May - West Cork Arts Centre

Exhibitions
Performances
Education
Arts News
Guide to the Arts in West Cork
May - August 2009
Mise agus Oileán Chléire: Stitching Together. (detail), Bealtaine Project, 2009; 23 May - 6 June, WCAC

Façade
25 April - 16 May
Showcasing new artwork developed
as part of WCAC Youth Arts
Programme.
This year’s Youth Exhibition
takes the theme of Façade.

The Friday Night Youth Arts Group, - 15
young people aged between 12 and
19 - have been exploring this theme
since November 2008. Alongside their
participation in a performance project,
supported by an award from the Arts
Council and commissioned by the Youth
Arts Advisory Committee (YAAC), with
artist Amanda Coogan, they have also
produced artwork for this exhibition.The
project is facilitated by Alison Trim and
Caoimhe Pendred and questions the
clichés and assumptions society places
on teenagers.
The second-level schools project invited
school groups to explore others artwork
through drawing. Students from St
Goban’s College, Bantry; Mercy Heights
Secondary School, Skibbereen; Sacred
Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty and
Clonakilty Community College developed
drawings that explore the theme
‘facsimile’, meaning to make similar, and
to transmit or communicate an image,
referring to the contemporary practice of
referencing and recycling art history and
popular culture. The drawings were submitted
for the exhibition via fax machine.
This project was facilitated by Toma Mc-
Cullim and Anne Marie McInerney.
WCAC’s outreach programme in Bantry
Youth Café with artist Sharon Dipity has
been running on Friday evenings since
before Christmas. The project explored
the façades created by addictions, with
the participants making latex masks from
clay moulds for the Bantry St Patrick’s
Day parade, that are displayed as wall
pieces here.
The exterior façade of the Arts Centre
building will also be transformed for the
duration of the exhibition by a group of
young people working with artist Steve
Simmonds. Steve’s background in film,
TV and theatre, creating sets and sculptural
reproductions for everything from Dr
Who to Star Wars, and Bond to Full Metal
Jacket, gives him the can-do attitude and
knowledge of creative construction needed
to encourage and guide the group
in designing, constructing and installing
the ‘façade’ during an intensive weekend
project as part of the Youth Event.
In a year when the planning and design
of the new West Cork Arts Centre building
is forefront in our minds, this project
gives young people the opportunity to
temporarily recreate an arts centre building
in their own unique way.
Image above: Friday Night Youth Arts, work in progress;
Below l-r: Bantry Youth Cafe, Outreach Programme, 2009; from Youth Exhibition 2008, photo by Roland Paschhoff.

Bealtaine Exhibition
23 May - 6 June
An exhibition of work by older
people participating in WCAC
projects throughout West Cork
Exhibition opening Saturday 23
May at 3.00pm
Performance by Melissa Baker at
2.00pm prior to the opening

This exhibition includes work produced
this year through WCAC’s Programme
for Older People. The five programmes
featured are Arts for An Active Mind,
Music for an Active Mind,Mise agus
Oileán Chléire: Stitching Together, Arts
for Health and Talking Lips Carnival.
On exhibition will the most recent
explorative work by the participants
on Arts for an Active Mind (AFAM)
programme. The AFAM Evening group
explored self portraiture inspired by
the pop art movement. The AFAM
Morning group painted a large scale
collaborative still life which centres
around objects of meaning to them as
individuals.
Arts for Health artists’ team; Sarah
Ruttle, Sharon Dipity and Sheila
Kelleher worked with participants
to develop individual artworks and
collaborative projects. Residents of
St. Joseph’s Ward, Bantry General
Hospital sculpted Spring Bonnets with
pupils from St. Goban’s Second Level
school. Dunmanway Community
Hospital worked on a commemorative
banner for the ward and residents from
Skibbereen, Castletownbere, Schull
and Clonakilty Hospitals will exhibit
a selection of their paintings produced
through the Arts for Health Programme.
The Active Retirement Association on
Cape Clear Island spearheaded an
exciting and challenging project, Mise
agus Oileán Chléire: Stitching Together
this Spring. They worked with artist
Bernadette Cotter to explore individual
relationships with the island to produce
a conceptual quilt that reflects life
on Cape Clear. All residents on the
island were invited to participate and
artists living and working on the Island,
Catherine Ryan, Nell Kruger and Marie
O’Neill worked closely with Bernadette
to realise the ideas.
Age and Opportunity co-ordinates
Bealtaine, a nationwide celebration of
creativity in older age held annually
in May, in partnership with hundreds
of groups across Ireland. As part of
their role they organise a number of
inspirational programmes, produce a
brochure of events and maintain an
informative web-site - www.bealtaine.
com. West Cork Arts Centre has been
a partner in this event for many years
and this exhibition forms part of this
important national celebration.
Image above: Arts For Health, Spring Bonnets, St. Joseph’s Ward, Bantry General Hospital and St. Gobans College;
Below l-r:: Arts for an Active Mind, Special Items; Mise agus Oileán Chléire: Stitching Together. (detail), Bealtaine Project,
2009

Theresa Nanigian: two souls in one breast
13 June - 18 July
Large scale photographs and an
artist’s book.

