💥✂️UPCOMING COLLAGE FESTIVAL: Intentional Selection at The Linenhall Arts Centre- Running from Saturday June 8th – September 6th 2024 ✂️💥

Opening Reception: Saturday 8th June at 5pm.

Runs: June 8th – September 6th 2024

The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar, Ireland, F23 AN24

I am absolutely thrilled to announce the upcoming “Intentional Selection” Collage festival launching at the Linenhall Arts Centre next Saturday the 8th of June and running right until the end of Summer.

This festival will feature an exhibition of over 30 of the best collage artists practicing in Ireland today. A series of workshops catering to a wide variety of audiences, a screening of collage animation, a panel discussion and regular monthly meetings of the Connacht Collage Collective hosted at the Linenhall.

We invite you throughout this Summer to engage with the medium of collage and to join us as a welcome participant in all that this vibrant and exciting medium has to offer.
Full Programme Coming Soon.

From Anthony D Kelly:
“Collage has a rich history spanning from the advent of paper making in China in approximately 100AD; through being considered as a form relief sculpture during the renaissance period due to its layering and depth; being utilized as a foundational Cubist, Surrealist and Dadaist technique during the early twentieth century, featuring in the later Pop Art and Fluxus movements; to becoming the vibrant, versatile and engaging contemporary art practice that it is today.

To honour the versatility of this medium the Intentional Selection Festival has no unifying theme, but instead offers the audience an introduction to the range and possibility of collage as it is being practiced in Ireland today.“

Featured Artists:
Adrian & Shane, Adrienne Geoghegan, Alan Murphy, Aleksandra Schulte, Anthony D Kelly,
Aoife Carroll, Betty Gannon, Carol White, Cas Mc Carthy, Celina Buckley
Cheryl Murphy Kelly, Clare Walsh, Ciara O Connor, Colin Eaton, David Ryan, Derval Dunford
Eleanor Jones, Eve Kimmerling, Frantic Sally, Gavin Mc Crea, GUBU Man
Izabela Szczutkowska, Kate Hodmon, Mags Duffy, Micheal Mc Laughlin, Michelle Granville, Padraig Spillane, Paul Mac Cormaic, Red Fox Press, Ruby Staunton, Sarah Deane, Silvio Severino,
Sorcha Mc Namara, Tatyana Feeney, Tom Doig, Una Gildea, Valerie Asiimwe Amani.

Working hard behind the scenes have been the curatorial panel of:
Anthony D Kelly, Silvio Severino, Una Gildea.
Special thanks to the Linenhall Art Centre, Deirdre Melvin & Mayo Arts Office.

For more from the Linenhall Arts Centre Click Here.

Upcoming Festival: "NEW REALITY: Contemporary Collage in Ireland"- Friday the 9th of September – Saturday the 1st of October 2022 -at Market House Craftworks, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland.

🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING FESTIVAL: NEW REALITY: CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE IN IRELAND”🔸🔹🔸

Opening Reception: Friday 9th of September 6pm - 8pm

New Reality Festival: Friday 9th of September - Sunday 11th of September 2022

Exhibition Running from: Friday the 9th of September – Saturday the 1st of October 2022

I am absolutley thrilled to be invited to take part in the upcoming - 'New Reality’ Contemporary Collage in Ireland festival and exhibition. Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino, Una Gildea, Jane Jermyn and the Market House Craftworks.

The ‘New Reality’ exhibition opens with a Festival on the weekend of the 9th-11th Sept. The festival will feature a series of workshops a the Parochial Hall, Cappoquin, P51 VY40. Each hosted by mega talented master collage artists, Marta Janik, Una Gildea, Tom Doig, Alan Murphy and Tatyana Feeny.

I am also inviting you to join me in a “Monster” workshop hosted by truly on Saturday the 10th of September at 14.30 -16.30. Workshops come at a small cost and booking is recommended either through Eventbrite or by phone 087-2187962.

Other events will include live music by 'Mamacha & the Forest of Sound', fabulous screenings of Moving Collage, a talk by the man himself Sean Hillen (Sean Hillen Artist), subject of the award winning documentary "Tomorrow is Saturday".

The exhibition itself will be open to the public from 9th Sept - 1st October at Market House Craftworks The Square, Green Street, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, P51 KD37.

For more on this rich and amazing event visit: https://www.instagram.com/new_reality_festival/

Upcoming Exhibition - K-FEST Arts Festival - Killorglin, Co Kerry, Ireland - 22nd - 25th October 2021

K-FEST 2021

KILORGLIN, CO.KERRY, IRELAND

22nd - 25th October 2021

I am thrilled to announce that I will be taking part in this year’s K-FEST Arts Festival in wonderful Killorglin, Co. Kerry. The action will all be kicking off on October bank holiday weekend.

