Strumpet City Exhibition
In association with James Plunkett’s novel ‘Strumpet City’ being the UNESCO City of Literature 2013 Dublin: One City, One Book, Graphic Studio Gallery will be hosting an exhibition in connection with this epic book. The exhibition, also entitled ‘Strumpet City’, will run from the 11th of July to the 24th of August, and will feature a collection of contemporary fine art prints of various aspects of Dublin city and its history. This year’s choice of ‘Strumpet City’ as Dublin’s One City One Book is especially appropriate as 2013 is the centenary of the Dublin Lockout around which much of the novel is centered. 2013 is also the year that Graphic Studio Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary. To commemorate this, Graphic Studio Dublin members and gallery artists will create fine art prints that deal with many of the themes explored in Plunkett’s novel: poverty, a generation’s survival and pre-independence Dublin itself.
Using traditional printmaking techniques to explore Plunkett’s novel is highly apt as print would have been the method employed to communicate in the Dublin of Larkin’s time.
Graphic Studio Gallery’s fine art print exhibition will offer a unique opportunity to interact with the novel in the form of visual art.
Throughout the two months we will be hosting a series of talks, printmaking demonstrations and readings based on the exhibition and book. And in September 2013, the exhibition will be hosted by SIPTU in Liberty Hall.
For further information, contact Paula on 01 679 8021 or
gallery@graphicstudiodublin.com
Gallery opening hours: Mon – Fri: 10am – 5.30pm, Sat: 11am – 5pm
TALKS, SONGS AND PRINT DEMONSTRATIONS
SATURDAY 13TH JULY 2013, 1.30PM – 2.30PM Artist Ruth O’Donnell will give a talk and demonstration on unlocking the secrets of the technique Sugar lift. Ruth will print up sections from her Strumpet City print ‘Dublin 2013 (Words on the Street)’ on our small etching press.
SATURDAY 27TH JULY 2013, 1.30PM – 2.30PM Letterpress printing has a long history from Gutenberg’s developments in the 1450s to the mechanisation of the late 19th century. At the turn of the twentieth century and during the time of ‘Strumpet City’, every newspaper, book, poster or notice would have been set in metal and wooden type and printed letterpress.
Mary Plunkett, designer and print-maker will give a short introduction to letterpress printing and demonstrate some of the processes involved: setting type, arranging in a chase and printing a sample on a small table top press.
THURSDAY 8TH AUGUST 2013, 6.30PM Join us for a great evening of songs, stories and imagery of the 1913 Lockout and ‘Strumpet City’, including historical commentary by Francis Devine and Fergus Russell. Artist and writer, Brian Lalor, will also give a talk and visual presentation on ‘Drawing James Plunkett’s Dublin’. Not to be missed!
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Email: gallery@graphicstudiodublin.com | Tel: 01 679 8021
Artists: Yoko Akino, Anne Anderson, Paul Bailey, Margaret Becker, Carmel Benson, Gerard Cox, Aisling Dolan, Susan Early, Camilla Fanning,
Paula Fitzpatrick, Niamh Flanagan, Gerard Greene, Mary Grey, Alice Hanratty, Marianne Heemskerk, Clare Henderson, Gavin Hogg,
Siobhan Hyde, Brian Lalor, Jennifer Lane, Sharon Lee, Louise Leonard, Daniel Lipstein, Tom Macken, Brett Mac Entagart, Niamh Mac Gowan, James McCreary, Niamh McGuinne, Bernadette Madden, Susan Mannion, Fieda Meaney, Liam Ó Broin, Suzannah O’Reilly,
Ruth O’Donnell, Ciara O’Hara, Gay O’Neill, Mary Plunkett, Paula Pohli, Sarah Rogers, Dermot Ryan, Joe Ryan, Deirdre Shanley,
Constance Short, Adrienne Symes, Elke Thönnes, Marja Van Kampen & Marta Wakula-Mac
The IFI presents the Wanna Fight? Season
The IFI presents the Wanna Fight? Season from August 3rd-31st, a specially curated series of films to accompany the August 2nd release of the controversial and brutal new film by Nicolas Winding Refn Only God Forgives
‘I’m a pornographer’declared Nicolas Winding Refn in a recent interview ‘I make films about what arouses me. What I want to see. Very rarely to understand why I want to see it and I’ve learned not to become obsessed with that part of it’. Though the director of Pusher and Drive has always been an arch provocateur, his new film, the elegant and brutal Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Scott Thomas, has brought new levels of controversy with the film’s stylised violence becoming one of the major talking points of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Yet Winding Refn’s films are never entirely cold or alienating and the heart of a true cineaste beats through his work. The IFI’s Wanna Fight? season is a selection of Winding Refn’s key influences and references, some directly acknowledged and some suggested. In particular the season contextualises Only God Forgives which audiences are invited to make their own minds up about when it is released at the IFI on August 2nd.