For her exhibition, two souls in one
breast, Theresa Nanigian combines the
analytical rigour of an economist with
the intuitive impulsiveness of a Romantic
landscape painter to capture the equally
divergent identities of a rapidly changing
Ireland.
Using the village of Enniskerry in Wicklow
as her muse, the artist has created
a series of large-scale photographs
where the valley’s captivating landscape
provides the backdrop for allegories of
contemporary Irish life. In addition, Nanigian
has published an artist book of facts,
figures, opinions and images – the fruit of
her multifaceted approach to reveal the
peculiar idiosyncrasies of a specific place
whilst extrapolating universal concerns
– with essays by Cliodhna Shaffrey and
Katherine Waugh.
Theresa Nanigian was born in the United
States. She received a Master of Fine Art
(New Media) from the National College
of Art & Design, Dublin and a Bachelor of
Arts (Fine Art) from the Dublin Institute of
Technology. Recent exhibitions include
Art in the Life World (Breaking Ground,
Ballymun, Dublin), Is Mise Ireland
(Shanghai & Beijing), within & without,
Tulca 06 (Fairgreen Gallery, Galway),
what is… (solo show, Void Art Centre,
Derry), EASTinternational 2006 (Norwich,
England,), tally (solo show, Butler Gallery,
Kilkenny), Time Value Analysis (solo
show, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County
Council Concourse, commission by The
Arts Office as part of The Concourse
Installation Series), Damaged Collateral
(Context Galleries, Derry), Claremorris
Open Exhibition 2005 (Claremorris), live
(Interim Projekte, Frankfort, Germany),
The Happiest Country in the World
(Festival Interceltique de Lorient,
Brittany, France and Oireachtas na
Gaeilge, Dublin), Women, Words &
Images (STAC, New York) and Full Circle
(Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin).
Theresa Nanigian lives and works in
Dublin.
two souls in one breast has been
generously funded by Wicklow County
Council under its Percent for Arts
Programme.
Image above: Wild Garlic, Lambda print, diamond mounted, 122 x 122 cm, 2008.
Below l-r:: Barley Field, Lambda print, diamond mounted,122 x 122 cm, 2008; Knocksink Wood 1, Lambda print, diamond
mounted, 122 x 165 cm, 2008

West Cork Artists 2009
25 July - 22 August Exhibition Information
Workshop
Sat 20 June 1.00pm - 4.00pm

West Cork Arts Centre invites artists who
are living and working in West Cork, to
participate in a group exhibition which is
an opportunity for the public - locals and
visitors alike – to get a sense of the visual
arts activity in the region.
Artists are invited to submit one original
small-scale artwork (less than 60cm) –
painting, drawing, photography, printwork,
sculpture - which has been made within
the past 12 months and which has not
been exhibited at WCAC previously.
This exhibition will therefore present
fresh 2D and 3D artworks from the many
established, long-term, emerging and
new artists who have made West Cork
their place of work or indeed their subject
matter.
As part of WCAC’s ongoing support for
artists’ professional development, WCAC
invites artists to attend an Exhibition
Information Workshop prior to the
submission date.
This workshop will be facilitated by artists
Paul Cialis and John Simpson, who will
assist and support artists who wish to
submit an artwork for the exhibition.
The workshop will cover the following:-
selecting work for exhibition; preparing
the artwork for exhibition; framing; pricing
and preparing written information for
the public – all elements which have to
be considered when preparing a group
exhibition and presenting work to the
public.
Artists are invited to bring work with them
that they are considering for submission
to the exhibition.
Fee €5 and booking is essential.
Please contact WCAC at 028-22090
Image above: Fin Costello, Anna Baidine, Acrobat, Moscow State Circus, photograph, 2008.
Below clockwise from left: Sheila Hooks, Nan’s Step, pastel, 2008; Susan Montgomery, The Great Escape, (detail), mixed
media on board, John Headlam, Waiter, this fish is raw, acrylic on canvas, 2008.

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
Programme for Older People
West Cork Arts Centre is committed to
developing programmes specifically
aimed at older people. These programmes
are developed over time and
inspired by ideas from both artists and
participants.
Where possible, programmes are
supported through partnerships which
allow for the project to have potential
longevity in terms of funding support
and shared resources.
Programmes are devised and informed
by participants and organisations such
as West Cork Older People’s Network
and local Active Retirement Associations,
ensuring that they are appropriate
and meaningful for both artist and
participant.
Programmes take place both on-site
and off-site. Arts for an Active Mind
and the newly developed Music for an
Active Mind are two projects that take
place at the Centre.
Arts for an Active Mind has been running
for three years with a number of
artists delivering the workshops. The
main artist and significant contributor
to the programme’s success is Paul
Cialis who encourages skills development
and challenges the participants
to expand their creative thinking. The
participants sometimes explore a
shared theme and at other times work
on their individual painting.

