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Front cover: Janet Pierce, Idis 'a' (detail) 2013, mixed media, 74cm x 57cm. Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Co. Sligo. Back cover: Anne Hendrick, Salvation Mountain (detail), oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 100cms (2014). Wexford Arts Centre,Wexford.

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CO. MAYO Ballinglen Gallery The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Main Street, Ballycastle. T/F: 09643184; email: baf@iol.ie; www.ballinglenarts foundation.org; Twitter: @BallinglenArtsF; www.facbook. com/BallinglenArtsFoundation. Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm and by appointment at weekends. Jun 27-Jul 16 County Mayo Philadelphia artist Jeffrey Reed. Official opening Sat, June 28th at 7:30pm. "When I am painting I feel a connection with the familiar and a sense of discovery at the same time. I tend to paint in locations multiple times. This allows me to focus on changes in the light and atmosphere. In many ways, I am more interested in the evocative than the literal nature of painting ... " http://paintingperceptions. com/landscape-painting/jeffrey-reed. Reed is a landscape painter showing at the Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia and the George Billis Gallery, New York. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, MFA, and the Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA. Fellowship and residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. The Ballinglen Arts Foundation was founded in 1992 to bring professional, established artists and emerging artists of recognised ability, from outside Mayo and from abroad, to live and work in North Mayo so as to benefit both the artists and the community. Its programmes, a series of interrelated projects Jeffrey Reed, Yellow Field, 2013, oil on paper, 30.48 x 30.48 cm. Ballinglen in the visual arts proGallery, Ballycastle. vide a direct socioeconomic and educational benefit to the community whilst contributing substantively to the development of each artist’s work. The work of the Foundation (Irish Charity 11019) is supported by The Arts Council, The Ireland Funds, Mayo County Council and private contributors.

Custom House Studios The Quay, Westport, T: 098 28735; customhouse @eircom.net; www.customhousestudios.ie. Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun (Bank hol): 1pm-4.30pm. June 5-29 The Cillini Project Sheena Graham. A series of wall-based installations created in residencies in Kerry, Monaghan and Mayo: The Stolen Child, based on The Priest’s Soul by WB Yeats; Sweet Dreams, a wall-mounted work of 100 children’s storybooks each with a hand-stitched paper patchwork quilt; Knock, an installation exploring the official sacred space at the Marian Shrine at Knock and 2

Work by Sheena Graham. Custom House Studios, Westport.

the unofficial holy places of the Cilliní within the parish of Knock. Jun 5-Jul 27 End of Year Exhibition Art 6 Westport College Further education. Works by Aisling Cawley, Michelle Courtney, Alannah Feeney, Alexandra Galezowska, Jennifer Gallagher, Margariet Joyce, Siobhan Locke, Anne McCabe, Roisin McNally, Anne McNulty, Tracy Mulloy, Sheila Murphy, Byron O’Malley, Clare O’Sullivan, Christina Peterson, Owen Piffaretti, Dermot Wickham. July 7-27 Daniel Greaney Wallbased works with images from nature documentaries, wildlife magazines and the artist’s photographs. Using non-traditional materials to represent the natural world, the works examine the concept of painting landscapes in art history.

Work by Daniel Greaney. Custom House Studios, Westport.

cO. sligo Hamilton Gallery 4 Castle Street, Sligo. T: +353 719143686; F: +353 71910365; info@hamiltongaller y.ie; www.hamilton gallery.ie; www.twitter.com/HamiltonSligo. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm.Two exhibitions as part of the W.B.Yeats and Lily & Lolly Yeats celebrations in Sligo during June and July. From Jun 5 Hurrah for the Flowers of Spirit James McCreary. From the poem: Imitated from the Japanese (page 309, Augustine Martin’s collected poems of W.B. Yeats). "I’ve always liked the idea that my images have a certain restlessness about them, a stubborn resistance to pigeon-holing and definition. They exist on the shadowy threshold of things–always on the point of emerging from or else returning to–the darkness that gives them life.” From Jun 5 Confluence: a Merging Janet Pierce. "Trying to connect Ireland and India has been a major concern in my work, as I have lived in both countries for the last seven years. My concerns are to do with spirituality and landscape... Poetry has been a major concern of mine and I have collaborated with the Indian poet Sudeep Sen. Again it was the spirituality and sensuousness in his work that

