http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php en michelle@firkincrane.ie Copyright 2010 2010-09-01T11:01:57+00:00 {title_permalink=news/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/blank-canvas-2011-call-for-applications/ BLANK CANVAS is a professional dance residency programme at the Firkin Crane open to professional dance artists already making their career in dance. The residency provides a platform for incubation time and space to research, develop and explore creative ideas without emphasis on a finished production. For 2011 BLANK CANVAS is inviting applications with emphasis on exploring duet work. Dance artists may apply to work with an artist from another artistic medium as part of a duet exploration. In this case, we would encourage a physical interactive element be explored as part of the residency. It is also possible to submit an application as an individual artist with an aspiration to work with local professional artists to form a duet. The BLANK CANVAS Dance Team can assist in suggesting suitable collaborators. BLANK CANVAS works in partnership with each artist to support the needs of their residency subject to resources available and would like to acknowledge the Arts Council of Ireland for its continuous support of the programme. 2010-07-12T13:38:23+00:00 {title_permalink=news/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/dance-cork-opportunities/ Check here for other Dates for your Diary _________________________ The Arts Council will offer the following project awards for activities commencing in 2011. * Arts Participation Project Award * Circus Project Award * Dance Project Award * Film Project Award * Music Project Award * Street Arts and Spectacle Project Award * Theatre Project Award * Visual Arts Project Award The deadline for all the above awards will be 5.30pm on Thursday 2 September 2010. Applications will only be accepted through the online system. The awards are open to individuals and organisations. Organisations in receipt of funding under any of the main Arts Council grant programmes (Regularly Funded Organisations, Annual Funding, Annual Programming Grant) will not be eligible to apply ________________________ The All Ireland Talent Show is back and are about to start the search for the 2011 Champion. So could you be taking to the stage representing your county? Could you be crowned 2011 Champion and win €50,000? Whatever your age, whatever your act, auditions are happening soon around the country. If interested in auditioning please see dates, locations and conditions below. DUBLIN - OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday 21st August 2010 Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 THE SOUTH - OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday 28th August 2010 Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay, Cork THE WEST - OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday 4th September 2010 Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Galway, Lough Atalia Road, Galway THE NORTH - OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday 11th September 2010 Everglades Hotel, Prehen Road, Londonderry, BT47 2NH THE EAST - OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday 18th September 2010 Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny RULES AND CONDITIONS APPLY · You can only audition at the regional centre where you were born or have lived for the last 6 months. Counties fall into the following regional centres: · DUBLIN - City and County · NORTH - Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone · SOUTH - Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford · EAST - Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow · WEST - Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo · If under 18 - you MUST be accompanied by a parent/guardian who MUST stay with you for the whole audition process. If you are a large group, with many under 18s, we require one adult supervisor, for every 5 children · Proof of age may be requested, so please ensure that you bring some form of photo ID · Registration opens at 7.00am on the day and closes promptly at 3pm the same day. If you have not registered by 3pm, you will not be allowed to audition · Your performance must be no longer than 2 minutes · If you perform to a backing track you must bring your own CD and make sure that it works on a regular CD player · If your act requires props, you must bring you own · If your act requires any safety equipment, you must bring your own · It is advisable to take public transport wherever possible as paid parking is limited at some venues · You may only audition once at one regional centre during the 2011 talent search · If you want anymore information please go to our website or find us on Facebook ________________________ Public Art Per Cent for Art Scheme - Expressions of interest sought Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick, is inviting expressions of interest under the Public Art – Per Cent for Art Scheme from established artists wishing to create unique work/s in any medium with an allocated budget of €100,000. Following a major capital investment programme to a total of €40 million, two new buildings have been completed in MIC, Tailteann and Teamhair/Tara, enabling the complete reshaping of the campus. In 2008 Tailteann the first new building on campus for 30 years was opened. This state-of-the-art Sport, Leisure and Physical Education building was recognised by the Royal Irish Architectural Institute as Ireland’s “Leisure Building of the Year 2008.” The second of Mary Immaculate College’s new buildings, due to be officially opened by the Tánaiste this forthcoming September, is the Teamhair/Tara building. This 8500 sq. metre building will give the College the much needed 300- and 150-seat lecture theatres, teaching laboratories, computer facilities (open access and dedicated learning laboratories) in addition to a 500-seat multi-purpose theatre. The overall budget for the design, supply, fitting and installation of the entire project will be €100,000 inclusive of all costs, project management, travel and other expenses, VAT, insurance and other charges. Deadline for expressions of interest is Thursday 9 September 2010 at 3pm. * For further information, details of the brief and application form contact Holly Cowman T: 061 204998, E:mailto:Holly.Cowman@mic.ul.ieie or visit http://www.mic.ul.ie/visitors/default.htm ________________________ Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund deadline: 9 September 2010 Applications are invited for two funding awards to encourage the development of choreographers in the early stages of their career. UK New Choreography Award The award is given to undertake research, a personal project or personal study which the choreographer believes will contribute in a vital way to forwarding his / her development as an artist. Marion North Mentoring Scheme Award To provide choreographers with the opportunity to have feedback from, and discussion with an experienced choreographer / dance artist for an approximate period of a year. Applications for the awards are welcome from: • professional choreographers in all styles; • British choreographers or choreographers who have lived in the UK for at least 12 months; • choreographers who have not yet received regular/substantial funding; • for the UK New Choreography Award applications are also welcome from more experienced choreographers who are at a major turning point in their careers. For more information on the awards and to download application forms please visit http://www.laban.org/home/bonnie_bird_choreography_fund.phtml or email bonniebirdchoreographyfund@googlemail.com. ________________________ Fort Camden (Meagher) Arts Project Programme of Artistic Interventions and Responses to the site This project is funded by Cork County Council Artists are invited to submit expressions of interest and outline proposals for a series of artistic commissions relating to Fort Camden in County Cork. Fort Camden (also known as Fort Meagher) is widely regarded as an outstanding example of 19th century coastal fortification. It is located on Ram’s Head near the village of Crosshaven overlooking the entrance to Cork Harbour. Its sister fort, Fort Davis(formerly Carlisle), stands on the opposite shore. As a fortification of one of the Irish Treaty Ports, Camden Fort was occupied by British military until July 1938 when it was officially handed over to the Irish defence forces. It was subsequently renamed Fort Meagher. Cork County Council has taken ownership of the entire site which covers some 49 acres and is working with statutory and local interests to develop access and a long term development plan. The Fort Camden Artistic Programme forms part of a developing strategy to raise public awareness about the historical importance of this fortification and its place in local and national heritage. The commission programme aims to realize up to five artist led projects that will be directly inspired by the architecture, environment and/or history of the site. We are particularly interested in proposals from * Creative Artists of all disciplines whose work addresses or engages with the natural/built environment. * CreativeArtists whose work may engage with the military and social history of this site Artists are encouraged to especially consider ways in which their proposed work can engage with the public. We will consider all contexts in which work may be presented, for example, permanent, temporary installation, web based, publication, etc. Proposals for temporary or off site locations should consider methodologies for creating a permanent record of the work. Proposals from artists working in all artforms are eligible. Collaborative and/or interdisciplinary proposals will also be considered. The commission process will take place in two stages. Stage One is an open call for proposals. From this a shortlist will be drawn up. Some or all of the shortlisted artists will be invited to submit fully developed and budgeted proposals. (Cork County Council may decide at this point to reserve a number of shortlisted proposals for development to commission in a further phase of the project, if appropriate.) Artists shortlisted for stage 2 will receive a small budget for expenses in developing proposals to second stage A maximum budget of €10,000 inclusive of all costs may be awarded for each commission. Camden Fort is currently closed to the public. Two site visits are scheduled to assist artists making proposals. Each tour of the site will last approximately 2.5 hours including time for discussion. Tours will be led by a member of the local Camden committee assisted by a member of the Council steering group for the project. Sites visit times * Friday, June 25th 2.30 p.m. (Meet at Entrance) * Tuesday June 29th 11.00 a.m. (Meet at Entrance) N.B. Sections of the site involve entering or crossing difficult terrain. Persons attending are advised to wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and to pay particular heed to