Welcome to The Dock Blog August 8, 2008
Posted by thedockblog in General.Tags: Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim, The Dock Arts Centre
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Hello everyone,
Welcome to The Dock Blog!
If you don’t know already The Dock is an Arts Centre in Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim. Located on the banks of the Shannon River it is home to a black box theatre, three beautiful gallery spaces , artists studios, workshop rooms, the Back Room Cafe Bar and The Leitrim Design House.
This blog has been set up as another way to stay in contact with you. Listings and booking information can all still be found at our main website www.thedock.ie but you will find extra previews, reviews and photos here.
Hope you enjoy,
The Dock Team
Wow! This looks amazing! Well done!
Hi all at the Dock!
Just thought I would let you know that the UK is having its first Art & Forestry conference in the UK this week June 10, 09 as part of the RSA Art & Ecology programme). I did a solo exhibition and public film screening at The Dock in 2006 on ‘the local project’ about the large amount of broadleaf forests that were planted by local Leitrim people in the early nineties across Co. Leitrim (it was a Crann initiative led by Jan Alexander and funded by the Irish Forest Service).
Since then I’ve used the knowledge I have gained working with foresters on a SLOW Art forest project in my own wood in south Co. Carlow. My art & ecology notebook blog documents an ongoing diary in images, short films conversations between myself, foresters, our local community & beyond, detailing an example of how we are turning our small 20 year old monoculture spruce plantation into an ecologically & economically sustainable real FOREST.
If you are interested you can see more at http://www.ecoartnotebook.com, my recent short film ‘burning bright’ also selected for Carlow Eigse film festival 2009. I also lead a small art and ecology group online through the Transition Network, http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/group/tti_artecologygroup which anyone working in this area is welcome to join.
Anyway, thanks to the Dock for initially supporting/showcasing this work,
Cathy Fitzgerald
ecoartnotebook.com