Green Door Leitrim Weekend, a quick reminder

While some of you are on their way to the Classic Film Club on this rainy Thursday morning, I am taking the time to remind all of you of tomorrow’s great opening night at The Dock. New reader, please skip back a few posts to The Green Door Leitrim Weekend and read all about the things going on this coming weekend. The Launch of the weekend will take place at 6pm at The Dock, but there is a lot going on this Friday night, and there is literally four exhibitions being opened and launched at almost the same time!

At 5.30 there is the opening for Tracy Hanna’s and Audrey Reynolds’ shows up in the galleries, James P Kinsella will start his building project with books and mortar already at 5pm and the Staircase Poem mentioned earlier is being exposed to daylight and the public once again too!

It’s promising to be a great evening out, get ready for the hustle bustle in the Dock tomorrow and start the weekend in delightful style!

See you there,

Your Dock Blogger

 Oh yeah, there is a PS: I just heard that Kevin Callaghan’s ‘Mud Slinging Workshop’ for the kids takes place on Saturday morning at 11 in the Dock, lets grab old clothes and let the munchkins get mucky, looks like great fun forever to remember…

!!!And  yes, there is another update to the PS: the workshop starts only at 12pm as it turns out!!! Hope you get to read this update too, sorry about that, if you’ve aimed for the earlier hour!!!

The right KIND of stuff

The next visual arts exhibition is due to open on the 19^th of September. Notions of Capital highlights the value of community. In the organising of the exhibition The Dock has been at the receiving end of a lot of good thought and generosity.

The kind of stuff that makes the world goes round.

Brian Sweeney and his band of volunteers from Carrick on Shannon’s Civil Defence have been wonderful in ensuring that all health and safety aspects to the water performance on the River Shannon will happen in accordance to plan. THANKS A MILLION CARRICK CIVIL DEFENCE

Alan Dunne from AJ Sound in Carrick is supplying the sound equipment for the performance and has really helped us out with a sound head, good advice and a really great price. THANKS A MILLION ALAN DUNNE

Aura Leisure centre came to the rescue without a second thought offering us the beautiful public pool in Carrick for free to practice for the performance . THANKS A MILLION AURA LEISURE CENTRE

The Forest Service has kindly sponsored a beautiful Oak tree which will act as A Hope Tree (more about that to follow) in the foyer of The Dock for the duration of the exhibition. THANKS A MIILION FORESTRY, especially Noel Foley.

The performance of Heteratopic Glitch would not be going ahead if it were not for some superbly enthusiastic women… GIGANTIC THANK YOU TO Ms Mary Blake, Ms Diane O Callaghan, Ms Ciara Mc Cormack, Ms Aisling Seoighe, Ms Sarah Moran, Ms Edel White, Ms Zoe Dunne and Ms Sinead Guckian.

Without you ladies the show could not go on……

 

Claire Mc Aree Visual Arts Co-ordinator The Dock

John Walker: Painter

Pics from the exhibition opening of John Walker: Painter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alice Lyons in conversation with artist John Walker

Interlude

A favourite aspect to working in The Dock is the relationship that develops with the art that shows in our galleries.

I feel privileged to get to know the artwork over the time that it is with us.

I often reflect on this while showing visitors around a particular exhibition.

I think about how my feelings towards certain pieces are cultivated over the time that the exhibition is with us. How it is very different from just popping in and seeing the piece of work for a few moments, which of course, is great and can indeed also instil a pure and quality experience.

Yet through spending time with an exhibition a relationship grows. There is a period of time together, times when you are there for each other. 

Leaving a beeping, ringing, dialling, typing, office I stole away to the galleries. Sanctity abounded and I was thankful.

Moments with Ecstasy’s Aftermath by Denis Farrell and my head felt well. I felt cleansed and ready … ready for everything.

Claire McAree

Visual Arts Coordinator

Denis Farrell Memory’s Darkroom continues until Saturday the 20^th of June.

Galleries are open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 –6pm

Family Fun in the galleries

Preparation is under way for our family fun day this Saturday the 30th of May at 2pm. Sarah Stevens, tutor for the day, was busying herself about the exhibition this morning dreaming up wonderful ways for families to play and create together in gallery 2. Gallery 2 is a great space to hang about in, lots of light, tall ceilings and of course at the moment Denis Farrell’s paintings powerfully holding court with the room. Next Saturday will be our second Family Fun Day, as Arty Party keeps reminding us …a better name is coming…. ideas most welcome. It is great to offer families a space within the community to come and chill out together and most importantly have some fun together. It is really important to The Dock that the family fun day is seen as our way of highlighting how important it is that families are provided with public spaces to relax in and be a family in. Life can sometimes end up being lived in a whirl with the most important things, like time together; being forgotten… so come on in this Saturday bring the Granddads and the Aunties and enjoy being a family.

Claire Mc Aree – Visual Arts Co ordinator