2014 Open Submission Exhibition.

CO. DUBLIN Casino at Marino

James McCreary, And chase the frothy bubbles, mezzotint and aquatint, 16 x 17 cm. Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.

attracted me to work with him. Now I turn my attention to the link between Yeats’s poetry and Vedic spirituality. I am seeking harmony through my work and both Yeats and the ancient Vedas sought peace." From June 14 A Natural Selection Graphic Studio artists. 100 fine art prints by 100 artists from Ireland, Europe, the US and the Antipodes, presented by the Botanic Fundraising Committee of the Graphic Studio Dublin. The artists were asked to consider all aspects of the National Botanic Gardens, such as the 17,000 different species of cultivated forms within the collection, or the renowned architectural features of the gardens, the Curvilinear Glasshouse and Palm House, or any of the landscapes within the walls. This unique range of prints reflects the diversity of the National Plant Collection.

Cherrymount Crescent, Malahide Road, Dublin 3. An OPW heritage property. T: 01 8331618; casino marino@opw.ie; www.heritageireland.ie; Twitter: @ TheCasinoMarino; Facebook.com/casinomarinodub lin. Guided tours on the hour until Oct 31. Open MarMay & Oct: 10am-5pm; Jun-Sept: 10am-6pm. Last adm: One hour before closing. Bus: 20b, 27, 27B, 42, 42A, 42B and 123; Dart to Clontarf–20 min walk up Malahide Rd. Free parking. Adm. prices: Adult e3; Senior/Group e2; Child/Student e1/Family e8. Dublin Pass and OPW Heritage Cards accepted. Free adm. on first Wed of each month. Jun-Jul: Paradise Lost The Casino is all that remains of Lord Charlemont's vast 18th-century garden at Marino. The exhibition brings together evidence of the designed landscape of which the Casino was once an integral part. This multimedia exhibition, curated by Mary Heffernan and Dr. Rose Anne White, represents an important collection of works by such artists as Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Samuel Frederick Brocas, and Thomas Leeson Rowbotham. The exhibition is supported by an illustrated catalogue, a heritage-trail smartphone app and an online exhibition (www.para diselostexhibition.com). From Jul 13 Meditation on Plates: inspired by Lord Charlemont's Casino Curated by Nuala Goodman, artist and designer. "A perfect architecture in a perfect setting. The collection of plates inspired by the Casino Marino is truly exemplary. Lord Charelmont's Casino is a source of symbols, signs, decorations, proportions, shapes and environments, full of meaning. Every interpretation turned into poetry. Each author found his personal charm, his joy, his mediation. The perfect opportunity to realise a series of perfect souvenirs." Alessandro Mendini, architect and designer, March 2014. Adm. free to both exhibitions. Adm. charges apply to guided tours.

Centre for Creative Practices

Janet Pierce, Goa 'd' (2013), mixed media on handmade paper, 25 x 36 cm. Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.

The Model The Mall, Sligo. T: 071 9141405; info@modelart.ie; www. themodel.ie; Twitter : @modelsligo; facebook.com/ TheModelSligo. Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm; Thurs: open late till 8pm; Sun 12-5pm. Until June 29 Things Go Dark Includes work by Fiona Burke, Michael Canning, David Godbold, Conor Kelly, Elizabeth Magill, Eoin McHugh, Stephen McKenna, Jennifer Trouton.

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15 Pembroke Street, Dublin2. T: 01 7995416; info@cfcp. ie; www.cfcp.ie; Twitter: @CFCP. Mon-Fri: 12pm-7pm. Jun 6-13 Materials David Ian Bickley. (Opening reception: June 6, 6-9pm) A landscape trilogy using filmmaking in a journey from dawn to dusk and from birth to death, with hypnotic electronic music by Bickley in collaboration with Tom Green (The Orb, Another Fine Day), Dare Mason (Noctorum) and Steve Bayfield. Bickley works with film, music and light, winning a Hot Press Award for

