The Glass
Society of Ireland in association with the National College of Art and
Design present: An evening of
lectures on Wednesday 7th November 2012 Andrea
McKay
International Art Projects Adviser
& Co-ordinator for Derix Glasstudios, Germany (5:45pm)
Architectural art glass in public
and ecclesiastical settings
Andrea McKay has been working
with Derix Glasstudios for over seven years. She is responsible for
projects in the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia. Projects she has managed
range from small-scale to large-scale public art. Andrea describes
herself as the link between the artist and the studio.
Clifford Rainey Professor of Fine Art and
Chair of the Glass Program at California College of the Arts, USA (6:30pm)
Clifford Rainey is an artist
whose work has been exhibited internationally for thirty-five years.
Born in Whitehead, Co. Antrim in 1948, he later received a Master of
Arts from the Royal College of Art, London in 1973 and later lectured
there for seven years. Principally a sculptor who employs cast glass and
drawing as primary methodologies, his work is interdisciplinary,
incorporating a wide spectrum of materials and processes.
Rainey
is a passionate traveller and his work is full of references to the
things he has seen and experienced. Celtic mythologies, classical Greek
architecture, the blue of the Turkish Aegean, Globalization and the
iconic American Coca-Cola bottle, the red of the African earth, the
human figure combined with cultural diversity all intermingle to provide
sculptural imagery charged with emotion.
Rainey’s
work has been exhibited internationally including the Ulster Museum in
Northern Ireland, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The
Kunstmuseum in Dusseldorf, Germany, The Millennium Museum in Beijing,
China, and the Museo de Arts Contemporaneo in Monterrey, Mexico. His
work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including: The
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, The DeYoung Museum, San
Francisco, California, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum
of Art and Design, New York, The Fine Arts Museum of Boston, and The
Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada. He is presently a Professor of Fine
Art and Chair of the Glass Program at The California College of the
Arts. He is a recipient of the Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award,
Chicago, and the 2009 UrbanGlass Outstanding Achievement Award, New
York.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
JERPOINT GLASS FEATURED IN
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012 VIDEO
A Place To Gather is a 5 minute film about Irish
craft created by emerging Dublin based film producers Jamie & Keith,
which was launched during London Design Festival 2012. A Place to Gather is about an approach and craft’s
relationship to a wider culture. It is about a maker, a practical person
in an often bewildering world. It is about a person; rooted and aware,
drenched in the weather and materials of the land, part of a community,
local and global, hedgerows and cables, influenced from inside and out,
time’s power being respected and the materials’ better nature drawn
forth. It is about a holistic way of thinking, an approach that creates
objects of use - be that practical, emotional or intellectual. Objects
that hold the tactility of their construction and through their use add
value.
The video features Horizon Furniture, Studio Donegal,
Basketbarn, Jerpoint Glass and Derek Wilson Ceramics.
The next meeting of the Craft
Writers Group will take place on 5th November, 7pm - 9pm at the Design
Tower, Pearse Street. We are hoping to have a guest speaker (to be
announced).
Readings; the two pieces we are reading for this month
are both by Bruce Metcalfe and available on his website. Please print
them out and bring them with you for discussion:
Writing: Please bring an extract of your work in
progress (up to 500 words) for discussion and feedback. Alternatively,
you can write a piece of a similar length about a craft object that you
really dislike. It might help if you brought a picture... NB: you are most welcome even
if you haven't done the homework!
MASTERCLASSES IN THE
APPLIED ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
The
Masterclass programme 2012/ 2013 offers a unique insight into the work
of six internationally renowned artists each at the peak of their
practice. The masterclass programme is organised on an annual basis by
the Applied Arts Ulster group and is supported by Craft NI. All
Masterclass lectures are free to attend but booking is advised to avoid
disappointment.
