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Access to Finance for Creative Enterprises 9 May

First Step in association with Project 51 would like to invite you to  a  free seminar on Access to Finance  for Creative Enterprises followed by networking. The event will take place from 6 to 8pm in Brooks Hotel, Drury St, D2 on Wednesday 9th May. Numbers are limited so you must confirm attendance by 5pm on Wednesday 2nd May by emailing Project51Dublin@Gmail.com if you wish to attend.


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Designer Mart

Designer Mart takes place every Saturday from 10am – 5pm on Cow’s Lane which is located in the Old City area of Temple Bar. This outdoor market showcases the very best of handmade craft & design produced by Irish and Ireland-based artists.

The Printing Rooms

Fán Regan started The Printing Room in 2011, creating finely detailed lino cuts on printmaking paper. .With a background and degree in fine art, Fán uses straight-forward, accessible techniques, the printing press being the only machine used to create thes…More Information

 

Deirdre Griffin

Discipline: Fused Glass Deirdre has expanded her range of fused glass jewellery to include wall-pieces, having taken part in a number of exhibitions throughout the year. Glass fusion is the art of melting glass on glass. It is a complex process whereby the glas…More Information

Li Ying Zhang

Discipline: Clothing & Accessory Range Li Ying, originally from China, has been a trader in Designer Mart for many years and is part of our international umbrella showcasing a diverse clothing range designed using a mix of both soft fabrics and silks along w…More Information

Trinket Box – Jewellery Design

Trinket Box brings to the Designer Mart a wide selection of beautiful hand crafted jewellery and accessories, that have been designed and made in Ireland. What makes Trinket Box different is that we design and create very delicate hand stitched pieces,  using only …More Information

Why! Art by Tunde Yussuf – Fused Glass

All the items are handmade by Tunde who was trained in glass fusing in Ireland.  Tunde add a little African fusion to flavour it.  “I love crafts and I find it enjoyable to create things with my hands.  It is a great pleasure for me to see the end p…More Information

Adam King

Discipline: Jewellery Design Adam works with a wide variety of materials including silver and semi precious stones. He creates beautiful contemporary style jewellery which is then presented in handmade mahogany boxes making this the perfect gift item or just a reall…More Information

Shanna Saliba

Discipline: Jewellery Design Shanna adores the properties of natural stones both finished and rough and works mainly in sterling silver, gold, enamel and gemstones. The idea that a piece of jewellery can be made using an unfinished ruby or diamond appeals to Sha…More Information

Ann Tyrrell

Discipline: Jewellery Design If you are looking for a special piece of jewellery which is beautifully made but doesn’t cost the earth look no further than the work of Ann Tyrrell.   Ann  designs and makes an eclectic range of contemporary jew…More Information

Chupi Sweetman – Clothing & Accessory Design

Irish Fashion? Made in Ireland? Banish thoughts of aran jumpers and heavy tweed, Chupi Sweetman-Pell inspires you with skinny leather jackets, silk jersey maxis and tiny lace dresses. The main fashion line is complimented by a new range of delicate gold and semi…More Information

Lilly of the Valley

Discipline: Clothing & Accessories Lilly of the Valley is all about beautiful dresses that are very comfortable and flattering to wear. Colours an

d patterns are an important feature of the design and they are sourced from small designers and suppliers from ar…More Information

 

Evelyn

Discipline; The Arty Weaver.   Evelyn studied Fine Art at college and it was here she discovered her passion for colour and texture.   She diversified into hand weaving over two years ago and now uses her looms as a tool to create woven weara…More Information

Eoghan Talbot Visual Artist – Original Watercolour

At the age of 25, Kildare native Eoghan Talbot has seen much success in his young career. Eoghan was introduced to art at a very young age but at the age of 16 he was given the great opportunity to work with Renowned Artist Ray Ryan. Here he learned the skills o…More Information

Colm de Ris

Colm is delighted to be returning to Cows Lane for his third year.  He initially started with his Signature Range in Blue but last year developed his Emerald Range with Effervescent Blue. For his

third year Colm has developed the Solstice Range for a more Contem…More Information

SunRose Garden – Handmade natural body and skincare

We produce and sell Natural body and skin care products. Body care products include a natural soap range, bath salts, body scrubs, massage oils and moisturiser. Skin care products include facial Serums, moisturisers, cleansers, toners and face masks, lip balms…More Information

Jamie Lewis – Hand felted satchels, trilby hats, purses and homeware.

