast. The Belfast Welcome Centre attracts an audience of over 330,000+ per annum. 24% of visitors are from Northern Ireland.
* August Craft Month 10/11- Craft NI features an exhibition in its display area during August.
Selection Process
Participant work will be selected for display by an independent panel on the basis of Craft NI’s core quality criteria (Click here to view Craft NI's criteria>>). Once selected, exhibiting makers will need to:
* Develop a layout plan and install the show. All shows open bi-monthly on the first Thursday of the month.
* Provide marketing materials including an artist’s statement, price lists, PowerPoint presentation of images, contact details and details of where visitors can buy their work.
* Attend opening and late night art events (6-8:30pm) on the first Thursday of every month during their show.
How to apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please express your interest using the link here. If you do not have images on your website, please complete your registration by sending 3 x images to and emma@craftni.org . Please complete the registration form by 4pm, Friday 4 December 2009.
(Source: Craft NI)
They are now inviting expressions of interest for the space for our exhibitions programme for 2010/11. The space provides an accessible platform for quality contemporary craft in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
Who can apply?
Craft NI particularly welcomes proposals from Curators who are looking to develop contemporary craft/applied art displays, craft outlets and galleries and from Individual makers/groups of makers interested in:
* a city-centre platform
* gaining experience in putting together a solo/group show
* a venue as a spring-board for touring their work
What’s available:
The gallery at Craft NI is an L-shaped partitioned secure space with full insurance cover, permanent staffing and is open from 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri. Craft NI will monitor and manage visitors and enquiries regarding the work. We will also put visitors with any sales queries in touch with exhibitors (although we cannot sell work directly). Selected exhibitors will also have access to the following equipment:
* Up to 16 display cases (12 measuring 50Wx 50L & 4 x 60Wx60L) with lockable covers or for use as plinths
* Flexible and movable 16 spotlights system
* LCD-Screen & Laptop for playing power-points, dvds and/or music/sound
* White plaster-wall for hanging light wall-mounted work
* Partition wall at entrance for exhibition graphics
* Printing & photocopying services for exhibition lists
* An A1 street-sign located at front of the building to promote the show
Promotion opportunities available:
* Craft NI e-bulletins – promotes the exhibitions to an audience of over 3000
* Selling opportunities – As Craft NI is unable to sell directly; makers/retailers should provide price lists, contact details and details of where visitors can buy their work.
* On-street location - Visitors can access the gallery directly via the side-door that opens onto the Cotton Court plaza and the Cathedral Quarter is a centre for cultural activity.
* Late Night Art – the gallery is open until 9pm the first Thursday of every month and hosts a walking tour of approx. 30 people and promotion on www.belfastgalleries.com with an e-bulletin going out to their mailing list of over 20,000. Work can be sold directly at these events.
* As part of its membership with the Belfast Welcome Centre, Craft NI can promote its events the ‘what about’ guide to Belfast. The Belfast Welcome Centre attracts an audience of over 330,000+ per annum. 24% of visitors are from Northern Ireland.
* August Craft Month 10/11- Craft NI features an exhibition in its display area during August.
Selection Process
Participant work will be selected for display by an independent panel on the basis of Craft NI’s core quality criteria (Click here to view Craft NI's criteria>>). Once selected, exhibiting makers will need to:
* Develop a layout plan and install the show. All shows open bi-monthly on the first Thursday of the month.
* Provide marketing materials including an artist’s statement, price lists, PowerPoint presentation of images, contact details and details of where visitors can buy their work.
* Attend opening and late night art events (6-8:30pm) on the first Thursday of every month during their show.
How to apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please express your interest using the link here. If you do not have images on your website, please complete your registration by sending 3 x images to and emma@craftni.org . Please complete the registration form by 4pm, Friday 4 December 2009.
(Source: Craft NI)
MASTERCLASSES IN THE APPLIED ARTS
Organised by the Applied Arts Ulster group, masterclasses are a yearly programme of internationally recognised artists of ceramics, silver + jewellery and textile art visiting Northern Ireland for two days. Click on the images to open in a new window and download.
(Source: Craft NI)
(Source: Craft NI)
"HEARTS AND MINDS": KEITH SEYBERT EXHIBITION, DUBLIN
Keith Seybert's solo show, "Hearts and Minds" will be on show in Powerscourt Gallery, Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin until the 25th November 2009.
Seybert on the exhibition:
"The title, “Hearts and Minds” harkens back to the distinction drawn by the philosopher Plato, between the heart and the mind; between emotion and thought; a false dichotomy if modern trends in cognitive psychology are to be believed.
The phrase "winning the hearts and minds" has, through incessant repetition in recent years, become indelibly linked with counterinsurgency objectives implemented in pursuit of an interventionist foreign policy. For example, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps’ Counterinsurgency Field Manual, states that, "Protracted popular war is best countered by winning the 'hearts and minds' of the populace."
The objects in this exhibition were inspired by considering these accepted meanings and the images and phrases generated by this process. Some are more playful and humorous; others take a darker tone. But all, I trust, will provoke a thoughtful engagement of material and meaning."
GLASS PAINTING CLASS, GALWAY
Denise Hogan of Denise Hogan Design is holding a glasspainting class on Saturday 21st November in her studio in Galway. Details are as follows:
WHEN: Saturday the 21st of November 10.30am - 5.30pm
WHERE: Denise Hogan Design - DHD, Art Essence Gallery, U7 Kilkerrin Business Park, Liosbán, Galway.
WHAT: All materials included, learn to paint on glass. You will learn to paint on a flat panel of glass as well as a gorgeous candle votive to paint and take home. Discover the full range of possibilities of this versatile and luminescent material!
COST: €85 with all materials provided - beverages and refreshments provided all day.
WHAT TO BRING: Some old clothes to wear whilst painting, any images you may wish to paint (plenty images here if not), and any extra glass or ceramic pieces you may want to bring from home. (Extra pieces also available to purchase in-studio if desired).
WHAT TO DO: Send a €40 deposit to Denise at the address above to secure your place.
For more information contact Denise. Refreshments provided all day.
P: 091 764770, 087 6731199
W: www.denisehogandesign.com
WHEN: Saturday the 21st of November 10.30am - 5.30pm
WHERE: Denise Hogan Design - DHD, Art Essence Gallery, U7 Kilkerrin Business Park, Liosbán, Galway.
WHAT: All materials included, learn to paint on glass. You will learn to paint on a flat panel of glass as well as a gorgeous candle votive to paint and take home. Discover the full range of possibilities of this versatile and luminescent material!
COST: €85 with all materials provided - beverages and refreshments provided all day.
WHAT TO BRING: Some old clothes to wear whilst painting, any images you may wish to paint (plenty images here if not), and any extra glass or ceramic pieces you may want to bring from home. (Extra pieces also available to purchase in-studio if desired).
WHAT TO DO: Send a €40 deposit to Denise at the address above to secure your place.
