Yeats' Poem 'September 1913' features in BLUEPRINT @ Buzz's

This year's show features artwork by regular Blueprint exhibitors as well as invited artists from Ireland and the US.  Updates will be posted on our Facebook page 'The Blue Print'.
'Romantic Ireland from the streets' consists of 24 large colourful panels based on lines such as 'Romantic Ireland's dead and gone...' illustrated with images as diverse as Lady Lavery, Krusty the Clown, Jim Larkin and Jabba the Hutt will be displayed during this year's Eigse Festival at the BLUEPRINT @ Buzz's exhibition on Tullow St. This is the first showing of this collection in a gallery setting.  Opening on the 9th June 2012, it's a must see!

BLUEPRINT at Eigse 2012

Eigse's new director Hugo Jellet has asked us to open an artspace/ art cáfe for Eigse http://www.eigsecarlow.ie/  this year.  So the annual Blueprint show will be in Buzz's, Tullow St., Carlow , with some new elements along with the regular Blueprint artists.   Eigse starts on the 8th June and promises to be great this year!  We'll keep you posted...

Print Workshops in VISUAL Carlow March 2012

Plans have started for the next set of print workshops scheduled for VISUAL in March.   This time I'll be working on drawing and printing skills for printing on a press, so it's going to be accessible as a course in itself, or as a follow-on for those who participated in the last course in October 2011, which went very well!  Great fun, so hoping for more of the same this time round.  Working on a press is always interesting, great to get a chance to use this equipment and always nice to spend some time in the art centre too.

Still time to visit my DREAMLANDS exhibition!

From 17th September 2011 - 8th January 2011

http://www.dnote.info/dnotes/mary-cullen/

'Mary Cullen presents a subtle and considered exhibition in the Lobby Gallery at VISUAL. This body of work is a combination of hand printing techniques with elements of textiles. These intimate pieces are layered in colour and texture, drawing the viewer into the image. As the title suggests, the work merges memory of places real and imagined; inviting the viewer into these Dreamlands.

The experience of making the artworks is very important to the artist, as engagement in an art-making activity can lead a ‘flow’ experience, where one is engrossed or lost in the activity.  Sometimes this ‘flow’ can be seen or sensed in the finished piece, be it through composition, colour or technique displayed.

Mary Cullen is a printmaker based in Carlow and is a member of Blackstack Print Studio, Kilkenny.'

Creative Print  Workshop with Mary Cullen will run over three weeks on Tuesday 27th September; 4th October; 11th October at 6.30pm. €60 for three sessions. Places are limited so please book through the box office 0599172600.

17 September - 8 January
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
Old Dublin Road, Carlow
Telephone: +353 59 917 2400
Email: info@visualcarlow.ie
Website: http://www.visualcarlow.ie/
Opening hours / start times:
Tuesday 11.00 - 17:30
Wednesday 11.00 - 17:30
Thursday 11.00 - 17:30
Friday 11.00 - 17:30
Saturday 11.00 - 17:30
Sunday 14:00 - 17:00

Admission / price: Free

See me talk about my work

DREAMLANDS My exhibition opening on 16th September 2011

The work has been delivered to Visual so you can see my show Dreamlands 16th September and running until 8 Jan 2012 http://www.visualcarlow.ie.  The work going in to the other galleries looks fabulous, I got a peak at some of the Sonja Landweer pieces so can't wait to see all in situ.  Very exciting to be behind the scenes in such an amazing space.  Hopefully we'll have a nice crowd for the opening and lots of visitors for the duration.

VISUAL Exhibition in September 2011

Work for this exhibition 'Dreamlands' in the Lobby Gallery is almost ready to go to the framers.  Tired but I'm happy with the work and really looking forward to seeing it on show in the fantastic VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art Carlow http://www.visualcarlow.ie/ !