Following on from its successful first season the EXCEL FILM CLUB returns for its Summer Season, which runs every Tuesday. for eight weeks commencing on 18th April. The opening film of the EXCEL FILM CLUB Summer Season will be the Oscar winning drama SYRIANA.
Starring an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Christopher Plummer and Oscar winner George Clooney, SYRIANA is a political thriller that unfolds against the intrigue of the global oil industry. With multiple interwoven storylines, SYRIANA is a thought provoking film concerned with the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power.
With a varied line-up, including this years Oscar winning foreign language film, TSOTSI; the timeless classic THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, starring James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, the French thriller HIDDEN and the multiple Oscar nominated political drama GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, the EXCEL FILM CLUB summer season promises to be even better than the hugely successful Spring Season
Over the first two weeks audience members will be afforded the opportunity to choose the final three titles for the season on the 23rd May, 30th May and 6th June. Suggested titles include: THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, CAPOTE, DON’T COME KNOCKING, THE INSIDE MAN, MURDERBALL, NORTH COUNTRY, PROOF, THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, THE PROPOSITION, RENT, ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES, SHOOTING DOGS, TRANSAMERICA, THE WHITE COUNTESS, THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN
Admission to the EXCEL FILM CLUB can be purchased on the night or patrons can avail of SEASON MEMBERSHIP covering admission to all 8 films in the season, plus other benefits. Showings will be at 3pm and 8pm for all films except the opening film, SYRIANA showing at 8pm only.
Quotes from audience members on THE EXCEL FILM CLUB
“Excellent opportunity to see a greater variety of film”
“It is so great to have a Film Club in town. We will patronize it whenever we can.”
“Really enjoyed the films during the season can’t wait until it starts again.”
“Lovely to get back to the big screen; way more atmosphere”
Listings
May 2006
Líosta na nìmeachtaí
May
Templemore Library:
Adri-Anne Ridge, Thurles will be exhibiting a range of mixed media. The exhibition will run from Tuesday 02 May to Friday 02 June 2006.
Details: Templemore Library, Telephone: 0504 -32555
Nenagh Library:
Exhibition of work by Nenagh Day Care Centre Clients will be on display from 2 May - 22 May. Work by the “The Happy Artists” in association with Jacqueline Ryan will be exhibited from 23 May – 31 May.
Details: Nenagh Library. Telephone: 067 - 34404
Literary Groups and Events
Thurles Writers Group:
Meetings of the Thurles Writers Group take place every second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Kickham House (Skehans Bar), Liberty Square, Thurles at 8.30pm
Details: Bill Cooke. Tel: 0504 – 23138
Nenagh Writers Groups:
Meetings of the Nenagh Writers Group take place in the Hibernian Inn, Nenagh at 8.30pm every fortnight for anyone who has an interest in creative writing.
Details: Mike Roycroft. Tel: 067 – 32441 or www.mobhaile.ie
Meeting Dates: March 8 & 22, April 5 & 19, May 3, 17 & 31
Thurles Camera Club:
Meetings of the Thurles Camera Club take place every Wednesday night in Hayes Hotel, Thurles at 8.30pm
Details: John O’Loughlin. Tel: 0504 – 28712 or www.mobhaile.ie
Music/ Dance/ Ceilí
Nenagh Singers Circle:
Nenagh Singer’s Circle will continue to meet form March to May. No fixed meeting dates or venues have yet been decided.
Details: Michael Scanlon. Tel: 067 – 32230 or www.singerscircle.com
North Tipperary Arts Newsletter
Thurles Regional Arts Centre – Project Update
The site of the Thurles Regional Arts Centre and new Branch Library is a hive of activity as we anticipate its opening to the public later this summer. The building phase of the project is coming towards an end, the crane is gone, entrance steps are in construction and we eagerly await the arrival of all of the theatre equipment, seating, lighting, sound equipment, projection equipment etc. which is due to be in place by mid-summer.
Behind the scenes we are planning for operation and the Board of Thurles Regional Arts Centre is delighted to announce the appointment of Claudia Woolgar as Artistic Director. In welcoming Claudia to the post, Chairperson of Thurles Regional Arts Centre, Councillor Mae Quinn expressed the boards delight in “attracting a person of Claudia’s experience and calibre to lead the artistic and community development of a project which is a much anticipated resource for the town and County and assured Claudia of the support of the Board who have been working over a number of years to ensure the best of facilities for the arts for the people of Thurles and North Tipperary”.
Appointment of Claudia Woolgar as Artistic Director
Claudia Woolgar was Director of Kilkenny Arts Festival 2003 and 2004, during which time the Festival commissioned and produced site specific work and initiated an innovative community outreach programme. Prior to her move to Ireland she worked in The Netherlands as an international theatre producer. She ran two producing companies, Offshore Cultural Projects and (i)tex, presenting the work of such directors as Rimas Tuminas (Lithuania), Silviu Purcarete (Romania), Lev Dodin (Russia) and Declan Donnellan (UK). (i)tex was specifically set up to work with the Baltic States, and involved touring and co-producing work, such as Tuminas’ The Seagull with Dundee Repertory Theatre.
From 1994 – 1997, based in London (with a seven month stint living in Romania), she ran a British-Romanian theatre exchange programme called Noroc. This sought to work bi-laterally between the two countries, and involved touring the work of Romanian directors in the UK, and producing collaborative projects such as Robert Delaware’s production of Pinocchio in Venice staged at the National Theatre of Craiova, Romania. Noroc also ran a British theatre festival in Bucharest, during which work by authors such as Howard Barker, Sarah Kane and Ed Thomas was presented to Romanian audiences.