FROM PUPIL TO MASTER,
SOLOMON FINE ART GALLERY, DUBLIN
From Pupil
to Master is a contemporary glass exhibition at Solomon Fine Art,
Balfe Street, Dublin 2 from 12th to 27th October 2012. The exhibition
will feature new works by Roisin de Buitlear, Sinead Brennan, Karen
Donnellan, Peadar Lamb, Caroline Madden, Elizabeth McClure, Sara McEvoy,
Charlene McFarland, Fiona Murphy, Paula Stokes, James Toal and Suzannah
Vaughan.
Solomon Fine Art have been supporting contemporary glass
in Ireland for four decades and are delighted to present this exciting
exhibition of artists working in glass. From Pupil to Master will
feature the work of 12 artists in a celebration of mastery, mentorship
and method. An exciting mix of emerging and established artists will
exhibit together for the first time, showing the diversity and alchemy
of glass as a material for expression. The exhibition includes work by
graduates and senior lecturers, past and present, of the School of Glass
Design at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, the majority
of whom live and work in Ireland. The exhibition comprises of
figurative sculpture, abstract compositions, drawings in colour and
line, encapsulated mark making. Studies in transparency, shadow or light
celebrate the innate qualities of glass; luscious colour, fluid form,
intricate refractions, translucent liquidity each piece a personal
dialogue with the material.
With only a
few graduates each year it is interesting to note how this particular
school has figured in the world of contemporary glass. Of the exhibiting
artists many have become dynamic personalities in the international
glass movement, mentors, educators and influential artists in the USA,
UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Some, although at the very
beginning of their careers, are already being heralded internationally
with awards and exhibitions. This exhibition relays the diversity of
this medium and the complexity with which Irish Artists are creating
work in glass. It remains to be seen if this exhibition reveals a visual
link or style between all of these artists whose lives have been
interwoven through material and origin. What is evident is a poetic
evocative exhibition of masterful new forms of expression.
From Pupil
to Master will be opened by Louise Kennedy on Thursday 11th October
from 6pm to 8pm. A lecture and tour of the gallery (with some of the
exhibiting artists) will be held on Thursday 18th October at 6.30pm -
booking is essential. The gallery is open Monday to Friday 10am –
5:30pm, and Saturdays 10am – 1pm.
ANDREA
SPENCER EXHIBITING IN METAMORPHOSIS, BELFAST
Curated by
Rowan Sexton, Metamorphosis is an exhibition showing work by Andrea
Spencer (UK), Stephen Brandes (UK), Vanessa Donoso López (ES), Priscila
Fernandes (PT), Cainneach Lennon (IE), Tom Molloy (IE), Ann Murphy (IE)
and Magnhild Opdøl (NO).
Metamorphosis alludes to the process of
transformation, where a profound change of form, structure or substance
occurs. This exhibition aims to establish clear associations between art
and the natural sciences, and to contextualize these dual frameworks,
where significant cultural common ground exists. The biological
mechanisms of growth, change and evolution are examined in tandem with
material, philosophical and conceptual concerns within the visual arts.
Highlighting the mutual elements in these distinct disciplines opens up a
discourse, which emphasizes experimental overlaps, perception and
interpretation, in an historical and contemporary context.
At its core, Metamorphosis aims to explore the
dynamic relationship between art and the natural sciences. Each of the
artists involved has a unique approach to the dual topics under
consideration, and their diverse interpretations encompass a multitude
of styles and methodologies. The exhibition encourages a deep
integration between both disciplines, and incorporates artworks that
investigate experimentation, hybridity, physiological studies,
psychoanalytical models, musical interpretation, the historically
traditional métier of taxidermy, the specialised craft of glass blowing
and sculptural interventions within the space. Metamorphosis will open at PS2 on Friday 19th
October from 6 – 9pm and the exhibition will continue until 10th
November 2012. The gallery opening hours are Tuesday to Friday 1pm -5pm,
Saturday 11am-3pm.