Jamie Lewis specialises in hand felting sheep’s wool into practical fashion accessories and a range of 3D animal characters. He uses mostly natural shades of wool from various breeds of sheep complimented by a dyed wool or a specialist yarn to create simple unders…More Information

Honeybee Headwear

Ann Marie Flanagan of Honeybee Headwear specialises in beautiful hand crafted headpieces.  Made from bespoke moulded sinamay, each piece is lovingly sewn and decorated in quality fabrics and embellished with a mix of found and sourced materials, including seed bead…More Information

Mon Petit Pois – Pop Art

Marianne Wolf of ‘Mon Petit Pois’ is inspired by Orthodox art combined with a reverence for metamorphosis.  She works with multi-media and creates iconographical imagery applied onto wooden bases. This unique display will also feature hand-painted anima…More Information

ThunderSolas – Leather Designs

ThunderSolas is new and exciting company providing unique leather designs for men and women. All our products are hand-made from high quality Cow Leather. Many of our designs can be tailored to fit different sizes and also customer’s personal preferences. To view …More Information

Nicole Tilley

Nicole Tilley is a  visual artist based in Dublin. As part of her practice, she create images which are drawn directly onto a waxed copper plate and then etched in an acid subsitute. This process ensures that each drawing is original. She personally …More Information

Kieran Reynolds

Kieran Reynolds is a local woodturner living in Glasnevin, Dublin. He works exclusively with Irish grown wood that has been sourced from sustainable origins. The trees have been windblown, dead or felled for safety reasons so all have lived their lives and and are now prese…More Information


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Craft Australia launches National Historic Collection online

(c) Craft Australia

The Craft Australia Historic Collection is a significant slide archive on the development and practice of the Australian Studio Craft Movement from the 1960s to the early 1990s. This archive is now available online to practitioners, curators and researchers.

The online archive includes over 4000 images, documenting the development of the studio craft movement in Australia and is charted across the disciplines of gold and silver smithing, textiles, ceramics, glass and wood. It includes extremely rare material from the 1960s and 1970s that predates the establishment of most of Australia’s tertiary training programs in craft.

Prior to closing in April 2012, Craft Australia had negotiated with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) to rehouse the National Historic Collection as part of their library holdings which documents the history and development of Australian art and culture. Whilst the NHC will be managed by the NGA after the closure of Craft Australia the location for the collection will remain the same and can now be accessed online through the eHive collection management system and is also searchable on Picture Australia
URL: http://www.pictureaustralia.org


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Temple Bar Designer Mart


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Space to let in Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter

You’ve worked on developing your idea, you’re all ready to go, and all you need now is some space to do it. Well we may have just the space you need!

Temple Bar Cultural Trust have a small number of high quality modern offices and workspaces to rent for people and organisations working in culture, the creative industries and the arts.

These architect-designed spaces are based right in the heart of Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter, and the location could not be better: city centre, close to all main public transport services, safe, secure and clean.

These offices and workspaces will suit production offices, festival administration, project or event management, and start-up cultural enterprises.

Available (on license) on favourable terms for 6 months to 5 years.

All enquiries to Lynsey NiRainaill at the Temple Bar Cultural Trust on lnirainaill@templebar.ie


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Bealtaine 2012 – Craft Events in Dublin

Dublin City Council – Arts Office

The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin 1
Bealtaine 2012
Dublin City Council’s Arts Office, Dublin City Public Libraries and Dublin City Gallery ‘The Hugh Lane’ are pleased to present an array of free arts events to celebrate Bealtaine 2012 and show off the wealth of talent that exists across the City. Throughout the month of May people have the opportunity to engage in the programme as both spectators and participants.We are delighted to be working with a number of arts organisations and continuing our special partnership with CoisCeim Broadreach and Dublin City Council’s Sports and Leisure and Community Development sections.
3rd – 31st
Events include theatre, visual arts exhibitions, gallery talks, poetry readings, music events, film screenings, craft and workshops. For a full description of events please see www.dublincity.ie or www.thelab.ie. Dublin City Council Bealtaine brochures outlining events will be available in libraries, Dublin City Gallery ‘The Hugh Lane’ or by contacting Dublin City Council Arts Office.
Events will take place in various venues
Victoria Kearney
+353 (01) 222 5455