Winding Refn has been keen to invoke the names of other filmmakers in his work. Alejandro Jodorowsky’s name appears on the credits to both Drive and Only God Forgives, the genius filmmaker is represented here by the bizarre, beautiful and brilliant Santa Sangre. Also explicitly referenced by Winding Refn in relation to Only God Forgives is Gaspar Noé, a fellow provocateur, whose Enter the Void proved one of the most divisive of films released at the IFI in 2009. Winding Refn has namechecked Richard Kern, a key member of the 1980s NYC Cinema of Transgression Movement, and a selection of his short works characterised by extreme eroticism and disturbing violence are included in the season.
Other elements in the Wanna Fight? season are more thematic. Kirsten Scott Thomas’s evil matriarch who encourages her son to do despicable things in Only God Forgives has a strong resonance with Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate. With Wong Kar Wai it’s more the richly coloured and textured look of his films such as Ashes of Time Redux that form the link to Winding Refn, while with the Pang Brothers Bangkok Dangerous it’s the terrific low-budget gun-play that warrants its inclusion.
Other highlights of the season include Seijun Suzuki’s Tokyo Drifter and David Lynch’s Wild at Heart. Oh, and if you’re only catching up with the violent swathe Winding Refn has cut through the world of film, there’s another chance to see 2011’s cool and casually gory Drive back on the big screen! Full details of all the films in the season are available at www.ifi.ie
Wanna Fight? Season – Times and Dates in August
The Manchurian Candidate – John Frankenheimer – Aug 3rd16.05 & Aug 5th 18.20
Santa Sangre – Alejandro Jodorowsky – Aug 7th 20.30 & Aug 10th 13.30
Ashes of Time Redux – Wong Kar Wai – August 13th20.50
Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn – Aug 14th 18.30
Bangkok Dangerous – The Pang Brothers – Aug 21st20.45
Wild at Heart – David Lynch – Aug 25th15.30 & Aug 26th 18.15
Enter the Void – Gaspar Noé – Aug 28th20.15 & Aug 31st 15.15
Tokyo Drifter – Seijun Suzuki – Aug 29th18.30 & Aug 31st 18.30
Richard Kern Programme – Richard Kern – Aug 29th20.30 & Aug 31st 13.15
Tickets go on sale from the IFI Box Office in person, on 01 679 5744 or online at www.ifi.ie from the 25th July 2013
For more media information, images or interview requests with the IFI’s new Head of Programming Michael Hayden please contact Patrick Stewart at the IFI Press Office on 01 679 5744 or email pstewart@irishfilm.ie
The IFI acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.
Irish Equity, SIPTU and Equity UK meet to campaign to advance rights for actors
Irish Equity, SIPTU and Equity UK met in Liberty Hall on Tuesday (21st May) and debated the challenges confronting actors who live and work in the Republic of Ireland and international actors who come to work in Ireland
Both unions have agreed that the exploitation of actors arising from the refusal of the industry in Ireland to conclude international standard collective agreements and the effect of the Competitions Act in restricting the rights of certain actors to engage in collective bargaining are matters that need to be addressed as a priority.
SIPTU has put in place a plan targeted at building the capacity of Irish actors through their union to achieve such agreements. Coupled with the expertise of Equity UK, these initiatives will be used to ensure the plan has maximum effect.
Both unions have also agreed to establish a joint action group involving members and organisers that will work on developing further initiatives that will support this work over the short and medium term.
In June 2013, members of Irish Equity along with Equity UK will meet with sister unions from the US, Canada and Australia when further efforts will be explored to develop solidarity and support for this work.
Members of Equity executive who attended the discussions welcomed the meeting and the progress made. On behalf of the executive, the President of Irish Equity, Padraig Murray, expressed his hope that the effects of these initiatives will be to deliver a strong voice though their union that will protect, defend and advance the interests of actors.
Will Irvine
Will Irvine has worked with many of Ireland’s leading theatre companies including The Abbey, The Gate and Rough Magic, playing roles such as Macbeth, Myles na Gopaleen and Satan. He has also appeared in Vikings, Titanic: Blood & Steel, The Tudors and The Clinic. He is represented by LBM.
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Irish Equity Group Branch office at 9th Floor, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Tel. 858 6403. PLEASE NOTE: ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE BRANCH OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE.