Their programme is jam packed with incredible Visual Arts, Crafts, Music, Drama, Workshops and Family Events. I can’t wait to get involved in this feast of culture and curiosity .

Check out a statement from the festival below:

“K-FEST is delighted to be back for 2021, albeit delayed to the October Bank Holiday from the usual June Bank Holiday weekend.

From October 22nd to 25th, you can expect a wide range of visual and performance art taking place in pop-up galleries dotted throughout the town.

With a focus on emerging artists, K-FEST has very much established itself as an important date on the national arts calendar, where the arts community and the local community become one community for a weekend.

You also expect the best in up-and-coming Irish bands and music acts, with genres from jazz to pop to rock to punk to electronic and DJs. K-FEST was nominated for a best small music festival in the IMRO awards just before lockdowns, so they can’t wait to get going again and curating more great Irish music.

As well as family events and workshops during the day, there is a drama-packed programme including plays, poetry, films, comedy shows and even a cabaret circus.”

Check out more from the festival at their official site here.

Upcoming Exhibition - Brittle/Fragile @ Westival Gallery, Castlebar Street, Westport, Co.Mayo, Ireland

Westival Gallery, Castlebar Street, Westport, Co.Mayo,

Wed Oct 23rd - Mon Oct 28th, 10 am - 6pm daily.

Launch Weds Oct 23rd 7 pm

Free

I am thrilled to announce that this October I will take part in Brittle/Fragile an Exhibition taking place as part of Westports Upcoming Westival.

Here is a statement from the Festival:

Through an open call, artists were invited to submit work on Westival 2019’s theme, ‘Brittle / Fragile’. The result is an exciting and varied group show showcasing selected work from Irish and international artists, featuring sculpture, painting, drawing and photography.

The theme proved a generous, many-headed muse, with artists responding in a huge variety of ways and presenting a multiplicity of creative interpretations – personal fragility, vulnerability as strength, frailty engendering feelings of protectiveness, the brittle geopolitical landscape, the fragility and ever-increasing vulnerability of our planet….

Thought-provoking and impressive in equal measure, this exhibition is a must-see.

For more about Westival and a full program of events visit: www.westival.ie

Upcoming Festival - Collagistas #6 @ Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles, Parvis Saint Gilles 39, 1060 Sint-Gillis, Belgium, Brussels

Its almost time for Collagistas Festival #6. It is a pleasure to have an opportunity to participate once again in this fantastic festival of Collage Art. This years edition takes place in Brussles, Belgium at the amazing venue of Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles. This years theme is that of The Universal Language, a fitting and important topic during this time of division and strife. Check out the statement below:

Collagistas Festival is a celebration of contemporary collage. Our primary purpose is to create an opportunity where collage artists from all over the world can come together to share ideas and thoughts about their collage practise and to disseminate this information through workshops and presentations. We provide a platfom to explore and discuss how collage is made and the role of collage in contemporary visual culture. We do this through the organisation of an annual exhibition and the facilitation of workshops and presentations. Our aim is also to engage the general public and the wider art community in these discussions. Our principle objectives are to maintain an international network of collage artists and to bring collage to a wider audience.

Opening Night: Thursday September 5th 2019 18.00- 22-00
With a Full Programme of Workshops, Presentations and Short Movies running Friday 6th -Sunday 8th.

For More On The Festival: www.collagistas.com

Upcoming Festival - Collagistas #5 @ Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland - From 13th - 16th of September 2018

I feel privileged to be able to participate in this years Collagistas #5 The International Festival of Collage. It is fantastic news to hear that the Collagistas Festival #5 will be held in Dublin this September 13th-16th 2018. So if you are in Dublin on these dates do pop along and join us for a wide array of talks, workshops and a fantastic exhibition of Collage Art. Check out the festival statement below:

Collagistas Festival is a celebration of contemporary collage. Our primary purpose is to create an opportunity where collage artists from all over the world can come together to share ideas and thoughts about their collage practise and to disseminate this information through workshops and presentations. We provide a platfom to explore and discuss how collage is made and the role of collage in contemporary visual culture. We do this through the organisation of an annual exhibition and the facilitation of workshops and presentations. Our aim is also to engage the general public and the wider art community in these discussions. Our principle objectives are to maintain an international network of collage artists and to bring collage to a wider audience.

Collagistas Festival ≠5 will be held in Dublin, from 13th - 16th of September 2018 at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

For More On The Festival: www.collagistas.com

For More On The Venue: www.templebargallery.com