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ROOTS, a dialogue in textile and poetry

The countdown is on. Sixteen months of work is coming to fruition. From 23rd September 2024 we will start to hang an exhibition of artworks created in response to the poetry of Irish poet, Jane Clarke, in The Coach House, Dublin Castle. The exhibition will be open to the public from 26th September and our official launch will be in early October.

This is such an exciting time for us as a collective. We have lived with the emotions and memories evoked by Jane’s poems for many months and we have taken them to our hearts. We each chose a poem, or a number of poems to respond to, creating unique artworks using different techniques, which reflect her words and the personal memories those words brought to the surface in each artist. Confronting the personal memories that were dredged up for each artist was not always an easy process, but we feel privileged to be able to have the ability to express the personal in artworks that may speak to us all.

Thank you to the OPW for granting us an exhibition space as wonderful as The Coach House, Dublin Castle and the staff at Dublin Castle for their help and cooperation. We especially thank, Jane Clarke for trusting us to give visual expression to her quiet, powerful words.

Thanks also to Kildare County Council for grant funding under the Arts Act and to Niamh in Inniscara Bespoke Framing, Co. Kildare who has worked with us in devising a cohesive framing plan for our diverse artworks.

More images and information will follow as we put the products of our emotions and Jane Clarke’s words on the white walls of the Kane Room, Dublin Castle.

Credit: Image used in our poster: ‘Final Moments‘ Pauline Kiernan.

Photos from our Opening Night at Las Rada

Some photographs snapped at our Opening Night In Las Rada, which was a fantastic success all round.

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Exhibition Opening Night

We had a wonderful opening night for our new exhibition in Las Rada Wine and Tapas Bar on Tuesday last. We were delighted to have Lucina Russell, Arts Officer with Kildare County Council, to officially launch the exhibition. It turns out that Lucina studied Art and Design (textiles) in GMIT so she really understood our work. As a small token of our gratitude, Catherine Domican made a pair of black, hand felted fingerless gloves that she presented to Lucina on the night. Just in time for the cold weather too!

Joanne and Jules provided a scrumptious selection of finger food and some really nice prosecco for our guests. We are very grateful to them for inviting us to exhibit in their gallery and restaurant space. We presented Joanne with a framed felted work by Catherine Dowling to thank her for their support.

We continued to imbibe prosecco and eat delicious food long after our guests were gone. Another successful launch!

We hope you get a chance to drop in over the next few weeks to see our exhibition during opening hours in the tapas bar.

Snippets from our Autumn Exhibition

Here are a few more images of work from our current exhibition in McAuley Place, Naas which runs until the 19th November

‘The Deep Blue Sea’ by Kathrina Hughes has been machine embroidered using metallic threads on to hand dyed and printed cotton.

‘Autumn Gold’ by Dee Kelly was inspired by the glowing colours of autumn. It was created by layering fabric, paper, bondaweb, chiffon and hand stitch.

Opening of Winter exhibition

Our first winter exhibition was a resounding success.

A great crowd turned out for the Opening Night and a huge interest was shown in the work during its week on display. The exhibition was officially opened by Moll Fullam, a well known local dramatist. We held free demonstrations on the Friday which drew a lot of interest and we are already planning our next show!

A big thank you to all at McCauley Place Art and Cultural Centre without which the exhibition would not have been possible.