For more information contact Denise. Refreshments provided all day.
P: 091 764770, 087 6731199
W: www.denisehogandesign.com
ARTS FUNDING IN ROSCOMMON: CALL
The closing date for receipt of applications for the Roscommon
County Council Artists Bursary Programme 2009/10 and the Tyrone
Guthrie Residency Bursary is fast approaching and completed
applications must be submitted to the Arts Office before 5.00pm,
Thursday 26th November.
Artists Bursary Programme
This Artists Bursary programme is designed to further the
development of individual artists, from any arts discipline, for any
purpose that will demonstratively contribute to an artist´s
development.
Among such purposes, the scheme may be used to offset the
expenses of the following -
* Participation in ad-hoc education such as mentoring, research
or short-term courses.
* Development of new work for exhibition, publication or
presentation.
* Development of new artist led projects
* Contribute to the removal of any existing barriers preventing an
artist´s development.
The value of the awards rise to a maximum of EUR1000. While there is
no fixed number of awards, there is generally a larger number of
lesser value bursaries and a small number of maximum value ones.
Bursary amounts depend on available resources, number of
applicants and the quality of applications.
* Applicants must live in County Roscommon.
* Applications from individual artists or groups of artists will be
accepted.
* The activity/basis of the application must apply between
Thursday 26th Nov 2009 and 31st December 2010.
* Assistance will be given only in respect of activity that would, in
the opinion of the Council, demonstratively contribute to an
artist´s development.
* Bursaries will be paid only after proof that the proposal will be
realised has been submitted. This may take the form of copy of
receipt of course fees, letter from host of course/activity or other
more appropriate verification agreed with the Arts Office.
Retrospective applications will not be considered.
* Completed application forms must be accompanied by artists
C.V., examples of previous work and details pertaining to the
activity/basis of the application. Photographic images should
generally be either hardcopy or in jpeg format on disc and all
multimedia work should be PC or DVD accessible.
* Information submitted will only be returned if a stamped
addressed envelope is submitted.
Applications are assessed using the following criteria -
* Track record of artist (or potential for an emerging artist)
* Proven commitment to high quality arts practice
* Likely effect of activity on artist´s practice
* In the case of courses, mentoring etc. - the quality of those
activities, mentors or courses
Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award is awarded annually to
an artist born or domiciled in Roscommon to enable them to spend
two weeks at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, the
Artist´s Workspace in Co. Monaghan. Each bursary covers all board
and lodging expenses for a two-week period plus the use of a studio
if necessary.
The scheme is open to practitioners in all artforms, born or domiciled
in Roscommon.
Applicants should show significant achievement in their chosen field.
This would normally mean that writers should already have published
in book form, painters or sculptors should have had one-person
shows in reputable galleries and that composers or musicians should
have had their work commissioned, recorded or performed, or
whatever might be appropriate to the particular artform. Otherwise
the applicant must demonstrate a high degree of promise attested by
referees or other forms of support from established figures in the
arts.
Each application must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae
and a reasonable sample of the artist´s work: 10 images from a visual
artist, a book or 20 pages of published work from writers, a recording
or score from musicians and any other supporting material that might
be relevant.
Applicants should state clearly what they wish to accomplish during
their stay at Annaghmakerrig. This project outline is often decisive
and should demonstrate that the artist is commencing, concluding or
working towards a body of work, exhibition, publication or
performances, which will be helped by a stay in the Centre.
Application forms are available from Roscommon County Council
Arts Office at www.roscommonarts.com, email
artsoffice@roscommoncoco.ie or call 090 66 37285.
County Council Artists Bursary Programme 2009/10 and the Tyrone
Guthrie Residency Bursary is fast approaching and completed
applications must be submitted to the Arts Office before 5.00pm,
Thursday 26th November.
Artists Bursary Programme
This Artists Bursary programme is designed to further the
development of individual artists, from any arts discipline, for any
purpose that will demonstratively contribute to an artist´s
development.
Among such purposes, the scheme may be used to offset the
expenses of the following -
* Participation in ad-hoc education such as mentoring, research
or short-term courses.
* Development of new work for exhibition, publication or
presentation.
* Development of new artist led projects
* Contribute to the removal of any existing barriers preventing an
artist´s development.
The value of the awards rise to a maximum of EUR1000. While there is
no fixed number of awards, there is generally a larger number of
lesser value bursaries and a small number of maximum value ones.
Bursary amounts depend on available resources, number of
applicants and the quality of applications.
* Applicants must live in County Roscommon.
* Applications from individual artists or groups of artists will be
accepted.
* The activity/basis of the application must apply between
Thursday 26th Nov 2009 and 31st December 2010.
* Assistance will be given only in respect of activity that would, in
the opinion of the Council, demonstratively contribute to an
artist´s development.
* Bursaries will be paid only after proof that the proposal will be
realised has been submitted. This may take the form of copy of
receipt of course fees, letter from host of course/activity or other
more appropriate verification agreed with the Arts Office.
Retrospective applications will not be considered.
* Completed application forms must be accompanied by artists
C.V., examples of previous work and details pertaining to the
activity/basis of the application. Photographic images should
generally be either hardcopy or in jpeg format on disc and all
multimedia work should be PC or DVD accessible.
* Information submitted will only be returned if a stamped
addressed envelope is submitted.
Applications are assessed using the following criteria -
* Track record of artist (or potential for an emerging artist)
* Proven commitment to high quality arts practice
* Likely effect of activity on artist´s practice
* In the case of courses, mentoring etc. - the quality of those
activities, mentors or courses
Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award is awarded annually to
an artist born or domiciled in Roscommon to enable them to spend
two weeks at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, the
Artist´s Workspace in Co. Monaghan. Each bursary covers all board
and lodging expenses for a two-week period plus the use of a studio
if necessary.
The scheme is open to practitioners in all artforms, born or domiciled
in Roscommon.
Applicants should show significant achievement in their chosen field.
This would normally mean that writers should already have published
in book form, painters or sculptors should have had one-person
shows in reputable galleries and that composers or musicians should
have had their work commissioned, recorded or performed, or
whatever might be appropriate to the particular artform. Otherwise
the applicant must demonstrate a high degree of promise attested by
referees or other forms of support from established figures in the
arts.
Each application must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae
and a reasonable sample of the artist´s work: 10 images from a visual
artist, a book or 20 pages of published work from writers, a recording
or score from musicians and any other supporting material that might
be relevant.
Applicants should state clearly what they wish to accomplish during
their stay at Annaghmakerrig. This project outline is often decisive
and should demonstrate that the artist is commencing, concluding or
working towards a body of work, exhibition, publication or
performances, which will be helped by a stay in the Centre.
Application forms are available from Roscommon County Council
Arts Office at www.roscommonarts.com, email
artsoffice@roscommoncoco.ie or call 090 66 37285.