CO. CARLOW VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and GB Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow. T: 059 9172400; galleries@visualcarlow.ie; www.visualcarlow.ie; @VisualGBShaw. Tues-Sat: 11am-5.30pm; Sun: 2-5pm. From June 6 Éigse

David Ian Bickley. Materials at CFCP, Dublin.

his pioneering electronic music, film awards, including a Sony and an O2 Media award and two Arts Council of Ireland Project Awards. He has had over 100 exhibitions on four continents and has been supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Cork County Andrzej Mazur. The Soothsayer. Arts Office and Enda CFCP, Dublin. O'Looney of Room4 (cinematography). See http://cfcp.ie/events/741. Jun 19-27 New Voices of Ireland Series: Landscape of the Soul Adam Kos and Andrzej Mazur. (Opening reception: June 19, 6-9pm) A collaborative show exploring the complexity of existence through paint. "The heroes of my paintings are flesh and blood figures tangled in a web of various dependencies and constraints." Andrzej Mazur; www.andrzej-mazur. com. "By recreating the world on a two-dimensional surface, I often find a truth Adam Kos, Sky News. more understandable than CFCP, Dublin. that of the real world. I react to what I feel is often overly sanitized and projected on us by mass commercialization, religion or politics." Adam Kos. http://cfcp.ie/events/762. Jul 3-11 New Voices of Ireland Series: Presence Catherine Bourne and Nasrin Saadat. (Opening reception: July 3, 6-9pm) Iranian artist Nasrin Saadat has an MA degree in Visual Arts from University Malaya and a BA in Photography from the Azad University of Tehran. Her work reflects societies' oppressive views of women. Australian artist Catherine Nasrin Saadat, My Ass. CFCP, Bourne’s images and films Dublin. reference classical portraiture, spirit and occult photography, depicting psychic or mental anguish through blurred, distorted physical forms. www.catherinebourne.com. Jul 17-31 Vanishing Portraits – a documentation Karol Józwiak. (Opening reception: July 17, 6-9pm). Photographic works reporting on a journey in which photos, found scraps of newspapers and diary entries are put together to tell a story. "At the end of my Catherine Bourne, The Inhabitants. studies I decided to move CFCP, Dublin. 4

to Bulgaria for some time. I started my journey without any specific goal in mind. I felt the need to set out on a journey to the places which attracted me with their multi-layered nature. Feeling a stranger, missing my fiancé, the hardships of hitch-hiking and sleeping in different places were some of my experiences which led to the specific, melancholic and nostalgic character of this journey." Karol Józwiak.

Photographs by Karol Józwiak. CFCP, Dublin.

Douglas Hyde Gallery Trinity College Dublin 2. T: 01 8961116; F: 01 670 8330; dhgallery@tcd.ie; www.douglashydegallery.com; Twitter: @DHG_Dublin. Mon-Fri: 11am-6pm; Thurs: 11am-7pm; Sat: 11am-4.45pm. Until July 30 Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936). Until July 30 Corita. Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986).

Dublin Castle, Coach House Dubhlinn Gardens, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. T: 00 353 1 6458806. Mon-Sat: 9.45am-4.45pm; Sun & bank holidays: 12pm-4.45pm. From June 19 (Free adm. to exhibition) Ulysses Cylinders Dale Chihuly and Seaver Leslie with Flora C. Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick. An opportunity to view the work of Dale Chihuly, a world-renowned artist. Chihuly's vibrant, coloured-glass installations and opulent chandeliers hang in many of the world's most prestigious museums and public spaces, including: the V&A Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Louvre, Paris.

Dublin Castle, State Apartments State Apartments, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. T: +353 (01) 6458813; dublincastle@opw.ie, www.dublincastle.ie. Mon-Sat: 9.45am-4.45pm; Sun and bank hol: 12pm4.45pm. Guided or self-guided tour: Adult: e4.50; Student/Senior e3.50; Child (over 7): e2. Dublin Castle is an OPW-managed heritage property. From June 6 (Free adm. to this exhibition) Alec Cobbe: Designer, Collector, Connoisseur In association with the V&A London, the OPW presents an exhibition on the renowned collector, designer, artist and musician Alec Cobbe. The exhibition is on display in the former bedroom suite of the State Apartments.

