Artist in Residence
Web Gallery, Artist in Residence, 2012
19/05/13 21:23
We have just added a gallery of work created by our residency artists from the 2012 programme. You may view the images here. Pictured clockwise from left are Untitled by Colin Matthes, Ping Pong Table by Susie Tarnowicz, ADDvice by Marc Horowitz and still from Montaña en sombra by Lois Patiño.
Exhibition at Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin
28/03/13 13:50
There will be an opening tonight, Thursday, March 28 from 6 to 8pm for an exhibition of work by our 2012 residency artists at Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin. The show will run until May 4, and travel to the Wexford Arts Centre on September 7.
Colin Matthes, Lois Patino, Marc Horowitz and Susie Tarnowicz were participants in the 2012 Artist Residency program at Cow House Studios. Their work represents a range of perspectives, mediums and working methods. This exhibition explores the disjunction between their observations and representations of environment, and how this separation alters perceptions of our landscape, private and public space, customs, traditions and habits.
Visiting Artists, Art on the Farm 2013
28/03/13 00:53
We are pleased to announce our 2013 visiting artists Adam Neese (MFA The University of North Texas, BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Eleanor Ryburn (BFA Washington University), and Katie Humphries (MFA San Francisco Art Institute, BA Portland State University). During the programme they will run workshops, give individual tutorials and speak about their own creative process. This provides our students for Art on the Farm a great opportunity to work with and learn from dedicated and talented artists.
For more examples of their work please click here.
2011 Residency Exhibition
02/10/12 23:36
The Line Between is a group exhibition by 2011 Cow House residency artists Antony Clarkson (UK), Sabina Mac Mahon (Ireland), Shiro Masuyama (Japan), and Hilary Wilder (USA). Their work is presently on view at the Wexford Arts Centre, and will also travel to Monster Truck Gallery and Studios in Dublin.Saturday, 6th October at 4pm - Co Director Frank Abruzzese will host a talk with the exhibiting artists on the works in-situ at Wexford Arts Centre and their practices.
Friday, 12th October - Opening reception at Monster Truck Gallery and Studios. Work will be on view from Saturday, 13th October to Saturday, 3rd November.
2012 Residency Artists Announced
23/05/12 10:37
We are pleased to announce the 2012 residency artists. Colin Matthes (USA), Lois Patino (Spain), Marc Horowitz (USA) and Susie Tarnowicz (USA) will take up residence at the Cow House from September 16 until November 25, 2012. During the autumn of 2013 all four artists will exhibit new work at both Wexford Arts Centre and Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin.
Images above are from left to right video still Into the Origin by Lois Patino, performance The Recessionator by Marc Horowitz, top right Rising Water Improvised Rescue Device by Colin Matthes, and bottom right mantlepiece setup by Susie Tarnowicz.
You can read more about this years residency artists here.
Web Gallery, Artist in Residence, 2011
19/05/12 22:47
We have just added a gallery of work created by our residency artists from the 2011 programme. You may view the images here. Pictured from top to bottom, left to right are relics from 'Longevity, if not Immortality' by Sabina Mac Mahon, Removing obstacles of relationships by Shiro Masuyama, Self Portrait with Jenga by Antony Clarkson and TheViking’s Skiff by Hilary Wilder.
Visiting Artists, Art on the Farm 2012
20/03/12 23:26
We are pleased to announce our 2012 visiting artists Devra Fox, Nora Rodriguez, Rachael MacFarlane and Sarah Hearn. During the programme they will run workshops, give individual tutorials and speak about their own creative process. This provides our students for Art on the Farm a great opportunity to work with and learn from dedicated and talented artists. For more examples of their work please click here.
Devra will receive her BFA from Bard college this year. A common theme that emerges in her practice is growth and deterioration in connection with the human body and nature. She seeks parallels, such as the correlation between the stemming of human veins and branches of a tree, and an overarching connectedness present between our bodies and nature.
Nora received her BA in Visual Art and Art History from Columbia University in 2011. She has taught at the Oxbow School in Napa, CA, Philips Academy, Andover MA and the De Young Museum in San Francisco, CA. Her recent work has been on paper in ink and pencil, and addresses sign systems, primarily personal and cultural symbols which express subjectivity.
Rachel received her BA from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2008. She has been working as a technician and mentor at her alma mater, offering technical demonstrations, artist talks and individual critiques.Her work uses maquettes made of found refuse to serve as references for painted worlds that fall somewhere between mimetic representation and abstraction.
Sarah received her BFA from the College of Santa Fe in 2001 and her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2010, and currently lives and teaches in Oklahoma City. Her recent work, An Unnatural History, is an installation that inhabits the space between the continuously shifting realms of science, pseudoscience and science fiction, documenting the (fictional) discovery of a taxonomy of marine life.