Monday, 16 November 2009
GLASS SOCIETY OF IRELAND LECTURE, 19TH NOVEMBER
On Thursday 19th November, in association with NCAD Glass department, the Glass Society of Ireland will host an exciting lecture double bill. At 6.30pm visiting artist from Chile/Australia, Itzell Tazziman, will give a talk on her work and an insight into contemporary glassmaking in Australia and the Czech Republic, where she has been working and teaching. Itzell will also share her knowledge of cutting and engraving, and we would ask members to bring any examples of cut or engraved glass from their collections for discussion with the group.
At 7.30pm Irish artist Mary Mackey will give a talk entitled "Making a Mark". This lecture provides insight into the proccesses Mary engages as a painter with the inherent properties of glass; its liquid nature,transparency and opacity; in exploring her concepts of shadow, texture and water, whatever its form, sea, river, moving glacial ice, each making its own mark however impermanent.
This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear about the work of two top-class glassmakers and to meet with members of the society and students of NCAD. Everyone is welcome, and it would be fantastic to see members old and new at the lecture, which is bound to be interesting and enjoyable for all.
At 7.30pm Irish artist Mary Mackey will give a talk entitled "Making a Mark". This lecture provides insight into the proccesses Mary engages as a painter with the inherent properties of glass; its liquid nature,transparency and opacity; in exploring her concepts of shadow, texture and water, whatever its form, sea, river, moving glacial ice, each making its own mark however impermanent.
This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear about the work of two top-class glassmakers and to meet with members of the society and students of NCAD. Everyone is welcome, and it would be fantastic to see members old and new at the lecture, which is bound to be interesting and enjoyable for all.
ARTIST PROFILE: MARY MACKEY
Being Where Others Have Already Been, Mary Mackey
Born in Cork in 1960, studied at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork. She has participated in international group exhibitions in Japan, America, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, China, France, and Great Britain. A painter, glass is her chosen medium. She is a member of the Women’s International Glass Workshop, a group of leading international glass artists. Her work is included in their exhibition Gathering Light, which began its tour as part of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture and then traveled to the Center International du Vitrail in France, and the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. She has also exhibited widely in Ireland including the Crawford Municipal Gallery, the Catherine Hammond Gallery, Crafts Council of Ireland Gallery, West Cork Arts Centre, National Museum Collins Barracks, and the Galway Arts Centre. She has been the recipient of awards from the Cultural Relations Committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Arts Council, the London Arts Board, and in 2009 was given the Golden Fleece Merit Award. Her public commissions include windows for the Mallow Swimming pool, Mater Private Hospital, Ursuline Convent Secondary School and Convent, and St Luke’s Home in Cork.
Mary will speak with Itzell Tazzyman on November 19th as part of the Glass Society of Ireland lecture. Her lecture, entitled On Making a Mark, will provide insight into the proccesses Mary Mackey engages as a painter with the inherent properties of glass; its liquid nature,transparency and opacity; in exploring her concepts of shadow, texture and water, whatever its form, sea, river, moving glacial ice, each making its own mark however impermanent. Mary's lecture will start at 7.30pm (Itzell will speak at 6.30)in the Noel Sheridan room in NCAD, is free of charge and is open to all.
ARTIST PROFILE: ITZELL TAZZYMAN
Revealing Our Nature, Itzell Tazzyman
Born in Santiago Chile, Itzell Tazzyman lives and works in Canberra Australia. She works as an artist, teacher and curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Itzell is an alumna of the Australian National University Glass Workshop, graduating with 1st class honours in 1993, studying with the guidance of Klaus Moje (GR), Stephen Procter (UK) and Petr Herel (CZ). Itzell is a faculty member of the ANU glass workshop, where she teaches the complementary studies programs, she has also taught in the UK at Northlands Glass and in the USA at the Pilchuck Glass School. She was the recipient of a 1996 Creative Glass Centre of American Fellowship and winner of the 2007 City of Hobart Art Prize for sculpture. In 2008 Itzell has been awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to research glass carving and engraving techniques, in the USA, UK, Germany and the Czech Republic. Her artworks works are represented public and private collections in Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and USA. Itzell is the co-editor of Lines Through Light, a book on the work of Stephen Procter.
Itzell Tazzyman will speak with Irish artist Mary Mackey on 19th November in NCAD as part of the Glass Society of Ireland lecture. Itzell's lecture, Expanding Contemporary Australian Studio Glass is open to all, and is free of charge. Itzell will also lead a group discussion on glass cutting and engraving techniques, so please bring along any examples of cut or engraved glass for discussion. It will start at 6.30pm in the Noel Sheridan Room, above the Glass department in NCAD.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
WHAT NEXT? PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR RECENT ART COLLEGE GRADUATES AND STUDENTS
Fingal County Council and Draiocht wish to further recognise the needs and questions graduate artist may have post college. What Next? Is designed to tackle a number of relevant issues regarding the artist as professional i.e. funding opportunities, public art commissions, working with curators and private galleries, awareness of the Visual Artists Society, artist organised initiatives and the artist career path. The day is intended to be informative and informal with an emphasis on the audience member to get as much as possible out of this opportunity by asking questions of the panel members. Places are free, but limited; Bookings can be made through Draiocht’s Box office 01 885 2622.
Thursday 12th November 2009 10:30am – 5pm FREE
As part of this year’s Amharc Fhine Gall VI.
For Further Information on any aspect of the day please contact:
Caroline Cowley, Public Arts Co-ordinator, Fingal County Council,
P: 01 870 8449
E: caroline.cowley@fingalcoco.ie
or Sarah O’Neill, Deputy Arts Officer, Fingal County Council,
P: 01 890 6237
E: sarah.oneill@fingalcoco.ie
W: www.fingalarts.ie
http://www.draiocht.ie/whatson/visual.htm
Thursday 12th November 2009 10:30am – 5pm FREE
As part of this year’s Amharc Fhine Gall VI.
For Further Information on any aspect of the day please contact:
Caroline Cowley, Public Arts Co-ordinator, Fingal County Council,
P: 01 870 8449
E: caroline.cowley@fingalcoco.ie
or Sarah O’Neill, Deputy Arts Officer, Fingal County Council,
P: 01 890 6237
E: sarah.oneill@fingalcoco.ie
W: www.fingalarts.ie
http://www.draiocht.ie/whatson/visual.htm
SALE OF EQUIPMENT AT WATERFORD CRYSTAL
There is to be an online auction for equipment from Waterford Crystal. You can get more information on the auction from Robert McKay of McKay Asset Valuers & Auctioneers Ireland, and note that it is possible to set up a viewing of equipment in Waterford.
P: 01 490 3130
E: robert@mckay.ie
W: http://links.marketing.goindustry.com
Please note that some of the equipment (crates of cutting wheels, lathing tools etc) may be bought only in bulk, and it may be worth buying as part of a group. If this is something that interests you, contact me this address and I may be able to pair you with other interested buyers from the society.