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Charlemont House, Parnell Sq. North, Dublin 1. T: 01 2225550; info.hughlane@dublincity.ie; www.hughlane.ie. Tues-Thurs: 10am-6pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 11am5pm. Closed Mon. Free adm. Ongoing: Eva Rothschild. From June 19 A Modern Panarion: Glimpses of Occultism in Dublin Derek Jarman, Gunilla Klingberg, Bea McMahon, Richard Proffitt, and Garrett Phelan. Ongoing: Francis Bacon’s Studio; Sean Scully Gallery; Stained Glass Room; Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

Irish Museum of Modern Art Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. T: 6129900; F: 6129999; info@imma.ie; www.imma.ie; Twitter: @ IMMAIreland. Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm, except Wed: 10.30am-5.30pm; Sun/bank hol: Noon-5.30pm. Closed Mon. Last admission: 5.15pm. Free adm, except for special exhibitions. From June 7 The Weakened Eye of Day Isabel Nolan. Until June 8: Are jee be? Haroon Mirza. Until June 22 Patrick Scott: Image Space Light Features Patrick Scott's early works from 1940 to 1969. Until June 22 Open Eye Policy Sheela Gowda. From July 19 Propositions Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980). Until July 20 Big Silver and One Green Leaf Beverly Semmes.

Project Arts Centre 39 East Essex St., Temple Bar, D2. T: 01 8819613; gallery@projectar tscentre.ie; www.projectar tscentre. i e ; Tw i t t e r : @ P r o j e c t V i s A r t s ; f a c e b o o k . c o m / PACVisualArts. Mon-Sat: 11am-8pm (excluding bank hol). Until June 29 The French Diplomat’s Office Barbara Bloom (US). Site-specific installation of a key work by this significant American artist. The work explores painting, set-design, décor, narrative and in this installation designed for the Project space, theatre. Known for her literary allusions and reinterpretation of found objects, this is the first time Bloom has shown in Ireland. July 3-10 TV Museum: The Mini Series Part #2 Screening: General Idea, Blocking 1974. General Idea, Pilot, 1976. Lecture: Pilots and Pageants, July 9, 5:30pm-7pm. The second of a four-part lecture and screening programme by Maeve Connolly, structured around various characters, plot lines and situations from Connolly’s new book, TV Museum: Contemporary Art and the Age of Television. Free but booking essential. From July 17 The Centre for Dying on Stage #1 Karl Burke (IE), Dina Danish (EG/FR), Dan Graham (US), Krõõt Juurak (EE), Christodoulos Panayiotou (CY), Meggy Rustamova (GR/BE) Curated by Kate Strain (IE). Ephemeral research body that commissions new artistic undertakings, related to ideas around death and the stage. Opening reception: July 17, 6-8pm.

Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2. T: 6612558; F: 6610762; info@rhagallery.ie; www.royalhibernian academy.ie. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat: 11am–5pm; Wed: late night opening: 11am–8pm; Sun:12–5pm. Free adm. Ongoing: RHA 184th Annual Exhibition Ireland’s largest open-submission exhibition. Works by RHA members, invited artists and with half of the pieces selected from the 2300 entries entered for the open submission. Painting,

Íontas Arts Centre Íontas Arts Centre is currently seeking submissions from artists for an exhibition in its Foyer Gallery, for work to be exhibited from January 2015 to June 2016. Exhibition duration: 6-8 weeks Deadline for applications: September 5th, 2014 Please supply the following: - Cover letter - Updated CV (art-related) - Artist statement - Proposal for exhibition - 10 high-resolution jpeg images of works Applications to: Gina Martin, Arts Promotions Officer, Íontas Arts Centre, Conabury, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. Further details: www.iontascastleblayney.ie