ALVA GALLAGHER EXHIBITING
AT THE MALL GALLERIES, LONDON Alva Gallagher has been
chosen to exhibit at The Mall Galleries London in this year’s RSMA
Exhibition. The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday 17th October
and will show until Sunday 28th October 2012
SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT, NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS Sculpture
In Context 2012 is a mixed media sculpture exhibition which includes
glasswork by makers Sinéad Brennan, Emma Bourke, Julie-Ann Foley, Jesse
Gunther, William Harvey, Nicky Hooper, Eva Kelly, Cynthia Moran
Killeavy, Fiona Murphy, Lucinda Robertson, Killian Schurmann and Aoife
Soden. Sculpture in Context will be showing at the National Botanic
Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin until 19th October 2012.
GLASSWARE
FROM THE
SOUTHEAST
From the 19th October the Craft Granary in Cahir, Co. Tipperary will be
exhibiting in their gallery a collection of glassware
from the Southeast region. The collection showcases some fantastic
pieces of
glassware from Kirkwood, Jerpoint and The Irish Handmade Glass Company
to name but a few.The
exhibition runs until 21st November 2012.The gallery is
open
Monday to Friday from 10am - 6pm and Saturdays 9am - 5pm.
RESEARCH SEMINAR AT
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND – CALL FOR PAPERS
The National Museum of Ireland,
Decorative Arts and History is holding a research seminar on Saturday
16th February 2013 and are currently welcoming papers from researchers,
historians, and practicing artists working on any aspect of the
decorative arts and history collections to participate. Interested
participants are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300
words.
THE GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD The Golden Fleece Award
aims to support and promote the diversity of contemporary Irish
creativity in the arts and crafts. Its mission is to help artists of
innovative talent, needing support at strategic stages of their careers.
The Golden
Fleece Award is an artistic prize fund established as a charitable
bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. The Award was launched in
2001, and is now widely seen as a stamp of merit in the realm of Irish
art. Applicants will normally have been born on the island of Ireland
and must maintain a strong connection with Ireland. They should be
artists or researchers working in the area of figurative visual art or
of the traditional crafts. (Researchers planning a submission should
consult the Guidance for Research Applicants).
The areas of
figurative visual art includes painting, sculpture, and other visual
media such as etching, drawing and printmaking. Traditional craft refers
to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials. These include
woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glassmaking, jewellery, ceramics,
metalwork, stonework and woodwork, etc. Further details, requirements
and how to apply can be found on The Golden Fleece Award website. The
deadline for applications is the 23rd of November 2012.
Ebeltoft Glasmuseet is proud to
announce an open call for an international group exhibition entitled Bodytalk
to take place from 5th April to 2nd November 2014.
The call is open to artists at any career stage. Objects
can incorporate various materials but must contain an element of glass.
The aim is to curate an exhibition of works interpreting various
aspects of body, sex and gender. Throughout history, concepts of body
and sex have had a significant impact; from ancient idealization of the
harmonious, athletic body to the 1960’s ‘liberated’ body and gender
perceptions to the more recent depreciation of the ‘natural’ body in
favour of the ‘modified’ eternally young body. The selection of work
from the applicants will be based on their relevance to the theme of the
exhibition. Each artist can submit up to three pieces of work for
consideration. It is also possible to send sketches and descriptions for
works in progress and proposed works. The deadline for applications is
1st December 2012. The results will be sent by email to each applicant
in February 2013. Selected applicants will be announced on the website
and notified by email with further information and deadlines.
The new generation in applied
arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the
international competition TALENTE 2013 in Munich, Germany during the
course of the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades from 6th –
12th March 2013. In an
area of 600 m², the works will be shown to a wide audience, with an
international jury selecting the winners of the TALENTE prize. An
illustrated catalogue will be published.
The aim of TALENTE is to promote young people with a
particular manual talent. On the other hand, the audience will be shown
the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and
trades. The works will be the outcome of formal or technical
considerations and experiments, showing something new and exceptional.
Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and
technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age
limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of
technology. The deadline for applications is 15th October 2012.
NEW GLASS REVIEW – DEADLINE
EXTENDED
The Corning Museum of Glass invites artists, craftspeople, designers,
and architects worldwide to submit images of new works using glass. In
late November or early December, a jury selects 100 images from the
submissions. New Glass Review is published every spring by The Corning
Museum of Glass in conjunction with Neues Glas (New Glass), published by
Ritterbach Verlag, Frechen, Germany, and GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art
Quarterly, published by UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York.
Participants are requested to complete the entry form,
submitting a total of three digital images illustrating one work per
image. Three images of different pieces are preferred, although
participants may send multiple views of one or two pieces. Digital
photographs must be of actual objects designed and made between October
1, 2011, and October 1, 2012. The deadline for submissions is 15th
October 2012.
The Corning Museum of Glass is
currently accepting proposal to participate in a studio residency.
Proposals with all supporting materials included must be received at The
Studio by October 31st 2012. No late submissions will be considered.
Residencies will be held in March, April, May, October, and November.
One or two individuals will be selected for each month. Residents are
expected to make their own work during a residency.
Transportation,
as well as room and board, will be arranged for those invited to
participate in these month-long programs. All basic supplies will be
provided, and the facility will be made available whenever classes are
not in session. Residents will have access to the Rakow Research Library
and the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass.
If you are
interested in being considered, please submit your application including
10 digital images of your work, two letters of recommendation, a
written proposal (including detailed information on your residency
plans; necessary supplies, equipment, and assistants), the best months
for you to participate, and a résumé.
Jerwood Makers
Open is designed to commission and showcase new work by emerging artists
working in the applied arts. Emerging applied artists working across craft
disciplines are invited to apply for Jerwood Makers Open 2013. The deadline for
applications is 5pm on the 12th of November 2012.
Five
commissions of £7,500 will be awarded to artists to create new work, which will
then be exhibited as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme at Jerwood Space,
London 10 July - 25 August 2013. Artists will be chosen by an independent
selection panel and must be UK resident and within 10 years of graduating or
setting up their practice.
ANDREA SPENCER WINS ART IN ACTION PRIZE AT BRITISH GLASS
BIENNALE
Andrea Spencer was one of
seventy-one glass artists who were selected to exhibit at the British
Glass Biennale in August 2012 where her piece 'Metamorphosis' was
awarded the Art in Action prize. 'Metamorphosis' had previously been part of the Engaging
with Glass exhibition that showed at the Solstice Art Centre, Co.
Meath (2011), and at the William Traver Gallery in Tacoma, USA (2012).
Andrea has been selected for the Biennale in 2008 and 2010, and was the
only artist from Northern Ireland selected in 2012.
The Art in Action prize consists of a cash award of
£1,000 and the opportunity to demonstrate and exhibit at the Art in
Action event in July 2013 in Waterperry, England. You can see Andrea
Spencer's work along with the other exhibitors at The British Glass
Biennale which is currently running in Stourbridge, West Midlands until
the 15 September 2012. The exhibition is based in the newly refurbished
industrial space of the former Webb Corbett/Royal Doulton Glass factory,
which opened this August as an Arts Centre.
Work in Progress is a showcase of six of Northern
Ireland's talented makers who are currently taking part in Craft NI's
making it Business Development Programme. This exhibition continues
until the 24th of September and is open as part of the fourth Culture
Night Belfast on 21st September 2012 at Craft NI, Cotton Court, 42
Waring Street, Belfast.
In keeping with the August Craft Month 2012 theme - Made
in Northern Ireland - the aim of this exhibition is to offer insight
into the individual maker's motivations, processes and methodology. The
exhibition includes finished objects, works in progress, sketch books
and drawings giving a unique snapshot into the process of making. Videos
produced by Adam Frew have been commissioned to reveal to viewers the
person behind the object and the physical nature of fabrication.