E: glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
P: 01 490 3130
E: robert@mckay.ie
W: http://links.marketing.goindustry.com
Please note that some of the equipment (crates of cutting wheels, lathing tools etc) may be bought only in bulk, and it may be worth buying as part of a group. If this is something that interests you, contact me this address and I may be able to pair you with other interested buyers from the society.
E: glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
CULTURE IRELAND GRANTS: CALL
Culture Ireland creates and supports opportunities for Irish artists and companies to present and promote their work at international festivals, venues, showcases and markets. Applications for financial support under Culture Ireland's quarterly grants scheme are accepted from both participating artists or from international presenters.
Application forms and guidelines for applying are available at:
W: www.cultureireland.gov.ie/grants/index.html
Deadline for applications by post: close of business, 13 November 2009
Deadline for applications by email: 12 midnight, 15 November 2009
(Source: www.visualartists.ie)
Application forms and guidelines for applying are available at:
W: www.cultureireland.gov.ie/grants/index.html
Deadline for applications by post: close of business, 13 November 2009
Deadline for applications by email: 12 midnight, 15 November 2009
(Source: www.visualartists.ie)
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS LAUNCHES PETITION TO GOVERNMENT
The National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) has organised a petition to Government to ensure that the arts are on national and local government agendas, and the Glass Society of Ireland has joined the campaign. To find out more about the demands of the NCFA and to sign the petition, please visit the website listed below. Please note that 10,000 signatures are Urgently Needed on the petition by the 27th November 2009, when the petition will be presented to Minister Martin Cullen.
W: www.ncfa.ie
W: www.ncfa.ie
ON THE EDGE, TOURING EXHIBITION,UK AND IRL
“On The Edge”. Touring Exhibition. including the work of Sean Campbell, Donna Coogan, Debbie Dawson, RóisÃn De Buitléar, Fiaz Elson, Sally Fawkes, Rosalind Grimshaw, Chinks Vere Grylls, Joseph Harrington, Susan Kinley, Mary Mackey, Caroline Madden, Emma O'Toole, Emmy-Gai Palmer, Colin Reid, Louise Rice, Killian Schurmann, Keith Seybert, Richard ‘Will’ Shakspeare, Suzannah Vaughan & Carole Waller visits the following venues:
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. Cheltenham.
The Colonnade Gallery, National Waterfront Museum. Swansea. GB.
The Gatehouse. Torre Abbey. Torquay.
CCol National Craft Gallery. Kilkenny (Jan 6th - March 21st 2010)
Linenhall Arts Centre. Castlebar, Mayo (August 2010)
For more information, contact:
P: 056 776 1804
E: ncg@ccoi.ie
W: www.ccoi.ie
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. Cheltenham.
The Colonnade Gallery, National Waterfront Museum. Swansea. GB.
The Gatehouse. Torre Abbey. Torquay.
CCol National Craft Gallery. Kilkenny (Jan 6th - March 21st 2010)
Linenhall Arts Centre. Castlebar, Mayo (August 2010)
For more information, contact:
P: 056 776 1804
E: ncg@ccoi.ie
W: www.ccoi.ie
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: IRISH STAINED GLASS ART, TOURING EXHIBITION, USA
“The Light Fantastic: Irish Stained Glass Art”. Touring Exhibition. including work by Donna Coogan, Debbie Dawson, Nora Duggan, Eva Kelly, Peadar Lamb, Mary Mackey, Sandra Miley, Patrick Muldowney, Killian Schurmann, George Walsh, Elke Westen & Peter Young, visits the following venues:
The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. Hollins University. Roanoke (VA).
Coral Springs Museum Of Art. Coral Springs (FL).
Historic City Hall. Arts & Culture Center. Lake Charles (LA).
Village Theatre Art Gallery. Danville (CA).
For more information, contact:
P: 00 1 337 491 9147
E: artsandculture@cityoflc.us
W: www.cityoflakecharles.com
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. Hollins University. Roanoke (VA).
Coral Springs Museum Of Art. Coral Springs (FL).
Historic City Hall. Arts & Culture Center. Lake Charles (LA).
Village Theatre Art Gallery. Danville (CA).
For more information, contact:
P: 00 1 337 491 9147
E: artsandculture@cityoflc.us
W: www.cityoflakecharles.com
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
IVARO PRESENTS 'COPYRIGHT NIGHT', DUBLIN
Artists and visual creators of every kind are invited to 'copyright night', a free information session organised by the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation (IVARO) on how best to exercise your rights under copyright law. 'copyright night' will take place on 19 November 2009 from 6.30 to 8pm at The James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1. All welcome.
IVARO will also be launching its RETURN service, an exciting new source of income for the visual arts sector. So come along and join us for a glass of wine and learn how to benefit from your copyright! For further information please contact Alex at:
E: info@ivaro.ie
W: www.ivaro.ie
(Source: www.visualartists.ie)
Artists and visual creators of every kind are invited to 'copyright night', a free information session organised by the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation (IVARO) on how best to exercise your rights under copyright law. 'copyright night' will take place on 19 November 2009 from 6.30 to 8pm at The James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1. All welcome.
IVARO will also be launching its RETURN service, an exciting new source of income for the visual arts sector. So come along and join us for a glass of wine and learn how to benefit from your copyright! For further information please contact Alex at:
E: info@ivaro.ie
W: www.ivaro.ie
(Source: www.visualartists.ie)
JOB OPPORTUNITY AT ELY STAINED GLASS MUSEUM, UK. NOTE DEADLINE
The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, is looking for a new curator. The deadline for applications is the 9th November (Monday) and you will find more information here:
W: www.stainedglassmuseum.com/jobops.shtml
E: curator@stainedglassmuseum.com
W: www.stainedglassmuseum.com/jobops.shtml
E: curator@stainedglassmuseum.com
"A DUBLINER'S COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART" CONFERENCE, COLLINS BARRACKS, NOV 14TH
Based on the National Museum's current exhibition of the Albert Bender collection, curated by Audrey Whitty, a conference entitled "A Dubliner's Collection of Asian Art" will take place in the museum at Collins Barracks on the 14th November. The conference is free of charge and runs from 9.30am until 4.30pm.
For more information, contact the museum at
P: 01 6777444
W: www.museum.ie
For more information, contact the museum at
P: 01 6777444
W: www.museum.ie
HARRY CLARKE LECTURE, COLLINS BARRACKS, NOV 7TH
"Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931): stained glass master craftsman and artist of the dramatic encounter" is a talk by Dr. Nicola Gordon-Bowe being held in the AV theatre and Out of Storage at the National Museum, Collins Barracks, Saturday 7th November. The talk is free of charge, and starts at 12 noon.
For more information, contact the museum at
P: 01 6777444
W: www.museum.ie
For more information, contact the museum at
P: 01 6777444
W: www.museum.ie
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
NEXT E-BULLETIN
The Glass Society of Ireland's next e-bulletin will go out on Saturday 7th November (or thereabouts). If you have anything you'd like included in the e-bulletin or the blog, please send it to me by Friday 6th November.
