South Tipp Arts Podcast

New Neighbours brings together the work of Olivia O'Dwyer and Fergal Styles for the first time.Both artists work come from places of imagination and memory, of things half-remembered or dreamt, with playfulness and experimentation at the heart of each of their practices.  Accompanying the exhibition will be a newly commissioned text by Neva Elliot. (You can download the essay HEREOlivia O'Dwyer's work is influenced by 'Bad Painting' which refers to a deliberately raw style of figurative painting, rejecting traditional ideas of draughtsmanship, mixing art historical, popular, and personal sources. She examines ideas around quotidian experience, observations drawn from the world around her and more intimate or personal themes and looks to contemporary culture and ideologies drawn from a female perspective and the ‘female gaze' feminist theory.For Fergal Styles the image represents “an irrational, compact impression of sensory and emotional information” made up of feelings and imagination. He approaches painting in a very egalitarian way, no medium is ruled out even those usually not associated with painting, for him mediums/materials have their own cultural references or weight and he values the associations these bring to the work.In this episode, the pair chat about the experience of becoming New Neighbours for this two person show at STAC.  New Neighbours opened on March 8th and continues until Friday 26th April.  The gallery is open from 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.  Visit the STAC Website for more.Want to get in touch? southtippartspodcast@gmail.comproduced & presented by Eimear King

Threadsuns - Sophie BéhalThreadsuns, a new body of work from Sophie Béhal, comes as the result of the Tipperary Artist Residency Award with STAC, supported by Tipperary Arts Office. This body of work comes from a period of engagement with new materials in a new place. Situated in a rural landscape in County Tipperary, it searches for a new way of being in this world and uses repetition, ritual and process to investigate this. The sun and circles are used as a rhythmic refrain and repeated throughout.The most reassuring of shapes, the circle, and its transcendental properties associated with infinity and certainty are questioned. The turmeric-dyed cotton sunprints hanging throughout the gallery will act as a balm in a dark winter, but like the shifting cycles of the sun, they will not last. Created by sunlight, they are a measure of light and time and space. In the gallery the weak winter light will cause them to fade and change over the duration of the exhibition, and as spring arrives they will leave. This exhibition is the result of a sustained period of research, experimentation and learning for the artist in new sculptural materials : glass, slip cast ceramics, large-scale natural dyeing and printing, and welded steel. The different timescales of these materials and their sometimes contradictory properties of heaviness and lightness, movement and stillness, permanency and ephemerality are explored. This exhibition offers the viewer moments of hope and transformation whilst acknowledging the darkness of our time. It reflects on a human need for ritual, repetition and communication and strives to find these things in our everyday life.Sophie Béhal is a visual artist, from Kilkenny and living in Co. Tipperary. Her work usually manifests itself as sculptural installation, often combining traditional sculptural materials of steel, clay and plaster with more ephemeral aspects of light and sound. Recent exhibitions: Awards Show, 2023, MART Dublin, With a View, Chocolate Factory, Dublin 2022, Dublin Art Book Fair, TBG+S, 2022 +2021; Projects: The Postal Project,Carlow Arts Festival 2021, Firestation Artists Sculpture Awardee 2022; Publications: Firestation FileNotes 2023. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Crawford, Cork, 2012 and an MA in Art, Research and Collaboration from IADT,Dublin, 2018 with a term spent in Taideyliopisto, Helsinki.Threadsuns - Sophie Béhal 13th January – 24th February 2024Visit our website: www.southtippartscentre.ieIf you'd like to get in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening:)

Welcome to the latest episode of the South Tipp Arts Podcast!This time I sit down with artist Moran Been-noon to chat about her exhibition 'Here Nor There' which is currently running in the gallery here at STAC until December 2nd. 'Here Nor There' invites us to consider the connection between ethnicity and one's ability to belong.Mixing moving image and audio pieces with objects that symbolise fragments of the artist's ethnic identity, the artwork encourages us to perceive ethnicity as a multi-layered and intricate theme, and within this, consider the complexities of contemporary Irish identity.As part of the project, Moran is running a series of FREE drop-in art lab sessions at STAC Chapel on the plaza, from 16th - 18th November (2:30 to 5:00pm) where participants can explore Moran's working process and make a piece of their own to take home - all materials provided.If you'd like to learn more about the exhibition visit: https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/moran-been-noonOr the workshops at STAC Chapel: https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/here-nor-there-art-labs-with-artist-moran-been-noonIf you'd like to take a virtual tour of the exhibition: https://tinyurl.com/yc4rt5evGet in touch: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

In this latest Ep, I chat with artist Kate O'Shea from Broken Fields, a multi-disciplinary collective made up of individual practitioners Louise Harrington, Enya Moore, Aideen O' Donovan and Kate O' Shea. Broken Fields brings together experience, knowledge, and practice from the fields of socially engaged art, architecture, community work, activism, research, and writing. The name Broken Fields refers to the breaking down of disciplines, siloes, and fields. In the breaking down of these constructed boundaries, Broken Fields brings together the strengths of diverse practices in processes, projects and spaces that are deeply place-based.In partnership with Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Broken Fields 'Art, What is it good for?' is a social space guided by the question: ‘How can we co-create a space with the public in Clonmel?' Festival Activities included collective canopy making, printmaking and conversations with a series of invited artists, printmakers, community workers, architects, writers, musicians, and activists, culminating in a very busy day at STAC on Saturday 8th July!The exhibition continues until August 5th, and features a working space where visitors can add a piece to the collective art wall, browse the large Broken Fields archive, or just take a break from the world outside. Gallery open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am-5pm.Visit https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/broken-fields-art-what-is-it-good-forto learn more about the artists involved in this project.'The Ballad of Clonmel' by Padraig Stevens & Siobhán Kavanagh was composed especially for Broken Fields in response to the work. (lyrics & music copyright Padraig Stevens and Siobhán Kavanagh, 2023, Clonmel, South Tipperary Arts Centre) If you'd like to get in touch the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

In this episoed, I chat with Dorje de Burgh about his exhibition 'Under the Same Sky', currently on show at STAC.. Following the artist's move to Carrick-on-Suir in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic due to his high-risk status, Under the Same Sky is a photographic documentation of the town and its surrounds. Representing an outsiders view, this work reflects the particular atmosphere of unease and alienation of that time, as well as being an observation on community, home and belonging. Dorje also strives to subvert familiar representations of the Irish landscape, and in doing so reflect the tensions inherent in both the urban-rural space and the artist's own conflicting positions around closeness and distance.Dorje de Burgh lives and works between Killarney, Dublin & Berlin. Following nomination as a member of the FUTURES European mentorship program, Dorje received the Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation award 2020 and The Darkroom moving image residency 2020/21, producing his second solo exhibition How To Kill Something That Doesn't Exist in association with PhotoIreland Festival 2021.Dorje de Burgh WebsiteFind Dorje on Instagram @dum_studioGet in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.comLearn more by visiting our website: www.southtippartscentre.ie

Austin McQuinn ‘Some signs are secret, some manifest' 31st March – 13th May 2023A Solo Exhibition of new paintings, sculpture, and live art performance, curated by Helena Tobin.‘Some signs are secret, some manifest' is an exhibition of new work specifically created for the double-height atrium and gallery @STAC. Austin's new paintings on ash wood panels and found antique prints are intensely gesso-ed, collaged and inked to psychedelic effect. The 17 foot ‘Tower' of discarded Aran sweaters in the Atrium signals the unique Norman architecture of tower houses in South Tipperary, and echoes an earlier installation McQuinn created in Kilmainham Gaol, presenting sweaters as totems to make a new tribal or fetish power-object for the Gallery.https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/austin-mcquinn-some-signs-are-secret-some-manifestIn a challenging exploration of the traditional and the discarded, of biopower and queer energy, McQuinn will be artist-in-residence at the STAC Chapel in the former Kickham Army Barracks. He will create a twenty-four hour live-streamed live-art performance event, titled ‘Imperial Lunatic'. Following the cycle of the new moon rising, ‘Imperial Lunatic' will incorporate the artists' body in series of repeating actions, video clips of volcanoes and processions, percussion, medals, zigzags, tongues and talc.https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/austin-mcquinn-imperial-lunaticGet in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com Don't forget to like & subscribe ;)

