Over the next year Mayo County Council plans to place a series of public sculptures at
locations throughout the county. Individual commissions will range in value from £20,000
to £50,000. Site visits will take place on 1 and 2 September 2000. There will then
be an open competition process. To attend the site visit or for further information
contact the Arts Officer, Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae, Castlebar. Tel:
094-24444, ext 577. Artists must register their interest in writing with the Arts Officer
for one or more of the commissions.
This letter must be received before 4 pm on 8 September 2000.
The Daffodil Gallery, Skerries, invites submissions for its annual graduate show from
those who graduated in fine arts this year. Daffodil Gallery offers the selected graduate
a solo exhibition in February 2001. Send slides/photos proposal, CV and SAE to
‘Graduate Show’, Daffodil Gallery, Skerries, Co Dublin.
Closing date: 15 December 2000.
A themed sculpture/water feature is being commissioned for the central pool of the
walled garden at Greenmount College in Antrim. The budget is STG£9,000 (excluding
machinery hire and site works). For details and outline brief contact Paul Mooney.
Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Antrim, BT41 4PU, N Ireland. Tel: 048
9442 6675 (Ring Ciaran Mulholland, Tel: 048 9442 6659 in the absence of P Mooney). Callers
from N Ireland must substitute 048 in the phone code with 028.
Closing date: 20 October 2000.
The Arklow Community Arts Centre invites proposals for exhibitions and projects from
artists for the year 2001. Contact Joe Tully, Arklow Community Arts Centre, 29 Main
Street, Arklow, Co Wicklow. Tel: 0402-33575.
E-mail: arklowarts@eircom.net
The Kennedy Gallery in Dublin is hosting an Embroidery Artists Exhibition from 7
to 18 November 2000. The exhibition is open to art college graduates, those who have
undertaken a specialist course in stitched textiles and those working in the field of
embroidery. To take part in this exhibition write your ‘declaration of intent’
to Niamh McCarthy, Secretary, Embroidery Artists, 189 Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.
E-mail:nmccarthy@esatclear.ie
Closing date: 1 September 2000.
The Ashford Gallery (in the RHA) now invites applications from artists to exhibit in
its gallery in 2002. Apply in writing by sending CV, slides or photos of work &
artist’s statement to Deirdre Carr, Ashford Gallery, RHA Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely
Place, Dublin 2. In addition to the written application, the Ashford Gallery is using a
new approach to aid selection and invites artists to bring actual artworks for viewing by
the selection committee on two specific dates over the next year.
These handing-in dates are 4 October 2000 & 4 April 2001.
South County Dublin has an extensive network of parks incorporating many types of flora
and wildlife. Visual artists working in any medium and interested in the depiction of such
environments are invited to register their interest in a six-month association with the
Parks Department.
Closing date: 8 September 2000.
Information sheet available from South County Dublin Arts Office.
Tel: 01-414 9000 ext 3314.
E-mail: artsofficer@sdublincoco.ie
The South Tipperary Arts Centre invites proposals for its 2001 gallery programme.
Submissions are especially welcome from young artists seeking a first solo show. Proposals
should include minimum of six slides/photographs of recent work, details of proposed
exhibition and CV. Mark proposals ‘Gallery Programme 2001’ and send to Brendan
Maher, Artistic Director, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Nelson Street, Clonmel, Co
Tipperary.
Closing date: 31 August 2000.
The Terryglass Arts Weekend takes place in County Tipperary from 1 to 3 September 2000.
The festival committee is commissioning two or three temporary outdoor artworks for the
lakeside area of the village. £250 will be paid to each artist whose works are chosen for
exhibition. Artworks must be sited by the artist and should be in position by 1 pm on 1
September. Terryglass is a lakeside village in north Tipperary on the shores of Lough
Derg. Proposed artworks should take into consideration the natural environment in which
they will be sited. It is envisaged that one of the artworks may be a piece based on
light. For further details and site maps contact the Arts Office. Tel: 067-44546. Send
proposals to Terryglass Arts Weekend c/o Arts Office, Tipperary (NR) County Council, The
Courthouse, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.
Closing date for receipt of proposals: 17 August 2000.
Lower East Side Print Shop, a non-profit printmaking workshop in New York City,
provides internship opportunities in exchange for studio time or a discount on classes.
Interns are invited to participate in all aspects of programming, or specialise in studio,
education or administration. Further information and application guidelines from Lower
East Side Print Shop, 59-61 E. Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003, USA. Tel: 001 212 673
5390.
E-Mail: info@printshop.org
The open submission selection for Cork’s Triskel Art Centre’s programme is open to artists of all disciplines. Guidelines available from Triskel Visual Arts Office, Tobin Street, Cork.
Tel: 021-272022. Fax: 021-272592.
E-mail: triskel@iol.ie
Closing date: 31 August 2000.
The Art Store, now over a year old, seeks emerging and established artists for one or two person shows in 2000-2001. Painting, photography and works on paper will be considered. Submit 6-12 slides or photos, CV and SAE to: The Art Store, 56 South William Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6727283.
E-mail: artstore@iol.ie
The outstanding closing dates for Arts Council Awards and Schemes for visual arts for 2000 are as follows:
*Exhibition Assistance and Special Projects Scheme in Visual Art II: 12 noon, 8
September 2000
*Publications Assistance Scheme in Visual Art II: 12 noon, 8 September 2000
Materials/Equipment and Documentation Grants: 12 noon, 15 September 2000
*Joint Purchase Scheme in Visual Art II: 12 noon, 5 October 2000
Travel Awards III: 12 noon, 6 October 2000
*Artist in Residence in Schools/Youthwork II: 12 noon, 13 October 2000
Awards prefaced by * require a specific application form. Other awards require standard application forms. Forms available from the Arts Council. Tel: 01-6180200 or Callsave 1850 392492.
The Umha Aois experimental bronze casting symposium will be held at the beginning of September. The Sympopsium will be held over a long weekend (3 – 4 days) and there will also be a 3 day baked clay mould – making workshop held 4 weeks prior to the main event to facilitate the drying of moulds. The theme of the symposium will be our cultural connection with the Bronze Age and emphasis will be placed on the re-discovery and innovative use of Bronze Age techniques.
Numbers are strictly limited. Those interested in taking part should write with a CV and letter of intent to Umha Aois, 6 Florence Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Private Collection Gallery – Gallery No.4 is a new outside gallery. If you have any large-scale pieces suitable for outdoor exhibitions, please contact Jim Donovan, Private Collection Gallery, main Street, Innishannon, Co. Cork. Tel: 021 776 777
Zimbabwean and Irish Stone Sculptures – additional space is available to Irish sculptors to show their work. For further details contact Africa Calls, Gallery of Stone, 2 Temple Lane South, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.