Visual Arts On the approach of the centenary of Ireland’s Easter Rising and the subsequent establishment of the new Republic, IMMA is pleased to announce the exhibition, El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State. This exhibition reflects on the artistic and cultural … Rachael Gilbourne : El Lissitzky
Visual Arts In her exhibition at Leitrim Sculpture Centre Anna Macleod uses a variety of methods, strategies and processes to mediate complex ideas associated with contemporary, historical and cultural readings of land use and resources. As a ‘citizen artist’ Anna generates a … Anna Macleod : Staid na Talún – A State of Land
Books WELCOME TO Ó BHÉAL – FÁILTE GO DTÍ Ó BHÉAL Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of … O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork
Literature Welcome to Ó Bhéal – Fáilte go dtí Ó Bhéal Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of … O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork
Visual Arts BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS: Contemporary Art and Mathematical Data Boolean Expressions explores the ways in which artists use mathematical concepts and systems in their work. The exhibition commemorates the legacy of George Boole, the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen’s College Cork and … Glucksman Gallery : BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS
Visual Arts Emma Finn’s darkly humorous videos transport us to uncomfortable liminal places that sit somewhere between reality and invention, spaces where real people have drawn-on faces, and babies are sent in the post. All of Finn’s work is driven by ‘the … Emma Finn : Double Mountain
Visual Arts Have you ever wondered how the world looks from the point of view of a hammerhead shark, with its hyper-stereo vision? How about a horse, which has exceptional peripheral vision? Or a chameleon, which can look backwards and forwards at … Denis Connolly : Meta-Perceptual Helmets
Festivals Visual Arts Have you ever wondered how the world looks from the point of view of a hammerhead shark, with its hyper-stereo vision? How about a horse, which has exceptional peripheral vision? Or a chameleon, which can look backwards and forwards at … Denis Connolly : Meta-Perceptual Helmets
Festivals Visual Arts After two sell-out runs, Architects of Air are back for a third year in Kilkenny Castle Park with another luminarium – or giant, light-filled inflatable sculpture – for you to explore. Mirazozo is the sister to Miracoco – the luminarium … Kim Lucas : Mirazozo
Festivals Nine Lives is an exhibition showcasing the work of a new generation of architects who, together with curator Emmett Scanlon, were selected to represent Ireland at three international architecture festivals in 2015, as part of the New Horizon_architecture from Ireland … Emmett Scanlon and Carrie Lynam : Nine Lives
We’re very excited to launch our new Irish arts and culture website Art in Ireland TV, which has a selection of videos we’ve made over the past couple of months, covering arts and culture in Ireland. We’ve been working with Arts … Welcome to Art in Ireland TV!
Visual Arts Fidget Feet are an aerial circus company telling their stories anywhere they can; in theatres, from cranes, hidden in forests, or swinging from buildings all over the world. Fidget Feet perform for everyone and love to find new ways of … Fidget Feet : Aerial Circus
Music “I shall stay the way I am, because I do not give a damn!” – Dorothy Parker Composer Trevor Knight and singer Honor Heffernan are delighted to present The Whistling Girl, featuring new musical settings of the poetry of the … Trevor Knight and Honor Heffernan : The Whistling Girl
Music Pulses of Tradition is produced by Brian Morrissey, with staging by Pat Kiernan. Featuring world class musicians and singers from bands such as Buille, Liadan, North Cregg, and Nomos, along with breathtaking dancers, including students from the Irish World Academy … Pulses of Tradition
Ciara O’Connell of Central Arts in Waterford introduces the weekly Arts Beat. This festival includes all forms of Ireland’s traditional music and runs throughout the summer months in the Waterford’s city centre. Ciara O’Connell : Art Beat
Too Soon, Too Late features the work of four artists, the first occupants of Mart’s new Project Space. The artists, Jason Dunne, Paul Hallahan, Jennifer Kidd and Sarah Wilson were paired with curator, Jonathan Carroll. The artists were given the … MART : Project Space
July’s twelve minute arts-news compilation for NvTv in Belfast and Cork Community Television. Culturefox : ArtsIreland
Visual Arts Through our work with Irish arts organisations and Culturefox, we have a special arts clip featuring the work of Scottish artist, Karla Black, at Dublin’s Irish Museum of Modern Art. Karla Black is regarded as one of the pioneering contemporary … Karen Sweeney : Karla Black at IMMA
Visual Arts The Old Croghan Man is one of a number of 2,000 year old ‘bog bodies’ unearthed from Irish wetlands in recent years. His remains, which comprise only the upper torso and arms, have been extensively analysed through a variety of … Sam Keogh : Four Fold
Visual Arts Product Recall. Galway Arts Centre. Curated by Anne Mullee. 30 May – 4 July. A group show with Damien Flood (IRL), Veronica Forsgren (SWE), Tom Watt (IRL), and Sarah Baker (USA). Responding to the imagined ‘recall’ of an idea or … Interview with Maeve Mulrennan : Galway Arts Centre Group Show
Performance As part of our new project capturing the arts in Ireland for Culturefox, we visited Dublin’s Gate Theatre to find out more about their upcoming play, A Month in the Country. The setting is the Islayev country estate. Natalya Petrovna, … Brian Friel’s version of A Month in the Country
Visual Arts Emer McGowan introduces the range of locally focused work undertaken at Draiocht in Dublin. The centre has a strong commitment to working with young people in the community. Draiocht is currently showing upon becoming aware of our Self by Sally-Anne … Emer McGowan : Draiocht
Visual Arts Andrew Carson is a Dublin based artist, graduated from DIT with a BA Fine Art in 2010. He has shown in solo and group exhibitions extensively around Ireland and also in the UK, Greece, Italy, Spain, Poland and Japan. In … Andrew Carson : Artist in Residence at Draiocht Arts Centre
Visual Arts “Boole’s system of logic is but one of many proofs of genius and patience combined. … That the symbolic processes of algebra, invented as tools of numerical calculation, should be competent to express every act of thought, and to furnish … Marie Foley : Aesthetic Logic
Visual Arts A native of Cork, Leanne McDonagh is a 24 year old graduate of Crawford College of Art & Design, a contemporary mixed media Artist and a member of Visual Artists Ireland. Leanne is also a proud member of the Travelling … Leanne McDonagh : Reminiscence
We’ve been busy bees here at Summerhall TV HQ and can announce that we are launching a service similar to this, for the Arts Council of Ireland. Over the next few months we’ll be exploring opportunities in film making and … We’re keeping busy!
Visual Arts Graphic Studio Gallery, opened in 1988 in Cope Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 and has become an essential cultural feature of the city and is Dublin’s oldest exclusive fine art print gallery. Mary Toal : Graphic Studio Gallery
Theatre A father’s final chance to connect with his son. With more 5-star reviews than you could ever wish for, sold-out shows, and an ‘Acting Excellence’ award, Beowulf: The Blockbuster emerged as the number one show to see at the 2014 … Bryan Burroughs : Beowulf: The Blockbuster
Literature “Scottish Independence: Irish Consequences” National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Thursday 22nd March 2012 Into the final week of the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign, we thought we’d dig out this panel discussion, which took place at National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, … Louise Welsh : Scottish Independence – Irish Consequences
Literature “Scottish Independence: Irish Consequences” National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Thursday 22nd March 2012 Into the final week of the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign, we thought we’d dig out this panel discussion, which took place at National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, … Glenn Patterson : Scottish Independence – Irish Consequences