Opening on the 15th September 2012 as part of European
Glass Context 212 are two extensive exhibitions. The exhibition
categories are European Glass Art for work made by professional,
established artists within the field of glass art, and New Talent - for
professional emerging glass artists under the age of 35 years. European
Glass Art will be shown at Bornholms Art Museum, and New Talent at
Grønbechs Gård.
Representing Ireland in European Glass Art will
be Deirdre Feeney and Róisín de Buitléar. Eva Walsh and Edmond Byrne
will show in New Talent. The exhibitions will be open 15th
September to 18th November 2012.
A prize of €10,000 will be given to one outstanding
glass artist in each of the two exhibition categories. A jury with
expertise in the field of contemporary glass will go through the
exhibitions before the opening and select the winners. The Jury members are architect
James Carpenter (founder of Jcdainc.com NYC), Executive Director Rosy
Greenlees (Crafts Council UK) and Museum Director Lars Kærulf Møller
(Bornholm Art Museum). The prizewinners will be announced at the
exhibition opening on15th September 2012.
The Craft and Design Collective presents In the House
Out of the House; an exhibition of craft, applied art and design at
Space CRAFT , Belfast, from the 7th to the 28th of September 2012.
In the House Out of the House is exhibition developed
from In the House at Castle Ward during CRAFT FEST 2012 in
August. At Space CRAFT, the pieces will be exhibited alongside
photographs of the pieces as presented in the surrounding of the
entrance hall, dining room, library, boudoir and saloon of the 18th
Century House at Castle Ward.
The Craft and Design Collective is an independent
membership organisation formed in 1997 by artists, designers and makers.
They are dedicated to the promotion, representation, understanding and
development of craft, applied art and design in Northern Ireland and
beyond. The exhibition is open from Monday to Saturday, 10.30 a.m. to
5.30 p.m.
The Corning Museum of Glass invites artists,
craftspeople, designers, and architects world-wide to submit images of
new works using glass. The deadline for submissions is 1st October 2012.
In late November or early December, a jury selects 100 images from the
submissions. New Glass Review is published every spring by The Corning
Museum of Glass in conjunction with Neues Glas (New Glass), published by
Ritterbach Verlag, Frechen, Germany, and GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art
Quarterly, published by UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, New York.
Participants are requested to complete the entry form,
submitting a total of three digital images illustrating one work per
image. Three images of different pieces are preferred, although
participants may send multiple views of one or two pieces. Digital
photographs must be of actual objects designed and made between 1st
October 2011 and 1st October 2012.
The Crafts Council of Ireland
in association with The Malthouse Design Centre are seeking applications
from multi-disciplinary teams of craftspeople, product designers,
industrial designers and graphic designers to participate in a two day
Design Challenge workshop led by John Jenkins, Design Manager at Heals,
UK. Teams must consist of a minimum of two people and must include one
craftsperson. Teams must download and complete an application form that
responds to the design brief as outlined. The workshop will take place
on October 11th and 12th 2012 at The Malthouse Design Centre, Dublin.
The 18th international Craft
Forms juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness
of contemporary craft, while providing a venue for established and
emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative
endeavours. The exhibition will take place between 30th November 2012
and 26th January 2013. The deadline to submit is 13th September 2012. All work must have been completed within the past two
years and may not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art
Center, PA, US.
Glassblowing for Beginners
Workshop Dates: Saturday 15th &
Sunday 16th September 2012/Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th September 2012 Trainers: Louise Rice &
Graham Reid Course Fees: €240 (two days) – 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Maximum Participants: 4 (no
experience required) In this two-day workshop you will explore the
extraordinary medium of hot glass. You will learn how to gather glass
out of the furnace, to control and shape the hot glass, to blow a bubble
and make a simple vessel. Working in two small teams, the emphasis of
this course is hands-on experience, with demos and support from an
experienced glassblower.