all safety instructions. Artists with disabilities will be accommodated as far as practicable. However the site is not developed and access may not be possible to certain sections. Any artist with a mobility or other impairment should advise the Arts Office in advance. Competition Requirements Stage 1: * A letter outlining your interest in this project * A general project proposal outlining the general scope of the project envisaged and how it relates to your current practice. This will include a written proposal, outline budget, and any other supporting information relevant to the proposal * Artist’s c.v. * Documented examples of at least two previous projects, commissions or other work by the artist. No original artwork is to be submitted. * Up to 10 images/digital files of your word, (where relevant)These can be submitted as prints, or on CD/DVD. Digital image files must be in JPEG format Music files as MP3 files, Film clips in QuickTime. Individual excerpts not to exceed more than 2 minutes duration. * List of images/ files submitted * Two references relating to previous commissions or projects in which the artist was involved Programme Schedule to commission stage * Advertisment of project June 18th * Deadline for Stage 1 Friday July 23rd * Short list Announced: (Provisional date July 30th ) * Deadline stage 2 September 17th * Commissions announced TBC The process is open to all artists working in all artforms. If you wish any of your submission material to be returned to you please include a statement to that effect and enclose a stamped address envelope. All artists intending to visit the site must first register with the Arts Office of Cork County Council. Email arts@corkcoco.ie Tel 021 4346210 A maximum budget of €10,000 inclusive of all costs may be awarded for each commission. Post Applications marked Camden Commission to: The Arts Office, Cork County Council, County Hall, Cork Closing Date Stage 1 Closing date is 5.00 p.m. Friday July 23rd 2010 Background information. Fort Camden (Meagher) is recognised internationally as one of the world's finest examples of a Palmerston Fort. Fortifications at the site date from as early as 1550 but the present construction owes its existence to the Royal Commission report of 1860 which recommended the construction of Camden, Carlyle and Westmoreland forts. Situated at the western entrance to Cork Harbour, Camden stands about 200 feet above sea level. The fort area is honeycombed with underground passages and emplacements including a large magazine. It has a magnificent tunnel, engineered to house the fixed torpedo invented by Louis Philip Brennan. Groups of forts built during the Victorian period on the report of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom were called Palmerston Forts after the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston. During this time, forts were built all over the UK, including Plymouth, Pembroke, Portland, Dover, Chatham and Medway. Unlike Fort Carlisle, Charles Fort or Fort Templebreedy, Fort Camden is acknowledged as being the only true Palmerstonian fort in Cork and one of the world’s finest examples of a coastal artillery fort. Useful websites about Fort Camden Rescue Camden http://www.rescuecamden.com/index.php Abandoned Ireland http://www.abandonedireland.com/cf.html RSWiki http://www.sweetnam.eu/index.php/Fort_Meagher The Fortress Study Group http://www.fsgfort.com/Fort/27/Art4/Fort27-4.htm About John Louis Brennan http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_heroes/hist_hero_louis_brennan.html _______________________ Aerowaves is a Europe-wide project started in 1996, which brings together dance specialists from 32 countries to look at the work of young choreographers. For the last 14 years this has resulted in ten performance opportunities at The Place in London as part of the Resolution! festival as well as many other informal presentations around Europe. For the first time in 2009, over 70 additional performances were confirmed in 21 other European cities: Moscow, Oslo, Tallinn, Vilnius, Copenhagen, Dublin, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Prague, Poznan, Warsaw, Zurich, Lausanne, Bassano del Grappa, Rome, Porto, Limassol, Osijek and Zagreb. We anticipate a similar number of opportunities in 2010. Application for 2011 is open to any artists in geographical Europe (including the UK), although performances will not be offered in their country of residence. It's for emerging choreographers and companies who have not yet done much touring abroad. Artists complete an online application by 20 September 2010 and send 2 identical DVDs to London of the work they wish to present. They may now add performance dates for the proposed work under ‘Candidates’ in the Aerowaves calendar. The Aerowaves partners meet to assess the DVDs in late October and their advice helps the Presenters in choosing works for the following year. The performance opportunities above are confirmed; however, each year other informal opportunities arise and work has been presented through Aerowaves in the majority of the countries represented at the meeting. _________________________ Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2010 - Arts & Older People deadline: Monday Sept 27 at 5pm The Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2010 aims to support individual professional artists in any artform working in the field of Arts and Older People. Designed to support and nurture the professional development of individual arts practitioners collaborating with