Off-site, WCAC is involved in projects
throughout West Cork with Day Care
Centres, Active Retirement Associations
and significantly the Community
Hospitals.
In 2002 a partnership was set up to
develop an arts and health programme
for residents of long-stay units in
the community hospitals. Today, this
programme now supports three artists
working weekly in the five community
hospitals - Castletownbere, Schull,
Dunmanway, Clonakilty, Skibbereen -
and in Bantry General Hospital.
The introduction of the arts into health
care settings is for the benefit of the
users of the hospital and the wider
hospital community including staff
and visitors. The overall aim of Arts
for Health is to establish the arts as a
core element of the work of healthcare
settings.
Essentially this programme is about
improving the quality of life for people
in residential care and providing essential
cultural engagement. One of the
participants commented ‘It is an hour
of pure pleasure as far as I am concerned…this
is what you look forward
to all week’
Another off-site project is Talking Lips
Carnival. WCAC received an award
from the Arts Council to commission
artist Melissa Baker to develop her
artistic practice in West Cork. Melissa’s
work is highly influenced by her interaction
with the community, in this
case she has worked with participants
at West Cork Day Care Centres to
explore changes in communication
technology. In parallel to the way an
individual can retransmit him or herself
today via the telephone and internet
(Facebook, etc); Melissa, mirroring this
process, retransmits the oral history of
a social group. The resulting performance
is an interpretation of this oral
transmission that is both entertaining
and visually appealing. The piece allows
for interaction with the audience
during the performance.
WCAC Partners supporting the Programme
for Older People are; West
Cork Adult Education Services, Cork
County Council, Health Service Executive,
Ealaín na Gaeltachta and West
Cork Older People’s Network .
Image above: Arts for Health, Schull Community Hospital, Irish Rose by Tim Sullivan, 2009
Below l-r: Arts For Health, (detail), Dunmanway Community Hospital; Arts for an Active Mind, WCAC

Youth Arts News
Youth Arts Website Launch
The Youth Arts Advisory Committee
(YAAC) has launched its new website
www.yaac.ie for all those interested in
youth arts of any kind in the West Cork
area. Users can post listings of activities,
upload pictures of events or artwork and
get involved in discussions.
The website aims to support youth arts
projects throughout West Cork - music,
visual arts, drama, dance, film and literature.
Independent groups, individuals,
schools, youth groups and arts organisations
are all welcome to become part of
our online Youth Arts community.
If you want to generate some interest in
your youth drama performance, recruit
new members for a band,or plant the
seed of an idea that could grow into a
successful project, then this is the place
for you.
The website also provides an online
meeting place for the YAAC. New committee
members are needed for the
YAAC. Now that the YAAC operates
online, members from all areas of West
Cork can be accommodated as long as
they have access to a computer.
The YAAC acts as a steering group
for formulating the WCAC’s Youth Arts
Programme, is a forum for the development
of youth arts throughout West Cork,
a networking opportunity for groups and
individuals involved in the Youth Arts
sector and creates opportunities for the
dissemination and sharing of information
on Youth Arts projects and events.
If you would like to get involved either
representing an organisation (your local
youth group, drama group, or school for
example) or as an individual please get in
touch with website administrator, Alison
Trim.
With thanks to the National Youth Council
of Ireland, Bantry Youth Café, Beara Youth
Development Project, all the committee
members and Rocketmedia.

WCAC Youth Theatre
WCAC Youth Theatre presents two
performances on the one night. First to
take to the stage is the 13 to 15 year old
group who will present A Creepy Corpse
of Cal Capone by D. M. Bocaz-Larson,
a farcical look at the prohibition era in
America and gangster culture.
(A Creepy Corpse of Cal Capone by D.
M. Bocaz-Larson is produced by special
arrangement with www.freedrama.com)
Next up are the 16 to 19 year olds who
have developed their own interpretation
of the classic novel Little Women, by
Louisa May Alcott (1868/9) adapted for
the stage in 1913 by Marian De Forest.
Little Women is a wartime tale of
personal and social development that
transcends generations, set within the
confines of a rural house.
Performances on Friday 1 May 6.30pm
& 8.00pm, Town Hall, Skibbereen.
Directed by Caolán Gibbons.
Drama Facilitator, Rachel Robinson
Tickets €8 / €5 for concessions
€20 for families (2 adults + children)
Raffle during interval.
Youth Café for refreshments
Outreach Programme
Youth Co-ordinator Alison Trim will work
with Bantry Parkour Society over the
summer holidays on a project to create a
film. This will showcase the art of Parkour
and the group of young men who have
independently formed the BPS to support
one another in developing their skills.
Parkour is an activity with the aim of moving
from one point to another as quickly
and efficiently as possible using the abilities
of the human body. This project will
also feed into Alison’s own arts practice
exploring movement and her studies as
part of her BA in Visual Art degree, Sherkin
Island.
For more information on the Youth Arts
programme see www.yaac.ie or
www.bebo.com/Youth_Arts_WCAC
Contact Alison Trim, Youth Co-ordinator
at 087 2412874 or email
alison@westcorkartscentre.com
Image above: Draft YAAC web page, courtesy of Rocketmedia;
Below l-r; WCACYT Little Women script preparation; Friday Night Youth Arts, work in progress, 2009

