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The Ardmore Art School is a tranquil, calm and creative environment offering daily, weekly and weekend art courses in a beautifully situated studio, overlooking the garden of The Ardmore Gallery and Studios, Ardmore Co Waterford.

This Art School and Gallery are the highlight of West Waterford and the South East Coastal Drive. Classes are very small (between 6 and 8 students), are friendly and relaxed. Under the direction of experienced professional artists, learn to paint, draw, the art of batik, ,to create your own sculpture and much more. Develop your own style in a friendly, relaxed environment. All courses are ideal for beginners and improvers.

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CONTACT:

Sinead Conneely

The Ardmore Gallery and Studios
Ardmore,Co Waterford

Phone: 024 94863
Fax: 058 24791
mobile: 087 8557218

email: ardmoregallery@gmail.com
web: www.ardmoregallery.ie

The Journey of Light with Brenda Harris

Friday 25th July to Sunday 27th July, Fri 2.00pm to 5.00pm,,Sat 10.00 am to 5.00pm., Sun 10.00am to 1.00pm

Brenda s work bears a signature as individual as a finger-print and that signature is light. Her palette is rich and opulent with glowing shades of gold, orange, and deep purple. The luscious oils drawing us into a world that both comforts and nurtures but also questions and challenges. Cost 250.00

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Monoprinting with Donna Mc Namara

Wednesday 30th July and Thursday 31st July , 9.30am to 1.00pm

In this workshop participants will use a series of multiple plates to build up an image,painting directly onto acetate plates with inks and then rolling up ,scratching and wiping away areas before printing. Cost including materials 90.00

August Watercolours with Barbara Barrett. .

Saturday 2nd August and Sunday 3rd August , 10.00 am to 5.00pm Barbara specialises in Watercolour, Barbara’s love for painting is apparent in her teaching methods, which inspires the inspires the students to release their creativity and develop their painting techniques. Cost 140.00 euro.

Demonstration with Oils with Margaret Walsh

. Monday August 4th 10.30am to 1.00pm Demonstrations by Margaret of the techniques of painting with oils. Cost 30.00 euro.

Painting with Oils with Margaret Walsh .

Tuesday August 5th to Saturday August 9th 10.30am to 1.00pm Demonstrations by Margaret will be combined with detailed individual tutorial attention and technical advice at every stage. This course is suitable for beginners and improvers. Cost 100.00 euro

Painting with Oils with Margaret Walsh .

Monday August 11 th to Friday August 15th , 10.30am to 1.00pm Margaret will continue her detailed technical advice and participants will produce a landscape in oils. This course is suitable for beginners and improvers Cost 100.00 euro

Painting on silk with Natalie Bending .

Sunday August 17th 10.00am to 5.00pm Natalie will introduce you to the art of painting on silk with silk paints and each participant will go home with their own silk scarf creation. Cost including materials 80.00 euro.

‘”Expression and Related Elements” Oil painting two day workshop with John Jermyn ,

Saturday 23rd August and Sunday 24th August, 10.00am to 5.00pm

Working and connecting with natures elements, such as sea and sky, to open our minds to freedom, expression and beyond. Cost 185.00 euro

Introduction to Stained Glass with Annemarie Le Fholic. .

Monday August 25th , 10.00 am to 5.00pm Annemarie will guide you through the steps to produce your first stained glass piece. Cost including materials 90.00 euro

September

Painting with Josef and Sue Keys

Saturday 13th September and Sunday September 14th 10.00 am to 5.00pm. They are tutors for The Open College of the Arts (the UK’s leading home-study College of the Arts) and they also run painting workshops and adult education classes in painting and drawing. Josef and Susan have been teaching art to adults and children for many years and the authority of their teaching has always been enhanced by the high standard of their work. Cost 200.00 euro.

Art materials required for each course will be available to purchase in the Art School .

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 To book places for these courses please contact

Sinead Conneely

The Ardmore Gallery and Studios
Ardmore,Co Waterford

Phone: 024 94863
Fax: 058 24791
mobile: 087 8557218

email: ardmoregallery@gmail.com
web: www.ardmoregallery.ie

The Ardmore Art School is a tranquil, calm and creative environment offering fun filled art camps in a beautifully situated studio, overlooking the garden of The Ardmore Gallery and Studios, Ardmore Co Waterford.
The children’s art camps are designed with fun and art education in mind and include the widest range of activities from pottery to tie dye, drawing to painting, printing to 3D sculpture.. Classes of 8-10 children are taught by young professional artists and qualified teachers..