older people, the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award of 10k will provide an artist with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and engage with their art practice. This is the first year that the Arts Council has provided a Bursary award as part of the Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. To find out more about the application process and eligibility criteria visit: http://www.create-ireland.ie. For enquiries about the application process call Katherine Atkinson at Create – 01-473-6600. Please note the Bursary Award is €10,000. In partnership with Age & Opportunity, Create is hosting two information and discussion events for interested artists in Mayo and Dublin. Full details on how to apply and information sessions at: http://tinyurl.com/2uoqaa4 _________________________ The Arts Council is introducing a new funding scheme to support the touring and dissemination of work in all artforms. Building on the interim scheme introduced for 2010, the new scheme is one of a number of initiatives designed to implement the Council’s Touring Policy, with a strong focus on the audience. As referred to in previous announcements, it is intended that the touring and dissemination of work will be supported by a number of strands to take account of the different timeframes involved in the planning of tours and similar activities in different artforms. These strands are: * Medium term planning * Advance planning * Short term planning The medium term planning strand will be introduced first, as the principal scheme for 2011. This will support tours taking place within the calendar year 2011. The application deadline for this strand will be on 31 September 2010. It is expected that applicants will be notified of the outcomes of their applications by 30 November 2010. Details of this strand are being finalised and will be published by mid-August 2010. _________________________ EU Culture Programme 2007-2013 Financial support designed to promote a common cultural area, characterised by both cultural diversity and a common cultural heritage, is available for European cultural co-operation projects in all artistic and cultural sectors. New call for proposals under the Culture Programme 2007-2013 for the following strands: - Strand 1.1: Multi-annual Cooperation Projects. Deadline: 1 October 2010. Budget: €20,204,724. - Strand 1.2.1: Cooperation Projects. Deadline: 1 October 2010. Budget: €18,500,000. - Strand 1.2.2: Literary Translation Projects. Deadline: 3 February 2011. Budget: €2,700,000. - Strand 1.3.5: Special Cooperation Projects with Third Countries. Deadline: 3 May 2011. Budget: €1,500,000. - Strand 1.3.6: Support for European Cultural Festivals. Deadline: 15 November 2010. Budget: €2,500,000. - Strand 2: Supports for Organisations Active at European Level in the Field of Culture. Deadline: 15 September 2010. Budget: €6,100,000. - Strand 3.2: Cooperation Projects between Organisations Involved in the Impact assessment of Cultural Policies. Deadline: 1 October 2010. Budget: €7,000,000. Further information: The Directorate-General for Education and Culture website - http://ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htmor the Education, Audiovisual The Culture Executive Agency website - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.php UK Cultural Contact Point - Visiting Arts - http://www.visitingarts.org.uk Irl Cultural Contact Point - http://www.ccp.i _________________________ NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE FOLLOWING REFERS TO ARTISTS FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES, PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANISATIONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FOURTH PILLAR. Unlimited will celebrate disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale, as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Commissions totalling £1.5 million will be awarded to produce work by disabled and Deaf artists and arts organisations in the UK which celebrates London 2012. The programme has four pillars: • Unlimited Commissions: a £1.5million commission fund to support the production of quality work by disabled and Deaf artists, and disabled and Deaf led arts organisations • Unlimited Talent: bespoke training and mentoring programme for successful applicants to support the realisation of their commission. Training will be specifically created for the needs of each artist or partnership • Unlimited Presents: Work created through Unlimited Commissions will have the opportunity to be showcased in London and across the UK up to and including games time • Unlimited International: This will support collaboration between artists in the UK and other countries, and showcase new work around the world. It will also promote a global debate amongst young people about disability rights. This pillar of the programme is being led by the British Council and is still in development, full details will be announced in 2010 Arts Council England is delivering Unlimited Commissions with the Scottish Arts Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council of Wales on behalf of London 2012 and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. Unlimited Commissions will support the creation and production of high quality work across all artforms that places disabled and Deaf people at its centre either through its form, content or setting. Artists are encouraged to explore new partnerships with mainstream presenting organisations, venues and events and new artistic