Last Sunday (August 22nd) marked the beginning of Heritage Week 2009, and the great series of events and open houses taking place around the country. There’s hundreds of activities happening over the coming week– worth taking a look at the comprehensive listing on the Heritage Council’s dedicated site.
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The Arts Council, in collaboration with Temple Bar Cultural Trust, has rolled out a new site focused on Irish arts audience development, www.artsaudiences.ie. Here’s the skinny on their rationale for the initiative:
(see the full manifesto here.)
Plans so far include:
Future plans include online resource material, and new training & mentoring programmes.
More imminent, however, is a series of one-day workshops on Web 2.0 and audience development to be offered in Dublin, Galway and Cork in September. They’re looking for registration ASAP, unless the slots have been filled already… it’s only €45 for a full day session, and looks to be a promising build on the excellent Arts Council-sponsored New Media & the Arts conference held last November.
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Common Ground (the arts development agency based in Inchicore) has teamed with Create (the national development agency for collabortive arts) to deliver an action research project, ‘Connect’, on the subject of artist mentoring:
The core of Connect is a mentoring programme that brings experienced artists together with less experienced artists, to guide and support their creative process. A range of events are also taking place which present and discuss ideas about mentoring, through panel discussions, presentation of case studies and workshops. This public action research forum is one of these events. It will be of interest to artists, those working in the arts sector – particularly within the field of participatory arts practice – and those working in other sectors who have an interest in collaborating with artists or are already doing so, e.g. youth workers, community development groups, educators, healthcare professionals, etc.
The next stage of the project is a public action research forum taking place in Galway on 16 June. For more information, click below:
Background information on the project (.doc)
Programme (.doc)
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‘Blow Your Own Trumpet’ — IMA’s annual practitioners’ forum — is set to take place on Friday, 10 July from 10-4 pm at Daniel O’Connell House (58 Merrion Square South).
The day promises to be a very interesting one, with presentations from museum professionals around the country on recent initiatives in their institutions. It’s a great way to get a snapshot of what’s happening across Irish museums, and have an annual chinwag with others in the biz.
For a full line-up of presentations click here, or on the image above.
For further information or bookings contact the IMA Administrator, Carla Marrinan, at 01 4120939 or office@irishmuseums.org
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UCD Graduate Open Day
Thursday, 19 February 2009
We’re gearing up here for this year’s annual UCD Open Day, where faculty will be on hand to discuss postgraduate study opportunities at UCD– of particular interest to readers of this blog may be the two MA degrees offered by UCD’s School of Art History and Cultural Policy: the MA in Art History, and MA in Arts Management and Cultural Policy (we also offer MLitt and PhD degrees in both these subjects). A special information session on these programmes will be held from 3-4 pm in J004 (Arts – Newman Building).
The full schedule of the day’s events is located here: http://www.ucd.ie/artsceltic/graduateschool/events/graduateopenday/
Here’s the official blurb from UCD– do come along if you have an interest in further study!
UCD offers a superb range of dynamic opportunities for graduate study and research in the humanities. Leading experts in areas as diverse as film, creative writing, musicology, art history, drama, arts management and cultural policy, languages, literatures, history, folklore and linguistics will be available to guide you through opportunities to deepen your knowledge and enhance your career potential on Thursday 19 February.
Declan Kiberd, Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature & Drama, and Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Professor of Art History, will give short talks on the exciting challenges of graduate study and life at a key-note event at UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland (HII) between 5-6 pm on 19 February. Sandra Walker of UCD Career Development will address issues of career enhancement. This session will conclude with a wine reception at the HII.
For more information, please contact Barbara Gannon, Manager of the UCD Graduate School in Arts and Celtic Studies at (01) 716 8241 or email gs.artsceltic@ucd.ie or Barbara.Gannon@ucd.ie
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The Irish Book Publisher’s Association is having their biennial conference on the 21st of February, this year entitled ‘The Burning Issues’.
Lots of interesting sessions planned on managing small presses, negotiating with booksellers, and identifying new markets…
For details see their flier (MS doc file), or alternatively consult their full programme (pdf).
