Celebrate Local Artists & Craftworkers

September 13th 6.00pm to 8.00 pm Blessington Library

Opened by Minister of State for European Affairs

Dick Roche TD

Afterwards join us in Mick Reids Function Room for a night of Music and entertainment. Musicians include Jezebel, Luke Devlin, Shane O'Fearghail, Mick Keeley and Michelle Ann Kelly.

Show begins at 9.00pm.

Pick up a masterpiece at our ART auction!

Entrance €5. All proceeds to go towards an art and craft centre for Blessington.

Organised by Cruthú and supported by Wicklow Rural Partnership.

Arts Grants from South Dublin County Council

Applications are invited for the following Arts Grants and Awards.

1) Bursaries for Individual Artists 2007

South Dublin County Council allocates bursaries annually to support individual artists in pursuing original projects, to develop a body of work or for participation in various events or courses for the further development of their careers. Five bursaries of 2,500 will be awarded across all artforms in both creative and interpretive disciplines. Closing date for applications: Friday, 27th April 2007

2) Bursary for Certificate in Youth Arts 2007
One award will be made to an artist to participate in the part-time NUI Certificate in Youth Arts, commencing in October 2007. The course provides participants with an understanding of youth arts as well as offering a contextual and practice-based approach to using the arts with young people. Closing date for applications: Friday, 4th May 2007

3) Project Award 2008 - Amateur, Voluntary and Community Arts
An annual award of 5,000 is available to a group working in amateur, voluntary or community arts to pursue an innovative or developmental project in 2008. Closing date for applications: Friday, 4th May 2007

4) Arts Grants - Amateur, Voluntary and Community 2007
Grants are available to amateur, voluntary and community arts organisations towards event subsidy, professional support, materials, project completion and training. The purpose of the grant is to stimulate interest and participation in arts activities in the county.

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis (subject to availability of resources). Artists must be resident or working in the South Dublin County administrative area, which includes areas of Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole.

For application forms and further details contact:

The Arts Office,
South Dublin County Council,
County Hall,
Dublin 24.
Tel: 414 9000 ext. 3314
Email: cryan@sdublincoco.ie
Website: www.sdcc.ie

Firhouse Artist has Exhibition in County Hall

Mayor Eamonn Maloney on behalf of the members of South Dublin Council will officially launch Agespays an exhibition of paintings by Brian Duignan, in County Hall, Tallaght on Thursday 8th March at 7pm.

Brian Duignan, a young artist from Firhouse is in his final year of Fine Art and has been involved in community projects with the Mater Hospital and Firhouse Community College. He has exhibited in several Group exhibitions in Dublin as well as in La Compangie la Perriere, France.

This exhibition Agespays uses an interpretation of the landscape of Brittany France, and with titles like Port de Plaisance, Larmor Plage Triptych,Ville andVie, the French connections are very clear. The artist explores the concept of an abstract landscape by investigating the relationship of horizon lines in the landscape. This plays on the ideas of Verlou, French slang where words are cut in half and reversed, which has influenced this re-evaluation and re-invention of the landscape. This has been achieved mainly through the process of layering paint and embroidery representing line.

The exhibition runs for two weeks from 6th to the 23rd of March