and managerial collaborations. We welcome proposals from disabled and Deaf artists, and disabled and Deaf led arts organisations, who wish to develop their work, strengthen their artistic practice, challenge perceptions and forge new partnerships with presenting venues and events. We want to commission high quality work that can be seen and experienced by a broad range of audiences in a wide range of spaces. Grants for the arts application forms and guidance can be downloaded from our website (http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding). Please state ‘Unlimited Commissions’ in the project title to help us identify your application. There are three deadlines for the commissions. They are: Round one Deadline for applications 4 January 2010 Successful applicants notified 12 March 2010 Round two Deadline for applications 1 October 2010 Successful applicants notified 23 December 2010 Round three Deadline for applications 18 April 2011 Successful applicants notified 8 July 2011 Collaborations with a range of arts organisations will be welcomed, however all applications will need to show how disabled and Deaf artists lead creatively. In addition Unlimited Commissions is looking for: • High quality work that could be performance ready from late 2010 • Work that could forge new partnerships with presenting venues and events • Work that responds to the three core values of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. These are: • celebrating London and the whole of the UK welcoming the world – our unique internationalism, cultural diversity, sharing and understanding • inspiring and involving young people • generating a positive legacy (eg arts, cultural and sports participation, audience development, cultural skills, capacity building, urban regeneration, tourism and social cohesion, international linkages) Follow the standard Grants for the arts budget guidance at http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/grantsforthearts Commissions will be required to incorporate best practice in relation to sustainability and environmental impact. For further information, see the London 2012 sustainability strategy at http://www.london2012.com/plans/sustainability Successful applicants will be entitled to specific professional development support to ensure that their idea reaches production, as part of Unlimited Talent. This could include: • mentoring from experienced artists and practitioners • training in areas such as production, marketing or access • brokering relationships with mainstream festivals and producers • assistance in tour booking • contract management If you require further information on the application process, please email unlimited@artscouncil.org.uk or phone 0845 300 6200. If you require access support to help you fill in your application, please email unlimited@london2012.com _________________________ South Dublin County Council’s Arts Office is currently seeking freelance dance teachers/choreographers who would like their contact details to be kept on-file. We are looking for dancers who demonstrate the following: - Experience in choreography/teaching dance with groups of varying ages Your CV should include · Details of your teaching, choreographic experience · Areas of interest, any style is welcome · Qualifications · Two references with contact details Experience of working with diverse groups and in community arts programmes is desirable. CV’s and references should be sent to Collette Ryan, Arts Office, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght D24 or Email: cryan@sdublincoco.ie _________________________ ARTISTS ARE EXPERTS TOO! Call for expressions of interest EACEA/2007 for the establishment of a list of experts to assist the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in the framework of the management of the Community programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual, culture, youth and citizenship. The Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture is issuing a call for expressions of interest in order to obtain applications for the establishment of a list of experts. This call is managed by the Agency in conjunction with the European Commission. The experts’ duties will be to assist the Agency, or, where applicable, the Commission, in the performance of the tasks mentioned below, with reference to the programme objectives, the priorities and criteria laid down in the calls for proposals, as well as the guides and manuals made available to applicants. The tasks to be performed include: 1. Evaluating proposals received in response to calls for proposals 2. Evaluating and monitoring projects: * evaluating project reports * evaluating project products and results * project monitoring and site visits * any other tasks relating to the analysis and/or monitoring of programmes and projects 3. Specific studies and analyses relating to fields of activity The experts chosen within the framework of this call may also be required to assist the Agency’s parent Directorates-General (DG EAC, INFSO, AIDCO) within the framework of their activities (general coordination of policies and programmes, communications, management of strands for which the Agency is not responsible). Applications can be submitted until 30 June 2013. _________________________ Corcadorca are currently putting together a database of all professionals who work in the theatre industry and are based in the greater Cork area. This will be similar to our existing Actors Register in terms of how it is compiled. We are looking