Community Projects
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 2
EXHIBITION LAUNCH AND AUCTION
FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER AT 6PM
at no. 72 John Street Kilkenny, Ireland
I am delighted to say that we have received in excess of 7,500 magnificent postcards for POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 2 exhibition. These art works have arrived here from all over Kilkenny City and County but also from as far a field as England, Scotland, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia, Germany and Australia. Children as young as two and three have created work as have a number of professional artists, photographers craftspeople etc. As you will see when you peruse the exhibition the variety and originality of the work is outstanding.
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All postcards on show will be for sale at a minimum of E3 each
Further details contact the Arts Office on 056 779 4138
mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie / niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts/
The perfect time to buy that unique Christmas present so don't forget the loose change and cheque book
Colour World Print Ltd.
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MOOT V Art and the Environment
Kilkenny County Council's Arts Office in collaboration with the Butler Gallery is delighted to launch the fifth in the series of MOOT discussions, debates and seminars. MOOT is a continuous creative process providing a forum for powerful, focused and inspirational debates and discussion on a variety of subject matters. These events will, potentially, transform expectations, citing shifts in attitudes, perceptions and beliefs.
MOOT V is the first in the four part series that will investigate the role of artists in engaging communities and raise awareness of environmental issues. The first discussion will be an open format event where artists, environmentalists and the general public will be invited to question how arts and culture can contribute to addressing environmental concerns and promote change to more sustainable ways of living. The number of environmental concerns are vast and in the first discussion MOOT will be used to identify the key issues, artists and areas of focus for future discussions.
This panel discussion will take place on Thursday, December 6th in the Brewery Club Kilkenny at 8pm. The panel will consist of Chairperson Gregg Allen (The Village, Cloughjordan), Gavin Harte, sustainability consultant (IRL), Davie Phillips(Cultivate,Dublin) Eileen MacDonagh (IRL), artist and Simon Pascoe co-director of Red Earth (UK).
Gregg Allen is a founding member and Director of The Village, Cloughjordan which is being created by a community of people who are committed to ecological, social and economic sustainability. Under the banner of 'Building Sustainable Community' their company, Sustainable Projects Ireland Ltd., is currently in the process of creating a model development that will include 130 dwellings along with shops, playgrounds and communal facilities. (http://www.thevillage.ie)
Gavin Harte is a Sustainability consultant and has a master's degree in sustainable development and has been a high-profile spokesperson within the sustainability movement in Ireland for many years. A former national director of An Taisce, he also held the position of chairman of Dublin Food Co-op and sat on of the education committee of Comhar, the State appointed Sustainable Development Council. He is currently developing an education for sustainable development programme targeting third level and working with Co-op Ireland in the creation of a National Green Pages directory. Davie Philips is the Director of Cultivate which is a sustainable living and learning centre dedicated to inspiring healthy, balanced and creative cultural change. Cultivates mission is to respond to energy vulnerability and climate change by providing access to the knowledge and tools to cultivate sustainable lifestyles and resilient communities. (http://www.cultivate.ie/)
Eileen MacDonagh is one of the best known contemporary artists in Ireland. Her public sculptures, sited around the country and at other locations in Europe and Japan, are seen by thousands every day. She is inspired by both abstract concepts of geometry and by the texture, mass and weight of her preferred medium - stone. Her sculptures are refined and pragmatic, elegant and powerful. In her art, the high idealism of the modern movement is tempered by a cheerful populism, combining the everyday with a sense of the infinite, leavened with a quiet sense of humour. Simon Pascoe is co-director of Red Earth, an international environmental arts group creating site-specific installations and performances in response to the landscape. All Red Earth projects are conceptualised and devised by Simon Pascoe and Caitlin Easterby in collaboration with independent artists and other professionals. They also lecture in Environmental Art as part of Sussex University's Continuing Education Programme. (http://www.redearth.co.uk/)
MOOT is jointly organised by Mary Butler, Arts Officer Kilkenny County Council and Louise Allen, Education Curator, Butler Gallery and is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland
MOOT V Art and the Environment, Thursday, December 6th
Brewery Club, Parliament Street, Kilkenny
Doors open at 7.45pm Starting at 8pm - Admission is free
Further details contact Mary Butler, Arts Officer mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie or
niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie 056 779 4138
Louise Allen, Butler Gallery louise@butlergallery.com 056 7761106
2008 will see the continuation of the Art and the Environment series with MOOT VI, VII and VIII taking place in February, May and October
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POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 2
EXHIBITION LAUNCH AND AUCTION
FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER AT 6PM
at no. 72 John Street Kilkenny, Ireland
I am delighted to say that we have received in excess of 7,500 magnificent postcards for POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 2 exhibition. These art works have arrived here from all over Kilkenny City and County but also from as far a field as England, Scotland, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia, Germany and Australia. Children as young as two and three have created work as have a number of professional artists, photographers craftspeople etc. As you will see when you peruse the exhibition the variety and originality of the work is outstanding.
The launch will include the auction of approximately
36 postcards - auctioneer the inimitable George Chandler.
All the other cards on show will be for sale at a minimum of E3 each
Further details contact the Arts Office on 056 779 4138
mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie / niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts/
The perfect time to buy that unique Christmas present so don't forget the loose change and cheque book
Colour World Print Ltd.
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Postcards From The Edge 2
Kilkenny County Councils Arts Office will launch an exhibition in 2007 consisting of a minimum of 5,000 pieces of art. How are we going to do this?
You may well ask as this relies on YOU. The Arts Office is currently inviting EVERYONE to submit works of art in any medium. Individual artists, groups, schools, writers, photographers, sculptures, musicians, embroiderers, mothers, granddads, babies, fathers, dancers, county councillors, basically everyone is now being invited to draw, paint, sculpt, stitch, write, take photographs, create collages, print, knit, sew, your options are endless and you can submit as many pieces as you like. Many nationally and internationally established practitioners will also be invited to exhibit.
Crucial and central to the show is the involvement of as many people as possible. Huge participation will assist in making this exhibition your show thus creating a sense of ownership for all involved.
We need to display a minimum of 5,000 pieces to FlLL the Arts Office Gallery, no. 72 John Street. The only criterion for the work is that it must be standard blank white postcard in size, i.e. 9cm x 14cm. Also it must be signed by the creator but only on the reverse, the work must remain anonymous until purchased. The fact that the creator remains anonymous means that each card will be bought purely on its visual merit. This in turn will heighten the excitement of buying the card. The not knowing who's work 'you' have purchased till you hold it in your hand!
The exhibition will take place in no. 72 John Street, Kilkenny and it will run for a period of November / December 2007.
Deadline for receipt of postcards is Monday 15th October at 4pm.
On the night of the preview all of the cards will be put up for auction to be sold at a minimum of €3 each.
So go out there buy a pack of blank white A6 postcards and start making.
Remember cards in any medium welcome, drawing, knitting, sewing, print etc. Also there is no limit to the number of cards one can submit. Every work submitted will be included in the show; any exclusion will be at the discretion of the arts office, for example any offensive material.
For further details please contact:
Mary Butler, Arts Officer - mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie or
Niamh Finn - niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
056 779 4138 / 779 4135
http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts/
