IMAGINE ARTS FESTIVAL: O Emperor and Katie Kim at the Theatre Royal
O Emperor and Katie Kim play The Theatre Royal on the 27th of October as part of the Imagine Arts Festival. Tickets are available from the Theatre Royal box office … Continue reading
CULTURE NIGHT 2012: KITE DESIGN STUDIOS
Kite Design Studios will open on Culture night from 6-8pm, for demonstrations of glass blowing, printmaking and jewellery design. Stay tuned for more exciting events to be announced in the … Continue reading
WATERFORD HARVEST FESTIVAL
The 2012 Waterford Harvest Festival will take place from the 10th to the 16th of September. Look forward to lots of delicious events in Waterford City, including Fair Days, Tasting Trails, Cookery … Continue reading
MADRIGALLERY CHAMBER CHOIR RECRUITING NEW SINGERS
Madrigallery is currently recruiting for all lines for the 2012-13 season. Now is the perfect time to join the choir that one critic recently described as “the trend setter for … Continue reading
NATIONAL HERITAGE WEEK
This years National Heritage Week takes place 18th – 24th August. Click here for a full list of events taking place in Waterford.
TEDxDUBLIN: A CITY OF IDEAS 8TH SEPT
edTEDxDublin, hosted by the Science Gallery is a one day event of ideas, entertainment and inspiration taking place at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Saturday 18th September from 1pm … Continue reading
HAPPY END BY BERTOLT BRECHT WITH MUSIC AND SONG BY KURT WEILL
Tuesday August 28th – Saturday September 1st 2012 – Garter Lane Waterford A Gangsta Musical ‘robbing a bank’s no crime compared to owning one’
CATS AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
August 30 to September 01 Director/Producer Vicki Graham takes on this classic musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. Cats tells the … Continue reading
IGS DAY TOUR FROM DUBLIN TO WATERFORD CITY
EVENT TAKING PLACE THE 25th AUGUST 2012: Irish Georgian Society committee member, Letitia Pollard together with Eamonn McEneaney, head of the Waterford Treasures Medieval Museum, have arranged a day tour … Continue reading
Culture Night 2012 : House of Cosy Cushions
Culture Night 2012 : House of Cosy Cushions
The cult band born from Dutch and Irish heritage will perform at Greyfriars’ Municipal Gallery on September 21st. The performance is part of the nationwide Culture Night experience which will also see an exploration of paintings and the Waterford premiere of new film in the busy gallery.
Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/houseofcosycushions
BERLIN CALLING: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME
Culturia, in Berlin, has just announced an open call for the residency period between 5th November 2012 – 31st January 2013. The program is committed to researching and documenting the artistic process.
culturia offers a unique residency for artists and researchers working in emergent contemporary art practices. culturia residents are mid career artists, PhD candidates, academics whose work investigates the artistic process.
culturia’s mentoring exchange program gives artists the opportunity to explore contemporary art theory and ideas of aesthetics with established artists and curators.
culturia curators conduct sensitive, inquisitive film interviews with artists focussing on the artistic process in all its facets. These interviews serve to preserve on record interesting and important aspects of the creative process which may not be apparent in the final art work, create a dialogue with artists about their practice and build a film archive which pushes this discourse forward in an academic capacity.
culturia non material collection preserve the material that usually does not fit within the object. The non material collection does not include artworks but is made by the artists reflection on art – (audio, text, video).
culturia offers for its fellows networking possibilities on local and international levels via dinners, guest visits, presentations.
Please read carefully
Application form – http://culturia.de/application-form/
Conditions and costs – http://culturia.de/application/
Important dates
Residency period
5th November 2012 – 31st January 2013
Deadline
26 August 2012
Results on 2nd September
IAMACOSMONAUT AT VULCAN ARTBOX
Vulcan ArtBox’s August offering goes galactic with Waterford-based photographer and visual artist, IAMACOSMONAUT. For the Vulcan space, IAMACOSMONAUT is showing an uber portrait of a notorious and faceless Mandalorian bounty hunter!
“IAMACOSMONAUT maybe a spacey name but he has a good eye for creating cool photographs that makes you look twice or thrice”, says Conrado de Velasco curator of Vulcan ArtBox. “Vulcan ArtBox is a showcase for art that makes us see beyond the ordinary- even if it come from outer space”.
More Details can be found here: www.iamacosmonaut.com
and here: www.facebook.com/vulcanartbox
NATIONAL MODERN FAIRYTALE WRITING COMPETITION
Closing date is Wednesday 15th August 2012 – Garter Lane, Waterford
As part of the upcoming Jubilee 30 Celebrations, Respond! is running a Modern Fairytale Competition in partnership with Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford.
For all of the children under 12 years of age in Respond! run estates throughout the country. Would you like to write a modern fairytale and have it performed by you and a group of your friend at the Respond! Housing National Conference in Dublin.
1st Prize:Laptop 2nd Prize: iPad 3rd Prize: Kindle.
If the answer is yes Please click on the link below or contact your Resident Support Worker for an entry form and further details http://www.garterlane.ie/pdfs/National%20Modern%20Fairytale%20Competition%20Final%20Document.pdf
All enquiries to Garter lane 051 855038
SPRAOI FESTIVAL WATERFORD 3,4,5 AUGUST 2012
The Horsemen” are three very smart French riders on horses, who strive to maintain ‘The French Attitude’ while demonstrating their training for the next Olympic Games.