JULY 2007
On-Line Art Community Created by Irish Artist John-Paul Delaney : PRESS RELEASE
Art Process Trapani
07.07.07 - 26.08.07
Art Process is an online venue where contemporary visual artists meet to setup a collective virtual exhibition of their artwork.Art Process Trapani 2007 will be the first offline gathering of those artists, where they get a chance to meet face-to-face, and present a real exhibition of their art in the charming city of Trapani, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy.
Trapani is a beautiful mediterrenean seaport backed by Erice, a mountain-top town, and fronted by the Egadi islands. It has particularly rich cultural influences from many ancient civilizations: Trojan, Phoenician, Roman and Arabic. See here for futher information.The city offers many excellent venues for exhibiting visual art, and in recent years has seen a rekindling of interest in hosting international artistic and sporting events.
In early September 2006, a "Request for Participation" was sent to all artists exhibiting with Artprocess.com introducing the idea of a group show in this picturesque location. This is the list of 67 artists who replied expressing their interest in exhibiting at Art Process Trapani 2007, and working to make it a collective success - both personally and artistically.The artists have been asked to create at least one new work for the show, and to document it's proress on this site (see link work-in-progress).
Hillel Kagan
Artist's comment:
About a year ago I received an invitation from John-Paul
Delaney to view his Art Process website and if I liked it
to join in and upload some images.. From what I could
understand, his project was to create an online community
of artists from all over the world. Thinking it to be an
impossibility but never being one to shy away from
wasting precious time in the pursuit of a hopeless cause
I uploaded some images and began to devote some of my
time each day trying to get some communication going with
my fellow artists on site.We artists (and I use the
classic definition of "artist" meaning a
practioner of visual art particularly) usually work in
isolation yet often historically great work was achieved
when a community of artists had the opportunity to
communicate with each other. It's not the idea of
collaboration so much as having a meeting place where a
vast array of ideas could be discussed and argued. This
dialogue and social intercourse is very stimulating
because artists speak their own language, one that quite
frankly others don't. And those others may even include
art dealers, collectors, critics and writers. To speak
with one's peers who understand is a great enjoyment.To
my amazement J-P's creation, this very website, through
his commitment and labour has begun to bear fruit.
Artists are speaking and getting to know one another and
ideas are being exchanged. To be or not to be in the
Trapani show? For me there was never any question, it's
art history in the making.
http://www.artprocess.com/trapani/artists
CLICK HERE TO READ COMMENTS BY OTHER ARTISTS TAKING PART
IN THIS EXHIBITION
The Blackbird Gallery 1 St.Kieran's Street, KILKENNY
THE
irish artist-led archive (IALA) SEEKS INFORMATION ON
ARTIST-LED INITIATIVES 1970-PRESENT
The 'Irish Artist-led Archive – Sustainable Activism
and the Embrace of Flux' is a curated archival exhibition
that seeks to publicly present in a peformative and
accessible manner the rich history of Irish artist-led
cultural Initiatives that have taken place over the past
30 years. The archive is launching the start of its
website www.theartistledarchive.com which will grow
to form an online resource and directory of artist-led
culture in Ireland.
The archive and concurrent exhibition will be launched in
the Galway Arts Centre on 2nd November 2007 and will tour
to various arts centres and spaces in 2008, while
continuing to grow and evolve.
We are currently seeking out any information/memories of
any artist-run collectives, co-operatives, projects,
galleries, publications, project space from approx 1970
–present. Even if you were not part of such
initiatives but have some memories of them please contact
:
Megs Morley info@theartistledarchive.com or Tel: +353 87 9140131
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Exhibition Space Available for Kilkenny Arts Festival 10th – 19th August
A new shop will be opening in Kieran’s Street Kilkenny in the next month and they wish to offer some space to an artist to exhibit. Please contact Patricia Hennessy on 086 3062842 for further details.
Niamh Finn
Arts Administrator
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office
County Hall
John Street
Kilkenny
Exhibition Space Available for
Kilkenny Arts Festival 10th - 19th August
Ballina Arts CentreVisual Art
2008
Exhibitions Programme 2008
Call for Submissions
Applications are invited for
the 2008 visual arts exhibition programme at Ballina Arts
Centre, Barrett Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Applicants should provide the
following:
up to 6 visual examples of their work*,
(photographs,
slides, digital images on CD will all be accepted)
current Curriculum Vitae and Artist’s Statement
any other supporting material
An external,
independent panel will assess applications.
Applications
to arrive by 4pm, Friday 31st
August 2007.
Visual
Art 2008, Ballina Arts Centre,
Barrett Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo
*Please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope for the return of visuals.
For further information, please
contact Ballina Arts Centre,
T: 096 73593, E: ballinaartscentre@eircom.net
www.ballinaartscentre.com
Ballina Arts Centre is supported by:
the Arts Council, Mayo County Council, Ballina Town
Council, FÁS and the Western People
BUTLER GALLERY
Artist
and Designer Maker – Collaborative Opportunity
Butler Gallery, The Crafts Council
of Ireland and Kilkenny County Council Arts Office are
seeking visual artists and designer makers to
develop a collaborative art/ craft based project with
transition year students in the Kilkenny Area.
The project will run from August
– December 2007. Further details are available from
:
Closing date for applications is
June 29th
Concept for Brief
Butler Gallery, The Crafts Council
of Ireland and Kilkenny County Council Arts Office are
initiating a pliot programme to develop a model of
practice for artists and designer makers working in post
primary schools. The project will facilitate the sharing
of skills between visual artists and designer makers. It
will also require a collaborative approach to developing
a programme for working with transition year students.
The school programme will run for a period of 20 hours
over 10 weeks from September to December 2007.
Selected artists and designer makers
will be paired according to their area of work and skills
base. Initial meetings between artists and designer
makers selected for the programme will take place in
August 2007. Programme development for schools will
commence in September 2007. Ten hours planning and
preparation time will be allocated.
The project aims to:
- encourage
cross-pollination of skills between practitioners
- align
fine art and craft practices
- promote
the visual arts, craft and design as a realistic
career option
- improve
visual literacy in schools
Application Process
Please complete the application form
available upon request from the email addresses above.
Applications must be accompanied by an up to date c.v.
and 4 – 6 images of your work. Past experience of
working in school contexts is desirable but not
essential.