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DECEMBER 2004 KILKENNY
Live
Musicistings
Thursday 9th December
Cafe Orchestra Langtons
Friday 10 December
The Ens Lannigans
Saturday 11 December
Tame Cleere's
Sunday 12 December
Loudest Whisper Rafter Dempsey's
J90 Paris Texas
Key Dance Lannigans
Thursday 16 December
Cafe Orchestra Langtons
Friday 17 December
Kila Callan Co. Kilkenny
The Hujays Lannigans
Sunday 19 December
Big Guns Rafter Dempsey's
Skint Lannigans
Bluemoose Paris Texas
Thursday 23 December
Cafe Orchestra Langtons
Sunday 26 December
Two Time Polka Langtons
Live Trad Lannigans
Tuesday 28 December
Funk n¹ Disorderly - 11pm @ Kytelers Cellar Bar
Uisce Beatha Paris Texas
Thursday 30 December
American Drifters Langtons
Friday 31 December
Big Generator Paris Texas
Visual
Art
23rd October – 05th December
Genre - Paintings by Nick Miller Also Artist Talk
Artists Talk: Wednesday November 17th, 1pm. Booking Advisable.
Consisting of Portraiture, constructed Still Life, Landscape and the Figure. Opening Hours 10.30-12.45, 2-5.
Portraiture, constructed Still Life, Landscape and the Figure - while the genres Nick Miller paints are at the heart of the tradition, his work is both contemporary and timeless.
Over the last two decades, Nick Miller has refined the focus of his interest, moving with dexterity and conviction within the different genres. Yet all are connected by a common approach to working only directly in the presence of his subject, as the artist searches for essential likeness usually reserved for portraiture alone.
As a Londoner raised in an urban setting antithetical to the rural setting of Co Sligo where he now lives, Miller is also provoked to paint by the need to locate himself in relation to the people, the landscape and the objects that he encounters on a daily basis.
Fortunately, his fundamental concern with presence and eloquent ability to communicate his fascination with the microcosm in which he finds himself, allows these 'genre' paintings to transcend their immediate context and present compelling images of universal relevance.
In this exhibition of new work in the vaulted spaces of the Butler Gallery, the artist displays the depth and breadth of his practice and convincingly confirms his place among our most significant contemporary painters.
Nick Miller was born in 1962 in London. He moved to Ireland in 1984 and has lived in Co Sligo since 1992. He was elected to Aosdána in 2001. A critically acclaimed major review of his work "Figure to Ground 1993-2003" was held at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2003 including works from a long term landscape project working from a mobile studio -a converted truck.
VENUE: Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland.
November 5 – December 10 2004
de fil en aguille - snáth nasc - from thread to needle
French Knitting at no. 72 John Street, November 2004
A mixed-media exhibition, inspired by the Formal Gardens at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and created entirely from knitting and stitching goes on show at number 72 John Street, Kilkenny on November 5th 2004. snáth nasc… 'de fil en aiguille… thread to needle… is the creation of French-born artist Françoise Dupré, who worked with individuals and groups from Kilkenny and Dublin while she was resident as part of IMMA’s Artists’ Work Programme
For three months Françoise met regularly with a group of women from Dublin and a group of women at the Loughboy Area Resource Centre in Kilkenny. Their work culminated in a floor-based piece of art work using French knitting, Irish stitches, four needle knitting and a wide range of white yarns.
The particular techniques of French knitting also called spool knitting or knitting Nancy consists of making knitted tubes using a spool with four or more pins. The Irish knitting stitches used include cable, blackberry and moss stitches which are part of the Irish Aran sweater.
The installation at number 72 celebrates the work created collaboratively by artist and participants and takes traditional knitting skills into a contemporary art context. It also includes a series of video stills that give viewers a sense of time and place, and provides a record of the meetings processes and dialogues that underpin the project.
French-born and UK-based, Françoise Dupré makes objects, site-specific and context-based installations and temporary events. She uses the French knitting technique because of its association with childhood and home crafts. Through her work, the artist aims to celebrate creative skills that are invisible, changing or being lost through cultural and social shifts and migration.
'de fil en aiguille…' is part of 'Here and There', a series of artist-led cross-cultural projects initated and developed by Françoise Dupré. website: www.here-and-there.net.
'de fil en aiguille…' is funded by IMMA, the University of England, Birmingham, and Kilkenny County Council.
'de fil en aigulille…' is sponsored by Pony, Springwools and Repro 35.
Those participating in the project were Claire Bracken, Frieda Czerniak, Theresa Czerniak, Ria Czerniak, Maria Dollard, Tim Elford, June Elliott, Jane Flynn, Beverly Green, Breda Humphries, Sylvia Hoefnagels, Ruth Morris-Grant, Alice Murphy, Susan Murphy, Máire Ní Neachtain, Maureen O’ Brien, Vera O’ Heíearnáin, Hupert Pitter, Silvia Serban, Trish Walsh, Anne Marie Weafer and Orlagh Weafer.
