Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, through its extensive Arts Policy (2007-2010), is committed to producing and supporting artistically ambitious and exciting Arts Programmes across all art forms that stimulate, engage and connect with the local community. It recognizes the centrality of the artist in our society and seeks to support artistic engagement with the public through its wide-ranging service. More....

DLR Arts Invites Submissions to Research, Develop and Write a Visual Arts Policy

DLR Arts is delighted to invite submissions to research, develop and write an 8 year visual arts policy for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office.
The budget is €20,000 (with an additional €2,000 allocated for expenses).
The closing date is 12 noon on Wednesday 2nd December and only postal applications will be accepted.
For more information please contact Carolyn Brown 353 (1) 271 9532 or cbrown@dlrcoco.ie

Visual Arts Policy - The Brief

Michael Craig-Martin Alphabet

Concourse, County Hall | July 05 -July 21 2010

Born in Dublin Michael Craig-Martin was a key figure for the YBA (Young British Artists) generation of artists, many of whom
he taught in his capacity as Professor at Goldsmiths College of Art. In Alphabet he has produced 26 screenprints in which the letters of the alphabet are overlaid with everyday objects such as a book, a glass of
water or an umbrella. In this series, created in his signature style, Craig-Martin does not use a direct ‘A is for Apple’ ‘B is for
Ball’. Instead the relationship between the letter and the image is more ambiguous. A Hayward Touring Exhibition from Southbank Centre, London.Workshops Printmaker Aoife Dwyer will respond to the
exhibition with facilitated workshops for
children and families.



Sat 10th July
1 - 2pm: 5-7 yr olds
2.30 - 3.30pm: 7-9 yr olds
4 - 5 pm: Family Session for all ages
Sun 11th July
1 - 2 pm: 5-7 yr olds
2.30 - 3.30: 10-12 yr olds
4 - 5 pm: Family Session for all ages

Exhibition Flyer (PDF -246kb)
Press Release (PDF)
Workshops (PDF)

Concourse, County Hall | OCTOBER 30 -NOVEMBER 15 2009

“For the past few years while going about my daily business in Dún Laoghaire,I began to imagine what it must be like to make drawings of some of the people that I encountered. This came as a surprise, though a keen fan of almost all forms of visual art, I have never personally been interested in depicting the human form. Anyway, this idea remained in the back of my mind as an idea never acted upon, until I applied to the Place and Identity Public Art Programme, which provided the impetus. In total there are nine portraits, all the same size (145 x 101cm), format and medium, charcoal on paper: and all made in the same fashion, initially working from photographs, an image is drawn and then erased, drawn and erased and hopefully over time an image will form. The sitters are of all ages and from every walk of life, eight males andone female, which is an imbalance I intend to redress in the future.” - Gary Coyle

Exhibition Flyer (PDF -246kb)

Sodium Bring Their 'Anaesthetic Intervention' to the Streets of Dun Laoghaire

ANAESTHETIC INTERVENTION | OCTOBER 1-10 2009
www.sodium.ie

Transforming The Shop Fronts of Dún Laoghaire Into A Dynamic Exhibition Space

SODIUM presents 'Anaesthetic Intervention', a collection of diverse artworks positioned in site specific locations throughout Dún Laoghaire town. This FREE exhibition will open on October 1 and run until October 10. Art Maps, which will guide you along the exhibition route, will be available to download on www.sodium.ie or can be picked up from Pavilion Theatre, local DART stations and shops.

Through the use of local shop fronts and prominent sites of business and public spaces, including a phone box on York Rd., 'Anaesthetic Intervention' will bring an exciting visual element to Dún Laoghaire town. The goal of this project is to transform selected sites into dynamic exhibition spaces. This in turn will provide an opportunity for the general public to experience art outside of a conventional gallery environment. A key feature will be the strategic placement of work so as to create an interesting dialogue between the art, the site and the viewer.

'Anaesthetic Intervention' is the latest initiative from the artist collective SODIUM, which formed in 2007 with the goal to set up and support projects, exhibitions, collaborations and each individual's art practice. This particular project developed from an awareness of how similar initiatives have created a 'feel good' factor within communities.

Pick up an Art Map and discover all that the streets of Dún Laoghaire have to offer with this unique exhibition, 'Anaesthetic Intervention'.

Supported by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office

For further information please contact
Michelle McCarthy | Corkscrew Communication
+353 (0) 87 234 8356 | corkscrewcomm@gmail.com or log on to www.sodium.ie

Sleeping Fields - Visual Art Installation by Sinead McGeeney in Marlay Park

Sleeping Fields - Visual Art Installation by Sinead McGeeney in Marlay Park (PDF File - 191kb)

To view photos of Sleeping Fields by Sinead McGeeney and workshop participants go to www.sineadmcgeeney.wordpress.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Concourse Installation Programme

The Concourse Installation Programme invites artists to make work for a non-gallery context, within the civic space of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall. This programme has been running successfully for nearly a decade.

The Concourse Space has always presented a particular challenge to artists. The strong architectural form in the centre of a local authority building forbids the kind of neutral comfort a white cube gallery, or a traditional exhibition space pertains to permit.

Conceived from the start (1998) as an installation programme commissioning new and experimental work, artists have never been bound by curatorial criteria. However, like any site-based work, the site itself – in this case the Concourse – becomes at the very least, the frame of the work and it seems to be near impossible to separate the artwork from its context. To an extent an ability to take on, or to work against – to resist – the Concourse, either symbolically or physically has been a determining factor in the success or failure of the individual artists’ installations.