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Creative Clay - Evening Classes
10 week course
Explore clay as a material, express
yourself and produce a lasting piece!
This course is suitable for
beginners and more advanced students.
Starts Thursday 16 September
7.30pm – 9.30pm Class fee €195
Mary Cowan, Rachel Tinniswood & Sarah McKenna, who are running this years "Crafty Kids" Art summer school for 6-13 year olds, will be in the Studios this afternoon to meet any parents and kids who are interested in our July courses.
Bridge Street Studios 6-12years, a range of Arts & Crafts have fun and focus on skills, each week different and small classes. Mon-Fri 9.30am-2.30pm each week in July, Weekly class fee-€130
Ciara Agnew and Fiona Thornton will take part in Louth Craftmark's 'Spirit of Creativity' A creative way to network – Using a fast paced format, twelve of County Louth's creative spirits give us a glimpse into their inspirations and creative processes – join us for an interesting and fun evening of images and chat.
Wednesday 3rd March in the Spirit Store 8 till late
Learn about artists and art styles, Develop new skills, work in various materials and learn different art techniques, and make original artwork! Classes will include Drawing, Painting, Print, Fabric & Fibre & Clay Modelling!
8 Sessions Sat 30th January - Sat 27th March (no classes 27th February) 9am—10am or 11am - 12pm
Pottery & Ceramics Course for adults with Sarah McKenna
Pottery & Ceramics Course for adults with Sarah McKenna will be held in 2010. Explore clay as a material, express yourself and produce a lasting piece! New Year to Easter, 10 Sessions.
Thursday 7.30pm - 9pm Commencing 21th January 2010
Class fee includes tuition materials, tools and kiln firings - €170
Get the whole family together and enjoy a fun-filled session in our pottery studio. This relaxed class allows parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts and all the rest to have a play with clay, and have fun with hand building. Suitable for those with no experience.
Class fee includes tuition materials, tools and kiln firings
€15 per person or €75 for a family (2 adults & 4 children or up to 6 people)
Orla Barry in Christmas Exhibition, Canvas Galleries, Belfast
Canvas Galleries "The Christmas 200" exhibition will showcase 100 artists, 200 original paintings, each created especially for the exhibition. Every painting is a set size and priced at GBP250. From every painting sold Canvas will donate GBP50 to Marie Curie to help their Belfast hospice over the festive period.
Opening night Thursday November 26th at 7:30pm and continues throughout Christmas.
For more information please contact Orla Barry at Bridge Street Studios at 042 9351712 or Paul Evans, Canvas Galleries, 76 Stranmillis Rd, Belfast. 028 90222727 www.canvasgalleries.com
Orla Barry in Group Exhibition, An Clachan Gallery, Donegal
An Clachán would like to invite you to the official opening of: BIG IDEAS, Small Works
On Friday the 20th of November at 8p.m. The Gallery An Chúirt Gweedore Co. Donegal
For further information please contact Orla Barry at Bridge Street Studios on 042 935 1712 or Anna McLaughlin, Manager, An Clachán. ++353 (0)749560091 www.anclachan.ie
Earlier this year, I took part in an RTE production called At Your Service in Smarmore Castle, Ardee. I did beaded jewellery classes for kids and Colette Mulholland did feltmaking with them. This episode of At Your Service will be on RTE 1 next Sun. 25th October. It's going to be the last one of the series so perhaps they are keeping the best one until last??? Check it out!!
FRESH ON EVERY SURFACE - AN EXHIBITION OF GRAFFITI ART BY KUBE AND OMIN
5th November - 31 st November 2009
Opening Night 5th November 7pm -9pm
Open Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm
Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Co.Louth
Basement Gallery is proud to present the work of Dundalk-based graffiti artists Kube and Omin. Painting commercially and as a passionate hobby, Kube and Omin have been painting the countries walls for the past 13 years, bringing graffiti art to their hometown and nationwide, as well as being established on the international scene.
