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 :)

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SHUL @South Tipperary Arts Centre

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

Focus on Junction Festival 2021

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!

Cruinniú na nÓg 2021

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 @STAC (Part 2)

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

Na Cailleacha @STAC

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!

Dara McGrath - Project Cleansweep

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

Cuppa Culture - Peter O'Toole - When the shed light is on

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

Cuppa Culture - Helena Tobin - STAC's 2021 Programme revealed!

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

Cuppa Culture - Michelle Moloney King - Experimental Poet

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

Cuppa Culture - Róisín Maher - Finding a Voice

'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 Series - Brigid Teehan

'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 Series - Alan Wells

'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 Series - Annie Hogg

'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

Connect, Create, Inspire Series - Maria Coleman

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

After The Fall - Contemporary Woodturning at STAC

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