 18 Dec 07
Welcome to the ArtLinks ebulletin
A regular Art News and Information bulletin from the participating ArtLinks Partner Counties: Co Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow
Seasons Greetings to you from ArtLinks and the ArtLinks Partner Arts Office Staff.
 Last month was a busy month with the Official Launch of ArtLinks in the parade Tower in Kilkenny (the original venue for the initial consultation with arts practitioners that occurred in May 2006).
Thanks to all those that travelled and helped make it such a successful evening. Our thanks especially to Dr Micheál Ó'Súilleabháin for his speech which officially launched, what he called 'heartlinks'. The night was filled with theatre and music performances; much laughter was provided by our other guest speaker, writer, Eoin Colfer, traditional musicians, Croi; Wexford based dancer Sandra Keil, Catapult Dance Company and of course, singer cabaret artist, Camille O'Sullivan.
Congratulations to our first 2007 ArtLinks Bursary winners, many who were musicians this time around (perhaps an indication that the first series of ArtLinks Professional Development Courses for Music alerted more musicians than we realised). It was exciting for me personally to see that some of the people had attended ArtLinks courses getting the awards. The Bursaries were assessed by independent panel; read more about the €40000 awarded to create the first significant Arts Bursaries in the region on the About page of the ArtLinks site.
As more people hear about ArtLinks Bursaries we are expecting more applications from all the arts forms in 2008; we hope you are encouraged to apply or let others know about the scheme. As you might know, the ArtLinks Bursaries complement the ongoing awards and funds that are available from your Local Arts Office. Please see the links on the Contact Page for all the Arts Office websites, where they list their funding opportunities throughout the year.
Looking to the New Year we are now inviting people who are involved in Drama and Theatre to send in their ideas for the Spring 2008 courses (see more below).
The ArtLinks website has grown quickly and in a short time has proved to be a useful directory, one-stop information exchange site for all creative practitioners in the region. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and also to our designer and developer who have worked hard to create such an interactive site. We are hoping to expand the Archive area of the Artlinks.ie website to more fully present information gathered in the courses and and introduce some more features - more later.
Another area hoped to be researched and developed in 2008 will be the idea of mentoring schemes; this is an exciting strand of the ArtLinks first mooted at the original Exchange Day.
Best wishes for all your creative work in 2008,
Cathy Fitzgerald
He-ArtLinks Director :)
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Drama / Theatre ArtLinks Courses in Spring 2008 - your ideas needed!
If
you are involved in an amateur drama group, drama teaching, or professional
theatre practice/writing, event management, etc , do write in and tell us
what you would like to see in the courses. In the Autumn, we are
holding courses on Film and already the film community has been quick
off the mark sending in ideas and even some have sent CV's in case we
are looking for panellists. Remember, we were able to bring some expert
teachers to the Music courses, let us know who you want to come to the
South East to extend your practice.
Send ideas to Cathy at info@artlinks.ie or post ideas to create discussion amongst your drama /theatre contacts, on the ArtLinks.ie Forum webpages
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New e-bulletin sign up feature: Not a creative practitioner or living in the 5 counties..
For anyone one interested in the Arts in the 5 counties or who are interested in ArtLinks programme in general but not living in the region, you can now sign up for the FREE ArtLinks e-bulletin on the home page of the artlinks.ie site.
New Online Arts Calendar!
A new feature now allows ArtLinks members and the partner Arts Offces to upload Events / Exhibtion / Festival and News details to the new ArtLinks Events and News Calendars. Login with your username and password on the artlinks.ie site and choose the Add Events/News Option.
Interested in the Arts in the 5 Counties? By going to the artlinks.ie Events Page, you will see a month by month Arts Calendar, with a growing list of events added by the ArtLinks members and Arts Offices in the 5 Counties. Events are colour coded for each artform. See Calendars
ArtLinks.ie website is not just for individual practitioners; Festivals, Drama groups, Bands, Writing Groups, Societies, are all welcome on artlinks.ie!
If you have registered an an individual, please also remember to register any creative group, society, band or collective you may be involved with to increase its profile.
ArtLinks Members, especially students: Please keep your Profile Page up-to-date!!
Members, increasingly people are visiting the artlinks.ie website, including gallery owners, event organisers, arts office staff and the media. A blank or poorly filled out Profile page does not give a good indication of your work. Statements do not need to be long, but please write what area interests you and current or past work.
To update your page please Login with your username and password. Forgotton your details? Email: info@artlinks.ie
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€100 Book Prize!
Book Voucher Prize for 500th person to register with ArtLinks - we're getting close so this might be someone's Xmas present!
Prize sponsored by
 Books Unlimited
over 250,000 titles
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Why Join ArtLinks?
ArtLinks provides accessible opportunities for all amateur and professional creative practitioners, aged 18 and above, who are resident in Co. Kilkenny, Co. Carlow, Co. Waterford, Co. Wexford and Co. Wicklow to gain skills, knowledge and understanding and necessary support in order to develop their work practices and careers.
ArtLinks is User Led; Your Involvement is Central in making this initiative develop and succeed for all creative practitioners in the five counties.
FREE ArtLinks benefits:
Receive ArtLinks e-bulletins
Qualify for priority booking & reduced fees for ArtLinks courses
Don't have a website? when you join up above, your Registration details will create your online ArtLinks Artists' Profile Page that you can easily update anytime
If you upload a picture your Profile image will randomly feature on the ArtLinks homepage
Post your own event /exhibition /meeting / notices on the ArtLinks Noticeboard
Network with practitioners in your region in the ArtLinks Forums
Be eligible to apply for
ArtLinks Bursaries
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