Sunday 17 April 2011

'ENGAGING WITH GLASS' EXHIBITION: CALL

Engaging with Glass is a juried glass exhibition coordinated by the Glass Society of Ireland and Solstice Art Centre, Navan. The exhibition will run from 7 June to 16 July in Solstice, and the deadline for submissions is 10 May.

Solstice Art Centre invites Irish artists, makers, designers, and architects working in glass in Ireland and abroad to submit images of new works for exhibition, Engaging with Glass, June 7-July 16, 2011. Selectors Audrey Whitty, Curator of Ceramics, Glass and Asian collections at the National Museum of Ireland and Tina Oldnow, Curator of modern glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA will select work for the exhibition and catalogue from the images submitted. The deadline for submissions is May 10th.

Submissions should include an Application Fee €15 (made out to The Glass Society of Ireland), Artist’s Statement (maximum 300 words), Artists Biography (maximum 100 words) and resumé and three images of work made between 2005-2011.

Digital images should be made using the highest-resolution setting on the camera and need to have an effective resolution of 300 DPI or higher at a minimum of 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm). Do not compress files. Each image will require the Name of artist, Title of the piece, Year of creation, Dimensions, Height x Width x Depth in centimetres, Materials and techniques used. The image file should be named as follows: artist’s last_name_first name_ title.jpg or artist’s last_name_first name_title.tif. Do not use quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses, or any characters that are not numbers or letters. Images must meet these specifications to be considered for entry in exhibition catalogue.

Applications can be mailed with fee in form of cheque or money order to “The Glass Society of Ireland”, c/o Solstice Arts Centre, Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. For further information email:

E: engagingwithglass@gmail.com

CRAFTITECTURE: CALL

The Crafts Council of Ireland and the Irish Architecture Foundation in association with the Electric Picnic, Greencrafts and Cultivate are delighted to announce a new competition: ‘CRAFTITECTURE - A Pavilion for Electric Picnic’.

The competition will realise the design and build of a re-usable temporary structure at Electric Picnic 2011, the annual arts-and-music festival held in Stradbally, Co. Laois. The Pavilion will house small intimate events during Electric Picnic and through its creation raise awareness of, and demonstrate the links between, architecture and craft. Joint submissions are invited from Architects and Craftsperson teams and must represent equal input into the design and development of the pavilion. The briefing document and further details are available from:

W: www.architecturefoundation.ie

STAINED GLASS WORKSHOPS, CO. WICKLOW

One Day Stained Glass Workshops in Delgany, Co.Wicklow. Design and create your own stained glass panel under the guidance of glass artist Gerlinde Kugler. For more information and to book a place, visit:

W: www.gerlinde.ie

STAINED GLASS PAINTING WORKSHOP, CO. ANTRIM

At this workshop, Participants will have an opportunity to produce their own glass piece using traditional stained glass painting technique which will be kiln fired and finished in the studio. The workshops take place on the last Saturday of every month between 10am and 4.30pm at Leadlines and David Esler Stained Glass Studio, 24 Donegore Hill, Dunadeg, Co. Antrim. The cost of the workshop is £100, materials included. For more information and to sign up, contact David at:

E: stainedglass@leadlines.co.uk
T: 0044 28 9443 3733

NCAD PROSPECTUSES AND PORTFOLIO BRIEF NOW ONLINE

The National College of Art and Design have uploaded their undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses, along with their 2012 portfolio brief. For more information on courses, application deadlines etc, visit:

W: www.ncad.ie

YEAR OF CRAFT 2011 CONFERENCE

The Crafts Council of Ireland will host the Year of Craft 2011 Public Conference, taking place in Dublin Castle on 9th June, 2011. The conference will address issues, opportunities and themes of common concern over the two days at Dublin Castle and the Crafts Council of Ireland are honoured that President Mary McAleese Patron for Year of Craft 2011, has confirmed that she will address conference delegates. This conference follows immediately from the European General Assembly of the World Crafts Council, also being held in Dublin Castle on the day before (8th June). Keynote speakers include Edmund De Waal, world renowned potter and author of 'The Hare With Amber Eyes' and Leonardo Bonanni, who teaches the ‘Future Craft’ programme at MIT, and is a world leader in sustainable design of products and supply chains. The accompanying conference programme will present exhibitions of work across Dublin by Irish and European makers and will include a range of cultural activities for visiting delegates.