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Today is All-Ireland Poetry Day! Events are happening all round the country to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Poetry Ireland.
In Dublin there will be a poetry reading at 6.30 pm tonight at the Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen’s Green West, by John F. Deane, Rutger Kopland and Fiona Sampson. Full details of events nationwide can be found on Poetry Ireland’s website…
In honour of the day, a favourite poem recently discovered:
Wisława Szymborska: ‘Slapstick’ (1993)
If there are angels,
I doubt they read
our novels
concerning thwarted hopes.
I’m afraid, alas,
they never touch the poems
that bear our grudges against the world.
The rantings and railings
of our plays
must drive them, I suspect,
to distraction.
Off-duty, between angelic -
i.e. inhuman – occupations,
they watch instead
our slapstick
from the age of silent film.
To our dirge wailers,
garment renders,
and teeth gnashers,
they prefer, I suppose,
that poor devil
who grabs the drowning man by his toupee
or, starving, devours his own shoelaces
with gusto.
From the waist up, starch and aspirations;
below, a startled mouse
runs down his trousers.
I’m sure
that’s what they call real entertainment.
A crazy chase in circles
ends up pursuing the pursuer.
The light at the end of the tunnel
turns out to be a tiger’s eye.
A hundred disasters
mean a hundred cosmic somersaults
turned over a hundred abysses.
If there are angels,
they must, I hope,
find this convincing,
this merriment dangling from terror,
not even crying Save me Save me
since all of this takes place in silence.
I can even imagine
that they clap their wings
and tears run from their eyes
from laughter, if nothing else.
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I’m happy to pass along this event announcement from Visual Artists Ireland:
Artists’ Mobility — aspiration or reality: ECA Conference at IMMA
The European Council of Artists (ECA) is holding its Annual Conference in Dublin from 7 to 8 November 2008. The ECA is an umbrella body composed of interdisciplinary artists’ councils and artists’ organisations from 25 European countries. One of its main events each year is its Annual Conference which brings together artists and their representatives, cultural operators, politician’s and MEP’s with particular interests in culture along with representatives from national and European institutions. This year’s conference includes papers on the following topics: artistic freedom in a globalised world, the European Arrest Warrant, borders, visa issues & cultural diversity, and the role of the European Parliament in the promotion of artists’ mobility.
The following 6 highly regarded international speakers will present and discuss on the topic of artists’ mobility:
Eva Lichtenberger, MEP, Austria
Maria Badia i Cutchet, MEP, Spain
Lolita Jablonskiene, Chief curator National Gallery of Art, Lithuania, and ambassador of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
Pauline Hadaway, director of Belfast Exposed, Northern Ireland
Ole Reitov, Freemuse – Freedom of Musical Expression, Denmark
Helena Drnovšek Zorko, Division of International Cultural Relations, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A reception to launch the conference will be held in Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin city centre on Friday 7th of November at 6 pm. The conference sessions will take place on Saturday 8th at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, ending with a musical performance by Na Píobairí Uilleann.
Visual Artists Ireland is the ECA’s representative organisation in Ireland. A conference programme and Booking Form are available to download from the VAI website (http://www.visualartists.ie/alr_status_artist.html). Booking is essential as places are limited.
For anyone requiring accommodation, a special conference rate has been arranged with the Hilton Hotel Kilmainham which is located beside the Irish Museum of Modern Art. For further information please contact Alex Davis, Advocacy Officer:
T: 01 8722296
E: alex@visualartists.ie
W: www.visualartists.ie/alr_status_artistEuropean Council of Artists: www.eca.dk
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Event Announcement:
Culture and the City Conference- Keeping Dublin Creative!
21st October 2008, 9am-5pm
The National Gallery of Ireland, DublinCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM (in PDF)
On October 21st 2008 Temple Bar Cultural Trust will host a conference on the theme of Culture and the City at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Dublin City Council.
This one-day conference will provide a platform for discussion, debate and exchange of experience from Irish and international practitioners around some of the key issues affecting cultural development in Dublin. The conference will explore ways of achieving a more integrated approach to planning and development for culture in Dublin city. It will also explore ways of enhancing the level of civic engagement and public participation in the cultural life of the city.