WEST CORK ARTS NEWS
DOSWELL GALLERY
West Square, Rosscarbery
T: 023 8848137 / 087 7478713
W: www.doswellgallery.com
Doswell Gallery exhibits contemporary art from
leading and emerging Irish and international
artists.
Exhibitions
May/June
Group Show
July Wendy Dison and Jo Kelley - Prints
August Rebecca Bradley - recent paintings
Courses: 25 April, 9 & 23 May: How Paintings
Work €90 (3 days)
For those who enjoy art and art galleries but
lack confidence in them, a 3 day introduction to
the essential themes in understanding form and
content in the paintings of Western art.
Tutor: Matthew Wellard.
16 May or 11 July Dynamic Drama at Doswell
Gallery with Alison Glennie €65
Flex your imagination and body, using theatre
games. Devise improvisations, allowing the
artworks to inspire you.
12 or 13 Sept Collage with Susanne Lakin
Open: May & June: Fri – Mon 11.00am – 6.00pm
July & August: All week 11.00am – 6.00pm
GvM GALLERY
Coolkelure, Dunmanway
T: 023 8855135
E: info@vanmaanen.net
W: www.gertjvanmaanen.com
Ongoing exhibition of contemporary paintings by Gert J.
van Maanen in the new art gallery and studio.
GvM Gallery is situated in the beautiful scenery of
Coolkelure. Open almost every day.
SCULPTURE & PAINTING GALLERY AND
WORKSHOP
Now Open (by appointment)
Contact: Linda Sebeo Cohu
Derrynafinchin, Borlin, Bantry
T: 027 66042
E: lsc12@iol.ie
W: www.lindasebeocohu.com
COURTMACSHERRY CERAMICS
Established 1974
Main Street, Courtmacsherry.
T: 023 8846239
Handmade porcelain tableware for everyday use,
bright and cheerful for your kitchen and dining
table. Large highly decorated serving bowls, ideal
for gifts and wedding presents.
Also wall plates and art pieces featuring West
Cork marine wildlife.
Open until end of August
Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Then by appointment.
Anam Cara Writer’s & Artist’s Retreat
Eyeries, Beara, Co. Cork
E: anamcararetreat@gmail.com
W: www.anamcararetreat.com
Anam Cara Workshops
The Poem and the Dream
One-week residential retreat from
Saturday 27 June to Friday 3 July
Leaders: Paula Meehan, an award-winning Irish
poet and playwright and a member of Aosdána
(established to honour those artists whose work
has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in
Ireland), and Juliet Clancy, a dreamworker whose
mentor is internationally-known dreamworker
Jeremy Taylor.
Following on from the success of this workshop
at Anam Cara last summer, The Poem and the
Dream is a midsummer poetry workshop using
dreamwork as a tool for poets to make connections
to their poetry and as a guide to reading and
understanding the poems of self and others. The
focus will be poetry, making it and making it better.
This workshop is suitable for those starting out and
those already writing poetry.
Writing from Within: Haiku and the Spiritual
Dimension
One-week residential retreat from
Saturday 18 July to Friday 24 July
Leaders: Maeve O’Sullivan, a leading Irish haiku
poet, a founding member of Haiku Ireland, and an
experienced haiku workshop leader, and Kim Richardson,
a published haiku poet and experienced
leader of meditation retreats.
Following on from the success of their Writing from
Within workshops held at Anam Cara in July 2007
and 2008, this workshop is again designed to help
you develop paths to your inner inspiration -- the
path within. Toward this goal, the group will work
with the ancient medium of haiku poetry and its
related forms, with their links to Zen and its emphasis
on mindfulness. Combining the haiku work
with meditation, breath and light practices, the
outstanding natural beauty of the Beara Peninsula
and the peace and quiet of Anam Cara, the aim
is to heighten levels of awareness and to open
creative channels.

