Exploring & Thinking
Presentations on Early Childhood Arts Commissions
National Concert Hall, 24th of January 2019.
Free but booking required
The four Dublin Local Authorities in association with the NCH will share commissioned work for Early Childhood Arts and invite you to hear from the commissioned artists, Anna Newell, Helen Barry and Eamon Sweeney. A publication capturing a review of the commissioning process, outputs and impacts of the collaborative framework, alongside additional research conducted among the artists and key personnel will be presented on the day. Dr. Michelle Downes has been invited as keynote speaker to share some of her insights and findings on brain and behaviour development in the first years of life
More information and booking here
Call for applications: Visual Art Commission
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council wishes to commission two visual artists to create a new body of work which will culminate in an exhibition (by each artist) in the Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon in 2020 and 2021. These commissions are funded by the Arts Council and supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Each selected commission will be awarded €10,000. The deadline for applications is Thursday 28 February.
More information and how to apply can be found here.
Call for applications: Musicians in Residence Scheme 2019
We are now inviting applications for the 2019 Musician in Residence Scheme. This is jointly funded by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council, and is managed by Music Network. Three residencies are offered in 2019: two for established musicians/groups and one for an emerging musician/group. The closing date for applications is 19 February 2019.
More information and how to apply can be found here.
2019 Municipal Gallery Programme
We have just launched our new 2019 Municipal Gallery Programme. It is available in the Gallery itself and throughout dlr LexIcon Library.
The digital version can be found here.
Arts and Disability Announcements
'All Aboard Again' is an artist residency focusing on young people with intellectual disabilities based at the Grainstore, dlr's Youth Arts Facility. We are delighted to announce that the recipient is All in Arts, led by musician, Jonathan Reynolds, who has led participatory music and art projects for 20 years with a focus on work with people with intellectual disabilities.
More details here
'Access All Areas' is an award that is designed to respond to the need for better access to cultural activities at local level for people with disabilities.Loaded Dice Theatre Company are the recipients of the award. Loaded Dice is a theatre company comprised of adults with intellectual disabilities. We look forward to their development of a new accessible piece of theatre.
More details here
Groovy Movers
30 October - 19 January.
Patrician Community Centre, Mount Merrion Community Centre and the Grainstore, dlr's Youth Arts Facility.
Groovy Movers offers free, fun dance workshops for all ages, skills and experience. Dance the winter away. Dancers Monica Munoz Marin and Olwyn Lyons have designed this age friendly programme of dance workshops so that everyone can get involved and get moving!
All workshops are free but booking required.
To book workshops go to www.eventbrite.ie and search for Groovy Movers