E: glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
E: glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
ARTIST PROFILE: ELKE WESTEN
(Irishtown Garda Station, and detail; images via IAF and www.elkewesten.com, click to enlarge)
Welcome to the Glass Society of Ireland's first artist profile, which takes a look at the work of Elke Westen. Elke began her studies in Germany at Fachochschule Dortmund and completed an MA in glass at NCAD in 2002. She has lectured at NCAD, National University Bogotá, Columbia and University “Hildesheim", Germany and has won a number of architectural commissions in Ireland, such as Carlow Credit Union (pictured below), Carlow, Letterkenny Inistitute of Technology, Donegal, Irishtown Garda Station (pictured above), Dublin and Ulster Hospital Renal Unit, Belfast (pictured below). She has also been directly commissioned to make work for a number of State buildings, such as the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Social and Family Affairs. For more information on Elke and her work, visit her new website, www.elkewesten.com
(Carlow Credit Union, images via www.elkewesten.com)
(Ulster Hospital Renal Unit, images via www.elkewesten.com)
THE 2010 STEVENS ARCHITECTURAL GLASS COMPETITION: CALL
The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and WorldSkills UK are pleased to announce
The 2010 Stevens Architectural Glass Competition. The location of the Competition is CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (a window to enhance the Entrance to the Archives centre through an innovative design for the window [W1430mm x H3422mm] above the entrance door).
This year the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass has teamed up with WorldSkills UK to make the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition a nationally recognised competition. Publicity and entry arrangements have been improved, and it is now possible to view the competition brief on www.worldskillsuk.org/competitions as well as on the Company's website, www.worshipfulglaziers.com
Competition entrants need to register online with WorldSkills UK by 19 March 2010. On registration you will be given a Registration ID for use on the Entry Form and on the entry itself. Please make sure you register your interest with WorldSkills UK at the earliest opportunity. Registration itself does not commit you to entering the competition.
A site visit to Churchill College is a requirement of the Competition. Specific dates have been agreed with the college, when a College Fellow will conduct a tour of Churchill College and its artworks, and the Director of the Archives centre will conduct a tour of the Archives Centre. Please see the Competition Description for further details of this rare opportunity.
In additon to the £3,000 in competition prize money awarded by the Panel of Judges, Churchill College has also offered, at their discretion, the possibility of a commission to the value of £15,000 to the entrant of their choice.
Deadline for receipt of entries at Glaziers Hall: Friday 9th April 2010.
Judging will take place at Glaziers Hall on Tuesday 13th April 2010.
The Student Seminar and the Prize Giving will be held on Tuesday 4th May 2010.
For more information, visit the sites listed above, and a copy of entry requirements etc will be attached to the next Glass Society of Ireland e-bulletin. To subscribe, send us a mail at glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
The 2010 Stevens Architectural Glass Competition. The location of the Competition is CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (a window to enhance the Entrance to the Archives centre through an innovative design for the window [W1430mm x H3422mm] above the entrance door).
This year the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass has teamed up with WorldSkills UK to make the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition a nationally recognised competition. Publicity and entry arrangements have been improved, and it is now possible to view the competition brief on www.worldskillsuk.org/competitions as well as on the Company's website, www.worshipfulglaziers.com
Competition entrants need to register online with WorldSkills UK by 19 March 2010. On registration you will be given a Registration ID for use on the Entry Form and on the entry itself. Please make sure you register your interest with WorldSkills UK at the earliest opportunity. Registration itself does not commit you to entering the competition.
A site visit to Churchill College is a requirement of the Competition. Specific dates have been agreed with the college, when a College Fellow will conduct a tour of Churchill College and its artworks, and the Director of the Archives centre will conduct a tour of the Archives Centre. Please see the Competition Description for further details of this rare opportunity.
In additon to the £3,000 in competition prize money awarded by the Panel of Judges, Churchill College has also offered, at their discretion, the possibility of a commission to the value of £15,000 to the entrant of their choice.
Deadline for receipt of entries at Glaziers Hall: Friday 9th April 2010.
Judging will take place at Glaziers Hall on Tuesday 13th April 2010.
The Student Seminar and the Prize Giving will be held on Tuesday 4th May 2010.
For more information, visit the sites listed above, and a copy of entry requirements etc will be attached to the next Glass Society of Ireland e-bulletin. To subscribe, send us a mail at glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com
(Source: Alan J. Poole)
CONTEXT GALLERY, DERRY: CALL
Context gallery invites any artist at any stage in their career to submit a proposal for three A0 sized lightboxes. The content/subject matter is open, with image and/or text-based work considered and submissions can propose three duratran-based images or specially created one-off images using any medium inserted into the Lightboxes. The lightboxes are double-layered, Plexiglass screened and can be positioned horizontally or vertically depending on the artist’s desires.
The gallery will host a series of commissions over the coming year where the work will be in place for a minimum of six weeks and a maximum of three months. The lightboxes will be mounted directly outside the gallery, accessible to the public both during and outside of regular gallery hours.
The first commission from this call will be presented in mid December 2009. Proposals should be submitted by November 12th 2009.
Proposals can be sent by mail (no original artworks please) to
Context Gallery 5-7 Artillery Street, Derry, N. Ireland, BT48 6RG
or emailed to director@contextgallery.co.uk with the subject header LIGHTBOX COMMISSION. All submissions should be accompanied with a short biography, Curriculum Vitae, an artist’s statement, along with the written proposal and a short selection of jpgs illustrating the proposal. Please keep the submissions to a reasonable length and be concise. Selected artists will be awarded a fee of £250 and materials budget of up to £500 towards production costs. A small budget for travel costs will be considered.
For any additional information on the commission please contact the gallery at
P: 028 71373538
E: director@contextgallery.co.uk
STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE, DUBLIN
Studio space available at Mill Street Studios, Dublin, from the end of January 2010 until the end of June 2010. For more information, contact:
P: 087 6485856
P: 087 6485856
MASTERCLASSES WITH KARL HARRON
NI-based glass artist Karl Harron is facilitating a number of masterclasses in kiln-formed glass in his studio in Newtownards and abroad. Thus far, he has completed workshops in Stourbridge, Zurich and Newtownards, and the dates and locations of his upcoming workshops are listed below. For more information, contact Karl at:
W: www.theglasstudioireland.com
May 2010 “Reaction and Interaction” GlassForum Averoy Norway.
Apr 2010 “Creative Interactions” The GlasStudio Newtownards Northern Ireland.
Nov 2009 “A Finite Form” The GlasStudio Newtownards Northern Ireland.
W: www.theglasstudioireland.com
May 2010 “Reaction and Interaction” GlassForum Averoy Norway.
Apr 2010 “Creative Interactions” The GlasStudio Newtownards Northern Ireland.