Among the speakers at the conference will be Jude Woodward, senior policy advisor on culture to Mayor of London; Laura Magahy, CEO MCO Projects; Franco Bianchini, academic and consultant on cultural policy; Sir Ken Robinson, internationally renowned speaker and consultant on creativity and innovation; Catherine Bunting, Head of Research with the Arts Council of England in addition to representatives from The Arts Council of Ireland.
The conference will present an insight into current thinking and planning for cultural development within the Development Plan for Dublin City. It will provide practical experience from other European cities in terms of best practice and provide conference participants with the opportunity to contribute to the discussion on the future of cultural development in the city, and in particular on the elements required to successfully drive this strategy forward.
The conference is designed to be of interest to a wide range of groups and individuals working across a range of sectors including the arts and cultural community, urban planners, architects, local representatives, the business community, academics, artists and anyone with an interest in shaping the future for culture in the city!
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Just a reminder to all you vultures out there– the third annual Culture Night takes place this Friday, September 19th, from 5-11 pm. In Dublin more than 100 arts & cultural organisations will be staying open late, offering unique & fun programming for this evening only. Temple Bar Cultural Trust is the driving force behind the initiative, which includes special bus routes (map pdf) laid on to take vultures from spot to spot, and lots of outdoor performances and entertainment.
It’s not just Dublin getting all the action either:
Culture Night Cork: http://www.corkcity.ie/culturenight
Culture Night Limerick: http://www.limerickcity.ie
Culture Night Galway: http://www.galwaycity.ie
Last year’s event had a great buzz to it– wandering around the National Gallery at near 11 pm was a surreal highlight for me!– and it’s a great chance to check out (for free!) sites that normally require admission. I’ve got a few circled already… 
Copies of the programme can be downloaded as a pdf here, or picked up in print copy from participating venues, the Suffolk St Dublin tourist office, or Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street (the latter two will be open 9am until 11pm on Culture Night).
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Event Announcement:
Irish Museums Association Annual Lecture
with Philippe de Montebello
National Gallery of Ireland, Lecture Theatre
20 November 2008 6.30 pm
The IMA Annual James White Lecture will be given by Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on the theme ‘What Makes a Great Museum Great’.
Admission Free. Booking is strongly advised.
For bookings, please contact the IMA office in 01 6633579 or ima@ngi.ie
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My highlight of the autumn kicks off with the Fringe Festival launching this Saturday! Over the years I’ve seen lots of productions, from brilliant to disastrous (more of the former and less of the latter), but I’m really excited this year about the staging of events in the Iveagh Gardens and the programme of street theatre (especially the opera Bastien and Bastienne). It’s Wolfgang Hoffman’s swan song after four years of running the festival, and the lineup looks like another stellar mix of theatre, dance, visual art and music.
MA programme alumnae Jenny Jennings is Programme Director for the Fringe and was interviewed in Saturday’s Irish Times about the upcoming festival and its drive to highlight new Irish talent:
Programme director Jennifer Jennings says that the strength of this year’s Irish element of the programme is more than accidental. It is a strategic part of Dublin Fringe Festival’s development over the past few years, and one that both Jennings and the festival’s outgoing artistic director, Wolfgang Hoffman, have been committed to fostering.
“We work as a platform for new artists,” Jennings explains. “I suppose you could say we are a producing partner, giving support ‘in lieu’ to emerging artists – from inviting them to use office facilities to giving them a place in the festival programme to, more recently, providing workshops for developing work.”
(yay Jenny!)
The Fringe website looks great too, with blogs and reviews (although it’d be great if they’d add an rss feed). This year tickets can be purchased from Filmbase and the Iveagh Gardens box office located on Hatch Street– the full programme pdf can be downloaded here.
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With a name like Termonfeckin, how could you not go? Thanks to alumna Nonie Gaynor for passing this on.
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An Chúirt Chruitireachta
Cairde na Cruite Harp Festival
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
12th June 2008
The Cairde na Cruite annual Harp Festival, An Chúirt Chruitireachta will take place from 29 June to 4 July 2008 at An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth.
