A camera for looking carefully
VISUAL ARTS: FOYER Thursday 2nd - Saturday 25th February
An exhibition of 50 black-and-white photographs taken by children in a Tanzanian village using disposable cameras. The project was devised by Sylviane Minnot, who has worked as an art educator with children in primary schools in the Westport area. Sylviane describes this project as “a trip of discovery”, a “rich adventure helping 10 children to look carefully at their place through the means of photography.” She quotes photographer Dorothea Lange: “A camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” On show along with the photographs will be Sylviane’s diary of the project.Adm. Free
Lucy McKenna - The Darker Wood
VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 3rd - Saturday 25th February
An exhibition of photographic prints, drawings, papercut installation and video, based on the notion of fairytales, myths and legends as expressions of the human condition. The Darker Wood is the result of a residency undertaken by the artist in 2010 on Toronto Island, Canada. Works created there were in response to the island itself, its history and landscape, in particular to the clearance of the island for intended parkland in the 1960s. The damaged trees that remained from that action became a major influence, as did the Grimm brothers’, The Juniper Tree and Hans Christian Andersen’s The Dryad, both fairytales involving the embodiment of human emotions and actions in trees. A graduate of NCAD, Lucy McKenna is currently based in Kilkenny. She has exhibited in Ireland, the US and Canada.Adm. free
Official opening on Friday 3rd February at 7.30pm. All welcome.
John Cullen - Emotional Fish
VISUAL ART: GALLERY Friday 2nd - Saturday 24th March
An exhibition of recent paintings in acrylic, oil and industrial paints, by Sligo artist John Cullen. John explains: “My current body of work comprises paintings relating to fish. Rather than illustrating the fish, I use an image of a fish as a template in which to explore the form, colour, texture and shape of these otherworldly creatures, their sliminess, scaliness, fleshy boniness. The fish I paint are also visual metaphors for emotional states.” John graduated from Sligo IT in 2009. He has exhibited in a number of group shows around Ireland. This is his third solo exhibition.Adm. free
Official opening on Friday 2nd March at 7.30pm. All welcome.
