RESIDENCIES AT ARTSPACE STUDIO, SYDNEY

Where: Sydney, Australia
When: 2011
Deadline: June 30, 2010

Artspace Studio Residencies are available via an application process to artists and other related professionals not otherwise directly involved in the Artspace Gallery Program. On average two residential and four non-residential studios are allocated across the year in this manner.
Objectives
The key objectives of the Artspace Studio Residency Program are to provide subsidised studio facilities for contemporary visual arts practitioners, curators, theorists and writers; to support the development of new work for exhibition at Artspace and elsewhere; to facilitate professional development opportunities for artists; and to foster dialogue and exchange between artists, writers, theorists and curators. As in all areas of Artspace activity the Studio Residency Program is guided by a commitment to cultural diversity and to a principle of support for artists ranging from early career to established practitioners. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are encouraged to apply. Practitioners working in related disciplines such as craft and design are encouraged to apply, as are museums, galleries, art colleges, contemporary art, craft and design organisations and cultural support agencies. Curators, critical writers and cultural theorists are also encouraged to apply for studio residencies.
Residencies by Application
These residencies are generally offered for periods of one, three and six months. Residency lengths are negotiable, but where studio space is limited preference is given to longer-term residencies.
Residencies offered under this program do not involve gallery-based outcomes at Artspace, however artists undertaking residencies under this program may be invited to take part in other Artspace Public Program and Outreach activities. Artists undertaking residencies for six weeks or more will have an opportunity to present their work to Artspace curatorial staff for discussion and may have opportunity to give a public presentation of their work via the open studio program (artists visiting from outside Sydney will be given priority in the open studio program).
Successful applicants are charged a subsidised studio rental. The base rates for 2011 are $350 per week for a residential studio (overseas artists and organising agencies); $250 per week for a residential studio (Australian artists and organising agencies); and $75 per week for non-residential studios. Please note that there is no stipend or living allowance attached to these residencies. Successful applicants will be responsible for all other costs associated with the residency including travel costs, insurance, materials and equipment and will be required to pay a refundable bond of $300 prior to occupancy to cover any costs associated with damage or extraordinary cleaning. Interstate and overseas artists in particular will need to consider other sources of income to fund their visit.

The application form can be downloaded from:
W: www.artspace.org.au
Further information contact:
Tracy Burgess
tracyb@artspace.org.au
+612 9356 0503

RESIDENCY AT THE YUOKOBU ART SPACE, TOKYO

Where: Tokyo, Japan
When: 2011
Deadline: June 30th. 2010

Youkobo Art Space is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Artist-in-Residence Program.
We will be accepting applications until June 30 for residencies from a minimum of one month in 2011. Application forms (downloadable from our website or on request from Youkobo) should be sent directly to us via email or post with a CV, a detailed proposal for the residency, and selected images of recent work.
info@youkobo.co.jp
For more details of the residency program, please refer to our website www.youkobo.co.jp

FELLOWSHIPS AT THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTRE

Where: Vermont, USA
Deadline: June 15th, 2010
Year-round, 2-12 week residencies for artists and writers. Residents receive individual studios, private rooms and all meals, plus access to prominent Visiting Artists and Writers offering slide talks, readings and studio visits. A number of fellowships are available at the June 15 deadline including the Civil Society Institute, the Anderson Award, a Cave Canem Fellowship and a Henry David Thoreau Fellowhip. For a complete listing of awards offered at this deadline, visit www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships and to apply, visit
W: www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply

RESIDENCY AT THE HUNGARIAN MULTICULTURE CENTRE

Where: Budapest, Hungary
When: 2010
Deadline: Jun 6, Sep 6, 2010
AIR/HMC, Budapest 2010
"understanding of world cultures"
The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc.® (HMC), 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, invites interested visual artists, writers, performers to submit application for its residency program in Budapest, Hungary.
HMC is dedicated to promoting international art and the understanding of world cultures, through high quality art exhibitions, cultural exchanges and related educational programs. Based in Dallas and Budapest, the organization operates throughout the world. Its principal focus is an international residency program to which artists from around the world are invited. The goal is to provide a supportive community with uninterrupted time to work.
The residencies offer participants to interact with other artists representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Accepted applicants are expected to speak and understand English. Approximately 6 artists are invited for each session. The residence offers shared room/bath as living quarters. Studio, room, workshop, exhibition, seminar and gallery tour are included in the cost. For performers organize theaters.