If you missed our latest artist talk, you can listen back here.Ita Freeney's artist talk on Saturday March 4th featured a conversation between Ita and fellow artist Katherine Boucher Beug. The discussion focused on the process behind Ita's current series of paintings - from her choice of subject, to her focus on form, light, mood, and structure, and the making of the paintings.Water's Edge @STACFebruary 17th - March 18th 2023Ita Freeney's Water's Edge exhibition consists of a series of new paintings created over the last three years. The sea is glimpsed at in all of these works but they are not seascapes per se.Their focus is on the shape of headlands, piers, slipways, strips of water, roofs - areas forming a boundary with the water or breaking the block of water or sky. The solidity of land and the surrounding infrastructure is contrasted with and used to emphasise the airiness and openness of sea and sky. This series gravitates towards horizontals, distance, direction, echoes, gaps, openings, and connections/separations.These paintings play with abstraction and representation - finding and emphasising abstract forms in reality, while also observing nuances of colour, tone and form to evoke mood and atmosphere. Familiarity and building relationships with the places that inspire, has become a very important element in the work. Many return visits to inspirations in North Mayo, and East Cork into Waterford, result in getting absorbed in the places, observing them from different vantage points and in different lights.See more of Water's Edge, take the virtual tour, or listen back to our podcast with Ita here:https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/ita-freeney-waters-edge

Artist Ita Freeney's 'Water's Edge' was officially opened here at STAC on 16th February by Catherine Marshall. It presents a body of ethereally beautiful paintings produced over the last three years. The sea is glimpsed at in all of these works but they are not seascapes per se. They play with abstraction and representation - finding and emphasising abstract forms in reality, while also observing nuances of colour, tone and form to evoke mood and atmosphere. It was a pleasure to sit down with Ita for a chat about her inspirations and her practice here at STAC on the morning after the opening reception.Water's Edge runs until March 18th - gallery open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday.https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/ita-freeneyDublin born, Ita Freeney graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA Hons degree in Fine Art (1994). She now lives in Cork. Her most recent shows have included a solo exhibition - Outer Edges at The Lavit Gallery (2019) and a two person exhibition, The Paul Kane Gallery at the Irish Architectural Archive in Dublin (2018). She has exhibited with the Paul Kane Gallery since 1998, with solo shows there in 2001 and 2008 as well as several two person and many group shows.

Our first exhibition of 2023 features a new body of work from Annie Hogg, coming as a result of her Tipperary Artist Residency Award with STAC, supported by Tipperary Arts Office. LOST is a keen consideration of what happens in a landscape after the land has gone through conversion to an industrial scale farming model, specifically a system of long established hedgerows.Through installation, incorporating pigments rendered from that landscape, soundscape devised on site and sculptural elements, the work asks the questions of what cost, other than financial has this action had. The artist has used materials which were charred, ground and collected from this space in its present state to transform or at the very least confront the human grief and meaningfully mark that once, this place was alive.Annie joined me for a chat about LOST, the specific site that it is based upon, and the deep meaning it holds for her, as well as the wider issues such as the continued industrialisation of agriculture and the need for more sustainable practices.LOST opened on January 14th and runs until February 11th @STACThe gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 5pmhttps://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/annie-hogg-lostArtist Talk - Annie Hogg in conversation with Helena TobinSaturday 28th January @2pmhttps://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/artist-talk-annie-hogg-in-conversation-with-helena-tobinDetails of Annie's next scheduled workshops with Plants & Colour can be found herehttps://plantsandcolour.co.ukCheck out some more of Annie's work herehttps://www.instagram.com/anniehogg_thewildhedgeinkco/

Welcome to the latest episode of the South Tipp Arts Podcast! In this Ep, we focus on the artists involved in 'She'll Give You All she Has' - Orla Barry, Chloe McKeown & Laura Fitzgerald.In 'She'll Give You All She Has', the artists create work addressing farming, feminism, farming practices and being an artist in rural Ireland, through a mixture of objects, sound, print, writing and video. The works are woven through with absurdity, tragedy, humour and the kind of emotional detachment familiar to readers of contemporary farming manuals.The exhibition, curated by Helena Tobin & Anne Mullee, opened on 29th October and continues at STAC until December 3rd.All the work discussed can be explored on our website www.southtippartscentre.ie where you can even take a virtual tour of the space. Thanks to Orla, Chloe & Laura for their time, and thank you for listening :)If you'd like to get in touch the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com and we always love to hear from you.

In this episode I chat to artist Stephen Brandes about his latest exhibition 'The Trotskys in Kilsheelan and Other Histories of Unreliable Origin', showing here at STAc until October 15th.If you've not had a chance to visit, pop in and see it before it closes.In the Winter of 1936, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his wife Natalya Sedova were taken from their house arrest at a farm outside Oslo in Norway and put on an oil tanker, destined for a new life in Mexico. In order to avoid the seasonally devastating storms attacking the Eastern Atlantic, the ship clandestinely docks in Cobh and the exiles are brought ashore. There begins a road trip that takes them to Kilsheelan and along the way to a very uncharacteristic obsession. At this exhibition at South Tipperary Arts Centre, Brandes will present a series of recent paintings and drawings, as well as a newly commissioned video work, which collages Brandes' own fabricated photographic images with vintage British Pathé news reels. What will be revealed is a little known moment in modern Irish history… and some of it is possibly true.The work of Stephen Brandes is rooted in collage and is often imbued with a keen interest in modern history from the 1700's Enlightenment to the present. Brandes interprets ‘collage' loosely however, as an act of cutting and pasting together ideas as much as material, to produce paintings, video and drawings, as well as collage in the true sense of the art form. It could be said that even history is used as material for collage insofar that his research and observations are metaphorically cut up and reassembled to produce episodes of stories that wander sideways from established accuracy.Get in touch!southtippartsppodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening :0

Ed Devane is a sound artist and instrument designer based in Donegal. Beginning his creative career as an electronic music producer, his work has broadened over the years to include interactive installation, electronic instrument design, community projects and workshop facilitation relating to music and sound. Much of the inspiration behind his installation work is to use technology and instrument building to encourage creative encounters and collaborations between participants. Ed has recently produced installations for Science Gallery Dublin, The Ark, Galway City of Culture 2020, Big Bang! Festival and Science Foundation Ireland, and most recently here at STAC during the recentJunction Arts Festival.His most recent work 'Presence' is now on display here in the gallery at STAC, and it consists of 3 interactive sound sculptures that respond to the movements of the viewer around the space. In this episode, I caught up with Ed via Zoom to chat about what life is like for an artist making work in the wilds of West Donegal, his interest in making electronic music and how his work has developed over time to include programmable sound sculptures.Presence continues at South Tipperary Arts Centre until August 20th, and the gallery is open from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday.If you'd like to get in touch with the podcast, the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com.You can visit our website www.southtippartscentre.ie to find our what's on, or to sign up to our monthly newsletter.Thanks for listening!