Louise
Rice is based at the Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton and studied glass
at Edinburgh College of Art and the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam.
Rice has work in the Ulster Museum and in the National Glass Museum,
Netherlands. Graham Reid received a Bachelors
degree in Sculptural Glass from Massachusetts College of Art. He built
Knockbeg Studios where he taught glassblowing, and now works as a
sculptor in glass, wood and metal from his studio in Sligo.
Sand Casting with Hot Glass Workshop
Date: Friday 21st September Trainer: Keith
Seybert Course Fees: €140 (one day) – 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Maximum Participants: 6 (no
experience required)
This course
will introduce you to the potential of molten glass as a creative
material through the process of hot casting into sand moulds. You will
have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the furnace and pour
into prepared open-faced sand moulds made with found and sculpted
objects. This is the most direct method to create your own solid
sculptural forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is
required and all materials will be provided. Feel free to bring in your
own objects to press in the sand. Appropriate footwear is a must;
leather boots are preferred, leather shoes are acceptable, no open-toed
shoes or sandals! Hot Glass-casting into Zircar Moulds Workshop
Dates: Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th September 2012 Trainer: Keith Seybert Course Fees: €395 (three days)
– 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maximum Participants: 6 (no
experience required)
This three-day course will introduce you to the
potential of Zicar. This 'space-age' mould material exhibits excellent
surface reproduction with an optical finish. Molten glass can be poured
directly into light-weight porous moulds with no need for gating or
venting. You will have the opportunity to ladle glass straight from the
furnace and pour into preheated sculptural moulds. This is the most
cutting edge mould method for hot-casting your own solid sculptural
forms in glass. No previous glass working experience is required and
Zircar will be provided.
Participants must bring in wax objects to use in the
moulding process. Appropriate footwear is a must; leather boots are
preferred, leather shoes are acceptable, no open-toed shoes or sandals!
Keith Alan
Seybert received MA qulifications in Sculpture, and Glass and Ceramics
from Washington University, St. Louis in 1987 and 1995. He has led
numerous workshops in a variety of glass and sculpture techniques in the
US, Europe and beyond. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Senior Researcher at
the Royal College of Art, London, where he headed an in-depth
examination of investment type refractory moulds for casting glass and
bronze; a topic he has lectured on at many international venues
including 2002 and 2009 at the annual Glass Art Society conference. He
currently lives in Ireland and works from his studio in Blarney, Co.
Cork.
Just Glass
will host their 2012 seminar Finishing Touches; British Studio Glass on
Saturday 20th October. This seminar will take place at The Conway Hall,
London. Speakers include Katherine Coleman, Catherine Hough, Francis
Federer, Richard Jackson and Anthony Scala.
Discounted ticket booking at £22.50 is currently
available for the Just Glass Seminar. This offer will end on 14th
September, after which tickets will cost £25.
Large glass fusing kiln for
sale from Skibereen, Co. Cork. Details about the kiln: ‘AIM’, with
Bentrup controller TC 405/30. Papers included. Rectangular chamber
measuring 42 x 30 x 9 inches. Can be used for slumping, fusing, painting
and stained glass.
Price including controller is €3,000 (initial cost was
over €4,000)
T: Carin 087 7982359
Monday, 27 August 2012
GLASS SOCIETY OF IRELAND
COMMITTEE REFORMATION – APPLICATIONS INVITED, IRL
The Glass Society of Ireland provides a network for
makers, collectors, students, historians, writers, and enthusiasts in
the field of contemporary glass practice. The Society acts as a
communication tool, offering people news on glass and related fields. We
also hold lectures with glass practitioners and organise larger events
every number of years.
As part of the ongoing development of the
volunteer-based organisation, the Glass Society of Ireland is currently
enlisting members for the reformation of its committee. Each position
will be held for a two year period.
The Glass Society of Ireland welcomes expressions of
interest from applicants across the country as we venture to build on
the Society’s existing objectives and to expand our community and
audiences.