Dates:
Tuesday, September 22, 2010 - Thursday, October 07, 2010 --Deadline (must be received) by June 6. 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010 - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 --Deadline (must be received) by September 6. 2010
W: www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE: CALL

‘Artists in Residence’, Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Call for Applications 2010/11
Leitrim Sculpture Centre and Leitrim County Council are offering 5 residencies to visual artists in 2010/11. Each residency is based at the Sculpture Centre and is valued at a total cost of €4,500.

Background of artists applying for these residencies:
- At least two of these residencies are for artists originally from or living in Leitrim
- Three of these residencies are open to artists from elsewhere.
The types of residency supported include either one or both of the following:
a) Two residencies to support artists develop their professional practice and/or technical skills.
b) Three residencies to support artists to lead engagement with places / people/ industry / groups / communities in Leitrim (to be suggested by the artist in their proposal).
For information and guidelines on how to apply, e.mail :

E: info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

Deadline is 5pm, Friday June 18, 2010

Notification by July 9th 2010

W: www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie

ONE-YEAR HOT GLASS TECHNIQUES COURSE, THE BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE COLLEGE

Applications are now being taken for a one-year hot glass techniques course at The Bournemouth and Poole College, UK. For more information and to download an application form, visit:
W: http://www.thecollege.co.uk/courses/21312

DIVERSE TALENTS EXHIBITION, THE COURTHOUSE ART CENTRE, WICKLOW, UNTIL 25TH JUNE

Diverse Talents is an exhibition of work from the artists and designers of Workhouse Studios, Waterford, running in the Courthouse Art Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow until the 25th June. For more information, visit
W: www.workhousestudios.com or find them on Facebook.

DOLLY MIX EXHIBITION, MAD ART GALLERY, 10TH JUNE TO 19TH JUNE

The work of glass artists Fiona Byrne, Emma Bourke, Emer Lynch, Maggie Cashman, Aisling Cook and Suzannah Vaughan will feature alongside the work of Sarah Gavigan, Kim Murphy and Lisa McGowan in "Dolly Mix", an exhibition opening in the Mad Art Gallery, Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 on the 10th June and running until the 19th June.

8 DEGREES: WELSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURAL GLASS STUDENT EXHIBITION, SWANSEA, 6TH JUNE - 27TH JUNE

“8º”. Degree Show. Welsh School Of Architectural Glass Student Exhibition. inc: Catrin Davies, Mary Hayman, Owen Luetchford, Bridgid O’Malley, Gareth Pitt, Sandra Smith, Megan Stacey & Haydn Sullivan.

National Waterfront Museum. Swansea. GB.
T: 01792 638 967.
E: waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk
W: www.museumwales.ac.uk & www.smu.ac.uk

NCAD DEGREE SHOW, DUBLIN, 12TH TO 19TH JUNE

(Poster by Lisa Lawlor)

NCAD Degree Show, opening in NCAD campus from the 12th to the 19th June, features work by glass artists Naomi Fry, Sarah McEvoy and Rebecca Leech. For more information visit
W: www.ncad.ie

GLASS STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS WIN FUTURE MAKERS AWARDS

Glass students Naomi Fry (NCAD), Sarah McEvoy (NCAD) and Karen Donnellan (RIT, USA) have won CCoI Future Makers Awards to assist with materials and residencies, while glass artist Aisling Cook has been granted a Future Makers Award to assist with residencies and training. Congratulations to all on this fantastic achievement!

ON THE EDGE IN THE GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE, CO WATERFORD

METAL FABRICATION WORKSHOP, LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE

Dates: 22nd & 23rd May
Trainer: Michael O’Hara
Course Times: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Course Fees: €120 (two days)
Participants: 6
Experience: No experience required

An intensive two day tuition in metalwork with a particular focus on welding, cutting and metal fabrication (Arc, gas & TIG). The intent of the workshop is to tailor it to the specific needs and requirements of the participant and to show the versatility and application of the materials to practice. All relevant health & safety issues will also be covered. No previous experience is required.