Using a wide range of media, including spray painted canvas, acrylic and oil paintings, photographic pieces, steel etching prints and sketches to fully showcase the vibrancy, movement and technical skill that comes with this very new and rapidly moving art form.
Kube and Omin have painted for a vast array of major companies, brands, festivals and arts organisations. Working commercially doing commissions and brand promotion the pair have been submitting their artwork to internationally circulated magazines for the past 10 years, gaining them work overseas aswell as representing the Irish Graffiti art scene on an worldwide platform.
Graffiti art by its very nature is something that the public see and admire but yet mystery surrounds the rhyme and reason to why and how it is done. Since its beginings in the 70's, Graffiti art has been a voice for young artists to display their talents on a public stage without reward, whilst risking prosecution in some cases to express themselves.
Using such a wide range of mediums - Kube and Omin hope to visually demonstrate the essence of Graffiti art through their own styles and skills. From sketches used on past murals, to photographs of walls, to graffiti art on canvas - all facets of the artform will be displayed and will give a visual narrative to their 13 years of non-stop graffiti art exploits.
This is the first show of its kind to be held in Dundalk's basement gallery and promises to be one of most animated and interesting uses of the space to date. Kube and Omin will be displaying unseen original pieces for this show in addition to painting some of the gallery walls and creating a more unique, open and engaging atmosphere to the space.
This show promises to be fresh on every surface.
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Beaded Jewellery Making Classes!
Fiona Thornton will be giving a number of short beaded jewellery making classes in Anderson's Cafe in Highlanes Gallery. The first class will be on Wed. 30th Sept. from 10.30 till 12. The first couple of classes are nearly full, so get in there quick! Contact Sheila Barry in Anderson's Cafe in Highlanes Gallery on 041 9803295 or sheilambarry@eircom.net.
Class fee includes tuition materials, tools and kiln firings - €100 Places limited max 8 per session To book contact Sarah 086 3499195 or info@sarahmckenna.com
Creative Pottery for Children with Sarah McKenna
Have fun in this introductory ceramics session. Get your hands dirty and play with clay. Lots of fun for children aged 5-12years.
12th Sept 09, 3rd Oct 09, 24th Oct 09, 28th Nov 09
Class fee includes tuition materials, tools and kiln firings - €15 Places limited max 8 per session To book contact Sarah 086 3499195 or info@sarahmckenna.com
The Artists of Bridge Street Studios are raffling a 100 Euro Voucher to spend on work in house at The Gateway Gallery. A wide range of work is created in this old grain store tucked in behind the iron gates in Bridge Street. Everything from Handcrafted Silver and Gold Jewellery, Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture to Felted and Ceramic Giftware.
In conjunction with the Creative Map, Bridge Street Studios will open it's doors the weekend 7th & 8th November for the public to come along and see how it is all done.
To win this fabulous prize all you have to do is get your details on our customer database by clicking on the link at www.bridgestreetstudios.com!
Competition closes on Wednesday 4th November winner will be notified in advance of the Creative Map weekend
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Frances Lambe's New Solo Exhibition Mircocosmos opens in Portadown
Millennium Court Arts Centre presents stunning new work by Dundalk based ceramist Frances Lambe. Microcosmos, co-commissioned by MCAC and the Basement Gallery in Dundalk, opens Wednesday 5 August & runs from 6 August – 26 September 2009 with an Artist’s Talk on Thursday 3 September 6:00 – 7:00pm.Lambe presents a dichotomy of approaches with visual inquiry into opposite concepts, describing her own process as, ‘turning mud into stone’.As a result the intensively beautiful pieces that are created by Lambe have an organic quality – seeming to have evolved in a geological process rather than have been made
With some studio members moving on to other projects. Studio space has become available. For more information about the studio or details on how to apply for space
Join the members of Bridge Street Studios this June Bank Holiday Weekend at Art in Action in Townley Hall. www.artinaction.ie
Saturday 30th May 10.30am - 5.30pm
Sunday 31st May 10.30am - 5.30pm
Monday 1st June 10.30am - 5.30pm
Art in Action is a 3-day arts & crafts festival where top artists and craftspeople from many different disciplines are invited to set up studio and demonstrate their work and skills live.
