European Local TV Visual Arts Jessica Lloyd-Jones who exhibited at Summerhall during the Science Festival last year now has a new exhibition on at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre. But you don’t have to go all the way to Ireland to see it, just tune in to our video. … Jessica Lloyd-Jones : At the Edge of Light and Darkness
Visual Arts Artist Rhona Byrne’s hand-made objects, installations and collaborative, event‐based, projects explore the interactions between people and their habitat. Bolthole invites visitors to construct and reconstruct the installation to make their own environments. The spaces can be individual shelters/dens or a … Rhona Byrne : Bolthole
Visual Arts The installation, including sculpture, drawing and wearables, reflects on the desires and tensions experienced between private thought and public behaviour, feelings of isolation and belonging, connectivity and relating, distraction and attending and the fragile state between comfort and discomfort. Rhona … Rhona Byrne : Huddle tests
The fifth compilation of arts-news clips reporting on current events from culturefox.ie and Art in Ireland TV. ArtsIreland V
Visual Arts “In the story politicians, intellectuals and artists are standing at a bus stop without realising that it is in fact, the final stop.” – Francis Fukuyama What if, as Fukuyama stated in his 1992 book, The End of History and … Lucy Elvis and Marcel Badia : Alternate Route
ArtsIreland is a new series of short videos made with performers, artists and authors across Ireland for the new Arts Council Ireland Culturefox TV. This feature is a compilation of arts-news clips reporting on current events from culturefox.ie and Art … Culturefox : ArtsIreland IV
ArtsIreland is a new series of short videos made with performers, artists and authors across Ireland for the new Arts Council Ireland Culturefox TV. This feature is a compilation of arts-news clips reporting on current events from culturefox.ie and Art … Culturefox : ArtsIreland III
Visual Arts Jessica Lloyd-Jones is a visual artist based in North Wales, with a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art and MFA in Sculpture from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007. Merging art, science and technology, Lloyd-Jones investigates concepts of energy … Jessica Lloyd-Jones : At the Edge of Light and Darkness
Festivals Music The Wexford Festival’s success is due in no small part to Wexford itself. This ancient Viking town, nestled in a wonderful setting on the banks of the River Slaney, has a character and charm all its own. Just two hours … David McLoughlin : Wexford Festival Opera, 21 Oct – 1 Nov
Festivals Theatre Wexford Fringe is an annual open-access arts festival which will run in parallel to Wexford Opera Festival from Friday, 16th October to Sunday, 1st November 2015. Now in its 63rd year, Wexford Fringe offers an eclectic mix of over 300 … Madeleine Quirke : Wexford Festival Fringe 2015
Music Theatre The stylish and sophisticated Susanna’s Secret (Il segreto di Susanna), is a comedy opera built on marital misunderstanding, full of fun and frothiness. A man suspects his wife is having an affair when he smells cigarette smoke from her clothes, … Opera Theatre Company : Susanna’s Secret
Dusk Ahead is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Touring & Dissemination Award and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Dance Ireland and Project Arts Centre, where junk ensemble are Project Artists. Project Arts Centre, Dublin Friday 6 November … Jessica Kennedy : Dusk Ahead
Visual Arts On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue entered photographic history. This is where Stephen Shore, considered one of the leading protagonists of the New Colour Movement, took his legendary photograph in front of a … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix, Sept 4 – Oct 18
Music Between The Bars is a series of music events taking place in St Patrick’s Gateway, Waterford. Between October and January Betrween The Bars play host to the best national and local indie, folk and traditional acts, bringing the people of … Stephen Butler : Between The Bars
Visual Arts We’re continuing our series of posting international content. This video is about an installation at the Gallery of Photography in Ireland, however we feel the subject has an international appeal. Enjoy! On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix
Festivals We talk to Ollie Breslin, the Creative Director of Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford about the exciting programme of this year’s festival. Imagine Arts Festival is a unique, volunteer – led celebration of the arts in Waterford in late October … Imagine Arts Festival Waterford : 15th-25th October 2015
Visual Arts MART is an arts organisation that provides studios, galleries and event spaces to foster and promote artistic endeavours. MART creates opportunities for artists through local and international exhibitions, creative workspaces and professional development workshops, while promoting the arts through public … Ciara Scanlan : MART
Draíocht is a multi-purpose venue used for a broad range of activities, including drama (both professional and community), dance, contemporary visual arts and crafts, classical and traditional music, a programme of activities for families, children and older people, comedy, artists … Draíocht : Sarah Beirne, Children & Youth Arts Officer
Theatre We talk to Ben Barnes the artistic director of The Theatre Royal in Waterford about the venue and their upcoming events for the next few months. The Theatre Royal, often referred to as “the peoples theatre”, has been the traditional … Theatre Royal Waterford : Programme
Visual Arts Pilgrim is an installation of new work by Andrew Carson developed as part of his time as Artist-In-Residence at Draíocht. Following on from his research into the use and effects of digital devices and social media as the modern ubiquitous … Andrew Carson : Pilgrim
Music Taking place in various venues in Cork City, the renowned, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival features over 1,000 musicians in dozens of performances at 70 venues citywide with over 95% of music sessions free of entry charges – and is … The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival : 23 – 25 October 2015
Music The Cork Folk Festival 2nd-5th October is an annual music event that takes place in Ireland’s southern capital, Cork. The 36 year old festival is emerging as one of the most important folk & traditional music events in Ireland and … Cork Folk Festival : 1-4 October
Visual Arts This exhibition at Draiocht presents outcomes from Guinan’s current investigation into materiality. The painted forms are created using pva and various other types of paint, like gloss, metal paint, emulsions, industrial grade paints and oil paint. Layers of paint are … Marc Guinan : What is painting …?
Literature Patrick Cotter introduces this year’s Cork International Short Story Festival (formerly the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival) featuring: readings, public interviews and seminars. The 16th annual Cork International Story Festival will take place on 22 – 26 September, 2015 … Cork International Short Story Festival : 22 – 26 September, 2015
Visual Arts David O’Brien, the Programme Manager at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork talks to us about the importance of the National Sculpture Factory, the way it supports artists and their upcoming exhibitions. The National Sculpture Factory (NSF) is an organisation … Dobz O’Brian : National Sculpture Factory
Visual Arts “Ainmhithe” is a series of drawings and paintings, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper. They are based on Irish animals, both living and extinct. The series engages with Irish history, mythology and its identity, through the creatures that have inhabited … Garter Lane Arts Centre : Ainmhithe
Visual Arts Dr Maeve Doyle likes to draw anatomically accurate images which are adapted/altered slightly to convey a message – ‘Anatomy with a twist, with an injection of life and fun’. Many of the drawings in the exhibition are from the collection … Garter Lane Arts Centre : What Lies Beneath
Music An interview with Paul Hillier and Alan Leech of Chamber Choir Ireland filmed at the Kilkenny Festival and ahead of the Choir’s upcoming tour of Ireland in November and December 2015. The Choir is the country’s flagship choral ensemble and … Chamber Choir Ireland
Visual Arts Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, … Cork County : Culture Night
Theatre Michael Twomey, the lead actor in The Outgoing Tide talks to us about his upcoming performance in this exciting play presented by Everyman Theatre Company. The Outgoing Tide is an engrossing and powerful drama about a typical American family. Written with a … Michael Twomey : The Outgoing Tide