Rathfarnham Castle (OPW)
Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Wandering Methods – Explorations by Slow Craft
Wandering Methods is an exhibition of craft work inspired by the Castle, and created by a small group of people living in the Rathfarnham area who will be working in the coming months with two artists, Linda Florence and Maeve Clancy. The group are learning craft skills from the two artists, as well as delving into the history of the Castle building and their own associations and histories of the Rathfarnham area. The Castle is a rich site to mine for memory, narrative and story. The project is interpreting these into imaginative, innovative contemporary visual art/ craft and presenting it for wider public participation and engagement. The shared creative process will animate the historic building, exploring the layering of time, history and heritage. An exhibition of what is emerging will be exhibited in Rathfarnham Castle.
From May 23rd: Wandering Methods – Explorations by Slow Craft. The exhibition will run from 23rd May and is free to the public. The opening hours of the Castle are Tuesday to Friday from 10.30am to 4pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Please note that parts of the Castle are not suitable for people with limited mobility. If you have any concerns please contact the Castle before visiting on (01) 493 9462.
Rathfarnham Castle
Catherine O’Connor
+353 (01) 493 9462

The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
Naul, Fingal, Co Dublin.

Bealtaine Film Tour, House Parties, Ceramic Landscape Workshop
access>CINEMA and the Irish Film Institute present the 2012 Bealtaine Film Tour screening of ‘My House in Umbria’ and ‘An American In Paris’; Bealtaine festival house parties, ceramic landscape workshop.
17th
‘My House in Umbria’, doors open at 7.30pm, performance at 8.30pm
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
31st
‘An American In Paris’, doors open at 7.30pm, performance at 8.30pm
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
7th
Bealtaine Festival House Party, doors open at 7.30pm for performance at 8.30pm, tickets 5euro.
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
14th
Bealtaine Festival House Party, doors open at 7.30pm for performance at 8.30pm, tickets 5euro.
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
16th
Ceramic Landscape Workshop, at 10.30am, price 10euro.
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
21st
Bealtaine Festival House Party doors open at 7.30pm for performance at 8.30pm, tickets 5euro.
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
28th
Bealtaine Festival House Party doors open at 7.30pm for performance at 8.30pm, tickets 5euro.
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
 Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
+353 (01) 802 0898

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Culture Night 2012 – call out for Dublin organisations!

Slide Show
The Culture Night initiative was launched in 2006 in Dublin by Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT), to provide a new and imaginative way for people from all walks of life to participate in the cultural life of the city. Since its inception, the event has grown year on year and in 2011, the event included over 156 cultural organisations in Dublin attracting over 160,000 people.

In view of the success of the Dublin event, the then Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, decided to extend the concept to towns, cities and counties across Ireland in 2008. This expansion proved hugely successful and Regional Culture Night was further extended in 2009, 2010 and 2011 when over 20 towns, cities and counties across Ireland participated, namely Dublin, Carlow, Cork, Galway City, Galway County – Oughterard, An Ghaeltacht, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Letterkenny, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. Temple Bar Cultural Trust co-ordinates the regional event on behalf of the Department.

Culture Night 2012 will take place on Friday 21st September. We plan to build on the success of Culture Night to date and are interested in new and exciting ways to develop Culture Night as a unique offering of memorable experiences and to stimulate repeat visits to cultural attractions after Culture Night itself. We want to involve local arts, culture, heritage and all areas of the larger community such as local clubs, sports centres, schools, universities, local libraries as well as retail spaces and arts and cultural centres/organisations in the area.

On Culture Night, key artistic and cultural organisations in participating towns and cities, extend their opening hours until 11pm (if possible) to provide the public with increased free access to the various collections, workshops and other events hosted by the organisations.

