PICS FROM NGG EXHIB & READING

Some pics from the NGG Gallery exhibition and open mic on Tuesday night in Temple Bar, Dublin. It was a fun night of art, poetry, music, wine and ... water (for me!)

I haven't the energy to write a report but it was great to meet Emerging Writer there, (at last!). Congrats on your piece - it went down very well with everyone.

I hope the NGG make this an annual event and that it grows and grows. All kudos to curator/artist/poet Carol Eakins who got it together and was so nice to deal with over the course of the last few months.

Click on pics to make them bigger if you want. I don't know everyone's name, so sorry there are no labels on the images.

I do know that the frogs one at the top is by Emmett Martin and Ashley Walsh of M2i.foto. I love it! And the second image/collage is my piece.

WORDS & ART - EXHIB AND READING

OK, I know I blogged this before. This is just a reminder that the launch event happens tomorrow night at 6pm in the No Grants Gallery in Temple Bar, Dublin. I'll be reading my Paul Durcan poem.

See y'all there, I hope!

From their website:

1st – 15th May

Creative Writing Exhibition

This celebration, including all forms of writing such as poetry and lyrics, will showcase a range of works from both established and up-coming writers. Each piece of work will be framed and on exhibition at our recession busting No Grants Gallery right here in Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter! Writers will illustrate their writing with imagery guides which will accompany their work.

Lunchtime readings will also take place throughout the 2 weeks so log on to www.templebar.ie for more details soon. The exhibition will officially launch on Tuesday May 5th will an open-mic evening from 6 – 8pm offering everyone an opportunity to discuss the written word.

Speaking about the new Creative Writing Exhibition, Gallery curator Carol Eakins said ‘“This exhibition is a celebration of verbal, visual and performance art and an opportunity to show the written word combined with an artistic eye and the spoken tongue to bring all creative writing to life. As a curator, artist and poet myself the creative writing exhibition is an opportunity for writers both professional and amateur to exhibit their work in an environment that shares their passion and enthusiasm for the arts.”

NO GRANTS GALLERY WRITING EXHIB

Temple Bar Cultural Trust are hosting the all new Creative Writing Exhibition which will take place at the No Grants Gallery from May 1st – 15th, Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

One of my poems 'Dancing With Paul Durcan' was selected for this and I've been busily making a collage - a pet activity of mine, when I have time - for the exhibition. Sneak preview above!

The exhibition will officially launch on Tuesday May 5th with an open-mic evening from 6pm – 8pm. I plan to be there to read my poem and hear and see the other writers'/artists' work. Lunchtime readings will take place throughout the 2 weeks so log on to www.templebar.ie for more details soon.

Speaking about the new Creative Writing Exhibition, Gallery curator Carol Eakins said, “This exhibition is a celebration of verbal, visual and performance art and an opportunity to show the written word combined with an artistic eye and the spoken tongue to bring all creative writing to life. As a curator, artist and poet myself the creative writing exhibition is an opportunity for writers both professional and amateur to exhibit their work in an environment that shares their passion and enthusiasm for the arts.”

NGG (No Grants Gallery) is a new gallery and exhibition space for artists who are currently working without public funding support. The new gallery is curated and managed by Dublin artist Carol Eakins and the system is very simple - artists will pay a nominal fifty euro fee for a two-week exhibition slot and also receive promotional support from TBCT.