sculpture, print, photography, drawing and architectural models. Exhibitors include John Behan RHA, Liam Belton RHA, Pauline Bewick RHA, Basil Blackshaw RHA, Carson & Crushell Architects, Mark Clare, Diana Copperwhite ARHA, Gary Coyle RHA, Colin Davidson, Mollie Douthit, Gabhann Dunne, Andrew Folan RHA, Martin Gale RHA, Graham Gingles, Pat Harris, Martin Healy, Rachel Joynt RHA, Dragana Jurisic, Mary Kelly, Roxana Manouchehri, Colin Martin ARHA, Ed Milano, Janet Mularney ARHA, Stephen McKenna PPRHA, Seán McSweeney HRHA, Abigail O’Brien RHA, Liam O’Callaghan, Eilis O’Connell RHA, Geraldine O’Neill ARHA, Vivienne Roche RHA, Joe Scullion, Neil Shawcross RHA, Amelia Stein RHA, Imogen Stuart RHA, Donald Teskey RHA and Barbara Warren RHA. The exhibition has a total prize fund of over e41,500, with over 14 individual awards, including the Hennessy Craig Scholarship (e10,000). See www.rhagallery.ie for details about artist-led tours and talks during the exhibition.

Royal Hospital Kilmainham Military Road, Dublin 8. Tel; 01 6458806; rhk@opw.ie. Tues-Sun: 10am-5pm. Free adm. to exhibition. June-July: Old Man’s House A history of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and its pensioners. During the (nearly) 250 years that the Royal Hospital was open as a retirement home and infirmary, generations of military veterans lived and died there. The hospital’s legacy lives on through the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which was modelled on the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and is still home to British veterans today. Old Man’s House explores the stories of these soldiers alongside those of the hospital staff and its historic environs, from the earliest beginnings, through to its restoration and the founding of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

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and tours, see www.nationalcraftgallery.ie.

South Dublin Arts Centre, Civic Square, Tallaght, Dublin 24.T: 01 4515860; info@ruared.ie; www.ruared.ie; https:// www.facebook.com/rua.red; Twitter: @RUARED. MonSat: 10am-6pm. Until June 14 ITT Media Degree Show. Galleries 1 and 2: Jun 19-Jul 19 (previews June 18) Glitch Annual festival by leading media and technology artists, curators, researchers and artist groups. Exhibition: Cash Rules Everything Around Addie Wagenknecht (US), Breda Lynch (IE) and Fergal Brennan (IE). Curated by Nora O'Murchú. The artists use new media, criticism, humour and innovation to investigate and analyse social and political systems and their place in them. Themes of privacy, love, art production and aesthetics.

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2. T: +353 (0)1 6710073; info@ templebargallery.com; www.templebargallery.com. TuesSat: 11am-6pm. Free adm. Until Jun 7 The mind was dreaming The world was its dream Jonathas de Andrade, Edgardo Aragón, Gavin Murphy and Lisa Tan. Curated by Paula Naughton. From June 20 this attentive place Caoimhe KIlfeather.

CO. KILDARE Castletown House Celbridge, Co. Kildare. T: 01 6288252; Cafe: 01 6279498; castletown@opw.ie; www.castletown.ie; www.facebook. com/castletownhouse; Twitter: opwcastletown. Open Mar 15-Oct 31, 10am-6pm. Tours on the hour. Last adm: 5pm. Adults: e4.50; Seniors: e3.50; Students/children over-5: e3.50 Family (two adults and two children) e12.50. Free adm. on first Wed of month. Dublin pass accepted. OPW Heritage Cards accepted and for sale. Self-guided tours and audio tours on Sun. Landscape tours on Sat. Free parking: Exit 6, off N4. 67 bus from Merrion Sq; 10 min walk to house. Accessible parking beside Courtyard Cafe. June-July: The Berkeley 18th Century Costume & Toy Collection Exquisite collection of 18th and 19th century costumes, toys and dolls assembled by an Irish artist and collector, Countess Ann Griffin Bernstorff, over 20 years ago from her family trunks, auctions and donations. This installation by the OPW in the magnificent setting of Castletown brings the beautiful historic interiors to life. Costumes can be viewed during a tour of the house; adm. fee applies. Free self-guiding access to the toys in the Pillar Room.

CO. KILKENNY National Craft Gallery Castle Yard, Kilkenny. T: 0567796147; events@ nationalcraftgallery.ie; www.nationalcraftgallery.ie; Facebook.com/NationalCraftGallery; Twitter: @NCG Kilkenny. Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm; Sun: 11am-5.30pm; Mon: Closed (except bank hol). Free adm. Until July 9 Beauty is the First Test The exhibition examines the mathematical concepts underlying craft techniques, such as in textile construction, and in the process shows that art and mathematics complement one another in contemporary artistic and craft practices. For further information and details about upcoming events, activities 6

Stella Harding, Archefossil. National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny.