for people who are working on a professional basis in all aspects of theatre, for example, costume designers, set designers, stage managers, composers, playwrights etc. We are currently looking for CSV's of theatre professionals in every field who wish to be included in the register. By establishing a database of this kind, our aim is to promote closer links within the theatre community in Cork. We feel it is important that professional theatre workers have access to information and contact details. This approach stands to benefit us all and encourages a stronger base for Cork theatre. We hope that initiatives such as this can promote collaboration and expand the lines of communication for members of our theatre community. If you are interested in being included in this database send your details to info@corcadorca.com _________________________ Creative Careers - Ireland's jobs and opportunities website for the arts/creative sector includes a Careers Chat Forum, Training, Seminar section, Classifieds section and an RSS feed for the latest jobs and opportunities. You can also place adverts seeking Interns or Volunteers or letting Creative Space. The site covers areas such as Theatre, Performance, Film , Literature, Arts Management, Visual Arts and Design ! Digital Media. CreativeCareers.ie is now fully automated so your adverts go online in a matter of seconds and all services are completely free. _________________________ RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Cenre, is looking to expand its database of freelance arts tutors. We are looking for tutors across all art forms including visual arts, dance, drama and music. If you would like us to consider you for future projects run by the centre, please email or post a cv and a description of any specialist skills to: opportunities@ruared.ie or Opportunities, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 _________________________ Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company are looking for PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES to join the Company. We are looking for 1-2 people with physical disabilities - who EITHER have a background in sports or athletics OR have some previous dance experience or training We are also looking for 1 NON-DISABLED MALE CONTEMPORARY DANCER. This person must have strong contemporary dance technique and good contact improvisation skills. Previous integared dance experience not required. A driving licence is a plus. Croi Glan is a professional integrated dannce company based in Cork which performs dance nationally and internationally. We are looking for people to work on a project Spring-Summer 2010, with the possibility of then making a 2 year commitment to the Company. Please send a brief C.V or biography outlining your sports or dance background to integrateddance@yahoo.ie Information +353 87 9042753 The Firkin Crane is a wheelchair accessible venue _________________________ The Foundation for Community Dance: The National College for Community Dance The FCD’s National College for Community Dance, now in its 2nd year, offers a wide-ranging programme of events for all dance practitioners working in community dance contexts. They would like to get this information out to dance artists and teachers around the UK and internationally. The National College delivers an annual programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events and learning opportunities that aim to support, inspire and improve the practice of dance leaders working in community dance contexts. The programme includes workshops; seminars; induction, intermediate and advanced courses; annual 3-day residential Summer School; accredited learning pathways; consultation events; network events and resource books. See their current programme and further information at: http://www.communitydance.org.uk/nationalcollege Tel: +44 (0) 116 253 3453 Email: info@communitydance.org.uk Foundation for Community Dance is the professional organisation for anyone involved in creating opportunities for people to experience and participate in dance. _________________________ 2010-09-01T11:01:57+00:00 {title_permalink=news/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/dance-cork-dates-for-your-diary/ Check for some of the opportunities which have come into the Firkin Crane office __________________________ David McWilliams has been invited to speak at the first free public lecture in the 2010 Points of View Lecture Series at 6pm on Thursday 2 September in Millennium Hall, Cork City Hall. The five lecture series, bringing world-renowned artists and cultural entrepreneurs to Cork, aims to give the people of Cork a unique chance to shape the direction of arts and culture in the city. The Points of View lecture series brings together some of Ireland’s leading cultural and economic thinkers to give their perspectives on the role of arts and culture in the life of the city. The free lecture series also sees leading European cultural experts talk about how Cork must look outside itself and learn from international experience. On the 2 September, David McWilliams, economist and driving force behind the 2009 Farmleigh conference, will start the series with a lecture focusing on the economic value of arts and culture, the similarities between the entrepreneur and the artist and how we drive the value of Cork’s cultural heritage on the world stage. The other lecturers in the series are - Aidan Connolly, the Executive Director of the Irish Arts Centre in New York, Bob and John Crowley, Cork-born