Writing the Short Story
Three-day residential or non-residential retreat
from Wednesday 29 July to Friday 31 July.
Leader: Leo Cullen, an Irish short story writer,
novelist, and regular contributor to RTE Radio 1’s
Sunday Miscellany.
Working through the senses, the workshop will
explore the building blocks of the short story --
character development, location, and plot.
Writing in Ireland: A Workshop
One-week residential retreat from Saturday 26
September to Friday 2 October
Leaders: Karen Blomain, an American novelist,
playwright, and poet, and Michael Downend, an
American playwright and scriptwriting coach
Returning to Anam Cara in 2009 after a great
success in 2008, this relaxed-format workshop is
designed for writers at all levels of accomplishment
-- from the novice wishing to try her hand at
writing, to the seasoned writer who needs a jump
start for his muse for a new project, to those wishing
to challenge themselves in a different art form.
Appropriate for all genres. Non-writing spouses/
partners welcome; they’ll find the peaceful, Irish
vistas the perfect getaway and may even find
themselves drawn into their own creative outlets.
For more information about any of these workshops,
please contact Sue at email address
above. Bookings for each workshop are limited to
a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 15 participants
on a first-deposit-in basis.
SKIBBEREEN HERITAGE CENTRE
T: 028 40900
E: info@skibbheritage.com
W: www.skibbheritage.com
Enjoy a visit to Skibbereen Heritage Centre,
located in the award-winning, beautifully restored
Old Gasworks building.
The Great Famine Exhibition Learn about this
period of Irish history using the latest multi-media
technology. Skibbereen was one of the worst
affected areas in Ireland, as testified by the mass
graves at Abbystrewry, where almost 10,000
people are buried.
Follow the Skibbereen Trail, an historical walking
tour of Skibbereen and visit sites which have direct
links with the Great Famine. The Lough Hyne
Visitor Centre reveals the unique nature of this
marine lake, Ireland’s first Marine Nature Reserve.
Find out about the history, folklore and formation of
this renowned natural phenomenon. Follow with a
visit to the lake, with walking trail, just 5km from
Skibbereen town. Genealogy information also
available for Skibbereen and district. Skibbereen
Historical Walks offer a twice-weekly opportunity
to explore the history of Ireland via Skibbereen,
a town with rich and diverse heritage. A qualified
guide escorts the walking tours and bookings are
made on 028-40900.
Other features include archaeology information,
wildlife of the River Ilen, salt-water aquarium
and gift shop. Wheelchair friendly and car park
adjacent.
WEST CORK MUSIC
1 Bridge St., Bantry
T: 027 52788
W: www.westcorkmusic.ie
Saturday 2 May at 8.00pm Bantry House
Miceal O’Rourke plays Chopin
Polonaise Fantaisie, Nocturne in F sharp major,
Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Funeral March, 4
Mazurkas and Ballade No. 4 in F minor
Tickets: Category 1 €25, Category 2 €18,
Students €12
Saturday 30 May at 8.00pm Bantry House
Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Schubert
Schubert’s Last Three Sonatas - Sonata No. 19 in
C minor, No. 20 in A major and No. 21 in B flat.
Tickets: Category 1 €30, Category 2 €20,
Students €12
Saturday 27 June - Sunday 5 July
Bantry House and St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
featuring coffee concerts, concert talks, afternoon
recitals, main evening concerts, early and late
evening concerts.
Alina Ibragimova, RTE Vanbrugh Quartet, Trio
Mediaeval, Storioni Trio, Anne Gastinel, Hagai
Shaham, Jeremy Menuhin, Quatuor Danel, Alexander
Melnikov and many more
West Cork Literary Festival
Bantry
T: 027 55987
W: www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
Sunday 5 July - Saturday 11 July
Readings, Workshops, Seminars, Exhibitions,
Children’s Events.
Featuring Annie Proulx, Jennifer Johnston, Roger
McGough, Louis de Bernieres, Dermot Bolger,
Darren Shan, Cathy Hopkins, Francesca Simon,
Don Conroy, Tariq Ali, Billy Roche and many more.