Visitors come to see how it’s done and are inspired; they are welcome to meet the artists informally and ask questions about their work and techniques.
Most of the art and craftwork on show is available for sale direct from the artists.
A wide range of practical classes is available each day, with adults and children catered for separately. Classes are designed to encourage the novice and each participant learns how to make a finished piece of art or craft for taking home.
The liberal arts are represented through a programme of music, drama, dance, story telling and lectures.
The event is renowned among visitors and artists alike not only for the breadth and quality of the art on show, but also for its wonderful organisation, relaxed family atmosphere and beautiful setting around Townley Hall.
Fiona Thorton, Sarah McKenna, Rachel Tinniswood & Joanne McKenna will be demonstrationing in the tent this weekend pop along and say hello!
Frances Lambe exhibits in Chicago, Kilkenny and Finland!
Frances Lambe will be taking part in Chicago's Annual Exposition of Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art (SOFA) taking place from the 7th to the 9th of November this year. SOFA is a key international event for contemporary craft and applied art. Last year a record 35,000 people visited Navy Pier to see work by some of the world's most important dealers and galleries. This is the third year running that the Crafts Council of Ireland has attended the event and 2008 promises to be another impressive outing, with 23 of our leading craftspeople showcasing their work. 2006 and 2007 saw some of our artists gain international representation while others saw their work added to major American collections. Frances will be giving a slide show and demonstration at The Irish Cultural Centre in Chicago during her visit.
Frances also exhibited, demonstrated and presented a slide show at the Annual Ceramics Ireland International Festival, which took place during the weekend of September 4th to 6th in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
Frances took part in Sculpture in Context 08 at The National Botanic Gardens in Dublin.
She has also been invited to exhibit in Finland over the next few weeks!
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"My objective is to explore our relationship to the world that surrounds us, both physically and spiritually, through horizontal and vertical strips and blocks of colour, which are all around us".
Ciara Agnew joined Bridge Street Studios in 2002, where she has been developing and exploring new techniques and approaches to her craft. This will be Ciara's second solo show.
The exhibition opening is on Thursday 21st August at the Basement Gallery, Crowe Street, Dundalk. The exhibition will run till 18th September....
Frances Lambe will be taking part in an innovative exhibition during the Kilkenny Arts Festival this August.
'Image of Longing'
Honouring the inspirational - Leading artists create new work for those who have inspired them.
Muses,
mentors and heroes: Image of Longing at the National Craft Gallery is
about paying tribute through the medium of beautifully considered craft.
Late
last year, leading craftspeople were asked to make a work of art for a
person or organisation that inspires them. The 27 people in this
exhibition were selected for their work, their motivation and their
source of inspiration.
The exhibition will open on Sat 9th
August at 5.30pm and will continue until Sun 5th October, at The
National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny. It will be open Monday
to Saturday, from 10am–6pm, and Sunday from 11am-6pm. Admission is free.
One of the newest members of Bridge Street Studios, Orla Barry, will be taking part in a joint exhibition in The Grange Gallery, in Dublin this month. Her work incorporates haunted landscape themes in her work, and her mixed media images draw from fantasies to explore the themes of identity and personal symbols.
There will be a wine reception on Thursday 10th July at 7:30pm and the exhibition will open to the public the following day, Friday 11th July and continue until Thursday 21st of August.
The Grange Gallery is located in The Grange, Oldtown (near Ballyboughal) in North Co Dublin. If anyone wants more information, please contact Orla at Bridge Street Studios on 042 835 1712 or The Grange Gallery on 01 8078888 or grangegallery@gmail.com.
If anyone wants more information on The Grange Gallery, check out it's website: www.thegrangedublin.ie.