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Classes are focused on two age groups:
Juniors: 5 to 8 yr olds,. Introduction and grounding in various art concepts and techniques. Focus on art skills, confidence building and having fun.
Seniors: 9 to 12 yr olds. Deeper exploration of various art techniques, more challenges to create and innovate, taking a mini project approach.
JULY
Crafts for Children with Mary Mc Grath
Monday 28th July to Tuesday 29th July
Juniors : 10.00am to 1.00pm,
Seniors: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Cost 45.00 euro

AUGUST

Beach Art with Mary Mc Grath
Friday 1st August
10.00am to 4.00 pm
Cost 30.00

Art for Teenagers with Seona Mc Grath
Saturday August 10th
12yrs plus 10.00am to 4.00pm
Cost 30.00 euro

Sculpture for Children with Seona Mc Grath
Saturday 16th August
10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Cost 40.00 euro

Artcamp for Children with Seona Mc Grath
Monday August 18th to Friday August 22nd
Juniors : 10.00am to 1.00pm, Seniors: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Cost 75.00 euro

Preparation Course for the Art for the Leaving Cert with Aoife Broderick
Thursday 28th and Friday 29th August
10.00am to 4.00pm
Cost 45.00 euro

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Kilcoole Craft Club’s Next Fun Day is

Date: Saturday the 16th of August
Place: St Patrick’s Hall Kilcoole, Co Wicklow
Time: 10.30 to 4.00

Join us for a Topper Making Day, everyone is welcome this one is for Adults only, there is loads of information on our website craft events page just go to
http://www.cardartorigionals.com
If you fancy a crafty day out for a fiver just email me
yvontune@iolfree.ie

Places are limited to 60 craft spaces so bring a friend, there will be loads of samples to see, you can make the toppers from the die-cuts we have made or bring your own Crafty bits, lots of help available if your new to card making, and demonstrations all day on all the different die cutting machines, you need to bring a basic tool kit but all the details of what you need to bring are on the website, and lastly a picnic, but if you need a break you can pop out for lunch, your space will be there when you get back, cost is €5.00 and bags of die cuts are available from €5.00, if you want any more details you can email me, or log on to the website, Tea/Coffee cakes and biscuits are available free all day, making this one of the most affordable craft days out.

We hope you’ll join us for a proper crafty fun day.
All the best and Happy Crafting
Yvonne and Mary

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  karen.noticeboard@gmail.com

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When you can’t find what you are looking for, who do you ask…..
Working from home, as a sole trader leaves you a bit in the dark.

Here is your introduction to NOTICEBOARD - two weekly craft newsletter.

Dear Artists and Craft Workers

THE NOTICEBOARD - EXCLUSIVE TO EVERYONE!

THE NOTICEBOARD is an independent newsletter for
all craft workers. It is sent out every two
weeks, to keep all crafts in touch with the
latest news, reviews, important dates and
opportunities.

THE NOTICEBOARD can be used by any craft worker,
hobbyist to professional.

Please note that it is an individual project and
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I am expanding the database of NOTICEBOARD.

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Just to give you my background.

After an Art course, I had many different
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designing, teaching interior design, CAD
technician, charge hand in a hotel, property
developing, landscape designer, teaching
wire-work in jewellery.

I became a mum!

Things changed! I began to work from
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I supplied nine shops and only made one-off
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so I was very busy.

I ran a market stall with my wares for four
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gained a lot of experience from this.

Now after the birth of my third daughter, I
decided to start NOTICEBOARD.

Keeping my ears open has shown there is so
much happening in the craft world and unless
you go looking for it, opportunities pass by.

NOTICEBOARD is set up to get the information
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When it’s a choice between making your craft
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Your input is always needed. If there is something
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information to start your own business,
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You can catch more information about what is happening in the craft world through
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Another great place to advertise!

If you are running classes or courses, it would be greatly appreciated if this email could be displayed for others to benefit too.

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Regards
Karen Harper

Editor, THE NOTICEBOARD
“Connecting Artists and Crafts People in Ireland”

 karen.noticeboard@gmail.com

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Derryaun Crafts Workshop has recently expanded its studio space and is currently
looking for professional, innovative teachers of art and craft to facilitate one/two day workshops.

Derryaun Crafts is set in beautiful scenery, just south of Westport, Co Mayo.

