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The posts here are mainly to do with art related themes, having an avid interest in visual arts and music - in particular visual music. Below are excerpts from recent posts, click the heading or the Read More link to view the full post.
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre – Carlow
Posted on | May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tour of VISUAL – Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre 20th May 2009 Visual Website now live VISUAL – Old Dublin Road, Carlow. 059 9172400 I have just completed a truly wonderful tour of VISUAL (May 20, 2009) – the new Visual Arts Centre and George Bernard Shaw Theatre in Carlow. [...]
Jimmy Behan – Musician/Composer – new CD
Posted on | May 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Jimmy Behan – The Echo Garden CD/Download | Audiobulb | AB020 The second Jimmy Behan album The Echo Garden is out now on Audiobulb. Jimmy is an excellent composer/musician, this recent track of his Through the Trees is very beautiful…worth a listen. Whats more Jimmy is Carlow based. “Jimmy Behan (b.Carlow 1972) is an Irish musician/composer working [...]
Photographer Artist – Gwen Wilkinson
Posted on | May 18, 2009 | Comments Off
Gwen creates absolutely wonderful photography – Carlow based, her work is really worth checking out, luckily she keeps some websites documenting her projects. “Gwen Wilkinson, studied photography at Griffith College Dublin in 2004, and has steadily worked towards building a strong career as a documentary photographer. Building an impressive portfolio of in-depth social commentary through [...]
Easter Hat New York
Posted on | April 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Came across a very flowery hat at the easter parade in New York. Not sure if its going to take the fashion world by storm, but definitely drew the cameras this day. It was amazing to see so many artistic creations as people walked down fifth avenue. No traffic, just lots of people out for [...]
Visual Music Event
Posted on | April 5, 2009 | Comments Off
I am heading to New york to attend the Visual Music Marathon to be held in the Chelsea Visual Arts Theatre, on April 11, 2009. This is a 12 hour non stop presentation of historical and contemporary visual music works. This is an art area that exists between music/art/film/video/digital technology where works are created that [...]
Attention Smokers
Posted on | April 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Saw this very convincing notice by City of London to address the problem of cigarette butts!
View of River Liffey, Dublin
Posted on | February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
This photo was taken on a short break in Dublin – went to a concert and chilled with this amazing view from the balcony window – down near the O2 venue near the IFSC center.
Snowy Bench
Posted on | February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
Snow time hits carlow. After years of telling my family and my parents who live in leitrim (north west of Ireland) that the climate in carlow some 125 miles away is like living in the mediteranean in comparison to living in the north west…..well the tables turned this february. Chatting to my mother on the [...]