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7th Burren Annual Exhibition - Timespace
Burren College of Art in association with GREEN ON RED GALLERY Dublin
warmly welcomes you to the opening reception
Saturday 31st July 6-8pm.
Opening Times: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
1st August - 30th September 2010

7th Burren Annual Exhibition - Timescape - Opening 31st July at 6pm

 

 

Artists Talks

A series of talks by international artists, open to the public is taking place during July. The schedule is as follows:

- Thursday, 15 July: Scot Kaylor (American)
Mr. Kaylor is a sculptor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the Chair of the Department of Fine Arts, and Associate Professor at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. Visiting tutor for the post-graduate foreign residency Studio Arts program of the Moore College of Art and Design.

- Saturday, 17 July: Charlotte von Poehl (German-Swedish)
Ms. von Poehl is a video and installation artist based in Paris, France. She will be a visiting artist at BCA for the post-graduate foreign residency Studio Arts program of the Moore College of Art and Design.

- Monday, 19 July: Jim Adams (American)
Mr. Adams is a sculptor based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is a visiting artist-in-residence at the Burren College of Art through the end of July.

- Wednesday, 21 July: Timothy Emlyn Jones (Welsh)
Tim Jones is an artist who is focussed on drawing as a process of enquiry into human consciousness. He is the Dean of the Burren College of Art. He will show examples from the past eight years of his vast performative drawings which are related to the weather.

- Friday, 23 July: Effie Halivopoulou (Greek)
Ms. Halivopoulou is a painter, sculptor and installation artist, and is the Coordinator of the Visual Arts Program at Deree - The American College of Greece, in Athens. She will be a visiting artist at BCA for the post-graduate foreign residency Studio Arts program of the Moore College of Art and Design.

All of these talks take place at 10am in the lecture hall and admission is free.

 

Aughty Public Arts Project

This is a curatorial project Áine Phillips (BCA Faculty) has been developing over the last year for the Aughty region of Clare and Galway involving three of our ex students. Marie Connole, Emma Houlihan and Jim Ricks will be making temporary public art works over the summer in the Aughtys. The three projects will be documented in video and photography with a catalogue produced, a short video piece created for internet streaming and a final exhibition in Woodford at the end of the year. The focus of the APAProjects
will be community engagement.

The APAProjects is funded by Galway County Council percent for art scheme so
the outcome of the project will mainly be happening in the Galway part of
the region which stretches over the upland area of SE County Galway and NE
Clare. It is the area where I live so that's why I developed the project to
begin with and I also wanted to work with our ex students as part of a
continuing mentoring process, helping them to develop their practice in a
professional context (and helping them to stay in Ireland and in the area!).
As a curator, I would see my role as promoting their work, helping them
develop their ideas and work practices into real world situations as well as
making great art.


The Vivid Season, BCA Summer Scholarship Exhibition 2010
June 18th to July 23rd

This year the Summer Scholarship Exhibition at Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare is open from Friday 18th June. It is titled “The Vivid Season”. The title reflects the flowering of creativity associated with graduate studies in an art school and the time of year in which the exhibition is taking place, as well as the colourful character of most of the exhibits (pinks and reds predominate). Altogether it’s an upbeat title and an upbeat looking show.

The works, all at reasonable prices are for sale and proceeds go into the BCA Scholarship Fund to help finance the education of Fine Art students.
The main exhibition is in the Gallery & Project Space. In the BCA Café are the photographic works, which featured in the 1st Alumni Photographic Exhibition. These are also for sale

Featured artists include current graduates and some undergraduates who have provided work to the Scholarship Fund. In all 30 artists are featured. They include current and past students , who have
benefited from the BCA Scholarship Fund. This exhibition is their way of
giving back to the college, using their artwork to generate scholarship
income for future students. The artists featured are Loren Edrich, 06/07,
Stefanie Ford 09/10, Erin Treacy Artist in Residence 09/10, Rebeca Peralta
09/10, Simon Bayliss 09/10, Sean Naftel 09/10, Jillian Fitzmaurice 10, Hali
Maltsberger 09/10, Elaine Mackey 09/10, Madelyn Wheat 09, Eileen Hutton
09/10, Pam O'Connell, 07/08, Roisin McGuigan 08/09, Jessica Artman 09/10,
Aja Daly 09/10, Jacqueline Knight 06/07, Kathleen Gilsen 06/07, Meredith
McKelvey 08, Amanda McCaskey 09, Max Davidowitz 09, Natalie Williams 09,
Katie Moore 10, Brian Nigus 10, Emily Kay Achison 09, Jennifer Hynes 05/06,
Sandra Dorer 07/08, Matt Austin 10, Julie Kang 08, Geraldine McCarthy 07/08
and Aoife Cassidy 07/08.

 

Dock Disclosure - June 11th to july 3rd
126 Gallery, Queen Street, Galway

Dock Discourse June 2010 is a four-week exhibition, installation and discussion event project, around the changing nature of the Galway Docks. Initiated and curated by local architect Aoife Considine, Dock Discourse is a multi disciplinary project engaging with artists, thinkers and the general public to comment and question the nature of change taking place in and around the Galway Docks. The works are concerned with ideas of environmental change, development processes, the role of the artist in the changing city along with reconsidering the spaces, structures and habits of this part of the city on the waterfront. 

Featuring work by Aideen Barry, Michelle Browne, Roisin Coyle, Jennifer Cunningham, Cecilia Dannell, Jennie Moran, Cian McConn and Jim Ricks
Click here for more info

 

Details of Summer 2010 Workshops have been announced...

Each August the College hosts a varied programme of 5-day workshops and this year's schedule of courses has been announced and is available for booking. Places are booked on a strictly first come, first served basis and you are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment. Further detail are available here

 

Burren College of Art Online Presence
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