CO. WEXFORD Wexford Arts Centre Cornmarket, Wexford. T: 053 9123764; F: 053 9121765; catherine@wexfordar tscentre.ie; www.wexfordar ts centre.ie;Twitter: @wexfordarts.Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm. Jun 12-Jul 12 Live Load Frank Abruzzese. Using photographic techniques and experimental processes, Abruzzese turns familiar scenes into ambiguous images. Originally from Philadelphia, Frank Abruzzese has a BA in Moving Image Arts (2000), College of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and an MFA (2004), San Francisco Art Institute.

Frank Abruzzese, Sowing Barley, Co.Wexford, digital C-print, 91 x 113 cm (2012). Wexford Arts Centre.

From July 21 Being Without Finish Anne Hendrick. Paintings that question representation and the nature of reality through architectural, psychological and social spaces in landscapes. Anne Hendrick graduated with a BA Joint Honours in Fine Art Painting and History of Art (2006) from NCAD. She has exhibited extensively

Anne Hendrick, Salvation Mountain (2014), oil & acrylic on canvas, 60 x 100 cm. Wexford Arts Centre.

throughout Ireland as well as the UK, Iceland and Barcelona.

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CO. KERRY St. John's Theatre and Arts Centre The Square, Listowel. 068 22566; stjohnstheatre@ eircom.net; www.stjohnstheatrelistowel.com. Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm; 7pm-11pm on show nights. June: Gemma Billington Work inspired by the “deathlessness and the timelessness” through flowers in nature. July: Midsummer Mieke Vanmecheien. Oil and watercolour paintings, and drawings representing the natural world by this Kenmarebased artist. Non-traditional landscapes, altered space, figurative wildlife and botanical imagery.

Conor Campbell (b. 1989), So Long Bitter Root Hill, mixed media on paper. Garter Lane Arts Centre.

CO. Waterford Garter Lane Theatre Gallery 5 O'Connell Street, (beside Delaney's Florist) Waterford. T: 051 877153; gallery@garterlane.ie; www.garterlane.ie; Twitter: @garterlane; www.facebook.com/garterlanearts centre.Tues-Sat: 11am-5.30pm and during performances. Free adm. Jun 5-Jul 24 Main Gallery: Evoke – Things I do be thinking Selected pieces by Waterford Young Arts Critics from the Waterford Municipal Art Collection. Works that evoke memories, fleeting moments or events. Opening: Sat, June 21 as part of wicKID. Jun 5-Jul 24 FOH Space: Briar Patch Born and Bred Laura

Cormac Leane. Nothing Happens Unless First a Dream, mixed media, 2010. Garter Lane Arts Centre.

Laura Gramzow, Cill Rialaig. Garter Lane Arts Centre.

Donald Teskey (b.1956) Tree and Hill 1994, oil on paper. Garter Lane Arts Centre.

Co. FERMANAGH Higher Bridges Gallery Clinton Centre, Belmore St, Enniskillen, BT74 6AA. Contact: Arts Office, Fermanagh District Council. T: +0044 (0)28 6632 5050; diane.henshaw@fermanagh. gov.uk. Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm; Sat: 11am-3pm. Jun 12-Jul 12 Hung by the Hawthorn Miriam de Burca. Using text with the images, de Burca examines how landscape and animals have come to absorb responsibility for personal, historical or socio-political conflict. By using text to prompt dialogue with the image, she retells some of these stories. From July 30 Enniskillen International Beckett Festival See visual art programme at www.happy-daysenniskillen.com. .

Laura Gramzow, Briar Patch Baby. Garter Lane Arts Centre.

Gramzow. Sculptural Shotgun Shacks with images, colours and text painted on the shacks, resulting in an effect that is similar to the layering found in many of her paintings and installations. Exhibition kindly sponsored by AIB Waterford. Opening: Sat, June 21 as part of wicKID.

Image from Hung by the Hawthorn by Miriam de Burca. Higher Bridges Gallery.

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