Woolgar also ran a three year training placement programme with the Caucasus region for Visiting Arts in London, which arranged month long placements in UK arts organisations for young arts managers from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Her first professional job was as a theatre critic, specialising in Eastern European theatre.
Woolgar is on the Board of Directors of Theatre Forum, and since leaving Kilkenny has been involved in a range of projects, among them drawing up an industry response paper for the Arts Council on touring needs in Ireland, assisting Landmark Productions with their production of Dandelions, and presenting an international production of Twelfth Night at the Bath International Shakespeare Festival.
“I am absolutely thrilled at the appointment to run the arts centre in Thurles. It is such an exciting opportunity – to open a new building, and to ensure that artistically it offers the very best quality work and sits at the heart of its community, welcoming and accessible to all. It is a fantastic building, and I look forward to working with the people in Thurles and beyond to establish an arts centre which is a flagship venue for excellence, innovation and professional arts practice.”-Claudia Woolgar, Artistic Director, Thurles Regional Arts Centre
Terryglass Arts Festival-invitation to artists/craftworkers
The Terryglass Arts Festival organising committee invites proposals from artists and craftworkers in the region for the workshop programme for the 2006 festival which will take place from 24-27 August 2006. The 2005 workshop programme comprised of 52 workshops for children of all ages and adults in a variety of artforms and craft activities. In making a proposal please indicate suitable age group, materials, duration, venue requirements. (Most workshops programme are from 1-1.5 hours duration.
The committee also invites craftworkers to contact them for consideration for inclusion in the annual outdoor craft fair (weather dependent) which will take place on Sunday 27 August 2006. This is always a very popular and well attended feature of the festival. Craftworkers must provide some form of interaction for audiences attending the festival i.e. demonstrations or an opportunity to try your craft on the day.
For further information please contact Margriet Schouwenburg 067-22102 or e-mail: cornalack@eircom.net
Are you involved in Music in North Tipperary?
Plan for music development in North Tipperary
During 2006 the arts office of North Tipperary County Council plans to develop a music strategy for the county. We see the value of this project in terms of 1.Developing a database of musicians/composers in all genres 2. auditing and assessing the levels and variety of music activity in the county 3. Identifying niche areas of development need and 4. establishing a strategy for music development.
If you are a musician, singer or composer in any genre, are part of a band/choir/group in any genre, teach music classes, run a music school, are involved in recording etc. and would like to register your interest please contact the arts office at 067-44852 or by e-mail artsoffice@northtippcoco.ie . We plan to appoint a music specialist to co-ordinate the research who will facilitate discussions with the music sector and the arts office in looking at the best way to support and develop music in North Tipperary.
Opportunities
Arts Council Closing Dates:
Please check the Arts Council’s website www.artscouncil.ie for details on awards and schemes for 2006.
Artist in the Community Scheme 2006
Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and community groups to work together on projects. The scheme covers all art forms. The Artist in the Community Scheme is managed by CREATE. The aim of the scheme is to encourage intense collaboration between community groups and artists. The focus of the collaboration must be a project in which the members of the community group and the artists work together in order to realise an artistic project or an event. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project.Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage. Phase One, the research and development award of up to €1,000, gives artists an opportunity to explore and develop a project in a community context. Phase Two is open to community organisations or groups who are planning a project of between 6 weeks and 5 months with a maximum award of €5000, and those who are planning a project of between 6 months and 9 months with a maximum award of €10,000. Full details see grant scheme page www.create-ireland.ie. CREATE staff are available to give an information session which includes an overview of the Scheme and the selection criteria. A question and answer session will follow.
For further details contact Katherine Atkinson at CREATE 01-4736600 or email support@artsincontext.com .The funding deadlines for 2006 are 31 March and 30 June.
Call for interest in MA in Arts & Health, Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford Institute of Technology is proposing to initiate the first Masters in Arts & Health in the Republic of Ireland. To progress this proposal, WIT is calling for an endorsement of interest from arts practitioners, arts managers and arts students. To respond to this call, please indicate the following details:
- Area of work: Arts practitioner
Arts manager
Arts student
Other, please specify __________________________
- Level of educational qualification: __________________________
- Area of interest for MA thesis: ________________________
Please return to: Peter Jordon, Waterford Institute of Technology, College Street, Waterford or email: pjordan@wit.ie
Culture 2000 to be replaced by ‘Culture Programme’
Culture 2000 has been the main funding programme administrated by the European Commission. It supported annual and multi-annual contemporary arts and cultural heritage projects, and provided translation grants for contemporary European literature and works of the European humanities.
In 2006 the Culture 2000 programme is to be replaced by the `Culture Programme` (2007-2013). The `Culture Programme` is expected to be similar to the `Culture 2000` programme in structure and guidelines, but final details have yet to be decided by the European Parliament. The call for proposals is likely to be issued July/August with a deadline for applications to be in November 2006.
More about Culture 2000 and updates at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm or Culture Contact Points at http://www.culture2000.info (UK) and www.ccp.ie (RoI)
One Gallery, Call for Submissions:
One Gallery invites submissions for solo shows for the period Sept ’06 – June ’07. Applicants must be living in Ireland not have exhibited solo before. Students will not be considered. Send: Examples of recent work - slides [mark top] (no originals); digital files on DVD or CD; audio on tape, CD or MD, printed material. Label with name, title, medium and date. Artists’ statement, Up to date résumé to Davey Moor, One Gallery, 3 Clare St., Dublin 2.