Michael O’Hara is an artist and a part time lecturer in sculpture at Dublin Institute of Technology. O’Hara has shown extensively within Ireland and is a well known expert in metal fabrication techniques.

If you are interested in this course contact:
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
New Line
Manorhamilton
Co Leitrim

info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Telephone: 071 985 5098

GLASS SOCIETY OF IRELAND EVENING LECTURE: SUZANNAH VAUGHAN

Slide Lecture: Noel Sheridan Room

May 14th at 7:30PM

Suzannah Vaughan, received a BDes (Honours) from the National College of Art & Design in 2003 and a MA in Visual Arts Practice from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology 2008. In 2007 her work was selected for Open Ev+a 2007, A Sense of Place, curated by Klaus Ottmann and during which she was awarded the Ev+a '07 Belltable One Person Exhibition Award. Her work has been purchased by art collectors and institutions including the National Museum of Ireland. In 2004 she was awarded the prestigious Golden Fleece Award and was one of three emerging artists awarded the 2009 Glass Art Society Emerging Artist Lecture Award.

GLASS SOCIETY OF IRELAND EVENING LECTURE: CHINKS GRYLLS

(Image via www.denisehayes.wordpress.com)


Slide Lecture: MAY 14th at 7:00PM
Noel Sheridan Room

Glass in the South West &
Artist/Curators and why ‘On The Edge’

Chinks will provide an in-depth review of artists working in glass in South West England and will describe how this research influenced her curatorial choices for the exhibition, On the Edge.
Today the greatest number of glass artists in England is based in the South West where there has been a long tradition, particularly in the Bristol area. By contrast the medium as a taught field is more recent in Ireland; they have a strong rapport with Europe and America but fewer connections with England. It demonstrates how rich and stimulating these regions are, particularly for experimentation.
On the Edge celebrates the work of glass artists working in Ireland and South West England. It includes examples by artists already established and highly regarded internationally, as well as emerging artists whose work reflects a commitment to self-expression and integrity.

Chinks Grylls, holds an MAFA in Art and Architecture from the University of East London. She exhibits nationally and internationally working with glass, light, shadow and mixed media. As a member of the International Women’s Glass Workshop she exhibited in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, for the European City of Culture,2008. In 2009 she exhibited in Chartres, France, ’Capter La Lumière’ and, in Cheltenham, Swansea and Torquay with the touring exhibition ‘On The Edge’, Contemporary Glass from Ireland and South West England,’ which she co-curated with glass artist, Mary Mackey and Sophie Wilson, of Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

SPACED OUT GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING GLASS ARTIST EMER LYNCH, MOORE MALL, ILAC CENTRE, UNTIL 31ST MAY

Spaced Out, Moore Mall, ILAC Centre, Dublin 1, Supported by ILAC

PrettyvacanT launches ‘Spaced Out’, a group exhibition examining the nature of spaces. Our existence takes place in defined areas. Boundaries. Zones. Environments. Likewise these experiences can be captured within the space defined by art. Inside a picture frame, within brush strokes, frozen on a monitor.

The Spaced Out exhibition responds to the vast space of the unit at the ILAC while commenting on the wider issue of vacant spaces in Dublin and beyond. Spaced Out unites thirteen artists who look at notions of space via their own chosen medium. The exhibition will take the form of a large-scale group show incorporating painting, photography, installations and video projections.

Joining Irish glass artist Emer Lynch in this exhibition are:

Olive Barrett | Caroline Doolin | AJ Doyle | Louise Farrelly | Gillian Fitzpatrick | Fionnuala Hanahoe | Frances Hayes | Niamh Heery | Denise McCabe | Lesley-Ann O’Connell | William O’Neill | Claire Weir

The exhibition runs until 31st May 2010. Additional support from Oxfam Home, Francis Street
PrettyvacanT was set up in 2009 to repurpose empty buildings as temporary exhibition spaces for artists.