INSIDE | OUT - Joe CaslinJoe Caslin's latest temporary mural 'Come out to Play' has just been completed on the facade of the old museum/library on Parnell Street, Clonmel. In this episode I caught up with Joe to talk about his unique work and how his INSIDE | OUT mural represents a departure from his usually more serious subject matter.Joe is an Irish street artist, art teacher and activist, best known for his beautifully rendered pencil drawings, which manifest as towering pieces of street art. His highly accessible work engages directly with the social issues of modern Ireland, on an unavoidable scale. Caslin confronts the subjects of suicide, drug addiction, economic marginalisation, marriage equality, stigma in mental health, direct provision, institutional power, inclusion, consent and most recently, the effects of the Covid19 pandemic on young people. The monochrome drawings Caslin creates hold a mirror up to the kind of society that we are, whilst asking us individually what kind of society we want to be a part of.Visit: https://joecaslin.com to see more of Joe's work.If you'd like to contact the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.comINSIDE/OUT is a project led by South Tipperary Arts Centre (STAC), as part of Faoin Spéir- In the Open Clonmel funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and in partnership with Tipperary County Council. INSIDE/OUT proposes to make the town of Clonmel an outdoor gallery, including mural/street art and large scale 2D art installations on buildings and walls around the town.Phase 2 of INSIDE/OUT sees an installation of works by 7 artists, based in or originally from Tipperary, selected through an Open Call. This phase sees the artists' work presented on a large scale and installed at two locations around the town, Davis Rd. and Market St., bringing colour and life to the streets. A downloadable map is available: https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/inside-outPhase 3 of INSIDE/OUT saw artist Joe Caslin create a new temporary mural which is central to the exhibition and will also respond to the overarching theme of Faoin Spéir- In the Open Clonmel ; ‘Coming Out To Play'. This will be the commission as part of this project, the first being ‘Tread Softly' by Canvaz which was installed last Autumn as Phase 1 of this project.

In this episode we take to the the streets of Clonmel to showcase the 7 local artists whose work is currently brightening up the streets of our lovely town!-INSIDE/OUT is a project led by South Tipperary Arts Centre (STAC), as part of Faoin Spéir- In the Open Clonmel funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and in partnership with Tipperary County Council. INSIDE/OUT proposes to make the town of Clonmel an outdoor gallery, including mural/street art and large scale 2D art installations on buildings and walls around the town.This installation of works by 7 artists, based in or originally from Tipperary, was selected through an Open Call and represents Phase 2 of INSIDE/OUT. This phase sees the artists' work presented on a large scale and installed at two locations around the town, Davis Rd. and Market St., bringing colour and life to the streets. A downloadable map is available.Phase 3 of INSIDE/OUT will see artist Joe Caslin create a new temporary mural in the coming weeks which will be central to the exhibition and will also respond to the overarching theme of Faoin Spéir- In the Open Clonmel ; ‘Coming Out To Play'. This will be thecommission as part of this project, the first being ‘Tread Softly' by Canvazwhich was installed last Autumn as Phase 1 of this project.Joe Caslin is an Irish street artist, art teacher and activist. Best known for his beautifully rendered pencil drawings, which manifest as towering pieces of street art. His highly accessible work engages directly with the social issues of modern Ireland, on an unavoidable scale. Caslin confronts the subjects of suicide, drug addiction, economic marginalisation, marriage equality, stigma in mental health, direct provision, institutional power, inclusion, consent and most recently, the effects of the Covid19 pandemic on young people. The monochrome drawings Caslin creates hold a mirror up to the kind of society that we are, whilst asking us individually what kind of society we want to be a part of.Inside | Out - Open Call SelectedArtistsMaurice Caplice is an artist that works in Painting, Sculpture and Sound, working in Clonmel, Callan and Dublin. Caplice also works as an artist facilitator currently working for D.A.V Community group, Dublin and K.C.A.T art collective Callan. He has exhibited throughout Ireland and abroad in countries such as Spain,Norway, England, Cyprus and Slovenia.Marine Kearney is a French/Irish artist based in Clonmel, Ireland. Marine started in representative work, and with her experience moved to a more contemporary place. She is a graduate in advanced life drawing from the Crawford College of Fine Art. She mixes media to express herself and her Urban/Rural background.Emma Maher is an Irish artist originally from Thurles living in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied Printmaking & Contemporary Practice at Limerick School of Art & Design graduating in 2014. As an avid watercolour artist and illustrator. For the Inside | Out project, Emma's piece incorporates both floral watercolours and human hands expressing intimacy, connection and a sense of belonging. Emma launched her small art business in April 2021, and has featured in a number of creative art magazines across the UK in the last 12 months. Nocht Studio was founded in Clonmel in 2018. Philip Ryan is a visual artist from Tipperary, currently residing in Waterford, Ireland. He founded Nocht, as a collaborative art practice with Martin McGloin in 2018. He graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture with first class honours in 2013 and has worked in the architecture and design industry in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand before focusing entirely on Nocht in late 2021. Martin McGloin is a Designer and Visual Artist from Sligo, Ireland. He founded Nocht as a collaborative art practice with Philip Ryan in 2018. He graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture in 2013 and has worked in the art and design industry in Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany. Laura O'Mahony is from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. She is passionate about art and design and likes to create art that brightens the world around her. She has recently returned to creating art after finding her love for drawing and creating again. PressPlay Repeat (PPR) is a pseudonym favoured by Clonmel native Paul Sheehan. Starting out as a DJ, he progressed into live visuals for companies such as Reebok, HSBC and Hed Kandi Records. The place where image and sound intersect bring him great joy and he hopes that Hide And Seek, his exploration of play through the ages, shall conjure up some fond memories of your very own. Wojciech Ryzinski is a Polish photographer based in Co. Tipperary.He was a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop 2015 and the VII Masterclass 2016/2017. He finds his inspiration in everyday life, trying to see beyond the obvious. His work is inspired by classical documentary photography. It is never posed or pre-arranged in any way. For further info visit southtippartscentre.ie To contact the podcast email southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening!

Walking in the Way is a series of performances by Pauline Cummins and Frances Mezzetti, begun in 2009, where the artists appear as men and represents a decade long collaboration between the artists. It is a timely showcase of contemporary thinking on gender issues and challenges the perceptions of what is culturally viewed as normal public realm negotiations from a gendered stance.Women throughout their lives experience vulnerability in public space, have a sense of not belonging, with the implication of impropriety or deviant sexuality for walking alone on a street – a fact once again all too close to the bone with recent tragic events. What began, a decade ago as a project that informed the artists' themselves about the different ways in which men and women occupy space, has grown into an exploration of different cultural assumptions about the right of ownership of the spaces of our daily lives, whether in Northern or Southern Ireland, England, Scotland, Spain or Turkey.The show will also launch a new publication, Walking in the Way: Performing Masculinity, edited by Catherine Marshal and including essays by Dr Áine Phillips, Dr Kate Antosik Parsons and Nieves Correa.Further Exhibition info:https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/events/walking-in-the-way-a-retrospective-pauline-cummins-frances-mezzettiFor more on the artists work:https://www.paulinecummins.comhttps://www.francesmezzetti.comhttps://www.walkingintheway.netIf you would like to contact the podcast, the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

This new body of work from John Kennedy, comes as the result of his Artist in Residence award with STAC and supported by Tipperary Arts Office. His work is primarily concerned with isolation, abandonment, and remoteness, while exploring the physical properties of paint and other less traditional materials. Edgelands focuses on expanses of land that exist in the margins. Rough and ready in the functionalism of their edifices, they are unappreciated by the average landscape lover. There is a silence and distance in the paintings, just outside of range of overhearing what is going on, evoking a feeling of being outside looking in.John Kennedy lives and works in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. He has a BA in Fine Art from the Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork and he has recently completed the Turps Correspondence Course in Painting through Turps School in London.If you'd like to get in touch with the podcast, the email address is southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

We were thrilled to be help Clonmel Theatre Guild to spread the festive cheer with their Christmas 2020 Radio Play, Dickens' classic Christmas tale of redemption- ‘A Christmas Carol' - It was originally broadcast on Pure Radio Tipperary and Tipperary Mid West Radio last Christmas, and you can hear this timeless Christmas classic again right here! Directed by Catherine McVicker.