Nov 2009 “A Finite Form” The GlasStudio Newtownards Northern Ireland.
Friday, 23 October 2009
SCOTTISH GLASS SOCIETY AGM AND CONFERENCE, EDINBURGH
The Scottish Glass Society's AGM and Conference will be held in Edinburgh on Saturday 31st October from 10.30 until 4.30. For more information, and to download an application form for the conference, please visit:
W: www.scottishglasssociety.com,
W: www.scottishglasssociety.com,
GATHERING LIGHT, SWANSEA
A major new exhibition of international contemporary stained glass comes to the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea until 24 January 2010.
Following critically acclaimed showings in Liverpool and Paris, courtesy of Swansea Metropolitan University's Welsh School of Architectural Glass (which is now celebrating its 75th anniversary), the work of twenty of the world's leading female glass artists, all part of the Women's International Glass Workshop, five of whom are Swansea Metropolitan University alumni will be on display, including the work of Irish artist Mary Mackey. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the workhop and the 75th anniversary of the Welsh School of Architectural Glass at SMU.
While Gathering Light is going on, the Bullseye Lecture Series is on in Swansea on the 30th October, so plenty to see and do if you're in the area.
For more information, visit
W: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea/
Following critically acclaimed showings in Liverpool and Paris, courtesy of Swansea Metropolitan University's Welsh School of Architectural Glass (which is now celebrating its 75th anniversary), the work of twenty of the world's leading female glass artists, all part of the Women's International Glass Workshop, five of whom are Swansea Metropolitan University alumni will be on display, including the work of Irish artist Mary Mackey. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the workhop and the 75th anniversary of the Welsh School of Architectural Glass at SMU.
While Gathering Light is going on, the Bullseye Lecture Series is on in Swansea on the 30th October, so plenty to see and do if you're in the area.
For more information, visit
W: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea/
Thursday, 22 October 2009
IRISH CONCRETE SOCIETY 2009 SCULPTURE AWARD: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, AND NOTE DEADLINE
The Irish Concrete Society is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the Irish Concrete Society 2009 Sculpture Award. This award scheme aims to acknowledge excellence in the design/construction of a sculptural project completed in concrete. Eligible entries should use concrete as the main visual element in the sculpture.
The Irish Concrete Society is sponsoring a cash prize of €1000 for the winning sculptor and adjudication will be carried out by an independent jury convened by the Council of the Society. Nominations for the award may be made by sculptors or others directly involved in the nomination. Nominations must refer to work completed since 1 August 2007 which is currently in Ireland and which can be made available for inspection by the jury later in the year, if requested.
All entries will be displayed at an Awards Evening held in early 2010 at which the winner will be announced. Nomination forms may be obtained from Emma Flood at:
P: Irish Concrete Society, Platin, Drogheda, Co. Louth
T: 041 9876466
E: secretary@concrete.ie
W: www.concrete.ie
Deadline for nominations: 30 October 2009
The Irish Concrete Society is sponsoring a cash prize of €1000 for the winning sculptor and adjudication will be carried out by an independent jury convened by the Council of the Society. Nominations for the award may be made by sculptors or others directly involved in the nomination. Nominations must refer to work completed since 1 August 2007 which is currently in Ireland and which can be made available for inspection by the jury later in the year, if requested.
All entries will be displayed at an Awards Evening held in early 2010 at which the winner will be announced. Nomination forms may be obtained from Emma Flood at:
P: Irish Concrete Society, Platin, Drogheda, Co. Louth
T: 041 9876466
E: secretary@concrete.ie
W: www.concrete.ie
Deadline for nominations: 30 October 2009
CGCA 2010 RESIDENCY PROGRAMME: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, AND NOTE DEADLINE
The Creative Glass Center of America residency program affords artists a break from the pressures of the external world, allowing them to work on ideas and projects that one might not be able to risk otherwise.The facilities are some of the finest internationally, broad in scope and able to support vast possibilities. Artists get exceptional access and freedom with these facilities, but they also receive generous stipends, private studios, technical assistance, comfortable housing and institutional support. In addition, they are embraced by a dedicated and warm staff, just 45 minutes south of Philadelphia.
10 residencies are awarded per year, with 2010s residencies starting in April. To apply, visit:
W: www.wheatonarts.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/fellowshipprogram
The deadline for applications is 26th October 2009.
10 residencies are awarded per year, with 2010s residencies starting in April. To apply, visit:
W: www.wheatonarts.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/fellowshipprogram
The deadline for applications is 26th October 2009.
RING SAW FOR SALE, DOWN
Taurus 3 Ring Saw with spare blade and grommet set.
New £490 Will accept £245 if collected. (Newtownards Co. Down)
Please contact Karl Harron:
T: 0044 (0)7979365829
E: info@theglasstudioireland.com
New £490 Will accept £245 if collected. (Newtownards Co. Down)
Please contact Karl Harron:
T: 0044 (0)7979365829
E: info@theglasstudioireland.com
BROADFIELD HOUSE MUSEUM SAVED
Thanks to an overwhelming show of support from people across the UK, Ireland and around the world, Broadfield House Glass Museum in Kingswinford, near Stourbridge will remain open. To read the full story, visit:
W: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2009/01/15/broadfield_house_feature.shtml
(Source: Alan J.Poole)
Addendum:
The Scottish Glass Society's annual exhibition, Migrate, will show in Broadfield House from 14th November 2009 until March 2010. Click the image below to enlarge and save in a new window (source: SGS):
W: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
(Source: Alan J.Poole)
Addendum:
The Scottish Glass Society's annual exhibition, Migrate, will show in Broadfield House from 14th November 2009 until March 2010. Click the image below to enlarge and save in a new window (source: SGS):
BULLSEYE UK ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES, OCTOBER 2009
Bullseye Glass Ltd and the University of Wolverhampton invite you to consider an “Inspire & Inform” series of lectures by international artists. On October 28th US artists Catharine Newell and April Surgent will spend a full day at the University as part of a national tour, discussing their finished work and conceptual and technical processes.
Both Newell and Surgent are widely recognized for figurative work in glass—Newell for “painting” with frits and powders and Surgent for cameo-engraving fused layers. To view some of their artwork and read about their processes, you may follow these links:
Catharine Newell
April Surgent
Date: 28th October 2009.
Location: University of Wolverhampton, School of Art & Design, MK Building, City Campus North.
Times: The lecture programme will begin at 9:30 and end at 16:30-17:00, with a break for lunch.
Tickets: Entry will be by prepaid ticket only: student ticket £23, inc. VAT; full ticket £40, inc. VAT. Tickets may be purchased online at Bullseye Glass or by contacting Karen Davies directly. They may also be purchased from Warm Glass UK , Creative Glass UK , and RetroGlass .
Contact for more information:
Karen Davies
Bullseye Glass Ltd.