Registration is now open for Dublin cultural organisations that wish to particpate in this year’s event. If you have any queries please contact Lorraine Maye in Temple Bar Cultural Trust on 01 677 2255 or email lmaye@templebar.ie


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Art in Action, May Bank Holiday, Farmleigh

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.

Art in Action
has grown greatly in scale, quality and variety from its small beginnings in 1994. In that time over 85,000 visitors have spent a magical day watching hundreds of leading artists and craftspeople actively creating their work. More than 8,000 visitors are expected this year.

Art in Action is a not-for-profit event which honours the role of the artist in society. It is organised and staffed entirely on a voluntary basis and is held this year over the 3 days of the May Holiday Weekend.


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Words On The Street – Literature Night 2012

National Library of Ireland
Dublin 2

Tuesday, 8 May between 2.00pm to 3.30pm (registration at 1.45 pm)

Bealtaine Festival 2012

‘Memories into Memoir’

An interactive lecture and discussion on Memoir Writing with Irene Graham, Founder and Director of the Memoir Writing Club and The Creative Writer’s Workshop. Bring your ideas and experience to this afternoon session with Irene and discover how to creatively translate life experience into memoir.

Free but booking required. To book a place contact us at learning@nli.ie or 01 603 0259.

 

Monday, 14 May at 11am

Bealtaine Festival 2012

Learn how to use the NLI

Have you thought about using the NLI? Join us for this introduction where we will show you how to get a reader’s ticket, how to search the library catalogues, how to order materials and much more. Free, no booking required.

 

Wednesday, 16 May at 7.00pm

History Ireland Hedge School

‘Irish army deserters and the morality of neutrality’

Panel discussion with Professor Brian Girvin (University of Glasgow), Dr Michael Kennedy (Executive Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy), Professor Geoffrey Roberts (UCC) and Professor Euan O’Halpin (TCD). Free no booking required.

 

Thursday, 17 May between 11.00 am and 12.30 pm

Bealtaine Festival 2012

Taking care of Your Collection

Join a member of the Library’s Conservation staff for this workshop where you will learn how we care for our collections, and pick up some tips on looking after your own family papers.

Free but booking required. To book a place contact us at learning@nli.ie or 01 603 0259.

 

Monday, 21 May at 1.10pm

Bealtaine Festival 2012

Poetry Reading with Paul Hetherington and Petra White

Australian Poetry Ltd., Bealtaine Festival and NLI invite you to a reading by poets Paul Hetherington and Petra White. Paul Hetherington is Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Canberra. Petra White was the joint winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (2010).

Free no booking required.

 

Wednesday, 23 May at 7.00pm

Bealtaine Festival 2012

‘Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood’

Join Damian Corless, author of ‘You’ll Ruin Your Dinner: Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood’ as he  transports us back to the days when sweet shop windows across the country boasted tempting confectionery displays and when Grafton Street was the sweet shop capital of Ireland.

Free no booking required.

 

Friday, 25 May (9.30 am – 6.00 pm) to Saturday 26 May (10 am – 1.15 pm)

The third Home Rule crisis: centenary perspectives

The NLI presents this two day conference to mark the 100th anniversary of the Home Rule crisis of 1912.  Key note speakers include Professor Roy Foster (Hertford College, Oxford) and Professor Ronan Fanning (UCD). View the full programme at www.nli.ie.

Free but booking essential as places will be limited. To book a place contact us at 01 603 0200 or www.nli.ie

 

Wednesday, 30 May at 8 pm

‘As I roved out’: A performance of new traditional songs

Bealtaine Festival 2012, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

A concert of new songs on the theme of travelling and emigration performed by a group of traditional singers who have been working on a research project facilitated by artists Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert in the NLI and the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA).

Free but booking required. To book a place contact us at learning@nli.ie or 01 603 0259.

 

Thursday, 7 June (9.15 am – 5.30pm)

Joyce for the non-Joycean: Introducing James Joyce

Want to prepare for Bloomsday 2012? This one-day immersion course in the library where Joyce loved to learn will introduce you to the man and his work. The course will be delivered by Dr Gerard Dineen.

Cost €30. Places are limited so booking is essential. To book a place call 01 603 0259 or e-mail learning@nli.ie

 

 


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