This year’s Future Makers Competition has been a great
success for Glass Society of Ireland members Karen Donnellan, Emma Bourke and Mags
O’ Dea. The awards ceremony took place again this year in Fallon and Byrne’s
function room in Dublin on June 11th.
Karen received the Exhibitions Assistance support award, worth €800. She plans to use this funding to assist with
her solo show Resonance which will be
held from August 9th to October 15th as part of the Kilkenny Arts
Festival. Her work will be displayed
next to Róisín De Buitlear’s at the National Craft Gallery and both exhibits
will innovatively explore the sonic qualities of glass.
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| Present Moment Reminder - Karen Donnellan |
Emma Bourke, who is currently a GSoI board member, was
awarded a substantial Residencies and Training award. This €1000 support award will allow her travel
to Sunderland to continue training with the scientific glass-workers who own
and run Wearside Glass at the National Glass Centre. We must also mention her success earlier this
year in receiving the Golden Fleece Award with which she purchased two new
kilns and renovated her home studio in Mayo.
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| Drop of Desire - Emma Bourke |
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| Emma receiving her award |
Mags O’Dea received a Materials Support award in the student
category. Mags just completed her BA in Glass Design in the National College of
Art and Design and this DCCoI assistance will be very helpful in kick-starting
her career. Her winning piece was from
the same body of work that was displayed in NCAD’s Graduate exhibition held
last week in the Thomas Street campus.
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| Part of Mag's graduate exhibition |
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| Mags receiving her award |
The Future Makers Competition is
held every year with various other awards and supports apart from the ones
mentioned above. Since the change from
the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) to the Design and Crafts Council of
Ireland (DCCoI) it is not only a great opportunity for crafts people but for
designers too. Congratulations to Karen,
Emma and Mags who received the supports out of a fierce competition of around
100 entrants. We look forward to seeing
how the funds will help their already beautiful art and hope to see even more
GSoI members getting shortlisted and receiving awards from Future Makers over
the next few years!
Written by Laura Quinn,
GSoI Student Rep, Dublin
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