brothers who have pursued award winning careers in theatre and filmmaking in Ireland, London and America, Dragan Klaic, a cultural analyst, theater scholar and lecturer based at the Felix Meritis Foundation in Amsterdam and Raumlabor Berlin, an architectural and artistic collective who specialise in urban renewal. The Points of View lectures are being run in tandem with the ‘By the Artist’ talks, a series of five talks given by some of Ireland’s leading practicing artists that will examine the role of art in the city. These talks, beginning with writer and director Oonagh Kearney, will give people a look at the reality of working in the arts and cultural world today, giving a rarely seen insight into the creative process and how a film or play makes it onto stage or screen. The first talk in the By the Artist series will take place at 1.00pm on Thursday the 2nd of September at the Crawford Art Gallery Lecture Theatre. The By the Artist series will also feature talks by world-renowned short story writer, Claire Keegan, choreographer and Course Director of the MA in Contemporary Dance in UL, Mary Nunan, Cork-born electro-acoustic composer Linda Buckley, and Emma Underhill, Director of UP Projects, which curates and produces art projects and events outside traditional gallery and museum space. Cork City Council is establishing an online presence to help people discuss the lecture series and the direction of Cork’s cultural policy. People can visit http://www.corkcity.ie for information on the speakers, to register their interest and to give their point of view. To join the discussion on arts and culture in Cork, people can visit http://www.facebook.com/corkcityarts or follow @corkcityarts on http://www.twitter.com. __________________________ 12-18 September 2010 a workshop in Body Weather Practice will be held on the Beara Peninsula. This discipline willl be of interest to Dancers, Performers and artists of all disciplines who have an interest in the landscape. For details contact frank.bwa@xs4all.nl __________________________ Cork Culture Night 2010 On Friday 24 September 2010 the theatres, galleries, observatories, public laboratories, artist studios, historic houses and museums of Cork are staying open late and putting on a range of special programmes for one night only. With over fifty venues, one hundred and fifty events, the city opens it doors and lets the culture flow. You, your family and friends can all explore Cork and its culture in many different ways. There are workshops, plays, movies, readings, music, dance and exhibitions. Running from the early evening until past midnight, the events all offer a new way of experiencing culture in Cork . Everyone one is invited, the young, old, families and friends, visitors and residents. The Cultural organisations, their staffs and their funding partners have all welcomed and supported this project. Cork City Council would like to thank them for all of their efforts in creating this programme for you to enjoy. For Further Information Contact Cork City Council Arts Office: Tel: 021 4924333 E mail: culturenight@corkcity.ie __________________________ Two Exhibitions at Cork Public Museum as part of the Aloys Fleischmann Centenary Celebrations Cork Public Museum is delighted to launch two new exhibitions as part of the Fleischmann Centenary celebrations. These will be our first temporary exhibitions of 2010. Cork Public Museum suffered extensive damage during the terrible floods on November 2009 and only recently re-opened after many months of refurbishment. Our first exhibition is entitled “Landscape Paintings from the Artists’ Colony of Dachau 1890 – 1920” and celebrates the life and works of the artists who formed part of this artistic movement. This exhibition was only made possible by the close cooperation between Cork Public Museum and the Zweckverband Dachauer Galerien und Museen (the Dachau Art Gallery). Thirty paintings by over 25 artists have been loaned from Dachau to Cork so that they can be displayed in Ireland for the very first time. Our second exhibition is entitled Three Generations of Fleischmanns. This exhibition will trace the ancestors of Aloys Fleischmann back over three generations starting with his maternal grandfather Hans Conrad Swertz (1858-1927) and ending with Aloys himself. Much of their story takes place between Germany and Cork. It is often understated how living, studying and working in Munich and Dachau played a vital part in shaping the important contribution of the Fleischmann family to the artistic and cultural legacy of Cork City. The exhibitions will be officially opened by Mr. Micheál Martin T.D., Minister of Foreign Affairs on Friday 9th July at 6pm. The exhibition will be open to the public from July 10th to September 5th 2010. The life of Aloys Fleischmann, the renowned Irish composer, conductor, scholar, campaigner, organiser, and Freeman of Cork City is celebrated in an exhibition entitled Fleischmann, Family and Friends which was launched by UCC's Emeritus Professor of Irish History, John A. Murphy in Cork City Central Library on 16 February 2010. The exhibition chronicles the remarkable lives of Professor Aloys Fleischmann, his family in Cork and Germany and their wide circle of friends, including Joan Denise Moriarty, doyenne of ballet in Ireland. The exhibition which is open to the public will remain in the Cork City Central Library until April before touring to other libraries and venues in Cork and around the country. Aloys Fleischmann is without doubt one of the most important