VENUE: 72 John Street, Kilkenny
November 12 to January 3, 2005
Triune
Elma Khareghani's pieces look at her emotional response to the environment. Polly Donnellan experiments with colour, line and pattern in a variety of media. Catherine Green investigates movement through line and form.
VENUE: Watergate Theatre.
December 2 to 19
Christmas Exhibition
An exhibition of paintings & etchings by Elizabeth Cope. She paints spontaneous, spirited still lifes, views of interiors, animals, portraits and domesticated landscapes. A decorative painter, her style owes a great deal to Matisse and to another decorative artist, Raoul Dufy. She has exhibited widely, both in Ireland and abroad, and her paintings are held in a number of important public and private collections. Gallery opening hours: 11am-5pm daily, or other times by appointment.
VENUE: Shankill Castle, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny.
December 2 to January 30
Rudolf Heltzel & Sonja Landweer
This show honours two craftspeople who have played a crucial role in Irish jewellery design: Rudolf Heltzel, a master craftsman who creates exquisite contemporary pieces and Sonja Landweer who consistently challenges our perception of what jewellery is. National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny. www.ccoi.ie
December 11 to January 23
Slow Time - Local Ground
Work by Bernadette Kiely.
VENUE: Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle.
Group Show
Work by Stephen Vaughan, Cora Cummins and MIck Timmons.
VENUE: gallery ONE | CONTEMPORARY ART, 1 William Street.
Exhibition - Work by Sinead Aldridge
VENUE: gallery ONE | CONTEMPORARY ART, 1 William Street, Kilkenny.
Mon to Sat, 10am - 6pm
Ongoing Events
The National Craft Gallery is a showcase for the best of Irish craft and design.
VENUE: Castle Yard, Kilkenny.
Theatre
& Opera
December 5 to 12
Scrooge
A musical play based on Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. 8pm (matinees on Sundays at 3pm).
VENUE: Watergate Theatre
December 15 to 18
Grimm Fairytales
The Adventures of the brothers Grimm. This Christmas Dreamstuff Youth Theatre's new comedy extravaganza brings the magic of fairytales to life on the Watergate stage through the adventures of the 19th century German fairytale writers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, as we see where they got the inspiration for the tales we all know and love. This play is a who's who of fairytale literature, featuring Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Goldilocks and many more. 8pm.
VENUE: Watergate Theatre.
DANCE
27/10/2003 To: 27/12/2004
Salsa Mondays in Kilkenny City!
7.30 pm Salsa for beginners
8.30 pm Intermediate / Advanced
9.45 pm Salsa Club till 11.30 pm
No prior dance experience is necessary and you don't need to bring a partner. Just bring your friends!
The salsa teacher is Anthony Auffret. Anthony is a registered professional dancer with the World Salsa Federation. In 2002, with his partner Coral Perez Garcia, he represented Ireland as a semi-finalist in the World Salsa Championships in Miami. He is a founding member of the Midland Salsa Club in Athlone and Copacabana DC, a salsa dance troupe.
Performers: Anthony Auffret
VENUE: Club 51 @ O'Faoláin's, John Street, Kilkenny City
Comedy
Festivals
November 26 to December 5
Art Trail 2004
Open studios, artists talks, gallery and site specific installations and exhibitions are all part of the programme for this year's ever growing and vibrant Art Trail. International artists in residence, Rajesh Mehta and Viv Corringham, will present their work in progress and local artists will present their work with community groups. Venues include; Wandesford Quay Studios, Cork Artists Collective, National Sculpture Factory, Sirius Arts Centre, Form Gallery, Triskel Arts Centre, Gallery 9 & many more.
VENUE: Various Venues, Cork. (See Above)
December 17 & 19
Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
Friday 17 @ 8pm, Sunday 19 @ 3.30pm. All welcome.
VENUE: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral.
Other
Stuff
9:30 - 12:30 every Friday nite
SWITCH (free music session)
An alternative nite, which has been running for the last 3 years in the back bar of Andrew Ryans Pub, Kilkenny. Featuring the cream of Kilkennys underground DJ's, Switch brings the latest in hip hop, experimental, electronica, hard hittin drum n' bass, audio visual feasts, and local MC talent delivered first class direct to your ear drumz.
VENUE: Andrew Ryans Pub, Kilkenny.
Ongoing Events
Siamsa Tire
The National Folk Theatre of Ireland.
Our summer season offers four rare and exciting shows. Presented through the medium of theatre, using traditional song, dance and mime/movement these Siamsa Tíre performances continue to receive standing ovations both from home and worldwide audiences, captivated perhaps by the appeal of a way of life from times past and by the intriguing Celtic resonances that are so much part of Irish heritage and traditions.
VENUE: Siamsa Tíre Theatre, Town Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
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