For Sales, Enquiries and Further Information contact
Louise Marlborough
Tel: + 353 85 8418510 Email: prettyvacantdublin@gmail.com

RDS NATIONAL CRAFTS COMPETITION, DEADLINE 17TH MAY

The RDS National Crafts Competition in its present form has been held annually since 1968 to promote Irish craft and design. Growing in stature each year, it is the major Irish crafts industry competition, allowing both professional and amateur craft designers to exhibit and promote their work. Since 2008 the RDS National Crafts Competition is organised in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland

With categories such as ceramics, glass, furniture and textiles, the Competition is a unique opportunity for craft workers and designers to have their work appraised by an independent jury of experts and to compete for prestigious awards and prizes. There are 20 categories in total with a prize fund in excess of €28,000.

Closing date for designer-maker applications is 17th May 2010 at 5pm, applications are accepted online here: www.rds.ie/crafts

CATHERINE KEENAN INAUGURAL SOLO SHOW, ENDS 29TH MAY, ISLAND ARTS CENTRE, LISBURN

Irish glass artist and NCAD graduate Catherine Keenan is showing work in the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn until the 29th May. For more information, visit www.islandartscentre.com

FELTMAKING WORKSHOPS, CO WICKLOW

Introduction to Feltmaking: Saturday 8 May, 9.30am to 1pm at 35 euro. Learn the process of wet felting and experiment with inclusions such as silk fibres, vegetable fibres and snippets of thread to create surface interest and texture.
Felt Vessel/Bowl Making: Saturday 29 May, 9.30 to 1pm at 35 euro. In this workshop, we’ll look at 3d shapes using wet felting and make a vessel, exploring the decorative surface using various fibres and threads. Eight places are available on each course and all materials are provided. Workshops are suitable for both complete beginners and those with past experience.

18 Avondale Park, Bray, Wicklow.
Telephone:
+353 1 2869697
+353 87 2377613
Email:
 joannakidney@eircom.net

ART THERAPY WORKSHOPS AND CREATIVE THERAPY COURSE

This is an ongoing series of workshops, with a mission to introduce art therapy to a wider public. Workshops are held in fortnightly intervals in Blanchardstown. Upcoming weekend dates: 8 & 9 May, 22 & 23 May, 19 & 20 June, 10 & 11 July. 11.30am to 5pm each day. 80 euro for two days. Eight places in each workshop.
The principle is active participation in a process of self-discovery, and the experience and celebration of a creative moment in each individual. We will use fine art materials, mainly water colour or clay to communicate our feelings and ideas, in line with given themes. It is hoped a first hand insight can be gained on the manifold applications of art therapy and its healing potential. No special ability or artistic training required for this workshop.
Also running is a creative therapy foundation course. This course is eight weekends long, 15 May to 24 October and costs 800 euro. This is a course for professionals or those interested in the field of human relations, wanting to develop their skills through a basic understanding of creative therapies. This course includes art history (as seen through the eyes of therapy), colour theory, art therapy techniques and approaches, in depth observation of image and form, basic concepts and techniques of gestalt therapy and psychodrama.

Email Klaus Klier (art therapist) for a comprehensive course program and application form.
Telephone:
086 373 4662
Email:
a.space.forsoul@gmail.com

ONE YEAR PART-TIME GLASS SKILLS COURSE AT THE LIQUID GLASS CENTRE, SW ENGLAND

Starting in September 2010, the Liquid Glass Centre is offering a one year part-time course in various glass skills, including blowing, lampworking, architectural glass and coldworking. It is an ideal course if you are considering going on to a masters in glass. For more information and to get an application form, visit www.liquidglasscentre.com

EDMOND BYRNE'S GRADUATION EXHIBITION, 28TH MAY - 6TH JUNE, RCA, LONDON

Running in the RCA's Henry Moore Gallery, Irish glass artist Edmond Byrne's Graduation Show will be on show from the 28th May until 6th June. Below is his artist's statement, and you can view his work on his website: www.edmondbyrne.com

My work is an enquiry into tactility and mark-making on the surface of glass. I have focused on mould-blowing as a spontaneous process to jag, dint and crinkle glass forms. In some of my pieces I have ground back the raised areas to create marks and lines to describe functional objects.

By using opaque colours the textured surface becomes vibrant and strong. This gives me the opportunity to make colour tactile and in doing so evoke the sense of touch. In other pieces I have left the surface alone allowing it to influence the overall object.