The positions available are:
Treasurer (Financial accountability)
Education
Officer (Co-ordinating, facilitating,
& developing Glass Society of Ireland events)
Student
Representative (Liaising between Committee
and student bodies)
Membership Co-ordinator (Building strong relationships
and recruiting members)
Development Officer (Grant application writing)
Media
Communications Officer (Sending fortnightly bulletin
and updating blog & social media sites)
To apply,
please email your CV and a brief statement explaining which position you
are interesting in taking by 31st August 2012.
George Walsh will be exhibiting new
works in stained glass alongside paintings, drawings and sculpture by
artists Liam Belton, Joe Dunne, Mick O’ Dea, Martin Gale, James Hanley,
Colin Martin, Una Sealy, John Behan, Leo Higgins, Carolyn Mulholland and
Vivienne Roche.
The
exhibition, which takes places in Greenacres, Wexford, will open on
Saturday 25th August at noon and run until 16th September 2012.
EMMA BOURKE EXHIBITS IN THE IRELAND NEWFOUNDLAND TRAIL: A
JOURNEY OF PLANTS AND PEOPLE, WATERFORD
The
Ireland Newfoundland Trail: A Journey of Plants and People is a
collaboration of creators in fine art and craft from both Ireland and
Newfoundland. The exhibition exposes a piece of the story of Irish
settlers to Newfoundland.
The
Ireland Newfoundland Trail: A Journey of Plants and People is an
exhibition which centres on plants, most of them considered simple
plants, many of which border our roadways or live happily in our meadows
and sometimes adorn our home gardens. The purpose of the exhibition is
to encourage the telling of stories by the viewers as we compare
versions to those of others who live an ocean apart.
Included in
this exhibition is Emma Bourke, who is showing intricate flameworked
glass pieces of plants frequently inform her broader practice. The
exhibition continues until Saturday 1st September 2012 at the Garter
Lane Gallery in Waterford city.
UTENSIL;
CURRENT APPROACHES TO TABLEWARE, KILKENNY Utensil; Current
approaches to tableware is an exhibition of European applied artists
and product designers who present alternative approaches to tableware.
The exhibition will feature innovative tableware and accessories with
quirky aesthetics, challenging our expectations of domestic products and
fusing utility with art for the table. Utensil is presented as
part of Kilkenny Arts Festival at the National Craft Gallery and is
curated by Angela O'Kelly.
The exhibitors include: Sharon Blakey & Ismini
Samanidou | Stuart Cairns | Chien-Wei Chang | David Clarke | Maike Dahl
| Designgoat | Kirsty Eaglesfield |TheGreenEyl | Simone Ten Hompel |
John Lambe | Nel Linssen| Anders Ljungberg | Geoffrey Mann | Grant
McCaig | Hugo Meert| Wiebke Meurer | Cathy Miles | Enya Moore | Jennifer
Slattery | Kaori Tatebayashi | Brian Keaney/Tonfisk Design | Debbie
Wijskamp | Annabet Wyndham
The exhibition runs until 29th October 2012. On Thursday
30th August an informal exhibition talk will be held at the gallery.
Hand Made is a stunning
exhibition featuring the work of five high profile contemporary makers:
Alison Lowry, Rachel Dickson, Andrea Hayes, Firebox Ceramics, and Welig
Crafts. As part of August Craft Month, this exhibition takes place at
the Keady Gallery, Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady from
the 3rd of August until the 1st of September 2012.
The
craftwork exhibited spans glassware, ceramics, textiles, paper
sculpture, wood sculpture and more. The curator of the exhibition Desima
Connolly (Arts & Cultural Services Officer) states, “The quality of
the work you will see speaks volumes about the healthy status of
contemporary craft in Northern Ireland. It is important that the
artistic excellence and professional dedication of our resident artists
is nurtured, showcased and celebrated. I am delighted to have curated
this exhibition and further enhance our ongoing support of these five
talented makers. This is a wonderful opportunity for craftspeople in the
North West to engage with quality production and for anyone to enjoy
the absolutely stunning works selected.”
