The ArtLinks e-Newsletter is sent to 1200+ creative practitioners, and those interested in the Arts across Ireland, each month. The ArtLinks.ie website was recently short-listed for 2009 eGovt Award.
25 June 09
Welcome to the ArtLinks e-Newsletter
A regular Art News and Information Bulletin from the participating ArtLinks Partner Counties: Co Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford & Wicklow
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying the warm weather. It was great to see all the Art events and the many ArtLinks members involved in the recent and very successful Carlow Eigse festival and I know one fringe event,the Blueprint Arts Group exhibition had been organised through the ArtLinks forum! Congratulations to all involved with Eigse! Kilkenny will soon be hosting its 2009 Kilkenny Arts Festival and there is a call for volunteers on the ArtLinks Noticeboard. The Crafts Council of Ireland, based in Kilkenny has also put out a call for volunteers that includes training and Myriad Dance in Wexford has a call for dancers for the upcoming Wexford Opera festival. We've also added a new feature on the ArtLinks.ie Noticeboard where you can now list yourself as volunteer for different art forms and festivals.
Two weeks ago ArtLinks announced its second round of its highly regarded Mentoring Advice Sessions for painters and printmakers! If you are interested
in receiving private, professional
advice from leading Arts specialists apply now. Applicants
must be resident in a partner ArtLinks Local Authority area and be registered
with ArtLinks.ie. To
apply please submit CV & 6 examples of work, with a covering letter
outlining interest in participating and 2-3 questions for the mentors regarding
your practice to your ArtLinks County Arts
Officer, either by letter or email, by Wed 1st July 2009. Mentoring Advice Sessions are subsidised and places are limited. Read more here
We recently had a very successful Spring series of ArtLinks courses and I'd like to share with you some of recent feedback with you.
I think you'll agree the figures reveal the quality of the courses that ArtLinks is providing and that we are scheduling the courses to suit most of the members needs in terms of content, accessibility and costs
- Was the course good value for money? Yes 100%!
- Do
you prefer weekday, evening or weekend courses? Weekday 65%,
Weekend 26%, Evening 14%
- Are
the online slideshow notes in the ArtLinks Archive useful for additional
material? Yes 98%, No 2% (no broadband!))
- Would
you recommend ArtLinks Courses? Yes 100%!
- Do
you prefer all day seminars or shorter evening discussion format, All day
86% , Evening
Format 14%
 However we still have one course to deliver as we had to re-schedule the ArtLinks Theatre Lighting course at the Watergate Theatre in Kilkenny to Wed 1 July - a few places are left on this practical, all day course where you get to use the stage lighting, see the Course page.
It's great to see the huge variety and growing list of Arts News, Calendar Events, Art Courses & Notices on the ArtLinks website and don't forget to post your own events, news, courses or comments! There are so many now that I've re-arranged this newsletter to show all of your activities.
Enjoy all the Arts everyone and a big welcome to new members - we've reached 1200+ Members milestone and mostly its been through word of mouth! Let's keep growing ArtLinks!
Cathy Fitzgerald
ArtLinks Director and Member |
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More ArtLinks Professional Development
Spring 2009 Courses added to the online ArtLinks Archive
We've recently added the Eigse/VISUAL/ArtLinks Art Handling Course notes and notes from the WHAT/ArtLInks Music in Healthcare Course. 
Full List of Course notes in the ArtLinks Archive, CLICK HERE
Funding/Opportunities
* Applying for Funding
* Approaching Galleries & Proposal Writing for Visual Artists
* Engaging in Public Art Commissions
>> NEW Earning Opportunities for Visual Artists
>> Art Handling
Website Options for Arts Practitioners
* Getting your Visual Work Online Today
* Blogging for the Arts Beginners
>> NEW Blogging for the Arts - Intermediate
Business Skills for Arts Practitioners
>> NEW Making a Business of your Art - Visual Art
* Introduction To Self Employment & Tax Exemption
* Marketing your Creative Work (writing your Artist's Statement & CV for visual artists)
* Traditional Irish Singing Workshop
* Getting Ahead in the Music Industry
* Understanding the practice and theory of Community Music
>>
NEW>> * The Power of Participative Music Techniques in the Healthcare Setting
Theatre
*Pro-Am Theatre Skills Workshop
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Submissions
25-06-2009 - 21-08-2009Wexford: Wind on Water by Veronika Kladnakova and others at The Cockleshell gallery