To get us in the mood for Hallowe'en, if you missed the broadcast of 'The Woman' by Presentation Clonmel TY Class of 2021 on Pure Radio Tipperary, you can listen back here! The Woman - an Original Radio Play, written, performed, and produced by the TY students of the Presentation Secondary School in Clonmel.The story centres around Lucy, who has been having terrible dreams of a mysterious woman. Her friends think she's crazy... but is she? Sit back and take a journey into the nightmare world of 'The Woman'This project was facilitated by Catherine McVicker and Eimear King, with the support of #SouthTipperaryArtsCentre and was funded by the #CreativeIrelandProgramme, whom we thank for their assistance in the project. Well done to the students and teachers who worked so hard in producing this piece of work.The WomanWritten by Abbie Burke, Kori Barnes, Aedin McCormack, Aoife Askins Narrator: EmilyLucy: CaitlinRoisin: AdaMia: MollyKate: AoibinnPat: CaoimhePrincipal/Opening Commentator: AnnmaryTeacher: Cameo role: Ms MurphySuitable for Over 14s

Water Witching is an exhibition of new work by artist Shelagh Honan. Her lens-based narrative features photography, sculpture, video, sound and installation, all of which pivot around an audio video called Aistear.The film touches on themes of mortality, transcendence, infinity and the abyss. Its co-ordinates are those of modernist poetic cinema, with long takes which are sometimes fixed in slow motion. The central figure moves through a series of landscapes and appears in a state of co-temporal elision, existing within her own frame of time and communing with nature through a dream-like sequence.Water Witching is open 10-5pm Monday to SaturdaySkip to Main ContentShelagh HonanBiographyShelagh HonanShelagh Honan is a visual artist working in Ireland. She works predominantly with experimental film, photography, projection, sculpture and installation.Her practice concerns the development of new strategies to present narrative through video, sound and projective environments. Her's is a contemplative video practice that encompasses the minimalist, observational art of slow cinema, a genre of film-making that emphasizes long takes with little or no narrative.These films establish an evocative register that connects the viewer with the saliences of a memorialised past and a memorialised landscape.She is a full time lecturer in Photography Film Video in Limerick School of Art and Design.Recent exhibitions include the wom@rts series, opening in Maribor, Slovenia, Vilnius (Lithuania), Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Rijeka (Croatia), Angoulême (France) and Limerick (Ireland). In 2019 she was awarded Culture Ireland funding to exhibit and attend in this series of international exhibitions. In 2018 she took part in a residency program in Avilés in Spain and she was invited to exhibit her installation Passage of Sound In Feile Na Bealtaine festival in Dingle. ‘Passage of Sound' was also selected for Blow Up international Film festival in Chicago, and several other film festivals in Ireland.

This episode focuses on what's on in Clonmel this year for Halloween - Colin Everitt of West Gate Creative shares what's planned around town for this years Halloween Celebrations:All events are free. Booking Required..see Eventbrite for more information.Brought to you by Clonmel Borough DistrictSpook Trail: 25th-31st October- Join the trail and find the clues.Drive in Movie: 31st October- Kids Halloween Movies and Uproar video screening- Marys Street Carpark 1-7pmLive Music: Westgate Carpark 8pmGreen Screen Photobooth: Marys Street Carpark 1-7pm.Facebook: @Halloween in ClonmelRiain Cash, who plays Quasimodo in the forthcoming community production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Kickham Barracks (as part of the In The Open| Faoin Speir project) tells me all about this ambitious project, funded by the Arts Council and directed by Jack O'Riordan... I even get a musical preview !The Woman - An original Radio play, written, performed and produced by the TY students at Presentation Secondary School in conjunction with South Tipp Arts Centre, Writer/Director Catherine McVicker and Creative Ireland, will be aired next Monday 25th October at 7pm on Tipperary's Pure Radio. I spoke to some of the girls about how they enjoyed working on this project with us, and we share a clip from the play to creep you out! Happy Halloween!!!

Shul, (a Tibetan word for ‘track', meaning "a mark that remains after that which made it has passed by”) sees artists Martina O'Brien and Christine Mackey respond specifically to Co. Tipperary, to sites/areas where humans have left our mark on, or in, the landscape.SHUL opens Friday 3rd September. The gallery is open 10-5pm Monday to SaturdayIn this episode, Martina O'Brien & Christine Mackey chat about their work for this residency and exhibition and the wealth of material, experience and inspiration gained throughout their Arts Council funded residency here at STAC. More Info:South Tipperary Arts Centre is delighted to present our much anticipated 2021 residency project, supported by Arts Council of Ireland. Shul, (aTibetan word for ‘track', meaning "a mark that remains after that which made it has passed by”) sees artists Martina O'Brien and Christine Mackey respond specifically to Co. Tipperary, to sites/areas where humans have left our mark on, or in, the landscape. Martina O'Brien's new body of work looks to explore the geological legacy of the county. Deemed to be Ireland's most illustrious and prolific mineral locality, the artworks consider the site - specific chronologies of deep-time kept by its stone along with its complex histories of extractivism. Mining took place intermittently at Silvermines for over 1000 years, from the 9th century until 1993 and evidence of this chequered past is still visible in the district including its 19th century engine houses and their close proximity to the remains of modern processing plants, waste heaps and open pits. Realised through film and installation, the artworks also look to examine the ubiquitous presence of rocks in Romantic poetry, and how these sublime descriptions of the earth's material and early environmental discourse presented the earth in its otherness and its nonhuman aspect.Collect, save, and distribute are key activities that stem from Christine Mackey's on-going interest in exploring biological matter. To open this wide and ongoing discussion around the vulnerability of local habitats and their flora and fauna, Mackey devised on-line the distribution of pollinator friendly seed mix ‘Pollinating Pastures'. This has led her journeying in the footsteps of ecologists – retracing hand-drawn routes, site descriptions and recorded sightings of specific plants that were mapped in Tipperary in 1991 for An Foras Forbartha. This alternative way of visiting multiple sites and locations led by the direction of this material whilst mapping the unfolding of a land and its inhabitants has led to a new body of research material for exhibition encompassing drawings, photographs and sound recordings with objects. Martina O'Brien is a Visual Artist and UCD Parity Studio's Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences Artist in Residence (2020/21). Her practice explores links between people, nature and technology, bound by an interest in the earth sciences and practices of divination. Recent solo exhibitions include Quotidian, Illuminations, NUI Maynooth (2019/20) and At Some Distance in the Direction Indicated, Butler Gallery (2018). Recent group shows include New Era, Solstice Arts Centre (2020); Datami Resonance Festival, Ispra, Italy and BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, (2019/20); and Tactical Magic, TULCA (2019). Recent awards include Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary awards (2021/19). Christine Mackey develops long-term projects that attend to the complexity of plant matter and local habitats, which embody notions of care and cultivation through a range of scio-environmental contexts, collaborations and mediums. In 2018, She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship pursuing independent research across educational institutions and residency programmes. On-going projects include ‘The Potting Shed' (2013 -) ArtLink, Donegal, which opened up a new social space inside a defunct military environment; addressing pressing environmental issues in relation to the geopolitical control of seeds was made evident in ‘Seed Matter' (2010-) devised as a series of exhibitions and a publication, and ‘The Long Hedge' (2018-) site-specific seed collection with future works currently in development funded by the Arts Council bursary award. To contact the podcast : southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening :)

