Proposals are sought for a 15 month Cooperative Commission commencing in September 2021 that engages with, and responds to, the unique town of Tuam, located north of Galway City in the west of Ireland. They wish to work with artists and/or arts collective that are seeking to further explore...
County Council invites applications from artists, designers and craft makers for a place on the Cork County Council Housing Public Art Panel 2021 – 2024. This will lead to public art commissions funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as part of Rebuilding Ireland. ...
One bursary is designated for projects focusing on environmental sustainability or climate change, and two are reserved for artists with lived experience of displacement, intergenerational migration, or those from historically marginalized communities. The bursaries aim to support the diverse voices of ...
Weinberg talks to Apollo about giving the collection its due while ensuring artists remain at the institution's centre Serious hunger strikes, such as the ones at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland in 1981 and the ones in progress in Guantanamo Bay, are self-immolations in slow motion, the...
Drought has been a reason for displacement for centuries. Most Irish population in the USA is a result of such a drought in Ireland in the mid 1800s. The Colorado river system is currently in crisis. Considering it forms the life giving veins in the Colorado basin, its been interesting how...
Jenny Lee puts performers and artists on the spot about what really matters to them. This week, comedian Dave Elliott By Jenny LeeAugust 07, 2023 at 8:00am BST James Nesbitt announced for Bangor's Open House Festival As Bangor's Open House Festival gets set to kick off their 10th anniv...
Those Catholic priests in Ireland who inflamed popular passions acted as the tools of the International Atheist conspiracy and found at last the movement turning against themselves. The Protestant clergymen who profess “Christian Socialism” are playing the same part. Doubtless without knowing it, ...
For next year's selection, RTCG is not using their usual national selection,Montevizija, as the selection process. Instead, the broadcaster is holding an open call for pretty much everyone who's interested in taking part in the contest. ...
The conflict between absolutism and liberty appealed not only to audiences but also to other artists and gave rise to several operas, not least to Verdi’s great Don Carlos of 1867. The play, which the playwright never finished to his satisfaction, lives on nonetheless among his best-loved ...
Unlike collectivist motivations typically associated with socialism, Wilde’s advocacy centred on freeing individuals, particularly artists, from the constraints of capitalist society. Art, for Wilde, was the highest form of Individualism: "Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world ...