Art Attacks Balgaddy Exhibition

Information about the Art Attacks Balgaddy Exhibition


An Art exhibition will take place on Friday 27th - Sunday 29th of April in Archbishop Ryan S.N.S., Balgaddy Road, Lucan.

All information must be submitted by Friday 30th March so booklet will be ready for exhibition.

Please contact Bríd at brid_connolly@hotmail.com or 087-9213520 or Miriam at
miriamsmithersartist@hotmail.com or 086-0573820 if you have any questions or to get the application form.

• The exhibition will be open to the public on at the following times

- Friday 27th April 7:30- 9

- Saturday 28th April 12-6

- Sunday 29th April 11-5

• All art work and displays must be set up on Thursday 26th April.

• The artists must pay a fee of €20 to secure a place. The area designated to each artist is 8 feet by 4 feet. Tables will be provided for all Crafters.

• 10% of all sales will go into school funds.

• Art/ craft work must be all taken down and collected on Sunday 29th from 4:30.

Crafty News Desk

Greetings from the Crafty News Desk. 
This weeks photo is of a determined briar that is growing though the back wall of our garden .... what PERSISTENCE - good word for us all in these recessionary times.

As part of our look at the Provinces I will be taking a stroll through MUNSTER this week.  No doubt I will only be touching the surface.  If you have anything to add please let me know and I can update the list or you can add your info to the comments at the end of this article.


Munster is made up of 6 counties i.e. : Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
A quick look at Etsy shows the following number of active shops in each county.
Clare (3), Cork (24), Kerry (5), Limerick (8), Tipperary (4) and Waterford (4)  total of 48   Big wave to you all in Munster ......


Some local links of interest
Clare : Clare Crafts Association  Assoc
Cork : West Cork Guild Guild 
Cork :  Stone Sculpting course Sculpting
Cork : textile intitiative Souvenir
Cork : Cork City Arts Arts
Cork:  Textile Exhibition and also 2-day textile festival  Cork Textiles
Kerry : news from Kerry Co Co. Kerry Co Co news
Kerry : Story of Irish Lace Exhibition and Seminar Lace
Kerry : Glass info Glass
Limerick : Milk Market Market
Limerick : Quilting retreat next weekend Retreat
Tipperary : craft classes Class
Tipperary : showcase crafts
Waterford : craft info studio

General links :
Craft Council of Ireland http://www.ccoi.ie/
Year of Craft site http://www.craftinireland.com/
Craft events http://www.craftinireland.com/
Business partnerships http://www.businesstoarts.ie/

Other news:

• Geraldine from LittleSnippets has been in touch with news of a great giveaway for Spring on her blog, well worth a look here ..... SPRING 
• How are you all getting on with the St Patricks Day Treasure Hunt???? 

Thats about it for this week.  Next week we have a look at Dublin.  All items for inclusion should be in with me by Sunday evening at the latest.
Have a good week
Cheers
Mo
http://www.huggleknits.etsy.com/