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ARTS SNIPPETS… WExForD FEstivAl oPErA 26 Oct – 6 Nov. For full details visit www.wexfordopera.com. ExhiBition At WExForD Arts cEntrE My Minds i by Janet Mullarney, 17 Oct – 26 Nov, 2016, in association with Highlanes Gallery. Opening Launch: Saturday 15th October at 4pm. As part of what has become widely known as one of the country’s most remarkable arts experiences; Wexford Festival Opera and Fringe Festival, Wexford Arts Centre is delighted to present My Minds I by leading contemporary artist Janet Mullarney. This is the first large-scale exhibition of Mullarney’s in five years and will be shown in a site-specific configuration in the lower and upper galleries of Wexford Arts Centre. Janet Mullarney, ARHA, is one of Ireland's most important artists working today. She has won many awards, including the RUA Perpetual Silver Medal Prize (2009), the RHA Sculpture Award (2008), Irish American O'Malley Award, 2005 and The Pollock Krasner Award 1998. DiscovEr thE thErAPEutic vAluE oF crEAtivE Writing Explore the healing potential of writing in a Therapeutic/Creative writing workshop at Ballyvaloo Retreat Centre, Blackwater, on Sunday October 23, from 11am to 4.15pm. No formal writing experience is assumed. This workshop is open to anyone with an interest in personal growth, selfdiscovery and enhanced well being through the usage of writing strategies. Participants will discover how writing can function as both a healing and creative act as it provides clarity and insight, capturing and recasting memories and moments. The workshop is facilitated by Margaret Galvin who has published a number of poetry collections. She holds a degree in Social Care and a Masters degree in Child, Youth and Family Studies and has a major interest in how writing can function not only as a self help strategy but one that also stimulates, surprises and promotes new understanding and awareness. Information from: mgalvin@imagine.ie or 053 9146722, after 7pm. BooK lAunch in KillAnnE Author and historian, Gloria Binions, is resident in famed Killanne – she published a history of that area some years to great acclaim. Her new book, Old Blackstairs Families, is about the areas surrounding the Blackstairs Mts and is a compilation of material collected over a period of forty years. The material includes family trees, obituaries, information from newspapers about that area dating from c.1815-1950. Some of the areas covered are Killanne, Rathnure, White Mountain, Kiltealy, and Templeudigan. There are thirty pages of photographs dating from 18691990. Some interesting material relating to the hall and church in Rathnure, and transcription of a letter from Fr. Myles Doran who became the first parish priest of Rathnure in 1853. Copies of interesting documents are included from 1792 and 1798, the signatures of some people who died during the rebellion are contained in the 1797 vestry minute books, courtesy R.C.B. Library. About one hundred names are included in the book, some with just a little information about them others with much more. This publication, which is 104 pages long, is a pot-pourri of very interesting bits and pieces about local townlands and families, and also includes thirty pages of graphics. The book launch takes place on Thursday 13 October at 8.30pm in Killanne Hall (near Rackard's, in the village) and will be launched by Séan Óg Doyle. WExForD county council in PArtnErshiP With south EAst rADio hosts irish PrEmiErE oF ‘DArE to BE WilD’ On Wednesday, September 14, Wexford Omniplex was the venue for the national premiere of ‘Dare to be Wild’, a biopic which tells the inspiring and true story of Mary Reynolds, a young landscape designer from Co. Wexford who, despite huge personal and professional obstacles, won a Gold Medal at the 2002 Chelsea Flower Show. The film’s writer/ director, Vivienne de Courcy is a native of Wexford with a deep connection to her native county. ‘Dare to be Wild’ is a romantic adventure based on the against-all-odds true story of Mary Reynolds, a modern-day heroine. She falls hopelessly in love with a young British botanist Christy Collard and the two environmentalists combine their quest to show the world the power of wild nature – one garden, one vast desert, at a time. Mary’s garden was inspired by her innovative commitment to preserving and re-generating the environment and our wild heritage, an approach which put her at odds with the hidebound conventions of the Chelsea hierarchy but ultimately won the hearts of the judges, the public and Prince Charles himself. In recent times Mary Reynolds has collaborated with Wexford County Council in the design of their wonderful booklet ‘Access for All, Gardens, Parks and Community Spaces’. See trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpVRgQoTSY ExhiBition By John noEl smith At WExForD county council Selected Works: 1993-2016. A solo exhibition by John Noel Smith at Wexford County Council, 17th October – 2nd December 2016. Opening Reception: Saturday 15th October at 2pm. Opening by Writer & Curator Catherine Marshall. Opening hours are 9.30am-5.00pm from Monday to Friday. The Arts Department of Wexford County Council in partnership with Wexford Arts Centre are delighted to host a significant exhibition of work by Wexford based artist John Noel Smith. The exhibition in the County Buildings presents a selection of Smith’s notable abstract painting spanning from 1993 to 2016. As writer and curator Catherine Marshall said of his work, ‘Smith’s ability to constantly develop his repertoire purely within the language of painting marks him out among abstract painters, not just in Ireland but in a wider context’.
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Pics Around Wexford Town by Patrick Hogan
Billy Walsh, friends and family. L-R: Paul Malone, Billy Walsh, Christine Walsh, Ann Walsh, Tony Walsh at Sky & the Ground, Wexford. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
Tom Enright (CEO of Wexford Co. Council), Fred Karlsson (Chairman of Wexford Arts Centre), Elizabeth White (CEO of Wexford Arts Centre) at the recent Wexford Arts Centre AGM. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
Graham Moore and Tadgh Moore at the launch of the WWI Wexford Portraits of the Invisible at Wexford Town Library. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
Denise Whitmore, organiser of the recent TEDx Wexford event in Wexford Arts Centre. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
Brian Cantwell (Diageo), Paul Kavanagh, Michael Wallace (VFI County Chairman), and Alan Corcoran at the launch of the 64th Wexford Singing & Swinging Pubs Competition, in the Talbot Hotel, Wexford. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
A group of Irish pilgrims visited and stayed in the West Bank last month as a visible expression of solidarity with their Christian brothers and sisters in the Middle East.
Cat Hogan in Wexford Town Library reading from her new book ‘They All Fall Down’. Pic: Patrick Hogan.
Our photo shows Diocesan Secretary, Fr. John Carroll, sharing a word with the Mayor of Bethlehem, Vera Baboun, after she spoke to the delegation of Irish pilgrims (led by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh). n