MARCH 2007
This page comprises the National Gallery, Dublin, Events during March and Press Releases of countrywide interest issued by the Arts Office in Kilkenny.
MARCH AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD… VAN GOGH is about to join the national collection. From mid-March, the gallery's most recent acquisition, 'Vue de Paris aux environs de Montmartre' a rarely-shown Vincent van Gogh goes on display in the Dargan Wing.
Other recent acquisitions now on display include paintings by Bonnard, Pechstein and Munter.
WHAT'S NEW?
Opening 14th March:
'TREASURES FROM THE NORTH: IRISH PAINTINGS FROM THE ULSTER MUSEUM'
With the current refurbishment of the Ulster Museum in Belfast, a unique opportunity has arisen for the National Gallery to host perhaps the most impressive show of Irish art ever presented in one location, as we display along with our own collection an exhibition of 60 of their masterpieces. Come and see iconic pictures such as the pure vision of Paul Henry's 'Dawn, Killary Harbour', John Luke's 'Three Dancers' and Gerard Dillon's intriguing 'Yellow Bungalow'. (Until 16 September, Millennium Wing, admission free)
Opening 23rd March:
'YEATS AND O'MALLEY'
An in-focus exhibition commemorating the friendship between two giants of Irish intellectual life in the 20th century, the painter Jack B Yeats and Ernie O'Malley, the writer, critic and War of Independence veteran. (Until 30 June, Yeats Gallery, admission free)
Opening March:
'IRISH WRITERS AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY'
A documentary exhibition highlighting the gallery's relationship with prominent Irish authors, many of whom are depicted in the gallery's collection. (Room 20, admission free)
ST PATRICKS FESTIVAL WEEKEND
We mark the national festival with several events
On March 17th, at 3pm, Deirdre Doherty conducts an activity programme for younger children 'It's a Green Green Day!' and the RTÉ Corn a nÓg choir sing in the Shaw Room.
On the 17th and 18th, at 3pm, you are welcome to join a tour of the gallery delivered bi-lingually.
Beidh turais dátheangach timpeall an ghailearaí a reáchtáil ar an 17ú agus an 18ú Mhí na Márta ag 3in. Tá fáilte riomh chach agus ní ga é a chur in áirithe.
Education activities
OUR THURSDAY EVENING ART STUDIES LECTURES HAVE PROVEN MORE POPULAR THAN EVER THIS SEASON. Among the highlights this month are a talk on Paul Henry by his biographer, Dr S B Kennedy on 15 March, and on 29 March, a talk by contemporary artist Hughie O'Donoghue. (Talks open to all, tickets available from Gallery Bookshop)
MUSIC EVENTS
The Shaw Room continues to host some of the most interesting musical events in Dublin.
Over the coming weeks, The Royal Irish Academy of Music will be performing several concerts focusing on the chamber repertoire, featuring John O'Conor, John Finucane, Aisling Drury Byrne and others.
The National Chamber Choir return to perform a composition gala concert on Thursday 22nd March at 6pm.
Check our website for times and booking details.
For further information on all forthcoming events check out our website www.nationalgallery.ie
Kind Regards
Visitor Services Officer
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square West, Dublin 2.
Phone - 6615133 ext 3813
Fax - 6615372
dgalligan@ngi.ie
How to Find Us:
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square West & Clare Street, Dublin 2.
Admission is free to the permanent collection.
Telephone (01) 661 5133
Email: info@ngi.ie
www.nationalgallery.ie
Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm
Thursday 9.30am-8.30pm
Sunday 12.00pm-5.30pm
Closed 24-26 December & Good Friday.
JMI ? The Journal of Music in Ireland
Edenvale, Esplanade, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Tel + 353-(0)1-2867292 E-mail editor@thejmi.com http://www.thejmi.comThe March–April '07 issue of JMI
– The Journal of Music in Ireland
is now available.
For subscription information, or for details of shops
that stock JMI,
please visit our website – http://www.thejmi.com
March-April 2007 (Vol. 7 No. 2)
The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland
The very first Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, the
most comprehensive publication on music ever to
have been undertaken in Ireland, is currently in
preparation and scheduled to be published in 2009.
Including over 2,500 articles reflecting Ireland’s
musical culture, it will be the standard work of
reference on musical life in this country for many
years to come. In the following articles, given the
controversial views on Irish musical culture of one of
the two principal editors, and the lack of debate
surrounding them, Barra Ó Séaghdha asks questions
about the encyclopaedia’s coverage of
classical and contemporary Irish music, while Fintan
Vallely, in his article 'Tiger Ireland,
Turdsniffers and Meta-Trad', raises concerns
regarding the project’s treatment of Irish
traditional music.