P: The Square, Whaligoe, Ulbster, Caithness, Scotland, KW2 6AA
T: 01955 651742
E: karendavies@bullseyeglass.com
W: www.bullseyeglass.com
Addendum:
The Bullseye Lecture series also runs in a number of other venues, including the University of Ulster, Belfast. Click the image below to enlarge and save in a new window:
Both Newell and Surgent are widely recognized for figurative work in glass—Newell for “painting” with frits and powders and Surgent for cameo-engraving fused layers. To view some of their artwork and read about their processes, you may follow these links:
Catharine Newell
April Surgent
Date: 28th October 2009.
Location: University of Wolverhampton, School of Art & Design, MK Building, City Campus North.
Times: The lecture programme will begin at 9:30 and end at 16:30-17:00, with a break for lunch.
Tickets: Entry will be by prepaid ticket only: student ticket £23, inc. VAT; full ticket £40, inc. VAT. Tickets may be purchased online at Bullseye Glass or by contacting Karen Davies directly. They may also be purchased from Warm Glass UK , Creative Glass UK , and RetroGlass .
Contact for more information:
Karen Davies
Bullseye Glass Ltd.
P: The Square, Whaligoe, Ulbster, Caithness, Scotland, KW2 6AA
T: 01955 651742
E: karendavies@bullseyeglass.com
W: www.bullseyeglass.com
Addendum:
The Bullseye Lecture series also runs in a number of other venues, including the University of Ulster, Belfast. Click the image below to enlarge and save in a new window:
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BLOG!
Hello and welcome to the Glass Society of Ireland blog! This site is designed to be a resource for members, full of information on events, opportunities, lectures and exhibitions. If you have anything you'd like posted, please don't hesitate to email me at glasssocietyofireland@gmail.com. Any suggestions for ways to improve the site? Things you think members need to know? Send them all this way!
Enjoy the site,
Best wishes,
Aideen
Enjoy the site,
Best wishes,
Aideen
WATERFORD TO REVIVE CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING
This week, Waterford City Council announced that it is to invest €20 million and create 100 new jobs developing “a major new visitor centre, manufacturing and retail outlet for Waterford Crystal”. The site, at the old ESB offices on the historic Mall, will be renovated and ready to open in time for next summer’s tourist season. The council said that the new jobs will be split “roughly equally between manufacturing and retail/tourism”.
The council is still involved in negotiations over the operation of the planned new facility with WWRD Holdings, the company that now owns the Waterford Crystal brand. However, a council spokesman said that, “while confident of the company’s commitment, in the event of the failure of negotiations, the council is determined to deliver the project in any case”. Initial funding for the scheme has already been secured from the European Regional Development Fund.
To read more, visit:
W: www.irishtimes.com
(Source: The Irish Times)
The council is still involved in negotiations over the operation of the planned new facility with WWRD Holdings, the company that now owns the Waterford Crystal brand. However, a council spokesman said that, “while confident of the company’s commitment, in the event of the failure of negotiations, the council is determined to deliver the project in any case”. Initial funding for the scheme has already been secured from the European Regional Development Fund.
To read more, visit:
W: www.irishtimes.com
(Source: The Irish Times)
BLOG DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH LIZ LENNON, DUBLIN
Liz Lennon will be presenting a Blog Design Workshop for Artists and Creative Entrepreneurs at Kohn restaurant in Dublin from 1 to 6pm on 8 November 2009. The workshop will show you how to build a free blogsite so you can promote yourself and your work online. Info pack and chocolates included.
For more details and bookings please contact:
E: focusedsolutions1st@gmail.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
For more details and bookings please contact:
E: focusedsolutions1st@gmail.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
2-DAY BRONZE CASTING WORKSHOP, KINSALE
h2studio is running a 2-day introductory bronze casting workshop covering wax work, mould making, casting techniques and self made equipment on 7 and 8 November 2009. Cost: €250 with 10 percent discount with early booking. The workshop is suitable for all levels. Small groups.
h2studio also offers tailor made workshops and consultations to groups or individuals on their own premises. For booking and further information please contact Helle Helsner on:
T: 021 4708950 or 086 3256689
E: hellehelsner@gmail.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
h2studio also offers tailor made workshops and consultations to groups or individuals on their own premises. For booking and further information please contact Helle Helsner on:
T: 021 4708950 or 086 3256689
E: hellehelsner@gmail.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
DIT ART & DESIGN SOCIETY SEEKS WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
DIT Art and Design Society in Dublin is seeking artists and craftspeople to facilitate workshops that will run on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings for 1 to 2 hours. Activities which are currently being run successfully include fabric badges, knitting, crochet and jewellery. Keen on using recycled and found fabric/objects, as well as prints, wood carving and textiles, etc. All workshops suggestion welcome.
Modest budget available, all materials will be provided. If interested please get in touch with Kathryn Payne, Chairperson Art and Design Society, at:
E: kathryn.payne@student.dit.ie
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
Modest budget available, all materials will be provided. If interested please get in touch with Kathryn Payne, Chairperson Art and Design Society, at:
E: kathryn.payne@student.dit.ie
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
E-MERGE 2010: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
e-merge 2010, the Bullseye Glass biennial, juried kiln-glass exhibition for emerging and intermediate-level artists is now accepting applications. Hosted this year for the first time at Bullseye Gallery, e-merge acknowledges the specialized field of kiln-glass sculpture and those who are rising through its ranks. Students, early-career artists, and those whose glass work is not regularly represented by top galleries are encouraged to apply.
In addition to the chance to show work at Bullseye Gallery, entrants can compete to win awards, over $5000 in Bullseye gift cards and scholarships (to BECon 2011), and publication in a beautifully produced full-color catalog. A reception and awards ceremony will cap the exhibition festivities.
Dates to remember:
* October 1, 2009 – Submissions open
* December 7, 2009 – Submissions close
* March 27, 2010 – Reception and awards ceremony at Bullseye Gallery
* March 22-June 18, 2010 – Exhibition runs at Bullseye Gallery
For more information and to download an application form, visit:
W: www.bullseyeglass.com
(Source: Bullseye Glass)
In addition to the chance to show work at Bullseye Gallery, entrants can compete to win awards, over $5000 in Bullseye gift cards and scholarships (to BECon 2011), and publication in a beautifully produced full-color catalog. A reception and awards ceremony will cap the exhibition festivities.