WEST CORK ARTS NEWS
THE BARN GALLERY
Garranes South, Drimoleague
T: 028 31677
E: sheilahooks@eircom.net
W: www.barngalleryireland.com
PAINTINGS, COMMISSIONS & TUITION
Studio of Sheila Hooks, a professional artist known
best for her paintings of the Irish landscape.
Commissions accepted for most subjects.
Open most days throughout the year but adviseable to
telephone first.
Situated 200 metres off the Skibbereen Rd.
Tuition at The Barn Gallery
Sheila is also a qualified and experienced art tutor /
demonstrator providing many courses during the year as
well as individual private tuition.
Professional Associate of the SAA
Full Member of the Pastel Society of Ireland
WATERCOLOUR WEEKEND COURSE
Landscape & Gardens (indoors if wet)
8 and 9 August €150 inc. SAA paints
PASTEL WEEKEND COURSE
22nd & 23rd August €140
Lots of tips & tricks & techniques.
Small group (max 6)
Idyllic location.
Accommodation can be arranged.
PRIVATE TUITION can be booked by the hour.
PHOTOGRAPHY & Woodcarving
with Ben Russell
T: 027 66133
E: benr@esatclear.ie
W: www.benrussell.info
Digital Photography Workshops
Ben Russell’s one-day photography workshops help
participants demystify their cameras and to see and
take better pictures. You can join him for a relaxed and
instructive day, around Bantry or Gougane Barra Hotel.
Cost €85 Digital Basics, Superb Photos, SLR Beginners
and Advanced. One-to-one, or one-to-two tuition available.
In association with Olympus — Olympus digital cameras
can be borrowed for the day.
3-Day Introduction to Woodcarving
Oct 7 - 9 and Oct 16 - 18
Inspiration and patient guidance for complete beginners
and those with some experience. Start with instructive
exercises, then choose a guided project to develop skills.
Lunch, refreshments, tools and timber are all provided,
and the studio has a comprehensive library of books
and magazines. New tools can be bought and old tools
sharpened.
Cost €355 or €340 each for groups of two or more.
Individual tuition and general woodwork tuition.
WORKING ARTISTS STUDIOS
71 North Street, Skibbereen,
T: 086 1628471
E: contact@workingartiststudios.com
W: www.workingartiststudios.com
Working Artist Studios is an artist-managed venue
based in the town of Skibbereen. It comprises
three galleries and a number of studios which are
occupied by our group of four artists: Marie Cullen,
Barry McCullough, Ian McNinch and Mary Jordan.
Each artist has his or her own studio and everyone
shares the gallery space. We regularly update our
galleries and hold special openings, events and
evenings throughout the year.
Our intention is to provide an informal environment
where engagement between artists, art-lovers and
the wider community can occur.
We invite you to visit, browse the galleries and
meet the artists.
DRUMMING CENTRE WEST CORK
Thomas Wiegandt
Ballybane, Ballydehob
T : 028 37323
E: drum2@eircom.net
W: www.drums-ireland.com
Drums, Djembes & percussions (sale &
mail order) - African drumming workshops
& lessons: for groups and individuals by
arrangement - Other workshops: music
improvisation, Tibetan singing bowls, sound
healing, wood carving - School & community
workshops, festivals, team days: educational
and fun! - Music Therapy & Sound Healing
sessions: by arrangement - Celtic stone
monuments tours - Bog oak jewellery,
sculptures & paintings for sale.
Visits: by appointment only.
FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS: www.geocities.com/
music2download4free
Hands-On arts and craft workshops
T: 027 66133
E: info@handsonwestcork.com
W: www.handsonwestcork.com
Hands-On creative workshops
Hands-On workshops give you a chance to
get tuition from some of West Cork’s most
accomplished craftworkers and artists in their own
studios. There is a wide range of classes, courses
and workshops, from single days to ongoing day/
evening classes, suitable for complete beginners
or experienced practitioners.
Drawing, painting, raku ceramics, throwing, kiln