What’s Wrong with the RIAM?
Richard Pine
If we cared as much about our musical life as we do about
our national theatre we would already have seen the
Royal Irish Academy of Music discussed in the same
terms as the Abbey, argues former RIAM Governor
Richard Pine. But can a way forward now be found, one
that involves the creation of an Irish Academy for
the Performing Arts?
Honouring Deane
Barra Boydell reviews a new book on composer Raymond
Deane by Patrick Zuk
Dublin Style
Toner Quinn reviews the recent Temple Bar Trad
traditional music festival in Dublin
Changing Our In-Tune
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly reviews Ross W. Duffin's new
book, How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony
CD Reviews
Róisín Elsafty; Geantraí; Una Hunt; Francis Heery;
Gerard McChrystal & Craig Ogden; John Spillane
& Louis de Paor; Sami Moukaddem
Live Reviews Horizons: Donnacha Dennehy; Crash Ensemble
& Iarla Ó Lionáird
Recent Publications CDs, DVDs, books, periodicals &
scores
March-April Music Guide
Festivals, concerts, tours & sessions
Images from the Archive
Dublin singer Siobhán Ní Laoire at an event of the
Sean-Nós Cois
Life traditional singing festival on 2 April 1993 in the
Góilín Club
at The Ferryman, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2,
with fellow-
singers Clíona Ní Shúilleabháin, Áine Uí
Cheallaigh, and Frank
Harte. Photograph by Dublin singer Luke Cheevers.
JMI – The Journal of Music in Ireland
Edenvale, Esplanade, Bray,
Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Tel + 353-(0)1-2867292
E-mail editor@thejmi.com
http://www.thejmi.com
EXHIBITION
Leabhar Mór na Gaeilge – at the Arts Office, no. 72 John Street, Kilkenny.
Leabhar Mór na Gaeilge/ the Great Book of Gaelic brings together the work of more than 200 poets, visual artists and calligraphers from Scotland and Ireland to create a major contemporary artwork in the form of a visual anthology.
To complement this exhibition taking place at the Arts Office there will be an exhibition of student work taking place in the Watergate Theatre.
An Leabhar Mór na Gaeilge, selection of works, at Kilkenny County Council Arts Office, no. 72 John Street and County Hall from
February 9th – March 9th 2007.
Opening hours 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm Monday – Friday
Student Exhibition at the Watergate Theatre from February 16th – March 9th
Opening hours: 10am – 7pm Mon – Fri. and 2pm – 7pm Saturday
Further details please contact the Arts Office on 056 779 4138
mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie / niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
Mary Butler
Arts Officer
mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie
056 779 4138
Press Release
Newfoundland Comes To Waterford
Over 50 Newfoundlanders will take up residence in Waterford from Feb 26th to Mar 3rd as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of The March Hare Festival a Newfoundland festival of literature & music. This Festival has been running very successfully in Newfoundland for the past 20 years. It is a unique combination of music and poetry in a social setting and is one of Newfoundland’s top cultural events.
The Centre for Newfoundland & Labrador Studies, WIT, are delighted to host this event in Ireland as a celebration of the unique connection between the two countries. The Festival will perform in Waterford, Feb 26th, Cork Arts Theatre, Feb 27th, Ring, Feb 28th, Kilkenny Castle, Mar 1st, Enniscorthy, Mar 3rd & Dublin, Mar 5th. The Kilkenny show will take place in Kilkenny Castle Thurs Mar 1st @ 8pm. Admission is free.
A series of events will take place in Waterford as part of the Festival celebrations. The Mayor will host a Mayoral Reception for the visitors at City Hall. Prof Kieran Byrne, Director WIT, will host a dinner at Wit, with the Premier of Newfoundland Mr Danny Williams as special guest, followed by the Festival show at The Dome. A series of Masterclasses in music and literature will take place at WIT.