Dates to remember:
* October 1, 2009 – Submissions open
* December 7, 2009 – Submissions close
* March 27, 2010 – Reception and awards ceremony at Bullseye Gallery
* March 22-June 18, 2010 – Exhibition runs at Bullseye Gallery
For more information and to download an application form, visit:
W: www.bullseyeglass.com
(Source: Bullseye Glass)
TOPLOADING KILN FOR SALE
An 8 cubic ft Surefire toploading kiln including shelves and props is for sale. Runs on single phase electricity. One lady owner, low mileage. Must be collected from Cavan before end of October 2009. For more information please contact:
T: 086 2902493
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
T: 086 2902493
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
LOUTH CRAFTMARK: 'CREATIVE REGIONS : CREATIVE ECONOMIES' CONFERENCE, LOUTH
'creative regions : creative economies', Louth Craftmark's mini-conference exploring creativity, enterprise and place, will take place from 9.30 to 1pm at The D Hotel, Drogheda, on Thursday 5 November 2009. Louth has a vibrant creative sector and the region has a growing reputation for creativity, excellence and innovation which has the potential to grow and benefit everyone living and working there. This mini-conference will look at how other regions have supported their creative industries and how craftspeople in Co. Louth and its surrounding region can learn from them. The keynote speaker will be Damini Kumar, Ireland’s Ambassador for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
Attendance is free but registration is essential. Register your place by contacting:
T: 041 9803283
E: info@louthcraftmark.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
Attendance is free but registration is essential. Register your place by contacting:
T: 041 9803283
E: info@louthcraftmark.com
(Source: Visual Artists Ireland)
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. Applications for the 2009 Award are now invited from artists or researchers working in the area of figurative painting or traditional craft, where traditional painting refers to representational figurative painting and traditional craft refers to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials, including woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glassmaking, metalwork, ceramics, stonework and woodwork, etc.
Award winners will be required to submit to the trustees a selection of illustrations of new creative work resulting from the award, accompanied by a written report. Applicants will normally have been born on the island of Ireland and must maintain a strong connection with Ireland. Application forms can now be downloaded from the Golden Fleece Award website at:
W: www.goldenfleeceaward.com
Deadline for submissions: 20 November 2009
Award winners will be required to submit to the trustees a selection of illustrations of new creative work resulting from the award, accompanied by a written report. Applicants will normally have been born on the island of Ireland and must maintain a strong connection with Ireland. Application forms can now be downloaded from the Golden Fleece Award website at:
W: www.goldenfleeceaward.com
Deadline for submissions: 20 November 2009
HAUBERG FELLOWSHIP, PILCHUCK: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The John H. Hauberg Fellowship is named after Pilchuck cofounder John H. Hauberg (1916–2002), a philanthropist, art
collector, and important supporter of artists.
The twelve-day Hauberg residency, established to encourage collaboration among a group of outstanding artists, offers an
opportunity to create new work that utilizes Pilchuck facilities and/or is inspired by the Pilchuck environment. Visual artists in
all media as well as writers, poets, art critics, and curators are encouraged to submit proposals with a collaborative concept or
theme that makes creative use of Pilchuck’s resources and environment. This residency is limited to one group composed of a
maximum of six artists (no exceptions). Hauberg Fellows may use the vitreography studio; plaster studios; fusing, slumping, and
casting kilns; and coldworking equipment.
Proposals should address what the applicants expect to gain from living on the Pilchuck campus and outline their creative
goals. Successful applicants must be self-reliant in their creative endeavors and self-instructing in glass techniques since
limited technical assistance is available. Some members of the applicant group must have had previous experience at
Pilchuck’s glassmaking facilities. The twelve-day spring residency for six artists includes a single room in a cottage with shared
bath, meals, studio space, and limited supplies. Reimbursement for travel costs and honorarium are not provided.
Applications are due on 16th January 2010 and an application form can be downloaded from
W: www.pilchuck.com
(Source: www.pilchuck.com)
collector, and important supporter of artists.
The twelve-day Hauberg residency, established to encourage collaboration among a group of outstanding artists, offers an
opportunity to create new work that utilizes Pilchuck facilities and/or is inspired by the Pilchuck environment. Visual artists in
all media as well as writers, poets, art critics, and curators are encouraged to submit proposals with a collaborative concept or
theme that makes creative use of Pilchuck’s resources and environment. This residency is limited to one group composed of a
maximum of six artists (no exceptions). Hauberg Fellows may use the vitreography studio; plaster studios; fusing, slumping, and
casting kilns; and coldworking equipment.
Proposals should address what the applicants expect to gain from living on the Pilchuck campus and outline their creative
goals. Successful applicants must be self-reliant in their creative endeavors and self-instructing in glass techniques since
limited technical assistance is available. Some members of the applicant group must have had previous experience at
Pilchuck’s glassmaking facilities. The twelve-day spring residency for six artists includes a single room in a cottage with shared
bath, meals, studio space, and limited supplies. Reimbursement for travel costs and honorarium are not provided.
Applications are due on 16th January 2010 and an application form can be downloaded from
W: www.pilchuck.com
(Source: www.pilchuck.com)
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, PILCHUCK: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The PAiR program offers experienced professional artists independent use of Pilchuck facilities for a specific period of time
in winter or early spring. Pilchuck staff reviews applications and selects a limited number of professional artists to work on
experimental, exploratory, or challenging projects. PAiRs may apply to use Pilchuck studios in which they have previous
working experience, except for the hot shop & casting shop. On a shared basis, PAiRs may use the vitreography studio; plaster
studios; fusing, slumping, and casting kilns; and coldworking equipment.
Professional-artist residencies vary in length from a few days to a week or more. Artists are entirely responsible for their own
project expenses, which may include assistants, technical staff, housing, and food. Pilchuck may be able to assist in locating
assistants. Campus housing for PAiRs and assistants may be arranged for a modest fee. PAiRs are financially responsible for studio
supplies and equipment, utility use, and studio wear and tear. Details will be arranged by contract before each residency begins.
Applications are due between October 2009 and March 2010 and an application form can be downloaded from
W: www.pilchuck.com
(Source: www.pilchuck.com)
in winter or early spring. Pilchuck staff reviews applications and selects a limited number of professional artists to work on
experimental, exploratory, or challenging projects. PAiRs may apply to use Pilchuck studios in which they have previous
working experience, except for the hot shop & casting shop. On a shared basis, PAiRs may use the vitreography studio; plaster
studios; fusing, slumping, and casting kilns; and coldworking equipment.
Professional-artist residencies vary in length from a few days to a week or more. Artists are entirely responsible for their own
project expenses, which may include assistants, technical staff, housing, and food. Pilchuck may be able to assist in locating
assistants. Campus housing for PAiRs and assistants may be arranged for a modest fee. PAiRs are financially responsible for studio
supplies and equipment, utility use, and studio wear and tear. Details will be arranged by contract before each residency begins.
Applications are due between October 2009 and March 2010 and an application form can be downloaded from
W: www.pilchuck.com
(Source: www.pilchuck.com)
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
DAN KLEIN MEMORIAL FUND
Following the death of Dan Klein in June of this year, it has been decided to establish a fund in his memory to further develop North Lands Glass, a centre founded with Dan's help in 1995, as an educational facility and provider of state-of-the-art facilities. it is hoped that North Lands will raise enough money through this appeal in order to acquire the old church opposite the school so that it can become an additional studio facility in Dan's name. If you are interested in making a donation, the required form is attached. Any additional information can be found at: W: www.northlandsglass.com
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