Tuesday 28 June 2016

GASP ARTISTS' WORK SHOWING AT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC.



GASP artists' Yvonne Condon, Rosaleen Moore, John Keating, David Connolly and Íde Ní Shúilleabháin are exhibiting work at the Cork School of Music as part of  Include Irish Performing Arts festival which runs from  25th June - 2nd July 2016.


Work by Íde Ní Shúilleabháin.

Painting by Yvonne Condon.

Work by John Keating.


Work by David Connolly.

Painting by Rosaleen Moore.





Monday 27 June 2016

LAST CHANCE TO SEE ROSALEEN MOORE'S EXHIBITION AT THE UNION GRIND COFFEE SHOP.

Rosaleen's exhibition will be taken down on Thursday 30th of June, try and get along to see it before then.


LAST CHANCE TO SEE KATHLEEN MULLANE'S EXHIBITION "WHAT'S THE STORY?"

 Kathleen's exhibition ends on Friday the 1st of July, go and see it at Blackpool Library this week.





Poet Dave Pearse (AIM) taking inspiration from Kathleen's work during Expanding Realities.

Tuesday 21 June 2016

EXPANDING REALITIES CORK WORKSHOP IS OVER AND PERCEPTIONS 2016 IS ON THE HORIZON.

Friday saw the close of the Expanding Realities workshops in Cork, the third and final workshop of the series. There was an impressive level of openness, creativity, experimentation and exchange from the artists involved. The partners will continue to work together. Artists from all partners will represented in the Perceptions 2016  exhibition in September this year. There will also be representation of the journey of the workshops. This will provide a setting for workshops for the public to engage with the creative process of the workshops and collaborations. GASP artists are thrilled to have  been selected to show work in the upcoming exhibition  Perceptions 2016: The Art of Citizenship organised by the Crawford Art Gallery, CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and Cork City Council Arts Office. This event aims to broaden the range of voices, visions, perceptions and approaches to creativity that the public engages with in cultural venues.
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Logo Based on artwork by Selene Perez (2012 - Creativity Explored)

JOHN WHELAN AT EXPANDING REALITIES

John had a great time during the week and especially enjoyed Inma Pavon's dance workshop.
John dancing at the workshop.

John and Yvonne Condon (GASP)

John engaged in dance-inspired drawings.

John painting in the Open Studio.

Sunday 19 June 2016

EDUCATE TOGETHER IN THE OPEN STUDIO.

Children from the Educate Together Primary School visited the Open Studio and worked together in Expanding Realities.
Yvonne Condon( GASP) painting a portrait.

John Whelan (GASP) inspires with his painting.


Educate Together.


Saturday 18 June 2016

MORE FROM THE OPEN STUDIO.

The Open Studio component of Expanding Realities was a great way for the artists to see each other's work process and be inspired.
Yvonne Condon paints Luis Sáez Flores (Debajo del sombrero) portrait.


Katie Whelan painting.

Yvonne Condon paints Belen Sánchez's (Hidalgo Debajo del sombrero) portrait.


DANCE ON!

The dance workshop component of Expanding Realities with Inma Pavon was a huge hit.
Inma, John Whelan (GASP) and Yvonne Condon.

Itziar Martin Montes (Debajo del sombrero) with Inma, John and Yvonne.

Itziar dancing

MAKE SOME NOISE!

Belen Sáncheqz Hidalgo (Debajo del sombrero) was a hit with her mobile music machine!



HAND-MADE BOOKS.

During Expanding Realities an artist from each partner had the opportunity to make a hand-made book to present their work in,  under the expertise of Barbara Hubert. Íde Ní Shúilleabhaín was the GASP artist who attended.

Jorge Bermejo was the artist from Debajo Del Sombrero (Madrid) who participated in the workshop.

Chris Rose was the artist from AIM (Bristol) who attended.

CÉILÍ AT TOGHER LOUGH.


Everyone had a great time at Togher's outdoor Céilí on the last evening of Expanding Realities.


Itziar Martín (Debajo Del Sombrero, Madrid) shows her appreciation of our  native music!



Friday 17 June 2016

ANDRES MAPPING A CAR WITH LAYERS OF METAPHORS RELATED TO CITY SCAPES


Andres Fernandez working on a conceptual 3-d map on a van as part of Expanding Realities.



JORGE BERMEJO, IDE NÍ SHULLEABHAIN AND CHRIS ROSE VISIT BARBARA HUBERT BOOK BINDERS AND MAKE A BOOK TO PRESENT THEIR WORK.

IDE NÍ SHULLEABHAIN WITH HER SCREEN PRINTED T-SHIRT OF AN IMAGE SHE MADE BASED ON JOHN FFRENCH CERAMICS

THE OPEN STUDIO.

Lots of different kinds of work took place in the Open Studio component of Expanding Realities.


Jorge Bermejo works on a drawing of the old Beamish and Crawford building.

Maria La Pastora concentrating on a detailed image in the Open Studio.

Betty Sargent's busy workspace in the Open Studio, after making a screen print image, she works with the same motif in crochet.


Children from the Cork Educate togther school model for a painting by Yvonne Condon.
Some of  Tom O' Sullivan's (GASP) abstract paintings  which her worked on in the Open Studio.



ROSALEEN MOORE'S SPIKE ISLAND TRIP

Rosaleen had a great time during the week of Expanding Realites going on the Spike Island trip as well as working in the Open Studio and having a Meet the artist event at the Union Grind Coffee Shop.

The Expanding Realities trip to Spike Island was an opportunity for all the artists to explore travel, mobility, freedom and home; themes that are currently being explored by the GASP artists. They travelled by foot, train and boat to reach the Island that is abundant in culture and with a history of religion and incarceration.  It was also an opportunity to experiment together and share some of the project experiences up to that point. Belén Sanchez brought her mobile music machine, Dave Pearse shared poetry, Imna Pavon, Yvonne Condon, Itziar Martín Montes and John Whelan shared some of their dance collaboration, and Derek Foot and Jeff Johns focused on gathering sound recordings for the day.


Drawing on Spike Island.

Word Play!


VOICE AND SPOKEN WORD.


Jeff Johns (AIM) experimenting with voice and spoken word in an improvisation workshop with artist Mick O' Shea in Expanding Realities.


MOVING MUSIC MACHINE!



 Belen  Sánchez Hidalgo (Debajo del sombrero) fascinated with her moving, music, machine during Expanding Realities.

Belen at work in the Open Studio.