uilding, woodcarving, stained glass and glass
fusing, green wood chairmaking, sculpture,
photography, children’s art, printmaking,
bookbinding, and mosaics.
Tutors include: Alison Ospina, Jim Turner, Ben
Russell, Adrian Wistreich, Pauline Agnew and
Marika O’Sullivan
See the website for full details.
Catherine Hammond Gallery
Glengarriff
T: 027 63812
W: www.hammondgallery.com
This preeminent contemporary art gallery offers a
wide selection of work by some of Ireland’s most
respected artists, both established and emerging.
Summer shows include:
June 26 - July 22 Jacqueline Stanley: Floribunda
July 24 - Aug 19 Jonathan Hunter: New Paintings
Visitors can always view work on show by other
gallery artists including Cormac Boydell, Patricia
Burns, Mary Canty, Graham Crowley, William
Crozier, Rosin de Buitlear, Tim Goulding, Carol
Hodder, Bernadette Kiely, John Kingerlee, Helena
Korpela, Mary Mackey, Siobhan McDonald, Colin
O’Daly, Hughie O’Donoghue, Eilis O’Connell,
Gwen O’Dowd, Geraldine O’Reilly, Frances Ryan,
Ann Quinn, Leonard Sheil, Linda Shevlin, Hazel
Walker, Michael Wann, Rita Wobbe and others.
Open May to mid June:
Thursdays to Sundays 11.00am – 5.00pm
Open June to mid September:
Tuesdays to Sundays 11.00am – 6.00pm
Art in Schull 2009
W: www.schull.ie
T: 086 0767970
July 3 – 5
Art in Schull will be opened officially on Friday
night 3 July with the traditional Art around Town
series of open Exhibitions in various premises.
It will be followed by a Barbeque and Musical
Evening in the beautiful setting of Grove House
Hotel, which will host an Auction of Art donated by
some of the Artists exhibiting in the town.
On Saturday there will be a performance by the
Schull Drama Group and a Concert will be staged
at The Courtyard.
On Sunday morning Schull’s famous Country
Market will start at 10.00am and subject to
weather will feature Picnic on the Prom and Battle
of the Brushes, an open event allowing all artists
to exhibit and sell their art in the wonderful setting
overlooking Schull Harbour. See web for details.
Packard Gallery
Sherkin Island, West Cork
T: 028 20485,
E: kgpackard@eircom.net
12 July - 30 August
Kordula Packard - 12th Annual Summer Exhibition
Retrospective in Prints - Gallery favourites of the
last 10 years in limited edition
Traces of Morocco - small and large size
drawings
Faces - portraits of asylum seekers
Sherkin Island Seascapes
Open daily 11.30am - 7.00pm
Mill Cove Gallery
Mill Cove House,
Castletownbere, Co Cork
T: 027 70393
W: www.millcovegallery.com
Our Dublin Gallery:The Hallward,
65 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
T: 01 662 1482
W: www.hallwardgallery.com
Mill Cove Gallery is on the grounds of Mill Cove
House and overlooks the sea and Bere Island.
The gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, print and
ceramics. The gallery is open everyday from 27
June to 6 September. The 4 acre garden has over
30 works by leading contemporary Irish Sculptors.
The Galleries have over 50 years combined
experience in exhibiting and collecting
contemporary art. We provide a platform for
emerging and established artists.
Exhibitions
June: Sculpture Garden & Gallery open 26 June
July: Exhibition of new works by gallery and
invited artists. Studio exhibition of new work by
John Brennan
August: Official opening of Sculpture Gardens -
1 August.
Exhibition of contemporary ceramics by Alison Kay
(winner of the Hallward Award 2008)
Exhibition of new works by gallery and invited
artists.
Exhibition by John Brennan.
Opening Hours
11.00am to 6.00pm everyday
27 June to 6 September 2009
Admission to gallery and gardens €3
Family entrance €10 includes 2 adults and up to 5
children (children under 12 free)

WEST CORK ARTS NEWS
St. Barrahane’s Church Festival of
Music 2009
Castletownshend, Co. Cork,
E: barrahanemusic@eircom.net
W: http://homepage.eircom.net/~barrahane
Thursdays: 23 & 29 July and 6, 13 & 20 August
Thursday 23 July
Festival Opening by Chuck Kruger
The Syrius Trio: Elizabeth Cooney - violin, Jane
Cords-O’Hara - cello, Domenico Codispoti - piano
This is a Music Wide Concert
Thursday 30 July
Anúna, Conductor Michael McGlynn
Admission €20
Thursday 6 August
Elizabeth Cooney - violin, Redmond O’Toole -
guitar. This is a Music Wide Concert
Thursday 13 August
Triocca, Ríona Ó Duinnin - flute, Geraldine
O’Doherty - harp, Nancy Johnson - viola.
This is a Music Wide Concert
Thursday 20 August
The Kelly Wind Quintet - to be confirmed.
Admission to concerts: €15, (under 13 free)
except Thursday 20th July: Admission €20,
(under 13 €10)
All concerts begin at 8.30 p.m.
Reservations and Ticket Sales:
Mrs. Angela Eborall, Tel: +353 (0)28 - 36193
Mrs. Jacqueline Weij, Tel: +353 (0)28 - 33752
Ticket Sales Only: The Coffee Shop, Union Hall
(028-34444) and O’Leary’s Jewellers, Bridge
Street, Skibbereen (028-21038)
Cheques made payable to: St. Barrahane’s Music
Festival. No Credit Cards. In aid of The Church
Fund.
The Festival is supported by Cork County Council
The Ewe Gallery & Sculpture Garden
Kenmare Road, Glengarriff.
T: 027-63840 (call if travelling far)
E: info@theewe.com info@theewe.com
W: www.theewe.com www.theewe.com
Ireland’s only interactive sculpture garden
consists of three inter-linked gardens, including
the Environmental garden. A whole new series of
sculptures are unveiled for the 2009 season, as
well as an exciting bead making workshop and a
river side café. Spectacular setting in a beautiful
mountain forest by a tranquil waterfall. Sculptures,
mixed mediaand paintings for sale by Sheena
Wood.
Open summer daily 10.00am - 6.00pm or by appointment.
Sherkin Island Summer art workshop
T: 087 8319929
E: Cora_Collins@eircom.net
W: www.sherkinart.com
Workshops will run for five weeks Monday to
Friday from 29th June to 31st July.
Sherkin Island Summer Art Workshop brings
together, for a five-day period, beginner, emerging
and experienced artists who have a common
interest in art.
The Workshop will be run by Majella O Neill Collins,
a resident of Sherkin Island and a successful
working artist and Cora Collins, a resident of
Castleconnell County Limerick, a mural artist and
colour consultant.
The Fee of €750 includes all tuition, materials,
meals and accommodation. This promises to be
a marvellous opportunity for fun and adventure in
a beautiful offshore Island and in a comfortable
relaxed atmosphere.
The timetable for the workshop offers plenty of
variety - drawing, painting, land-art, exploration
of different techniques and materials, artists’ talks
and a field trip by boat to Heir Island.
Numbers are limited so book early.
National Famine Memorial Day
17 May 2009
In honour of Skibbereen being selected as the
site for the inaugural provincial National Famine
Memorial Day in collaboration with an international
commemorative ceremony held at Grosse Ile
Quarantine Station, Canada on 10 May, local people
have come together to programme Faminethemed
events (10 – 17 May).
A flavour of the events include Sunday Miscellany
(RTE Radio One); talks by the Famine author
William Henry, art historian Catherine Marshall, Dr.
David Butler, UCC, Dr. Larry Geary, UCC, Professor
Mark McGowen, Toronto University, author
Marita Conlon-McKenna and Bridget O’Donnell;
performances by the choir Chairde, Comhaltas
Ceoltoiri Skibbereen, the Skibbereen Theatre
Society of The Boldest Fenian Man and the awardwinning
Flight to Grosse Ile; and a Gaelscoil
presentation of Cleas Mhic Gearalt.
On Sunday 17 May the National Commemorative
Event commences at the O’Donovan Rossa
Park at 11.15am followed by a solemn procession
to Abbeystrewery Graveyard, then formal state
flag and wreath-laying ceremonies involving the
military band and full state protocol.
Full programme details on
www.skibbheritage.com.