For more information and to register (Early Bird Rate: €30 / Standard Rate: €60), visit:

W: www.craftinireland.com

LIVING WITH GLASS CONFERENCE, UK

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) presents ‘Living with Glass’; a conference that explores the use of glass in interiors. The interiors of our public and private spaces are important to us; we shape them to affect our mood, our message and our identity, and glass plays a rich and varied part in the way that we do this.

‘Living with Glass’ will explore the many ways we use glass in interiors, and our speakers will represent the best of international practice. Richard Meitner, Anna Dickinson, Simon Moore, Harry Cardross, Eva Menz, Heike Klussmann and Thorsten Klooster (creators of ‘Blingcrete’) and Florian Lechner will take us on a journey that explores thought-provoking installation and sculpture, exquisite tableware, architectural virtuosity, fabulous lighting and concrete that you will want in your living room. There will also be a dramatic glass, light and sound perfomance to complete the experience. And all this will take place in the stunning Art Deco De La Warre Pavillion at Bexhill on Sea – just a short trip from London.

Delegates can choose to go to break-out sessions that cover ‘Getting your designs manufactured’ by David Proto and ‘Mentoring - One year On: Just what do you get from mentoring and being mentored’. By popular request we will be holding our second live Glass Pechakucha: Twenty contemporary glass artists will be presenting their work in quick-fire succession. For a chance to take part please see contact CGS directly for more information.

Living with Glass: Exploring Contemporary Glass and Interiors will take place on 15th & 16th of October 2011, at the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill in East Sussex. The CGS AGM will be held on the 15th October during the conference.

The conference will coincide with the partner exhibition ‘Living with Glass’ in collaboration with Vessel Gallery, London which will run from the 15th of September to the 30th of October 2011.

W: www.cgs.org.uk

BIENNALE KIJKDUIN SYMPOSIUM 2011, THE NETHERLANDS

The Biennale Kijkduin 2011 aims to encourage the development of talent in the field of art, technology, and architecture. Within this scope the symposium is meant for design students, entrepreneurs, and experts who are engaged in experiments and innovative applications of glass. It addresses the social interest of glass as a transition material as glass is – more than any other material – multifunctional. No other material causes similar revolutionary changes in the field of economics, health, safety, technology, architecture, culture, nature and the environment.

The symposium ‘Transparent Vision – the Art and Science of Glass’ will feature ten prominent glass experts who will share their experience and knowledge with students of art academies and universities around Europe. During verbal and visual presentations they show history, innovative concepts, new developments and the latest trends in sustainability and recycling. They review new techniques and applications of glass as a raw material, construction material, recycling and packaging material, and as a medical material. Glass will also be highlighted as a medium of art developed since the beginning of the 19th century, in different forms when it comes to composition, characteristics and appearances.

The symposium takes place in Gemeentemuseum in the Hague on 10 June. For more information on the symposium and how to register to attend, visit:

W: www.biennalekijkduin.nl

'VESSELS OF MEMORY' EXHIBITION, CO. DERRY

Vessels of Memory is an exhibition of work by glass artist Alison Lowry (an NI-based artist who was recently awarded a Warm Glass Prize) and ceramics artist Rachel Dickson. The show is on at Roe Arts and Cultural Centre, 24 Main Street, Limavady and will run until 23 April. For more information, visit:

W: www.craftni.org

IRISH CRAFT PORTFOLIO EXHIBITION, NCG, KILKENNY

The contemporary craft exhibition Irish Craft Portfolio is currently running at the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny, along with an excellent series of education and outreach events that include the talks series 'Life in the Craft Lane' on the 5 May. The exhibition runs until 11 May, for more information visit:

W: www.ccoi.ie/gallery

THE ESSENCE OF CRAFT EXHIBITION, LEITRIM DESIGN HOUSE

Running from 1st April to 30th June, The Essence of Craft in the Leitrim Design House is this series of exhibitions explores how craft can be expressed in different material and forms, with focus on a different media each month. For more information visit:

W: http://intoleitrim.com/

'EXPLORING NOTIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY' EXHIBITION, CORK

Exploring Perceptions Of Contemporary Craft is a mixed media exhibition including work by glass artists Peader Lamb, Mary Mackey & Louise Rice. The show runs in the Lavit Gallery, Cork until 30 April. For more information visit:

W: www.lavitgallery.com

Friday 1 April 2011

THE CONTEMPORARY GLASS SOCIETY LOSES ARTS COUNCIL FUNDING

The Contemporary Glass Society, UK has recently learned that they have lost all of their Arts Council funding. Here's what they say about it:

"Since its beginning in 1997, the CGS has grown from an organisation of just 150 members to one with nearly 700. It provides vital services for the glass community, connecting and sustaining its members through its website, publication, mentoring programmes, exhibitions and conferences. They have gone for strength to strength, and this is in part due to the financial stability that being one of Arts Council England’s regularly funded organisations gave them.