This week we celebrate Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, celebrating it's 20th Anniversary this year. We at STAC are always delighted to work with our festival friends and this year we collaborate on 4 of the events. I was delighted to catch up with artists Claire Murphy, Sean Taylor, Rachel Rothwell and Jack Moroney (representing LIT), for a chat and to talk about their involvement with the festival this year. Claire Murphy - Here is where I am (exhibition at South Tipp Arts Centre)Sean Taylor - Clonmel Community Manifesto (various outdoor locations around Clonmel)Rachel Rothwell - Green Streets (Mick Delahunty Square)Jack Moroney - LIT Animated Films (Upstairs @STAC)Please visit www.junctionfestival.com for the full programme of events and show your support in any way you can . Visit www.southtippartscentre.ie for details of what's on at STAC#myjunction #CJAF21 #SouthTippArts Contact the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

This week we focus on Cruinniú na nÓg 2021. Here at the Arts Centre we have a full day of online fun with our resident kids art tutor Mags Rudnicka, who will deliver 4 workshops (via Zoom) around the theme of 'The Dragon Inside Me' - allowing children to explore and express their emotions through creativity. I caught up with Mags earlier this week to hear about her plans for this years Cruinniú actiities.Cruinniú Tipperary Co-Ordinator Róisin O' Grady also joins me this week to give us a run down of all the Cruinniú Tipperary events that are planned for this year's celebration. You can see all the details of the events here at STAC by visiting:https://www.southtippartscentre.ie/whats-onYou can see the full Cruinniú 2021 Programme here:https://cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ieIf you'd like to get in touch the email address is:southtippartspodcast@gmail.comWe would love to hear from you!

Na Cailleacha (The Witches) are a collective of eight older women, all based in Ireland but coming from Holland, England and Switzerland, as well as Ireland – six artists, one musician and an art writer/curator – bent on exploring ways of working together, taking stock of collective experience over many years, attitudes to ageing and to the wider community, their bodies and how they relate to culture and heritage, and their experience of Covid-related isolation. This exhibition, the first ever showing of work from the collective, is the result of a month long residency they undertook together at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation last September.They are made up of Therry Rudin an artist and film maker based in Co. Tipperary, Helen Comerford, a painter and educator based in Co. Kilkenny, Barbara Freeman, a painter and new media artist based in Belfast, Gerda Teljeur, an artist based in Co. Wicklow, Patricia Hurl a painter and performance artist based in Co. Tipperary, Maria Levinge a painter based in Co. Wexford, Carole Nelson a composer, pianist and saxophonist based in Co Carlow and curator, art writer and art historian, Catherine Marshall, based between Dublin and Kilkenny.In this episode, I catch up with Patricia Hurl, Barbara Freeman, Carole Nelson and Catherine Marshall to hear about their experiences as part of Na Cailleacha.The exhibition is open at STAC Mon-Sat from 10am to 5pm, until 12th June. A one day symposium will be live streamed on Saturday 29th May. Visit www.southtippartscentre.ie for the full schedule on the day. If you can't make it to see the exhibition in person, you will also be able to access the virtual tour on our website.You can visit Na Cailleachas website at: https://nacailleacha.weebly.comContact the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

Na Cailleacha (The Witches) are a collective of eight older women, all based in Ireland but coming from Holland, England and Switzerland, as well as Ireland – six artists, one musician and an art writer/curator – bent on exploring ways of working together, taking stock of collective experience over many years, attitudes to ageing and to the wider community, their bodies and how they relate to culture and heritage, and their experience of Covid-related isolation. This exhibition, the first ever showing of work from the collective, is the result of a month long residency they undertook together at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation last September.They are made up of Therry Rudin an artist and film maker based in Co. Tipperary, Helen Comerford, a painter and educator based in Co. Kilkenny, Barbara Freeman, a painter and new media artist based in Belfast, Gerda Teljeur, an artist based in Co. Wicklow, Patricia Hurl a painter and performance artist based in Co. Tipperary, Maria Levinge a painter based in Co. Wexford, Carole Nelson a composer, pianist and saxophonist based in Co Carlow and curator, art writer and art historian, Catherine Marshall, based between Dublin and Kilkenny.In this episode, I catch up with Therry Rudin, Maria Levinge, Helen Comerford and Gerda Teljeur to hear about their experiences as part of Na Cailleacha.The exhibition is open at STAC Mon-Sat from 10am to 5pm, until 12th June. A one day symposium will be live streamed on Saturday 29th May. Visit www.southtippartscentre.ie for further details. If you can't make it to see the exhibition in person, you will also be able to access the virtual tour on our website.You can visit Na Cailleachas website at: https://nacailleacha.weebly.comContact the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

This week I’m delighted to be joined by photographer Dara McGrath, whose exhibition Project Cleansweep opens to virtual viewing on April 6th here at South Tipperary Arts Centre.It’s a long term project, with Dara having begun his research in 2011, on reading an article about a recently published report form the British Ministry of Defence. Project Cleansweep takes its name from this MoD report, identifying sites in the UK where tens of thousands of tonnes of mustard gas, phosgene and other lethal chemicals were, since World War 1, made, processed, stored, burned and dumped in England, Wales and Scotland.To this day such sites remain problematic even when they have been returned to civilian usage.
The MoD released details of 'Operation Cleansweep' in 2011 to provide “reassurance” that residual contamination at UK sites did not pose a risk to human health or the environment.This work has been exhibited in numerous locations around the UK and Ireland, sometimes very close to the actual sites mentioned in the report, and in each instance has provoked discussion and awareness in local communities of the potential residual long term damage inflicted on the land by human intervention.As the gallery is still closed due to Covid 19 restrictions, this exhibition will be viewable virtually, and there will be a Zoom discussion of the work, and what it means in a local context with local environmental activist Alan Moore of SuirCan (date tbc). Connect with us on social media to stay up to date! Dara’s Website: www.daramcgrath.comProject Cleansweep - Purchase Bookhttps://daramcgrath.com/publicationsIf you’d like to contact the podcast the email address is: southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening!

This week my guest is Peter O'Toole (Hothouse Flowers) whose documentary celebrating the Men's Sheds of Tipperary premieres on Friday 26th March on Youtube @7pm here:https://youtu.be/cOZJ5cmgxzoPeter's journey around the Mens Sheds of Tipperary through music and chat, gives us an insight into the powerful work done by the Mens Sheds, and what it means to be involved in the sheds and how it benefits lives and most importantly, what the members miss now that the sheds are closed. The documentary is part of Healthy Ireland Initiative and Tipperary County Councils promotion of Switching Off and Keeping Well.Peter has gathered some musical friends to contribute - Mary Coughlan, John Spillane, Greenshine, Ultan Conlan, Cormac Begley, Maitiu O Casaide, Grainne Hunt, Mescan Brewery, Ken Whelan, Joe Chester, Mundy and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu.and features some beautiful moments of songs and demonstrations from friends far and wide.Supported by Healthy Ireland Initiative and Tipperary County Council Arts Office