figures in music in Ireland in the last century and to mark his centenary celebration a host of concerts, recitals, exhibitions, dance performances, public lectures, conferences and special tributes are taking place in Ireland, Germany, England, America and China throughout 2010. _________________________ Join The National Campaign for the Arts - details __________________________ 2010-08-31T14:40:22+00:00 {title_permalink=news/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/rhona-coughlan-announces-departure-from-croi-glan-integrated-dance-company/ Rhona writes: A Chara, I am writing to let you know I have decided to leave Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company. Tara Brandel and I set up the company in 2006 with the support of a lot of people. I have had the most amazing time while in the company and I have danced and worked with the most incredible people, but now I see that my life is moving in a different, but still in a creative way for now, and a wonderful opportunity was presented to me, which I could not refuse, my other love, working in radio. There are so many people and agencies I would love to thank…. The Irish Arts Council and Mr. Ian Mc Donagh of Cork County Council, both helped so much with funding and support. The Firkin Crane staff and especially Paul McCarthy who helped make this dream for me a reality and Dance Ireland for their influence and help. I have been blessed to work with some outstanding choreographers namely Jess Curtis, Kim Epifone, David Bolger & Adam Benjamin. Thank you all so much. Working with you all has been a great joy. To all the dancers I have worked with, you have made my dance experience a beautiful one and I thank you so much for that. I want also to thank CanDoCo Dance Company, Axis Dance Company, Patric Cashman, Sally Edwards (Blue Eyed Soul), Wendy Hesketh and Kate Mansion (aerial dance UK) for being such an inspirations to me, thank you all so much. To all at Cope Foundation and everyone that I have met along the way, while teaching the integrated dance classes which were held in the Firkin Crane, I am blessed to have worked and danced with you all. To every single person who has helped and supported me along the way. I thank you. I would like to wish every one in Croi Glan the very best with their future projects. I'd like to thank Tara Brandel, Julie O Leary, William O Donavan, Mary Nuggent, Dawn Molloy, Miriam Engel, Skye Reynolds and Chole De Buyl Pisco and also all the people who helped behind the scenes, Ashling Kavanagh, John Moloney, Sarah Smith, Sharon Heffernan and Sarah Cairns. To any one that I have been connected with, while working in Croi Glan I thank you and you know who you are and finally I want to thank all my family and friends for all their support and love along the way. If you wish to contact me in the future and I hope you will, please do so, through my personal email address rhonacoughlan@hotmail.com or else please add me as a friend on facebook. I look forward to hearing from you all soon. Rhona Coughlan The Pines Sunday's Well Cork 086 0679101 rhonacoughlan@hotmail 2010-08-30T14:32:05+00:00 {title_permalink=calendar/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/psycho-spaghetti-2-dance-cork2010/ This hilarious one-man show attempts to answer the age-old question: Just what is going on inside the teenage brain? Performance 2010-08-23T08:29:18+00:00 {title_permalink=calendar/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/hamlet-and-the-merchant-of-venice-sessions/ Cyclone Repertory Company presents an entertaining and informative synthesis of analysis and performance that has the primary goal of helping students in their understanding of these two Shakespearean plays Performance 2010-08-15T22:48:24+00:00 {title_permalink=calendar/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/flamenco-workshop/ Concha Jareño - don't miss an exceptional workshop with one of Spain's most highly regarded artists! Performance 2010-07-26T22:10:27+00:00 {title_permalink=news/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/summer-cabaret-cancellation/ The Firkin Crane Theatre regrets to announce the immediate cancellation of the production Summer Cabaret, which was to run on Fridays and Saturdays in the main theatre during the Summer. The producers have identified the current economic situation as a factor in the greatly reduced number of bookings for the show. Meanwhile, our other show running at the Firkin Crane during the summer months will open on this Wednesday at 8pm. Songs From The Beautiful City, with Jimmy Crowley, will run every Wednesday and Thursday in the intimate Musgrave Theatre at The Firkin Crane. Ticket prices are only €15 with group and family bookings available. Jimmy and all the staff at the Firkin Crane dearly hope that the people of Cork will support Songs from the Beautiful City as a show from the heart of the city, about every one of us and our colourful past. 2010-07-20T13:57:40+00:00 {title_permalink=calendar/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/flamenco-six-strings-for-two-heels/ Seis cuerdas para dos tacones Flamenco Guitar & Dance Juan Antonio Suárez & Concha Jareño Performance 2010-07-18T14:05:57+00:00 {title_permalink=calendar/index} http://www.firkincrane.ie/index.php/event_details/culture-night-2010/ Once again, the Firkin Crane will open its door on Culture Night - and we open the floor to the dancers and dance lovers of Cork with an interesting programme of events for visitors! Performance 2010-07-18T12:11:22+00:00