WEST CORK ARTS CENTRE EVENTS
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
Visualising the Unspeakable; An Unresolved Dilemma for Irish Artists.
Presented by Catherine Marshall.
Monday 11 May at 8.30pm, West Cork Arts Centre
As part of the National Famine Memorial Event to be held in Skibbereen (10 – 17 May
2009), art historian Catherine Marshall will present an illustrated lecture dealing with
images of the Famine in Ireland. Drawing on contemporary paintings, images from
the Illustrated London News, comparative material from France and Britain and some
recent attempts to find closure for the Irish in a world where Famine is still prevalent,
Catherine will look at the shortcomings of visual representation and issues around
patronage, as well as inherited feelings of guilt, repression, outrage and sorrow.
Catherine Marshall is an art historian. Currently Joint-Editor of Volume V of the Royal
Irish Academy’s Irish Art and Architecture Project, she is on a three-year secondment
from the Irish Museum of Modern Art where she has been Head of Collections since
1995. She has lectured in the History of Art at Trinity College, Dublin, University College
Dublin and the National College of Art and Design and was recently responsible
for the Visual Art and Architecture projects within the Arts Council’s Touring Experiment.
This event is free of charge. To book, please contact West Cork Arts Centre at
028-22090 or email info@westcorkartscentre.com
WCAC Film Club
Special Screening
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Monday 25 May at 7.00pm
Director: Bharat Nalluri / USA / 2008 / 92
minutes
Cast: Francis McDormand, Ciaran Hinds,
Amy Adams
Selected for the Bealtaine 2009 Film
Tour organised by access Cinema and
the Irish Film Institute as their contribution
to the annual Age and Opportunity
event, this delightful screwball comedy is
based on Winifred Watson’s best-selling
novel set in 1939 London. It introduces
Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, a middleaged
governess who finds herself once
again unfairly dismissed from her job.
first time in two decades - seize the day.
This she does, by intercepting an
employment assignment outside of her
comfort level - as “social secretary.”
“This story of a dowdy governess who
finds adventure and love when she works
as a starlet’s personal assistant for 24
hours is just the tonic for filmgoers eager
for a film that celebrates the bearable
lightness of being.” - The Washington
Post.
Without so much as severance pay, Miss
Pettigrew realizes that she must - for the

HOW TO FIND US
West Cork Arts Centre is situated
adjacent to St. Patrick’s Cathedral
in the centre of the market town of
Skibbereen.
From Cork – Take the N71 through
Innishannon, Bandon, Clonakilty,
Rosscarbery and Leap.
From Killarney – Take the N71
through Kenmare, Glengarriff,
Bantry and Ballydehob.
Opening hours
Monday – Saturday
10.00am – 6.00pm
November – February
10.00am – 5.00pm
All event details are correct at time
of going to press and are subject
to change.
Image above: WCAC Building, Skibbereen. Image by Phil Pound
West Cork Arts Centre, North Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)28 - 22090 Email: info@westcorkartscentre.com
Web: www.westcorkartscentre.com