Other People's Memories

Other People's Memories
by  Sara Foust
 Red Couch Space. 22 May - 19 June
 "Other People's Memories" is a preview of new work by artist Sara Foust.
   below: "Ready Steady" by Sara Foust

 Much of the work was created by Sara as part of a public art commission in Kilarney, Co. Kerry. Over the past year, Sara has interviewed residents of a sheltered housing facility in Kilarney about what home means to them. Based on these collected statements, she has created 45 paintings, one for each of the residents, which will be given to them later in the year. The paintings are inspired by stories recounted for her by the residents and capture a sense of fragmented nostalgia, of mystery and fairytale, like half-remembered stories. Sara uses a technique of vivid underpainting to create visual feedback,giving a sense of colour which buzzes and hums. The paintings seem to shimmer, with contrary colours underlying and breaking through.  "Other People's Memories" is a selection of work from the commission, a privileged peek at this new work by Sara Foust. 

SEASIDE STORIES

North Clare made film
 Seaside Stories
by Writer/Director Fergus Tighe  
on  Friday 21stMay at 8pm in the Gallery.   
Admission €5

Locky is a boy who's been flourishing since his mother, Anna gave up the drink three years ago. When Anna's old boyfriend gets out of prison she falls back into her old ways of daytime drinking while Locky runs wild in the streets with his friend Callo, played by Caolann O'Dwyer 13.  Meanwhile sally arrives home determined to tell Locky that she really is his mother. This does not go exactly as planned and sets the scene for a series of events that changes the lives of all involved.
 You can see a few clips of the film on YouTube
Gallivanting Media
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Folk Tales With A twist

           This coming Monday 17th May we have a Shadow Theatre Event!

the Billy Holiday Show

Dog and String Theatre    in the gallery with                      

the Billy Holiday Show
 

Sat. 8th May 
at 2pm & 4pm

Why do goats sing and can anyone get into the Billy Holiday Show?   Even sheep?
The Billy Holiday Show has all the answers.
With a little help from the audience all will be revealed.
Named after the great jazz singer to whom she aspires, Billy is probably the world's most famous singing goat.She tries with limited success to bring to the limelight stars from the underworld pool of talent that quietly graze our hillsides.She comes     with her own troupe to perform the puppet plays "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" and "Dolly and the Daisy's Fantastic Fizzical Theatre" but beware footballers come and go but a troll is always a troll......
Can sheep make it big in show business? The audience must decide.
                                                      Admission €5 
                      Fundraiser for Burren Sonas Kindergarten

FETAC ART WORKS

FETAC ART WORKS: 13TH MAY - 20TH MAY

Official Opening on Thursday  13th May at 8pm.

in the main gallery at the Courthouse.

This exhibition displays an array of different disciplines studied by the students of FETAC level 5 and 6 at the Ennistymon Vocational School, as is evident in the diversity of the styles and types of works being shown. These include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and ceramics.

The FETAC course is intensive and open to anyone who has an interest in, and wishes to expand their knowledge and skill in art. The course is always well subscribed, with an eclectic mix of people, both in age and background attending, creating a lively and open-minded environment in which to learn.

Previous exhibitions have been well received by the local and wider community, and it is hoped that many people will take the opportunity to come and view this latest collection.

Should you require further information about this exhibition please contact Ennistymon Vocational School (065) 70 71375

At the Launch of Ian, Kelly and Jackie's exhibition

Ian Wieczorek, Kelly Power, Jackie Askew and Hazel Walker at the Launch

UNFIXING paintings by IAN WIECZOREK, Official opening by Hazel Walker Sat 10th April @ 5pm

Jackie Askew -Liscannor Suite, an exhibition of drawing, painting and photography in the RED COUCH SPACE

Opening 10th April at 5pm

Liscannor Suite-

In this exhibition the artist connects with her immediate environment of the beach and the objects washed up on it. Through the process of drawing and painting she explores these objects and engages with the materiality of what has been uprooted and given by the sea.

Jackie Askew lives in Liscannor Co. Clare and has exhibited regularly over the last twenty years with solo exhibitions at The Mermaid Arts Centre, Dunamaise Arts Centre, The Riverbank Arts Centre, County Hall Kilkenny and has been selected for many group exhibitions in Ireland and England.

The Rua Red Arts Centre In Tallaght will be hosting a solo exhibition of her work in August this year This exhibition has been curated by Tallaght Alternative Arts and Entertainment .

As well as private collections her work is in the collection of Limerick City Council and Meath County Council.

This exhibition is supported by Clare County Council Arts Office.

Contact no: 087 9440850 

KELLY POWER – WITH HEAVEN’S HELP exhibition of Paintings, in the SMALL ROOM

Official opening 10th April @ 5pm by Hazel Walker

KELLY POWER – WITH HEAVEN’S HELP

Kelly Power is a painter who resides in Waterford. She finished her degree in Limerick College of Art in 2009, and since then has won the 'Freyer Award' at the RDS Art Awards, has held a successful solo exhibition in the Museum of National Treasures in Waterford, and has several exhibitions throughout the country this summer. Kelly also has just recently won the merit award in 'The Golden Fleece Awards'. This award commemorates excellence in traditional craft and aids the artists professional practice. Kelly's work is concerned with the notion of unsettling and unease within figurative work.

UNFIXING, recent works by IAN WIECZOREK. Official opening by Hazel Walker, artist & art lecturer on Saturday 10th April @ 5 pm

Ian Wieczorek - UNFIXING
“Our eyes continually move even while we fix our gaze on an object. If fixational eye movements are counteracted, our visual perception fades completely. So, our visual system has a built-in paradox - we must fix our gaze to inspect the minute details of our world, but if we were to fixate perfectly, the entire world would fade from view.”
         - Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L.Macknik, David H.Hubel ¹ 
UNFIXING is a visual exploration that engages with the experiential nature of painting, as work completed by the viewer: how paintings are ‘read’, and the relationship between artist-mediated surface and perceived spatial presence. Thematically based on research exploring the physicality of the human condition, the works establish visual ambiguities to create tensions and confluences, uncertainties, juxtapositions and dislocations. The results attempt to invoke an ‘in-between space’ mediated by the viewer, posing questions about perception and visual understanding: how we look and what we actually ‘see’.
Ian Wieczorek was born in England in 1958, and his educational background was initially in Science (Microbiology). He moved to Co. Mayo in 1992. Since that time he has been a freelance arts commentator/reviewer, and was founder/editor of Arts West (an independent independent arts magazine for the West of Ireland from 1994-2000). He has a BA in Art & Design (Painting) from GMIT, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and has been a practising artist since 2003.
Currently based in the Custom House Studios in Westport, Co. Mayo, Ian has exhibited widely in group/selected shows (Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany, China), including IONTAS and COE. This is his fifth solo show. For further information, check out www.ianwieczorek.com

exhibition ends 6th May