To be considered for Equity membership you must complete the Application Form including information on: Training – includes Classes, Workshops and any full or part-time tuition undertaken. For Stage Management, training must include A.S.M. Work. Enclose copies of graduation certificates for any training done. Have your application signed by two Equity members who are in benefit and who are known to you (this is not necessary for Student Applications). Please enclose C.V. and headshot (8×10 Black & White). Applications for Equity membership will not be considered unless the above conditions are fulfilled. |
Show in a Bag
Show in a Bag is an artist development initiative of Dublin Fringe Festival, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors. The first Show in a Bag initiative was established in 2010 by Fishamble: the New Play Company, ABSOLUT Fringe and Irish Theatre Institute to facilitate the creation of five new small scale, tourable shows which would highlight the talents and skills of performers making work for the Dubin Fringe.
An open call for submissions is made and applications are assessed and shortlisted following which interviews are conducted and the actors are selected. Created with playwright Gavin Kostick to the artists’ specifications, Show in a Bag provides actors with the opportunity to have their very own small-scale, tourable show. Selected actors, or pairs of actors, produced and performed their own productions at Bewley’s Café Theatre as part of ABSOLUT Fringe 2010, 2011 & 2012.
Following the huge success of Show in a Bag, ITI is delighted to partner again with ABSOLUT Fringe and Fishamble: the New Play Company once again for Show in a Bag 2013. ITI is working to ensure the national venues and festival presenters most suited to present productions from Show in a Bag 2013 will view the showcase of performances and have an opportunity to meet the artists at the annual Information Toolbox networking event. Further information on the 2013 Show in a Bag particpiants will follow in due course!
This article first featured on the Irish Theatre Institute website.
Arts Council Chairman Says State Should Take Wider View on Stimulus Plans
Dublin, Thursday 27 June, 2013: The Chairman of the Arts Council, Ms Pat Moylan, has said the State should not take such a narrow view of stimuli for the economy and it needs to get away from the Celtic Tiger thinking that the only stimulus jobs that can be created are in construction.
Speaking at the Arts Council briefing on the arts sector, Ms Moylan said all stimuli plans have to be welcomed including the latest decisions regarding schools, roads and transport.
“However if the State is going to invest its reserves, it should do so in an imaginative way that will reap a sustainable dividend for the country.”
“Sometimes there is too traditional a view that what creates jobs quickly are construction projects only. This is narrow thinking. The arts has untapped potential, already supports almost 21,000 jobs and contributes significantly to the economy.”
“The arts are job intensive and create an unmatched dividend for Ireland in reputation as well as fostering innovation and ideas. In a global environment where Ireland needs to be known for things other than tax and bad banks, the arts give Ireland a glow and a competitive edge. The arts play a role in developing a flexible, creative and innovative workforce and are playing a part in the recovery with spin off industries like gaming which depends so much on creativity and artistic content.”
“The work of the Arts Council continues to be affected by the national economic difficulties. We have less funds than we had five years ago, with a 30 per cent cut in state funding.”
The Arts Council received €63.24 million in grant in aid from the Exchequer for 2012 and €59.865 million for 2013. Ms Orlaith Mc Bride, Director of the Council, said a measure of the endurance, courage and creativity of Irish arts organisations and artists is that despite the ever decreasing funding, the Council received almost 3,500 applications for its various award programmes.
“This level of application shows the untapped potential of the sector if more funding was available. The risk of continuing cuts and limited investment funds is that great ideas are lost and access to great art is reduced. The arts have the potential to be central to a creative sector that could generate major economic activity and employment.”
Only one in four applications by individual artists are able to be funded due to limited resources, while nearly two out of every three applications by arts organisations have to be rejected. The Arts Council funds 180 festivals each year, 158 of them small ones which are vital to tourism, local economies and summer memories for tourists and young people especially. The Council supports 150 bursaries for individual artists, as well as commissions and touring of shows.
“In the midst of real difficulty artists and arts organisations react with inspired courage for the future. Irish artists are the living source of inspiration and excellence that animate our cultural life nationally and continue to do so despite many, many challenges including, like with others in society, unemployment, emigration and poverty.”
The Arts Council supports almost 50 venues across the country with every county represented as part of its long standing partnership with local authorities. “Working with venues is a key way of realizing greater access to and for the arts,” Ms McBride said. “Partnership with local authorities is one of the most important relationships for the Arts Council and for the arts in Ireland. The Arts Council continues to support the work of the 34 local authority arts services in Ireland and engages strategically with local authorities on arts matters.”
For the first time in many years, an Abbey main-stage production, The Plough and the Stars, toured regionally to three venues in 2012. Highlights during 2012 for the Council included the celebration of its 60th birthday with a major series of visual art exhibitions called Into the Light with four prominent galleries. The President Mr Higgins visited the Council at its office at Merrion Square, Dublin to mark the anniversary. 2012 was a major year for architecture with four practices represented at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2012, 157 Aosdana members benefited from the Cnuas.