The headline exhibition of August Craft Month, Work
In Progress showcases applied arts by the six participants on
CraftNI's Making IT scheme. The exhibitors are Katie Brown (screen
printed textiles), Eamonn Higgins (sculpture), Diane Lyness
(silversmith), Alison Lowry (fused glass), Catherine Keenan (blown
glass), and Michelle Stephens (weave).
In keeping with the August Craft Month theme, this
exhibition aims to offer insight into the individual maker's
motivations, processes and methodology. The exhibition includes finished
objects, works in progress, sketch books and drawings which give a
unique snapshot into the process of making. A video, produced by Adam
Frew, has been commissioned to reveal to viewers the person behind the
object and the physical nature of fabrication.
The exhibition continues at CraftNI Gallery, Belfast
(opposite the Merchant) until the new date of 24th September 2012.
AOIFE SODEN AND TREVOR HUGHES, THE FLANEUR, DUBLIN
The Flâneur
is a recent graduate mixed media exhibition taking place at the Oliver
Cornet Gallery, Dublin. The exhibition is curated by Kate Howard and
includes pieces by National College of Art and Design graduates Aoife
Soden and Trevor Hughes. The exhibition continues until 31st August
2012.
In this workshop students will focus on understanding
various properties of glass material as an artistic medium and learn a
variety of cold working processes including cutting, grinding, carving,
laminating, and refining and polishing of the surface. The creative
possibilities in the workshop will be expended with learning about
laminating, adhesives, and general HXTAL lamination set up. Through
working on the projects students will explore problem solving in the
cold working studio, common mistakes, and efficient ways to cold work
glass.
Korean born Jiyong Lee is Head of the Glass program of
Southern Illinois University Carbondale since 2005. He graduated from
the MFA program at Rochester Institute of Technology in US, 2000. Having
his feet in both cultures also has broadened his personal aesthetics
and appreciation for different ways of thinking. He specializes in
cold-working and kiln-forming processes and he has exhibited nationally
and internationally. He lectures and gives demonstrations widely,
including the 2007 Glass Art Society Conference, Rochester Institute of
Technology, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Cleveland
Institute of Art, Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School,
Pittsburgh Glass Center, and Kook-Min University, Seoul, Korea.
The workshop will take place over five days (17th – 21st
September 2012), from 10am to 5pm daily. Places will be limited to
twelve and the workshop fee is €250, lunch is included. Experience of
working with glass is necessary to partake in this workshop.
This is a three day course
taking place on 1st and 2nd September 2012 at The Glasshouse, Westport,
Co. Mayo, for anyone (including absolute beginners) who would like to
try their hand at fusing glass together in the kiln. Participants will
be encouraged to experiment with the various fusion effects that can be
achieved. All materials are included in the price and booking is
essential. Contact Linda Mulloy by 27th August 2012 to secure your
place.
This is a three day course
taking place from 24th to 26th August 2012 at The Glasshouse, Westport,
Mayo, designed for the beginner. No previous experience or artistic
skills are needed. The course will teach glass cutting, soldering, a
little bit about design and the two methods of stained glass assembly;
leading and copper-foiling. Participants will make three or four panels
during the course. All materials are included in the price.
The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic fund established
as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. The award
aims to support and promote the diversity of contemporary Irish
creativity in the arts and crafts. Its mission is to help artists of
innovate talent needing support in their careers. Details of all the
candidates shortlisted for consideration over the years, and the
eventual winners and examples of their work can be seen on the website. The Golden Fleece Award is currently calling for
applications for the 2013 award which has a closing date of 23 November
2012. Application forms can also be downloaded via the website. If there are any queries please
contact Catherine Martin, Administrator of the Golden Fleece Award.