Suzie Sullivan is the proprietor and she specialises in fibre art and crafts, including dyeing, felt making, spinning,
weaving, wirework and jewellery making. Suzie runs craft courses and also sources and stocks
all the relevant materials and equipment to complement each course.

If you are interested in applying please contact Suzie Sullivan 098 21888, email suzie@derryauncrafts.com

www.derryauncrafts.com

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1. Make it easy for the curator.
2. If you are asked for 3 images, just send 3 of your best pieces
3. If a C.V. is required it will be asked for.
4. Only submit work that you still have available to show in the Gallery, it is expected that the pieces you submit are what you want shown.
5. Sending a website address is not specific enough. Pick out some work and maybe send your website address as back up. With many submissions at a time, your website may look like time consuming work to go through.
6. If the photos are not of good quality it will be the difference between you being considered or being discarded, get help if it is needed.
7. If you are taking the pictures yourself, make sure it is in focus; only take the painting not the rest of the room and try to take the photo without the glass frame as it reflects light and shadow.

8. It is a good idea to email after a couple of days to see if the curator has received your submission, a 9am call the next morning may be too enthusiastic.

9. Never take a rejection as an insult. Use any rejection as an opportunity to ask for advice on what is required for submission. Q: What kind of work is selling at the moment? Q: What style of work does sell in your Gallery?
Curators are experts in their business and can be very helpful in suggesting tips and hints for the next time you approach them with work.

10. Be realistic….If you want your work to sell, ask yourself, why would someone want this on their wall.

11. Personal pieces. You love your family and friends, customers love their family and their friends, so why would they like pictures of your nearest and dearest on their walls?

12. Frames: remind yourself the frame will not sell a bad picture, but a great picture can be sold in a bad frame. Customers can change a frame, but will not buy a bad picture because of a pretty frame.

13. DIY frames will work if you keep it very simple. Fashion at the moment means plain frames and mounts. Slice marks in a mount will instantly show up. If you find a good framer, hang onto them.

14. Get some outside advice. Family does not count here as they are the best to encourage you no matter what. Ask a framer for their advice with the frame.
Ask an experienced painter or local art teacher for some suggestion or constructive advice. Even ask a curator for some outlines of what they think about your work.

15. When you have new work, update the Galleries with it, as sometimes they may
need a reminder that you are still interested in displaying with them, sending them a brochure of your new work is ideal.

16. What sells….everything, just as long as it envokes a feeling, a memory, calmness, excitement.  Thought provoking, interesting…more than Someone could do themselves…if its not better than all the rest, at least its different!

17. Make it easy for the curator.

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Alpaca fleece. . . have quantity of fleece to give to any felters out there with an interest in using alpaca for your craft. Also some excellent quality fleeces waiting to be spun

Email : frances.moynihan@hotmail.com

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On the right hand corner of this blog you will see a search box.  Put anything you are interested in and then press enter.

This blog will then organise itself to have all the posts with your chosen subject included in it.  This is a great way to find last years fairs and contact details for the people running them.

A quick call to them will find out this years dates and availabilities.

K

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We are pleased to announce the grand opening of

The Baby Elephant Gallery in Dun Laoghaire on the 24th July 2008 at 7pm.

The gallery will display art and photography by emerging and established local artists. The gallery is located within a stylish furniture and antique shop, Paul Malone Interiors. The Baby Elephant Gallery complements the old world character of the shop and the marriage of both adds charm to the Dun Laoghaire area.
Mary Hanafin TD will officially open the gallery.

Following the grand opening is a wine reception and a charity art auction

All the proceeds of the charity art auction go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland. The auction will be conducted by Jane Beattie, Associate Director of Adams on the Green.
Some of the artists included in the auction are Bob McCabe, Patrick Naughton, Gibb Forsyth, Derek Lyons, Yvonne O’Neill, Valerie Enners, David Barry, Ann-Louise Mc Dermott and Tony Gunning.

Patrick Naughton: Co-Founder
Paul Malone: Co-Founder
The Baby Elephant Gallery
Upper Georges Street,
Dun Laoghaire,
County Dublin.
Telephone: 01 2802993
E-mail: paddynaughton@hotmail.com

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Rooms available for rent in Blackrock.

Two rooms adjoining with sink.  Plently of plug sockets. Room for 20 plus people in the main room to sit very comfortably with tables.

Contact lisa on 086 810 6493

or Email  info@thisisknit.ie

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