This week, I was delighted to catch up with my colleague and friend Helena Tobin, Artistic Director here at South Tipp Arts Centre for a socially distanced cuppa, where we chatted about the exciting and varied programme that she has planned for the year ahead. For obvious reasons, the programme has had to be rescheduled completely and we are very excited to finally be able to announce the schedule and details of what we can look forward to at STAC in the coming months.Helena Tobin is an artist, curator, researcher and educator based in rural Co. Tipperary. Helena became the Artistic Director of South Tipperary Arts Centre in March 2019. Prior to this appointment she was co-founder of SITEATION, an artists’ collective and project space in Dublin (2012-2014), was an invited artist in residence at the Kilkenny Arts Festival (2013) and has worked as assistant curator at the Fenton Gallery (2003-2009) during which time she was assistant editor and project co-coordinator on the publication ‘Representing Art in Ireland’, (2008). She has been a member of Ormond Studios, Dublin, and the Backwater Studios, Cork. Helena has also worked as a photography tutor and workshop facilitator. Her work has been exhibited throughout Ireland and is in the collections of the OPW and Cork Institute of Technology.For questions regarding the 2021 programme: info@southtippartscentre.ieGet in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

Michelle Moloney King is a postmodern poet, asemic poet, and experimental non-fiction writer and editor living in Co. Tipperary, with her husband and family. She has been nominated for a Pushcart in poetry and published in many journals for poetry and visual poems.A full time Primary School teacher, she has an undergrad in computer science from University of Limerick, a post-grad in education from Hibernia College and is currently studying for a masters in change leadership in artistic fields. Her interest in string theory along with her qualification in Hypnotherapy aid in her work.As well as all this, Michelle started her own avant-garde poetry journal, where she showcases the work of other poets from Ireland and abroad. https://beirbuajournal.wordpress.com'For me, avant-garde poetry can be like abstract painting with words to juxtaposition ideas and expand the mind of poetic truth. It’s the poetics of potential. It’s meditation and intention on steroids.'https://michellemoloneyking.com

This week I caught up with Roisin Maher, Artistic Director of 'Finding a Voice' at the start of what's going to be a very busy weekend for her. Finding a Voice is a four-day concert series based in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary that focuses exclusively on music by women composers through the ages, in celebration of International Women's Day - 8th March. Founded in 2017 by sisters Roisin Maher (Curator - Lecturer at CIT Cork School of Music) and Clíona Maher (Administrator - Director of Clonmel Junction Arts Festival), over the past four years the concert series has featured music by more than seventy women composers, from the 12th century Hildegard of Bingen to newly commissioned works.The fourth edition of Finding A Voice takes place online from Friday 5th to Monday 8th March 2021, with all performances live streamed from Clonmel.View the programme at: https://www.findingavoice.ieYou can book your tickets via Eventbrite here:https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/finding-a-voice-concert-series-29379022593#FindingAVoice21 #ItsAboutTime #InternationalWomensDay #WomenComposers

'Connect, Create, Inspire' - is our Spring series celebrating the importance of creativity to our health and wellbeing, especially in these challenging times. It sees us collaborate with some fantastic Arts & Health practitioners to bring you a month full of diverse and enriching creative activities to soothe your soul and reconnect with yourself.My guest this week is Brigid Teehan of Beehouse Arts. Brigid passionately believes that everyone has creative potential and when that potential is realised it has a powerful role to play in peoples' physical, mental and social wellbeing.Beehouse Arts develops, coordinates and delivers innovative arts projects in community and healthcare settings including bespoke creative activities for events/festivals. 'Boots Off' is a series of group journaling workshops specifically aimed at rural dwellers who may be feeling isolated at the moment. Participants are encouraged to relax in a warm and friendly atmosphere, and perhaps begin to develop the daily habit of expressing their thoughts on paper.Bookings are still open here:https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/south-tipperary-arts-centre-15636324417All events are FREE but need to be booked to ensure a place. We have teamed up with some amazing artists and practitioners to bring you 4 weeks of online events to help you #keepwell - we hope you enjoy!#ConnectCreateInspire is kindly supported by Healthy Tipperary, Healthy Ireland, and Tipperary Arts OfficeGet in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

'Connect, Create, Inspire' - is our Spring series celebrating the importance of creativity to our health and wellbeing, especially in these challenging times. It sees us collaborate with some fantastic Arts & Health practitioners to bring you a month full of diverse and enriching creative activities to soothe your soul and reconnect with yourself.My guest this week is Alan Wells of Mael Loga, an artist and energy healing practitioner, whose 10-day meditation 'challenge' is well underway on Zoom at 11am, who shares his perspective on the importance of nurturing our creativity, and the many forms that can take. Join us to connect (or reconnect!) with your creative self as we venture forward into Spring! Bookings are still open here:https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/south-tipperary-arts-centre-15636324417All events are FREE but need to be booked to ensure a place. We have teamed up with some amazing artists and practitioners to bring you 4 weeks of online events to help you #keepwell - we hope you enjoy!#ConnectCreateInspire is kindly supported by Healthy Tipperary, Healthy Ireland, and Tipperary Arts Office Get in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

'Connect, Create, Inspire' - is our Spring series celebrating the importance of creativity to our health and wellbeing, especially in these challenging times. It sees us collaborate with some fantastic Arts & Health practitioners to bring you a month full of diverse and enriching creative activities to soothe your soul and reconnect with yourself.My guest this week is Annie Hogg of The Wild Hedge Ink Company, a specialist in Botanical Ink-making, who features in the programme with some a talk and workshops demonstrating the processes involved in both ink and charcoal from various botanical materials. Join us to connect (or reconnect!) with your creative self as we venture forward into Spring! Bookings are still open here:https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/south-tipperary-arts-centre-15636324417All events are FREE but need to be booked to ensure a place. We have teamed up with some amazing artists and practitioners to bring you 4 weeks of online events to help you #keepwell - we hope you enjoy!#ConnectCreateInspire is kindly supported by Healthy Tipperary, Healthy Ireland, and Tipperary Arts OfficeGet in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

'Connect, Create, Inspire' - is our Spring series celebrating the importance of creativity to our health and wellbeing, especially in these challenging times. It sees us collaborate with some fantastic Arts & Health practitioners to bring you a month full of diverse and enriching creative activities to soothe your soul and reconnect with yourself.My guest this week is Maria Coleman of Comhcheol Arts & Wellness, who features in the programme with some workshops including the innovative 'Yoga Drawing Jam'. Maria has a varied educational and vocational background in fine art, music, multimedia,research, teaching, community development and writing. She believes in the healingbenefits of mind-body practices like Qigong and Yoga and her passion for mental healthand positive birth advocacy led her to train as a yoga teacher and sound healing practitioner. Maria’s keenest interests lie in the space where yoga, art, neuroscience, psychology, music, play, sound healing and wellbeing meet. She lives in Donegal, Ireland with her family where she runs Comhcheol Arts and Wellness and Donegal Yoga Retreats. Since lockdown, she has developed a blog and an online learning platform on www.comhcheol.ieJoin us to connect (or reconnect!) with your creative self as we venture forward into Spring! Bookings are now open here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/organizations/eventsAll events are FREE but need to be booked to ensure a place. We have teamed up with some amazing artists and practitioners to bring you 4 weeks of online events to help you #keepwell - we hope you enjoy! #ConnectCreateInspire is kindly supported by Healthy Tipperary, Healthy Ireland, and Tipperary Arts Office Get in touch with the podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

