Escape into Sound

Escape into Sound - an exhibition of art and sound works by blind and vision impaired people - OPENING 26A unique exhibition of tactile and sound art by a group with vision impairments will go on display at the Dublin Art Mill from Thursday 26^th November 2009.

A unique exhibition of tactile and sound art by a group with vision impairments will go on display from Thursday 26th November 2009.The work on show will include 3-dimensional sculpture, sound art installations and an audio-visual documentary on the creative process. All the sculptural artworks are tactile and visitors are invited to touch them. The exhibition, which runs until 2nd December, will be opened by Pádraig Naughton, artist and Director of Arts and Disability Ireland.

On Wednesday December 2nd 2009 at 12pm, the exhibition will conclude with a talk by participating service users in conversation with the collaborating artist. The event will be chaired by Pádraig Naughton.

Grey day, but it's a garden day tomorrow. are you coming?

Secret Garden

We are set and ready to go....well almost!

SECRET GARDEN, AN ART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY GRIFFITH BARRACKS MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOL IN DUBLIN 8.

Griffith Barracks Multi-Denominational School, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, has organized a fund-raising exhibition of artworks on paper by professional artists, alongside original work by the children of the school, entitled SECRET GARDEN. The exhibition will be hosted in Mill Street Artist’s Studios (Sofa Factory Building) Dublin 8, (www.dubilinartmill.com) and will be open to the public from 1pm to 4pm, on Saturday 14^th and Sunday 15^th of November 2009. Senator Ivana Bacik will formally open the exhibition. All artworks will be for sale, and profits will support arts programming at the school.

Participating professional artists include: Felicity Clear, Elke Thonnes, Margaret McLoughlin, Joe Ryan, Nickie Hayden, Robert Russell, Naomi Sex, Marta Wakula-Mac, Taffina Flood, Michael Timmons, Clare Henderson, Kate Murphy, Nigel Hanlon, Siobhan Ogilvy, Grainne Dowling, Caroline Byrne, Marie Louise Martin, Tomasz Knapik, Des Kenny, Kate Betts, Daryl Slein, Bob Lynn, John Graham, Piia Rossi, Stephen Vaughan, Catherine Kelly, Niamh Dunphy, Catriona Leahy, David McGinn, Sinead O’Reilly, Margaret Irwin, Yvan Vansevenant, Geraldine O’Reilly, Anthony Lyttle, Joanna Kidney, Steven Nestor, Louise Leonard, Jean Bardon, Margaret O’Brien, Ruth O’Donnell, Niamh Flanagan, Katherine Van Uytrecht, Mary Fitzgerald, Stephen Lawlor, Caroline Moreau, Deirdre Hayden, Elaine Leader, Anne Hendrick, Colin Martin, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Kelvin Mann, Birgitta Horan, Oonagh O’Toole, Carol Souter, Janine Davidson and Peter Hanan.

This exhibition will also feature an individual piece of art by each of the 240 children attending the school. Central to the show will be the beautiful framed prints created by the current 6^th class during a one-day print workshop with artists Elaine Leader and Colin Martin who are members of the Black Church Print Studio in Temple Bar. This workshop was held as part of the school’s Visual Arts Week last May. The children enjoyed the workshop immensely and voted it their best classroom experience of the year. They are justifiably proud of the resulting prints.

A photo call will take place at 2pm on Wednesday 11^th November at Mill Street Studios. For images or more information, please contact Gillian Clarke 087 960 2121, gillianclarke@mac.com

We are almost ready for the opening of Secret Garden this Friday (13th November 2009). The kids are more than excited. Watch this space and we will post some images of the works.