The Festival is supported by WIT, Failte Ireland, Waterford City Council and The Ireland Newfoundland Partnership. Foe further information contact Liam Rellis 051 845552 lrellis@wit.ie
Niamh Finn
Arts Administrator
Arts Office
Kilkenny County Council
No. 72
John Street
Kilkenny
Tel: (056) 7794138
E-mail: niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
ROSCOMMON ARTS CENTRE INVITES SUBMISSIONS FOR
2008 VISUAL ART PROGRAMME
SELECTOR: Patrick Murphy, RHA Gallery Dublin
Roscommon Arts Centre is seeking submissions from artists working in all mediums who wish to be considered for its 2008 visual art programme. Patrick Murphy from the RHA Gallery in Dublin will short-list artists for studio visits and select the final programme.
Roscommon Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary venue located in Roscommon town. The centre has established new visual art programming objectives for 2007 – 2009, which can be summarised as follows:
- To develop an audience for the visual arts in Roscommon through a programme that develops, affirms and challenges people’s understanding of contemporary visual arts.
- To develop a programme that has a national relevance
- To offer a national context for the promotion of the best of visual arts created in Roscommon
Submissions should include:
Up to date Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
6 images of recent work on disk (jpeg or tiff format)
Supporting documentation in the form of catalogue essays, reviews etc, which you feel may support your submission
Please note submissions will only be returned if a sufficiently priced SAE is enclosed
About the Gallery Space
The gallery in Roscommon Arts Centre is housed on the first floor level. The space is 9.30 metre long by 5.25 metre wide and a height of 4.10 metres on two sides. The west facing wall is broken up by 4 windows, which are .95 metres wide and a height of 1.45 metres. The north facing wall is 4.30 metres wide and 2.40 metres high. The gallery is lit by low voltage 50 watt lighting, which is suspended from 3 cables that run the length of the gallery.
Submissions dates for 2008 are: March 1st – April 13th 2007
Further Information: adooher@roscommoncoco.ie 090 66 25 824
NORTH TIPPERARY
North Tipperary Arts Office and the North Tipperary VEC present a 6 week series of artist talks each Wednesday in the Regional Arts Centre, the Source, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. The Visual Dialogues is an educational collaboration between the North Tipperary County Council Arts Office and North Tipperary VEC, to explore and promote the role, place and understanding of the Visual Arts within the everyday and is supported by the Arts Council.
This weeks’ Spring 2007 Visual Dialogues - Artist Talk Series takes place on February 28th at 7.30pm, titled
‘A Rural Lexicon, and Recent Works’
by Mari-Aymone Djeribi and Dominic Stevens
Djeribi makes artist’s books, installations, objects and sourdough bread. She founded her publishing company mermaid turbulence in 1993. Her work appears in a number of international public collections, most notably the Tate gallery Artists Book Collection, UK and Centre National D'Art George Pompidou, Paris, France.
Stevens is an award winning architect. His work has been published internationally and, more importantly he hopes that it has improved the lives of the people that commissioned it. He represented Ireland at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Having moved to Leitrim in 1999, they built a timber and strawbale house and they farm just under five acres, keeping goats, ducks, chickens and trees. They will be discussing their practice and how it has been redefined by their rural habitat.
Djeribi is currently working on a film “local hands”, and Stevens is about to publish his second book, “Rural”.
A rural
Lexicon could be described as a manifesto for addressing
the rural
Spring 2007 Courses
Mullin's Mill
Kells, Co. Kilkenny
056-7730965 * 087-7619864 * 087-7857012
info@kingsriver.ie
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CELTIC YEAR
Course dates: Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd & 4th, 10am-5pm each day
(Saturday also as one-day option if required)
Course fee: €150 euros including vegetarian lunches (special arrangements taken)
Tutor: Dolores Whelan M.Sc M.A
This weekend course will be an introduction to all eight seasons and
festivals of the Celtic Year. We will explore both the ebb and flow of
light and darkness together with the dance of inner and outer activity as
the year unfolds. The weekend will be both theoretical and experiential.
During the weekend, we will create a ritual to celebrate the coming of
springtime.
ABOUT ORGANIC & BIO-DYNAMIC WINE
Course dates: 4 nights every Tuesday from March 6th
Course fee: € 100 including the wine for tasting
Tutor: Urs Tobler (Vendemia Wines)
This course provide the participants with a through-out information
on the whole topic of wine-making, from the vineyard on to the
table. You will learn about different production methods, effects of
various climate conditions, quality of soil, grape varities etc.
Essential part of the course will be wine-tasting as well as other
aspects of consumption, including serving.
Niamh Finn
Arts Administrator
Arts Office
Kilkenny County Council
No. 72
John Street
Kilkenny
Tel: (056) 7794138
E-mail: niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie