Hopeful Structures

In 2009, Dublin City Council Arts office launched a new pilot initiative in the Red Stables Artists Studios (with the kind assistance of The Arts Council), to commission an emerging curator to plan and devise an outdoor exhibition of temporary artworks for Saint Anne’s Park.

For this year’s project invited curator, Sally Timmons has selected two artists to consider the notion of a folly (defined as an ornamental structure or building, whose creation reflects a whimsical inclination on the part of the builder). With this in mind, the artists Mark Clare and Fionnuala Hanahoe have developed artworks that will provide a physical and visual interference within the environs of the park, holding intrigue as visually stimulating yet seemingly futile functional structures.

The last two days of the project are this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm until 5pm. A closing reception for the project, Hopeful Structures will take place at The Red Stables Artists Studios in Saint Annes Park, Dublin from 4 – 6 pm this coming Saturday 3rd July

www.hopefulstructures.org

Black Studio Projects is Live!

Performance artists Rachel Egan is using her new Artist-makers Online website and blog to bring together all her digital practices (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and MySpace) in one place under her Black Studio banner.

“Blackstudio ~ an online studio space ~  a place where work is blogged and documented~ images ~ stories ~ drawings ~ writings ~ installations ~ videos ~ thoughts~  Inspirations~ creative stuff! I have stories to tell! My right brain is demanding i tell stories.”

You can see you Rachel’s work here: http://www.blackstudioprojects.com

The Artists Studio Network Ireland

Artists Studio Network Ireland – ASNI is a visual artists’ studio workspace network, formally established in February 2007 by forty-six visual artists’ studio providers at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, hosted by the Artists’ Residency Programme (ARP) at IMMA.

Their new site designed by Artist-makers Online is available at http://www.asni.info

Eugene O’Malley’s new artists site!

Stonemason, sculptor and painter Eugene O’Malley has built his new artist’s website with Artist-makers Online. From his artist’s statement: ‘I attempt to make work resembling the familiar sculptural forms of every day life and work. The pieces are a combination of organic and constructed forms with a strong emphasis on physical attributes such as its spatial relationships, weight and volume. I am intrigued by how a piece inhabits space, how it relates to where it sits…’.

His homepage is at www.eugeneomalley.com.

Angela Scanlon Fashion Blogger!

Fashion blogger Angela Scanlon has just availed of a new site from Artist-makers Online, Angela is also a features writer and currently writes and edit’s the Fashion Blog for the Irish Independent as well as writing for numerous other online and print publications. Her site is at www.angelascanlon.com.

New website for Breda Ennis

Rome-based artist, educator and broadcaster Breda Ennis has just launched her new Artist-makers Online produced website. Breda is the Director of The Pyramid Art Studio of The American University of Rome where she is a full-time tenured Associate Professor of Fine Arts. See site here.

Brigitta Seck’s new artist website

Brigitta Seck has just had a site made by Artist-makers Online, Brigitta says of her work: ‘I am an artist working in ceramics and mixed media such as paper, metal and plastics. My work is concerned with space, in which the interaction of structure and light play a significant role.’

You can see her site at www.brigittaseck.com.

Peter O’Kennedy now Online

We’ve just finished a site for visual artist Peter O’Kennedy. His practice includes moving and still image work, and video and kinetic installation. He graduated with a Masters in Visual Arts Practice from IADT, Dublin, in 2008. His most recent solo exhibitions include Skip Roll Bump Scratch, at 126 Gallery, Galway, October 2009; Situation at Pallas Contemporary Projects, February 2009, and Tracking Beacon NY 12508, at 92, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, in 2008.

Check out the site here.

The Red Stables Artists’ website

We’ve just completed a new website and blog for The Red Stables studios in St Anne’s Park. The resident artists will be blogging from www.redstablesartists.com from now on, so visit their new site and check out their work.

Artists, makers and now writers too!

Raymond Barrett is a writer who until recently was based in the Middle-East. He has writen regularly on the region for Ireland’s Sunday Business Post. He has also written for Foreign Policy, the Christian Science Monitor, Open Democracy, the Beirut-based Daily Star and the Kuwait Times. Now he’s publishing a book on Dubai, the economic miracle and it’s aftermath.

His website is here, where you can also pre-order the book!