Dublin Culture night, Ranelagh Arts Centre, 23rd Sept 2011

Dublin Culture Night again !

So much to do and see in the city..and to try and do it all in just a few hours. It would be much easier to ease it out over a whole day. In Ranelagh Arts , there was lots happening..

One thing I really enjoyed was a documentary film , directed by Conor Horgan, - where he interviewed three Irish portrait painters, over a period of a few months. Namely , they were Mick O Dea, James Hanly and Brian Maguire. All with distinctly and uniquely different approaches to their methods of paintings .

We primed a big ,stretched canvas, for the night , put it on an easel and invited visitors to the centre to take part. it worked well , generating lots of chat and interaction.

Having a go..

Also in the centre, we had " Emerging Artists" expo , which had opened the night before,

a talk by playwright , Jimmy Murphy, about his play "Hen Night Epiphany", which was to be in the school hall the following night ( not to take from the professionalism of the play),

a talk on Irish copyright tradition by writer , Ronan Sheehan,

a display of beautifully restored, vintage radios by Gerry Farrell,

and at 9pm , all went to Humphreys pub, to play away the night with Ciaran Tourish ,( fiddle player) and guests, incuding the wonderful singer Alison Slater.

Sarah Bracken , artistic director and Alison Slater , - Dad's radios in the background.

Two of our resident artists, painter Jean Doyle and glass artist Roisin de Buitlear in Roisin's studio

"Sense of Place" Art Exhibition in Tallaght University Hospital Dublin. June - September 2019.

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"Moynalty Community Outdoor Art Exhibition " EPIC Award nomination Ireland and British Isles.

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Outdoor Exhibition in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May - September 2017.

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