We've just heard about something which we think might be of interest to you creative types! Let's get out and see more art...
On the First Thursday of every month a
selection of gallery & creative spaces are opening their doors after
hours offering you an extra chance to see art, culture and events in a
number of venues between 6–8pm
This month we welcome Talbot Gallery, James Joyce Centre, Powerscourt Gallery, PrettyVacant Dublin and the Douglas Hyde Gallery. There will be talks held in the James Joyce Centre and Talbot Gallery, you can pick up Valentine’s Day themed cards in designist, and Powerscourt Gallery shall be offering 10% discount during the hours of 6pm – 8pm.
Cow’s Lane Designer Studio
West Essex Street, Old City, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Cow’s Lane Designer Studio is a treasure trove of handmade Irish art and
design. This creative space is run by a group of independent artists
who make by hand ceramics, furniture, jewellery and clothing design.
www.cowslanedesignerstudio.ie
Debbie Paul Studio and Gallery
Contemporary Jewellery, sculpture
1 Cows Lane, Old City, Dublin 8
Debbie Paul invites you to her combined gallery and studio space, here
you can gain an insight into Paul’s work, her aesthetic, and her making
process, furthering your understanding of Irish Contemporary Jewellery.
www.debbiepaul.com
designist
68 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
designist put out the call for love, and asked the public to submit
designs for a range of Valentine’s Day Cards. There was a great
response. Eleven original designs were carefully chosen and sent to
print. They are proudly on sale at designist. All the cards are very
limited edition and cost 3 Euro each. Spread the Love!
Douglas Hyde Gallery
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Opening of: Merlin James |In the Gallery |Gallery 1
The Paradise [35] |Reverend Howard Finster |Message Posters |Gallery 2
Thursday, February 2, 6 – 7.30pm. At 5pm on the day of the opening,
Merlin James will give a talk on the exhibition and his practice. All
are welcome, admission free.
www.douglashydegallery.com
Gallery of Photography
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Varvava Shavrova|The Opera. To celebrate Chinese New Year the Gallery
of Photography is presenting the Irish premiere of The Opera, Varvara
Shavrova’s spellbinding contemporary work on traditional Peking Opera.
www.galleryofphotography.ie
James Joyce Centre
35 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1
Thursday February 2 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of James
Joyce and the 90th anniversary of the publication of his masterpiece
Ulysses. Professor Andrew Gibson will deliver a lecture followed by a
medley of recitals from Joyce’s work by Paul O’Hanrahan. FREE but as
seating is limited advanced booking is essential. Bookings: 01-8788547
or
info@jamesjoyce.ie
National Gallery of Ireland
Clare Street Entrance, Dublin 2
Masterpieces of the Collection. Free Entry ( Rooms 2 – 10 )
Fables and Fairy Tales – Illustrations from the collections ( Room 1 ) Free Entry
Art Studies Lecture: Vincentian Renaissance Master : Titan Lecturer Dr Philip Cottrell ( Tickets €8.50, Gallery Shop )
www.ngi.ie
NGG – No Grants Gallery
The Culture Box, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Your Photos, Your World, Shared. First of its kind in Dublin, this is
an Instagram exhibition made up of 60 images chosen from 1200 captured
by Iphone and submitted by the public nationwide. The public share
snapshots of daily lives via instagram.
www.templebar.ie
Powerscourt Gallery
Townhouse Centre, 59 South William Street, Dublin 2
The Powerscourt Gallery is inviting artists into their warm atmospheric
gallery to work, create, develop ideas or simply absorb the power of
creativity! Open to all art forms, visual art, performance art, design.
Also, 10% discount on everything for FTD!
info@powerscourtgallery.com
PrettyvacanT Dublin
Unit 5 (former Delta Travel), Sackville Place, Dublin 1
Launch of Hidden Currents, an exhibition by Niamh Heery uncovering the
near-invisible movement of commodities across the great oceans of the
world. Hosted in a disused travel agency, the work is a result of
Heery’s investigation into the global logistics of the movement of
consumer goods.
www.prettyvacantdublin.ie
Project Arts Centre
39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Mikala Dywer |Panto Collaser. For First Thursdays Dublin, Project
invites you for a walk ‘n’ talk tour of their new exhibition hosted by
two young artists. Artist, Mikala Dywer describes her exhibition as ‘An
exploded and bewitched house with a floating roof’.
www.projectartscentre.ie
Talbot Gallery & Studios
51 Talbot Street, Dublin 1,
The Talbot Gallery are hosting a discussion on their current exhibition:
Cecilia Danell’s ‘The Consoling Dream Necessity’. Starting at 6pm,
guest speakers include Swedish artist Cecilia Danell and Irish artist
and sculptor Jennie Moran.
www.talbotgallery.com
Temple Bar Gallery & Studio
5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Liam O’Callaghan|Bit Symphony. Bit Symphony is an audio-visual
installation consisting of an assemblage of turntables, amplifiers and
speakers, reconfigured and manipulated so as to autonomously perform a
complex musical composition of looping records.
www.templebargallery.com
The Copper House Gallery
Synge Street, Dublin 8
Coal Story |photographic exhibition by Darek Fortas. This is a result
of an extensive photographic engagement with the two largest coal mining
companies in the European Union located in Silesia. It highlights the
social and political capacity of the miners and evokes the history and
aftermath of the legendary Solidarity movement.
www.fire.ie
The Doorway Gallery
24 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Lucy Doyle | Rococo. Lucy has her own unique painting style that she
has honed over the past 30 years. Her subject matter is largely still
life and interiors and often incorporates female figures that move
within and inhabit her decorative compositions.
www.thedoorwaygallery.com
The Green Gallery
St Stephen’s Green Centre, D.1
Peter Knuttle | Recent Watercolours and Prints.
www.thegreengallery.ie
The Joinery
6 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7
Dave Madigan & Meadhbh O’Connor | Power Structure. The first
collaborative project between two Dublin-based artist exploring two
forms of power – energy and money.
www.thejoinery.org
The LAB
Foley Street, Dublin 1
Exhibition Preview reception on Thursday 2nd Feb – two new exhibitions
at the LAB LEAN, a new collaboration by Mary A Fitzgerald and Marc
Reilly in the Cube Space and Undertow, an Ormston House Project curated
by Aideen Barry and Alice Maher featuring the work of 11 Irish and
International artists.
www.thelab.ie
The Littlegreen Streetgallery
12a Little Britain Street, Dublin 7
(in the old fruit and veg markets)
Wreck is an art collective created by fine artist Leanne McCullagh &
photographer Holly Cullen. It gives young, emerging artists a platform
to showcase and promote their work. Selected artists come from a
variety of practices and creative backgrounds contributing to “wreck’s”
diverse and contemporary nature. Bring your own beer event with live
music on the night |7:30pm start.
wreckcollective@gmail.com
For more information, visit the Temple Bar website.