From December 4th, STAC is delighted to present After The Fall, an exhibition of contemporary Irish woodturning, curated by Stephen O’Connell and kindly supported by DCCI and Tipperary County Council. This exhibition represents a survey of the very best practitioners of this craft form, with a strong emphasis on sculptural work. The selected artists/makers reflect a diverse range of methods and material approaches, as well as enviable skill and invention, showcasing what is possible within contemporary woodturning.In this Episode, I'm joined by curator Stephen O'Connell to discuss the exhibition, with contributions from some of the artists involved. Thanks to Matt Jones, Roger Bennett, Gintaras Malinauskas, and Liam O'Neill for sharing their thoughts on the exhibition, and their insights on what the craft of woodturning means to them.'After the Fall' continues at South Tipperary Arts Centre until mid January and features work by Roger Bennett, Liam Flynn, Liam O'Neill, Matt Jones, Gintaras Malinauskas, Emmet Kane, Alan Meredith & Max Brosi. Gallery open 10-5pm Monday to SaturdayFor more information visit www.southtippartscentre.ieSouth Tipperary Arts Centre would like to thank DCCI and Tipperary County Council for their support of 'After the Fall'.Irish Woodturners Guild - http://www.iwg.ie

This week we return to our Cuppa Culture format due to the level 5 restrictions across the country.I was delighted to chat with writer Fran O'Brien, part of the team that has brought this series of Spooky radio plays to the Source Arts Centre in Thurles this Hallowe'en. We are delighted to host this work in our podcast space and look forward to hearing more from them.Listen here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/samhain-the-source-radio-playsThese audioplays were created for Hallowe’en and are part of the Source Arts Centre in Thurles Actor’s Ensemble project where writers and actors come together in workshop sessions to create new works.  1. ‘Annabelle Lee’ was written by Joe HayesDirector was Martin Maguire The Actors were:Voice: Andy SpearpointMan: Andrew LummisWoman: Fiona McElroySecond Man: Martin Maguire 2. ‘The Darkness’ was written by Beverley PennDirector was Martin MaguireThe Actors were:Adam: Andrew LummisGweni: Fiona McElroy 3. ‘Hush Little Baby’ was written by Joe HayesDirector was Martin MaguireThe Actors were:Granny: Mary O'NeillIntruder: Andy SpearpointDad: Martin Maguire 4. ‘The Family’ was written by Fran O’BrienDirector was Martin MaguireThe Actors were:Jenny: Helen McGreeMags: Liz KirwanMother: Mary O'Neill Sound Recording: Daniel MatthewsSound Editing: Gavin ByrneStudio Manager: John Cummins The play was recorded as part of the Source Arts Centre’s Actors’ Ensemble project.The Source Arts Centre is funded by Tipperary County Council and The Arts Council.Contact the podcast: southtipparts podcast@gmail.comThanks for listening:)This project has received funding under the Tipperary Creative Ireland Programme 2020 

New Work presents painting, installation and text made by three Tipperary-based artists selected as part of South Tipperary Arts Centre’s Curator-in-Residence programme 2020. Independent Curator Anne Mullee mentored the artists to produce new work, initiating a series of meetings and professional development workshops which began in February. The programme quickly had to adapt to the online world as the Covid-19 crisis emerged.Featuring Anne Mullee, Lorraine Cleary, Sheenagh Geoghegan and Nocht Studio (Philip Ryan and Martin McGloin).visit www.southtippartscentre.ie to learn more.We invite you to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as we bring you content related to this show over the restriction period.Contact the podcast at southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening!

Laurence O’Dwyer is a poet from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, whose second collection, The Lighthouse Journal (Templar, 2020), was launched on Culture Night 2020 in cooperation with the Clonmel Junction Arts Festival and supported by Tipperary County Council Arts Office.Stemming from time spent working on a lighthouse in Norway, The Lighthouse Journal explores the past, present and future of Litløy Fyr, a small island located six miles from the Norwegian coast and one hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. This work is a celebration of a remote environment, as well as an ode to the comradery of manual labour as the poems document the restoration of a lighthouse that was built in 1912.Working with the Swedish app developer and game-maker, Malte Olsson, The Lighthouse Journal has been adapted into an interactive book, featuring maps, photographs and videos, as well as narrated poems and original music. Donal Gallagher of Asylum Productions narrates the video and app.The Lighthouse Journal has received a number of awards, including a Van Cleef & Arpels Special Fellowship in Poetry from the Bogliasco Foundation and the Yeovil Prize for Poetry. Selections from the collection have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (US) and a Best of the Net Award (US). The work has also been translated into Norwegian and published in Norway’s oldest literary journal, Vinduet. Laurence O’Dwyer is currently working on his third collection of poetry, The Lofoten Journal.The Lighthouse Journal is available from Templar Poetry from the link belowhttps://templarpoetry.com/collections/new-collections-pamphlets/products/the-lighthouse-journalYou can read more about the #CultureNight2020 interactive book project here:https://www.culturenighttipperary.ie/culture-night-events/the-lighthouse-journalContact the Podcast: southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening :)

In this episode we focus on the Source Arts Centre in Thurles, where we meet Brendan Maher, Artistic Director to talk about the challenges posed in recent months, as well as the first exhibition of the Source Autumn Programme - Hypercarbon - by Austin McQuinn, which opens this weekend, and their plans for Culture Night 2020, which falls on Friday 18th September this year. All the Tipperary events have their own website this year:https://www.culturenighttipperary.ie where you can browse the entire programme or alternatively you can see what's happening all over the country at www.culturenight.ieVisit www.thesourceartscentre.ie for further information about their Autumn programme.To listen back to the full interview with artist Austin McQuinn:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/40307213Gallery Opening Hours:10am to 5pm from Tuesday to Friday2pm to 5pm on SaturdaysFor further info:www.austinmcquinn.com

John Burke was one of Ireland's most innovative and influential sculptors of the 20th Century. This exhibition aims to reignite interest and awareness in his own home town; Clonmel.The exhibition will be composed of a number of maquettes of key projects, as well as a newly commissioned 6 x 8ft photograph of Red Cardinal in situ. Many of the pieces in this show will be on exhibit for the first time, offering audiences a unique opportunity to engage with the work of one of Ireland’s masters of modernist sculpture and public art.Artists Vivienne Roche, Maud Cotter, Eilis O' Connell, Danny McCarthy and Sean Lynch feature in this special episode, as well as well known art historian Vera Ryan, and we thank them for sharing their thoughts on the great man and his influence on them and on the landscape of Irish art.The exhibition runs at South Tipperary Arts Centre until Saturday 19th September.www.southtippartscentre.ie With thanks to Creative Ireland for their support in this project.You can contact the podcast at southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening :)

In Hypercarbon, Austin McQuinn uses a range of carbon-based materials including Chinese Ink, bog oak, bog deal, packing paper, quartz, bees wax and his own body to make new work for this exhibition in Thurles. The intense energy in the work expresses a hypersensitivity to these materials, forging connections between the molecular and the cosmological. This is Austin’s first solo exhibition in Tipperary, where he lives and works, and was specially commissioned by The Source Arts Centre, Thurles.
Artist and writer Austin McQuinn has exhibited widely with solo shows at DCP, San Francisco; Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, and three solo exhibitions at Project, Dublin. His work is held in public and private collections in Ireland, UK and USA. His upcoming book, titled ‘Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance’, will be published by Penn State University Press in Spring, 2021. He lives and works on Slievenamon, in South Tipperary.Exhibition commences Saturday 12 September and runs until Saturday 17 October, 2020.Official launch 2 p.m. on Saturday 12 September. Gallery Opening Hours:10am to 5pm from Tuesday to Friday2pm to 5pm on SaturdaysFor further info:www.austinmcquinn.com https://www.thesourceartscentre.ieMore on 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire - Animals & Imaginationhttp://gallery.limerick.ieDue in 2021: Penn State University Press: Book Publication Austin McQuinn – ‘Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance’.http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08796-2.htmlTo contact the podcast email southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening :)