This residential harp festival has been running for 26 years to date and we are looking forward to yet another world class event in 2008. The festival is a celebration of the tradition of the Irish Harp and the harping tradition in Ireland. It also provides links with other harping traditions, specifically the Breton tradition in 2008.
The festival consists of tuition sessions for the harpers with internationally renowned harpers and a Sean Nós singer-in-residence Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, who will incorporate workshops with the harpers. The event also features a series of evening concerts featuring musicians / ensembles including amongst others: Siobhán Armstrong, Liadán, Dordán, Cormac de Barra, Noel Hill and Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich.
The opening concert on 29th June will take place in Beaulieu House, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth. All other concerts will be held in An Grianán, Arts Centre, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth.
For further information or tickets please contact:
Áibhlín McCrann – Festival Director (087) 2800390
Email: mccranna@eircom.net
Karan Thompson – PR & Marketing (086) 2550291
Email: harpfestival@ktcl.ie
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From MA alumna Aisling Ennis:
Belmullet to Berne! National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI) presents
Summer Proms 2008
NYOI Summer Proms 2008 will bring 170 young Irish musicians from the far reaches of Belmullet on the west coast of Ireland, to Bern, the capital of Switzerland. This year NYOI welcomes back two former members Gwendolyn Masin and Clíodhna Ni Aodáin to perform as soloists with NYOI.
Two soloists? That’s right. This summer NYOI is proud to present two touring orchestras. NYOI Junior Orchestra with members aged 12 – 18, and NYOI Symphony Orchestra with members aged 18 – 24.
NYOI Junior Orchestra National tour
Under the baton of Gearóid Grant, and in the electrifying hands of soloist, Gwendolyn Masin NYOI Junior Orchestra present a musical collage of a selection of Bizet’s Carmen Suites, the sonorous tones of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Dvorak’s Symphony no.8.
Their musical adventure begins in Waterford, with a performance in Belmullet, before returning to Dublin to perform at The Helix.
Concert Date & Venue
3rd July 2008 8pm College Street Chapel, Waterford
5th July 2008 8pm Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co Mayo
6th July 2008 8pm The Mahony Hall, The Helix, Dublin
NYOI Symphony Orchestra tour to Switzerland
This summer, NYOI Symphony Orchestra is delighted to have been specially invited to perform in a festival of youth ensembles in Switzerland to mark the 150th anniversary of the Bern Conservatory of Music. Under the baton of Atso Almila, and with soloist and former NYOI player, Clíodhna Ní Aodáin, the orchestra will unite with all other youth ensembles in the festival to perform an open-air joint programme in the centre of Bern.
Date & Venue Programme
31st July Interlaken Concert Hall Mussorgsky-Rimsky Night on a Bald Mountain
Schumann Cello Concerto
Scriabin Le Poeme de l’Extase
Pictures are available on request. For more information on the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland please see website www.nyoi.ie or Tel: (01) 6169642/6169638
For further media information contact Aisling at the NYOI office
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The Department of Education and Science, TOYOTA IRELAND,
The Arts Council of Ireland, Culture Ireland and the Musicians Benevolent Fund
NYOI in addition acknowledges the valuable promotional support of
The Irish Times and RTÉ lyric fm
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All are welcome to attend this upcoming half day conference:
Global Ireland: New Perspectives is co-organised by the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, ITT.
Venue: Newman House, 86 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Date: Friday, 16 May 2008
Session 1 – 9.15 a.m.
Chair: Dr Marc Caball (HII)
Professor Grace Neville (UCC): Tackling the Underbelly of the Celtic Tiger: A French Perspective on the Impact of Globalisation
Dr Patrick Lonergan (NUIG): Irish Theatre and Globalisation: A Faustian Pact?
Professor Michael Cronin (DCU): The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Place in Global Ireland
Session 2 – 11.30 a.m.
Chair: Dr Eamon Maher (NCFIS)
Dr Eugene O’Brien (MIC Limerick): I Google, Therefore I am
Professor Tom Inglis (UCD): The Global is Personal
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