Tir Na Nog at the Sirius this Friday, 18th Feb

Call For Entries: Open House 4 - 2011

10th March – 3rd April 2011

A unique group exhibition of Cork artists

Opening Thursday 10th March at 7pm

To celebrate the creative energy of artists living and working in the Cork area Sirius Arts Centre is once again inviting artists to exhibit in a unique group exhibition.  Admission is open to artists over the age of 18,  working in a variety of materials, there is a submission charge of €10 per artist. All work must be wall based for this exhibition.

There is no theme to this exhibition, but there are restrictions regarding work submitted as follows:

• Art works will be accepted on a first come, first served basis (spase is limited).
• Artists must contact Sirius (021 481 3790) from Monday the 7th February to book their place in the exhibition.
• Drop-off of the works will be on Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th of March  between 11am – 4.30pm (only for artists who have booked their place in the exhibition) a €10 fee must be paid at time of delivery.
• Artists must be living & working in the Cork area and 18 years of age or over.
• Due to space limitations artwork can be no bigger than 80cm/32” inches in either direction and be ready for hanging.
• Each artist may submit no more than 2 pieces of artwork and works must not have been shown at the Sirius in the past.

Hanging will be done at the discretion of Sirius Arts Centre. As many works as possible will be hung though this will be dependant on the quality and the amount of work submitted as space is limited in the Sirius Galleries.

Exhibition opening reception will take place on Thursday 10th March at 7pm

Exhibition runs until Sunday 3rd April.

For further information contact:

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork – Tel. 021/4813790 email cobharts@iol.ie

www.siriusartscentre.ie

Starting Wednesday 2 February

The Sirius Arts Centre – in association with a number of arts organisations  brings you a plethora of photographic exhibitions by both Irish and international Artists.

These exhibitions are being brought together to celebrate the opening of ‘ALL MY LOVIN’ which opens in the Crawford Art Gallery on Thursday 3 of February at 6:00pm  For a full list of exhibitions please visit our website at  and click on the ‘All My Lovin’ Banner.

Openings to include

Prisoner of Damp Patches – works by April Gertler at Basement Project Space,

On now! Running until 10 February 2011

Camden Quay, Cork

Opening Wednesday 2 February

6:00pm – Stag and Deer Season Two present photographs by Maeve O’Neill

Winthrop Arcade, Cork 

running until Wednesday 9 February

7:00 Pat the Picket in the Camden Palace Hotel

Photographs by Doug Dubois and the costumes and effects of Pat Allen 1953 – 2010

Running until 25 February

ALSO

The Tributaries

An installation by Charlie Jouvet

Special thanks to Cork Film Centre

Running until Saturday 12 February

Camden Palace Hotel, Camden Quay, Cork

Thursday 3 February

6:00pm

ALL MY LOVIN

An international exhibition of photography

Featuring work by 17 Irish and international photographers

Crawford Art Gallery – Emmet Place, Cork

Running until 19 March

Friday 4 February

2:00pm

A talk with Krzysztof Candrowicz Director of the International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland

On Contemporary Polish Photography

Crawford Art Gallery Lecture Theatre

Emmet Place Cork

3:00pm

Meet the Curators

Visiting curators from Europe give a brief introduction to themselves and their organisations

All part of the International Photographic Portfolio Reviews

Made possible with a See Here Grant from Culture Ireland

Crawford Art Gallery Lecture Theatre,

 Emmet Place, Cork

Special thanks to the Embassy of the Republic of Poland

7:00

Geheimnisträger – The Bearers of Secrets and the Pier

Two Works by Charlie Jouvet

Special Guest Opening Speaker – Krzysztof Candrowicz, Director of the International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland

Sirius Arts Centre

The Old Yacht Club, Cobh County Cork

Running until 6 March

Saturday 5 February

2:00 Artist Tour and Talk with Charlie Jouvet

Sirius Arts Centre, The Old Yacht Club Cobh, County Cork

7:00pm – West Cork Arts Centre

Cutters/Cork

An exhibition of contemporary Collage by Irish and International Artists

West Cork Arts Centre, Skibereen

On Saturday and Sunday the 5 & 6 February

Sirius Arts Centre welcomes

13 Curators from Ireland and Europe and over 70 photographers to the

International Photographic Portfolio Reviews

Made possible with a grant from Culture Ireland – “See Here”

Please note registration for this event is CLOSED.

Commodore Hotel, Cobh County Cork

With assistance from Cobh Camera Club

 Cobh Calls posts managed  by Margot Dwyer Mulcahy