The process of making the moulds is an equally important part of my practice, they are made from textile, clay and plaster and can only be used once. The energy and gesture used in making these unique moulds is reflected in the vessels they produce. I do a lot of drawing, in a sense the surfaces of the glass objects I make inherit the qualities of a ‘drawing’.

ALVA GALLAGHER EXHIBITS AT THE SCULPTURE PICNIC, DISCOVERY PARK, CASTLECOMER, CO.KILKENNY

Glass artist Alva Gallagher joins a group of sculptors, including Liam Butler and Ani Mollereau at the Sculpture Picnic in Castlecomer's Discovery Park for the month of May. Go along to see some beautiful work in great environs.

MA IN DESIGN HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE, NCAD

Applications are invited for the Masters in Design History and Material Culture at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
The MA in Design History and Material Culture is a pioneering course that examines the history of design and material culture from the eighteenth century through to the present day, providing a unique forum for the study of objects, architecture and interiors within their social, historical and theoretical contexts.

This taught course draws on the wide-ranging academic expertise of staff in the fields of the history of decorative arts and design, glass history, dress history, architectural history and material culture, and benefits from close relationships with a wide range of museums and cultural institutions. Seminars and lectures on campus at NCAD are complemented by a study trip to London and sessions at the National Museum of Ireland and various historic properties.

The course is offered on a full-time or part-time basis over one or two years respectively. For more information on this MA programme, please see the course website at http://www.materialculture.ie/ or contact the programme coordinator, Anna Moran, at morana@ncad.ie.

GLASS MASTERCLASS WITH ANGELA JARMAN, 6-10TH SEPTEMBER, FIRESTATION, DUBLIN

‘Hybrid Forms Using Glass’
6th – 10th September 2010
€250 (includes lunch)
By using only clear glass, sometimes juxtaposed with black glass Jarman - www.angelajarman.com – emphasises form, texture and structure pushing forward the boundaries of glass as a sculptural medium. This class will specialise in creating form and texture with cast glass. It will be an intensive and focused look at what is possible to achieve in a week. We will start with basic clay and wax modelling before going onto more specialised mould-making techniques. The emphasis will be on working with wax and moulded textures and translating these models through lost wax casting to explore the qualities of the glass, particularly surface pattern and texture.

The class will be fully comprehensive demonstrating every stage of working; however for those with experience, a more detailed approach can be taken with lots of useful hints and tips.

Places are limited and are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Email Jessica: artadmin@firestation.ie; Tel: 01 8069010; or go to www.firestation.ie for further information and to download a booking form.

SYMPOSIUM IN WOLVERHAMPTION, 27TH AUGUST 2010

Creativity and Innovation in Glass
University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
Online registration now open, and the indicative symposium programme is available!

Date: Friday 27 August 2010
Organisers: Prof Keith Cummings, Dr Kristina Niedderer
Venue: University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
Symposium home page: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale

This one-day symposium will explore the special nature of glass in craft and industry. It will focus on the development of innovative approaches and creative opportunities for glass. It will bring together a number of high profile keynote speakers and glass professionals, such as Dr David Bricknell, Dr Vanessa Cutler, and Prof Kevin Petrie who work with new technologies or use traditional processes in new ways to expand creative vocabularies and technical possibilities.

The symposium seeks to explore similarities & differences across the differing attitudes to the special nature of the material ‘glass’. We have invited papers from a wide spectrum that reaches from the position of individual craft practitioners when faced with the new formal vocabulary inherent in a new manufacturing or making process, to that of a glass technologist seeking to develop a new type of glass product.

Symposium Information
Date: 27 August 2010, Symposium: 9-17.45h, Private View: 18-19.30h
Venue: School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton, UK.
Organisers: Prof Keith Cummings, Dr Kristina Niedderer, Material and Theoretical Practice Research Cluster.
Registration Fee: £85 Standard; £30 Students. The fee includes lunch and refreshments, and a copy of the symposium proceedings.
Information: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign/glassbiennale
Contact: Dr Kristina Niedderer. Email: k.niedderer@wlv.ac.uk