This will be the first in a new series of the SouthTipp Arts Podcast and fits in beautifully with the reopening of South tipp arts centre. We are delighted that we have secured some creative ireland funding for this project and we thank them for their support. This first episode focuses on our reopening exhibition, Protectorate by Photographer Denis Mortell. Using the phenomenon of Brexit as a starting point, the exhibition considers themes such as Britishness, cultural difference, and social and political history. It looks at how myth and myth making, memory and place form part of national identity and community.While some images reflect on borders, borderlands and territory; a puritan approach to food and the ironies of daily life are also commented on. The viewer is asked to consider what is really being protected and why. How much is real, how much is myth?In this episode i caught up with Denis during the installation of protectorate, and also managed to have a chat with curator and art historian Catherine MarshallAs it has not been possible to have a public opening, we have released a short film on our youtube channel featuring some of Denis work and hearing the man himself explain his motivations and creative process. (link below)Photographer Denis Mortell and Curator Catherine Marshall take a tour through the gallery and discuss the images that make up Denis' exhibition 'Protectorate' - this guide is available to visitors to South Tipp Arts Centre as a QR code that can be accessed with a mobile device in the gallery, and provides an insight into the artists motivations and inspirations for this body of work.The exhibition runs from July 30th to August 22nd, 2020. For further info email info@southtippartscentre.ieDenis Mortell @South Tipperary Arts Centrehttps://youtu.be/BL7u00ejkXAIf you would like to contact the podcast our email is: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com With thanks to Creative Ireland for their support.

Clonmel Junction Arts Festival started almost 20 years ago as a celebration of touring theatre and live music. Over the years, it has grown into a week-long arts festival where national and international acts share a stage with some of the best local talent.Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, one of the key arts events of the summer in the South-East, is currently underway – but in a re-worked and re-imagined fashion. With a theme of 2020:Visionaries, the festival will bring its audience a host of events from 4th – 12th July that are taking place in a virtual context, as well as a series of visual arts events in the town itself.I had the opportunity to chat with some of the large team of people who are making it all happen, from the festival hub/studio in O’Connell St, who shared with me some of their personal highlights and the challenges of adapting to the new circumstances. A huge thanks to Elizabeth Bartley, James O'Donovan, Alan McCormack, Eoin Barry & Colin Everitt for sharing their valuable time. Please support their hard work by visiting www.junctionfestival.com and/or following the festival through their social media channels, bookings can be made for events through https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/clonmel-junction-arts-festival-19982185981#2020Visionaries #CJAF20 #RaisingSpirits

This week we were delighted to catch up with Fiona Kearney, Director of the Glucksman Gallery at UCC, who have been playing a blinder throughout the lockdown period, with initiatives like their 'Creativity at Home' project, 'Home from Home' - a reworking of a planned gallery exhibition, and their Billboard exhibition 'New Light' - presented in a series of exploratory walks around the city. http://www.glucksman.orgFiona Kearney is the founding Director of the Glucksman, a contemporary art museum that promotes ambitious art for all ages and abilities. In this position, she has curated numerous exhibitions of Irish and international art, with a particular emphasis on how contemporary art practice relates to research directions within University College Cork.You can get in touch via email: southtippartspodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening :)@GlucksmanGalleryUCC @SouthTippArtsCentre

This week Helena and Eimear chat to Tom Creed, opera/theatre director about the National Campaign for the Arts #savethearts campaign. Through their years of hard work (NCFA was established in 2009) they have lobbied on behalf of the arts in Ireland and in recent weeks have secured an unprecedented commitment from government to help #savethearts. We can each play our part in amplifying the message by visiting http://ncfa.ie and informing ourselves about things we can do to help. “The National Campaign for the Arts is a volunteer-led, grassroots movement that makes the case for the arts in Ireland. We work to ensure that the arts are on local and national government agendas and are recognised as a vital part of contemporary Irish life.”NCFA website #savethearts #NCFA #southtipparts #cuppaculture #southtippartspodcast You can email the podcast at southtippartspodcast@gmail.com - we would be delighted to hear from you!Thanks for listening

Be Creative Clonmel is a project designed by Clonmel artists Niamh Curry and Kevin Power who have put together a series of short video tutorials suitable for budding creatives of all ages. The sessions will bring you through Abstract Art, Portrait Drawing and Video & Photography for mobile phones. They invite the people of Clonmel to participate and to share their masterpieces with us all in a pop up gallery in shop windows around the town, painting the town with colour for this years Clonmel Junction Arts Festival in July.Submissions can be sent to projects@junctionfestival.comWatch the tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0kpivq6BKQFcYO1li1pFA/featuredand for further information visit http://www.junctionfestival.comIf you'd like to get in touch, email us at southtippartspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening:)

Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. This year, Cruinniú - now in it's 3rd year will be a completely digital festival with a myriad of online events taking place throughout the country on Saturday 13th June.This week Roisin O'Grady, Tipperary's Cruinniú na nÓg Co-Ordinator joined us for a cuppa culture to talk about the changes to the festival this year, and the many free events and ways to connect with them. It's fair to say that this year, more than ever, the arts need our support, and the projects here in Tipperary vary across a wide range of creative activities. There's sure to be something to suit every age and interest. Visit the Cruinniú website and start planning your day now! https://cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/eventsYou can contact the podcast by emailing southtippartspodcast@gmail.com - we would love to hear from you!Thanks for listening :)

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cuppa Culture from South Tipp Arts Podcast! We were delighted this week to be joined by Sculptor James Horan, who some of you might remember from “Sticks and Stones” and exhibition at South Tipp Arts Centre in 2017, which saw James and fellow sculptor Denis Lynch share the space to great effect. You can have a look back at that exhibition here: https://youtu.be/3i-1fh7GpMgBut during the lockdown, James has begun to explore paint as a medium, and we caught up with him to see how he’s been getting on.If you’d like to follow see more of James’ paintings, head over to his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameshoransculptureYou can also visit his website: http://www.jameshoransculpture.com or visit him on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/jameshoransculptureIf you'd like to get in touch, email us at southtippartspodcast@gmail.com

This week we take the opportunity to have a virtual cuppa with our friend Cliona Maher, Director of Clonmel Junction Arts Festival. This year the Junction team have taken the decision not to cancel the festival, but rather to adapt and adjust the festival programme to suit the current restrictions that we all find ourselves under. This years Junction festival promises again to showcase the best of local and international talent, albeit in different ways. We can't wait for it!Visit http://www.junctionfestival.com for details of what's coming up this year, and subscribe to their newsletter to keep up to date.If you'd like to contact the podcast, or would like to join us for a Cuppa Culture, drop us a line to southtippartspodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening :)

On this week’s Cuppa Culture we finally get to have a chat with Brazil based illustrator Róisín Hahessy, from Clonmel. After the Skype gremlins thwarted our last attempt, we were keen to catch up with Róisín and see how she was getting along...If you'd like to see Roisin's work, you can find her at any of these links:https://rosha.iehttps://www.instagram.com/roshaillustrationhttps://m.facebook.com/roshaillustrationhttps://www.boredpanda.com/english-idioms-illustrations-roisin-hahessy

This week our guest is Jeremiah Chechik - Director, Producer, Writer and Photographer. Jeremiah told us about how life in lockdown in California has been detrimental to some aspects of his work, but has gifted him more time for learning and getting creative in his home studio. You can see more of Jeremiah's work at www.chechik.com Both Jeremiah and Eimear contribute to a photography podcast called 'The Future of Photography', look for us wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.thefutureofphotography.comThanks for listening!Contact the podcast at southtippartspodcast@gmail.com