The CGS is the largest network of glass makers in the UK, with a dynamic and involved membership and committed management team, so despite this setback they are in a strong position to face the future. There is no doubt, however, that cuts will mean painful change for CGS. Their priority at the moment will be to maintain core services, and they will be looking for other sources of funding, including Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts, for which they are still eligible.

ACE has had to make some difficult decisions this year, but cutting £50,000 from CGS seems short-sighted and plainly wrong. In a climate where skills based University courses close every year, and industry of all kinds have as good as disappeared, the CGS is the UK’s most significant organisation promoting Contemporary Glass making and makers to the world. It plays a crucial role in the safeguarding of ancient skills in contemporary arts, and it delivers incredible value for money with its resource and information rich website, its quarterly publication, professional development schemes and internationally important exhibitions and conferences.

The CGS will weather this storm, and is already looking to the future, but a future in which the government seriously fails to provide their arts and heritage with support that they need."

For further press information or images please contact: Jessamy Kelly: +44 (0)7950627264 or Pam Reekie admin@cgs.org.uk 01379741120

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS

With a new government in place, the National Campaign for the Arts continues its work to maintain Arts funding. For more information on what's going on right now and how to get involved, visit:

W: www.ncfa.ie

RDS NATIONAL CRAFTS COMPETITION 2011: CALL

The RDS National Crafts Competition have announced the call for entries for this year’s competition. The competition is one of the largest crafts competitions in Europe that brings an international panel of judges to Ireland to adjudicate a 20 category competition. It boasts a prize fund of E28,400 and is open to all craft workers and designers in Ireland including students and apprentices. It is also open to Irish craft workers based abroad. Entrants can also enter the RDS Student Art Awards should they meet the terms and conditions of the Awards.

Important dates for the Competition:
* Deadline stage one: 16 May 2011 at 5pm
* Deadline stage two: 23 & 24 June

Entry fee:
* E15 per entry (Maximum of three entries per category. An entry is defined as one piece of work or a matching set.)
* E10 students and apprentices (Written evidence of status is required by 16 May.)

For further information, please contact:
Ms Sarah Ross, Arts, RDS Foundation Department, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
T: +353 (0)1 240 7255
E: arts@rds.ie
W: www.rds.ie/crafts

MAKING FUTURES: CRAFT CONFERENCE, DEVON: CALL

Making Futures: The Crafts as Change-Maker in Sustainably Aware Cultures is a craft-based conference organised by Plymouth Art College, which will be held on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th September 2011 at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK.

The conference explores how the contemporary crafts are practiced in relation to developing global environmental and sustainability agendas, and the idea that these emerging agendas interrupt and restage the possibilities of craft in fundamental ways that are important to makers, their audiences, and to society more generally; that they present opportunities to redefine and reconstitute the crafts as less marginalised, more centrally productive forces in society, through new formulations and/or re-articulations of practices, identities, positions and markets.

The conference will include a special research workshop entitled Regeneration in Glass: A Sustainable and Financially Viable Future, discussing the difficulties faced by the Studio Glass Movement, and how current research has the potential to support the development of new micro-business start-ups in this area. The organisers invite papers and presentations from practitioners and scholars in this field, including those with an expert knowledge of the history of UK and international Studio Glass, who might want to contribute to this special research workshop. Note that a third and final call for papers associated with Making Futures has just been released, with a closing date of 1st May 2011. However, it is likely that an extension of the closing date by a few weeks will be announced to take account of the inclusion of this new session on glass and its possible futures.

For more information and to make your application to be part of the conference, visit:

W: http:makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk
E: conference@plymouthart.ac.uk

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL 2011 ARTS BURSARIES: CALL

Dublin City Council invites applications from artists who wish to be considered for a Bursary of E4,000 towards studies at an advanced level or the development of work/professional skills. Artists, resident in Dublin City Council’s administrative area, can apply for a Bursary in Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Drama and Literature. One bursary will be awarded in each discipline.

Deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm, Friday 15 April 2011.
Only hard copy applications will be accepted.

To download application form visit:

W: http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice/ArtsFunding/Pages/ArtsFunding.aspx
T: +353 (0)1 222 7850
E: catherine.neville@dublincity.ie

CRAFT NI CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED

Craft NI is now inviting proposals for its annual selected exhibitions programme 2011-12, from craftspeople, designer-makers, curators, craft networks and retail outlets. Closing date has been extended to 4 April 2011.
The Craft NI gallery is a showcase platform for displays and exhibitions of quality contemporary craft. Through an annually selected exhibitions programme, Craft NI offers year round access to displays and exhibitions of quality contemporary craft in the centre of Belfast.
Please complete an application form and return to gail@craftni.org by 4 April 2011.

W: www.craftni.org/opportunities/call-for-makers-craft-nis-exhibition-programme/

THE FRED CONLON CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AWARD: CALL

Closing Date: Friday 15 April 2011.
Sligo County Council Arts Service invites visual artists, particularly sculptors, to apply for the Fred Conlon Contemporary Sculpture Award 2011.

This award offers the opportunity to avail of studio and living facilities for two months in the inspiring scenic region of Easkey, West Sligo and one month in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre followed by a solo exhibition in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre upon completion of the residency. Dates of the residency are fixed between mid January and mid May 2012.

Open to national and international artists, applicants will be required to have a third level qualification in art or an equivalent record of application and achievement.

Application forms are available on
W: www.sligoarts.ie and from
E: sleavy@sligococo.ie

GLASS JEWELLERY CLASSES, ARMAGH

Glass jewellery classes will be running from now through until September in the Uccelli Jewellery studio, Co.Armagh. Lots of colourful bullseye sheet glasses & canes, glass powders, vibrant beads and wire to make beautiful handmade jewellery that will be yours to take home at the end of the day.
For more information on classes you can contact Paula at:

E: info@uccellijewellery.com
T: 0044 (0) 7517252574
W: www.ucellijewellery.com

CEAD EASTER AND SUMMER COURSES, NCAD

CEAD - Continuing Education in Art and Design - offer a wide range of Easter and summer courses in NCAD, Dublin. For more information, visit:

W: http://www.ncad.ie/faculties/education/cead.shtml

CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT WORKHOUSE STUDIOS, CO WATERFORD

Running from 15 to 23 April workshop participants can expect to learn technical skills in the discipline of their choice (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, paper making or glass) while working creatively and expressively with new materials and a new way or working.

There are workshops for all ages and abilities, from parent and child felt making, to adult jewellery casting workshops. Each workshop runs for up to two hours and is taught at a beginner level.

Workshop places are limited and booking is essential. Prices include everything you will require to do the workshop.
For more information contact Claire on:

T: 085 7741388
E: info@workhousestudios.com

'O', MFA EXHIBITION BY KAREN DONNELLAN, NY



O is Irish glass artist Karen Donnellan's MFA exhibition. The show opens today and runs until 30 April in Gallery Kunstler, Rochester, New York State. For more information, visit:

W: www.karendonnellan.com

TWO EXHIBITIONS FEATURING GLASS ARTIST EMMA BOURKE

Irish glass artist Emma Bourke has work featuring in shows both here in Ireland and in the UK at the moment. Her solo show is running in Signal Arts Centre, Bray until 10 April, while her work is exhibited as part of Spring Showcase in the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, until 15 May.

W: www.emmabourke.com

'POSSIBILITIES' MIXED MEDIA EXHIBITION, GARTER LANE, WATERFORD

Possibilities is a mixed media group exhibition featuring a number of artists who have worked at Workhouse Studios, Co. Waterford. The exhibition runs until the 7 May and the artists on show are Maggie Cashman, Emma Bourke, Catherine Keenan and Aisling Cook. For more information, visit:

W: www.workhousestudios.com

DLR JEWELLERY DESIGNERS EXHIBITION AND SHOP, DUN LAOGHAIRE



A group jewellery exhibition will run in Park House, Upper George St, Dun Laoghaire from today until 30 April, and features the work of Cadenza Glass Beads. For more information, visit:

W: www.dlrjewellerydesigners.ie