Cow House Open Studios
14/11/11 15:08
Sunday 20th November, 2pm - 6pm
Please join us this Sunday in viewing recent work by our 2011 residency artists; Antony Clarkson (UK), Sabina Mac Mahon (Ireland), Shiro Masuyama (Japan) and Hilary Wilder (USA).During their ten week stay, these artists were given the time and space to concentrate on making a new body of work. Cow House Open Studios offers the community a chance to see our facilities, meet the artists, and view the work they have been creating. Please visit anytime between 2pm and 6pm. All are welcome.
3pm - 4:30pm: Artist Talk
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Tea, brown bread and soup.
The Drover turns the Cattle
13/10/11 11:58
Tomorrow, Friday October 14 Monster Truck Gallery opens "The Drover turns the Cattle" a group show featuring our 2010 residency artists Marisol Malatesta, Gail Cunningham, Laurie Lax and Matthew Denniss. The show will run until October 29th.
"In the fall of 2010 four artists with disparate practices, different approaches, different tools, different materials and from different geographies. were brought together with the purpose of creating a new body of work at Cow House Studios in Wexford, Ireland. The rural location of the Cow House, the ideas shared communally and its informative influence form the content of the exhibition. Formal connections with their practices were replaced, or exchanged, with what the cattle farm had to offer- its landscape, the mountain, its noises, the tractor, the air, the weather, and the intimate community that was created. A year later, the artists have been turned-moved from one field to another, from Cow House to Monster Truck taking their work, their newly found connected experiences and knowledge, and presenting them in a new landscape."
View our online gallery here...
Read more about Monster Truck here...
"Retrieval Systems" at Wexford Arts Centre
07/06/11 20:47
Opening Thursday, June 9
Above left Tunnel Spider Side Chair by Gail Cunningham, above right Phoautograph (detail) by Matthew Denniss.
Wexford Arts Centre, in collaboration with Cow House Studios will host a two-person exhibition of recent work by 2010 artists-in-residence, Matthew Denniss and Gail Cunningham. In developing their work at Cow House Studios, Denniss and Cunningham examine the various aspects in which energy resides. With Cunningham's work, her highly controlled, precision-cut paper images reveal a hidden energy of powerful proportions, conveying an anxiety as spiders crawl and scramble frantically from deep within the confines of the domestic ritual. Denniss, on the other hand, is more concerned with the physical elements of energy and his association with the primitive means of harbouring and utilising it. In doing so, he is attempting to explore and reveal the true motives and philosophies of the original inventors, responsible for such machines like the phonautograph and the wind turbine.
Gail Cunningham studied at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia and graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon in 2003. Her work has featured in numerous group shows including Side By Side, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Pretty, Pretty, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; and OFF DUTY, MGA Partners, Philadelphia, PA. Gail lives and works in her native Philadelphia.
Matthew Denniss graduated from Goldsmiths College, London with a BA in Fine Art in 2006. Denniss was Artist in Residence at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2009, and has exhibited in Newcastle, Glasgow, London, Norway and the Czech Republic. He currently lives and works in Manchester.
2011 Residency Artists Announced
12/05/11 23:38
We are pleased to announce our 2011 residency artists. Hilary Wilder (USA), Sabina Mac Mahon (Ireland), Antony Clarkson (UK) and Shiro Masuyama (Japan) will take up residence at the Cow House from September 18 until November 27. During the autumn of 2012, all four artists will exhibit in a group show that will travel to the Wexford Arts Centre and Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin.
Images above are from left to right An Immodern Proposal #2 by Hilary Wilder, The Transport of the Holy House of Loreto by Sabina Mac Mahon, top right Manchester Profile, The Cathedral and Deansgate by Antony Clarkson, and bottom right Parky Party, by Shiro Masuyama.
You can read more about this years residency artists here.
Web Gallery, Residency 2010
08/04/11 17:06
We have just added a gallery of images created by our residency artists in the autumn of 2010. You may view the images here. Pictured from left to right Drainage by Gail Cunningham, Phonautograph by Matthew Denniss, The Others were Cowed into Apathy by Marisol Malatesta and Hen House by Laurie Lax.
Visiting Artists, Art on the Farm 2011
02/03/11 16:36
For the summer of 2011 we will host artists Christin Boggs and Zsofia Schweger. For nine weeks they will run workshops, give individual tutorials and speak about their own creative process. This gives our students for Art on the Farm a great opportunity to work with and learn from young, dedicated and talented artists. For more examples of their work please click here.
Christin is an artist, photographer, educator, and sustainable food advocate. A native of the Washington Metropolitan Area, she holds a MFA in Imaging Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology [2010] and a BFA in Art and Visual Technology from George Mason University [2007]. Her recent project Slow & Steady has appeared in a number of public venues including a solo exhibition at the Design Gallery at the Rochester Regional Community Design Center.
Originally from Szeged, Hungary, Zsofia is currently studying for her B.A. in Studio Art and Comparative Literature at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She has worked as gallery assistant at the Jewett Gallery of Art and interned at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Goodbye to our 2010 Residency Artists
22/12/10 17:32
At the beginning of December we said goodbye to our four residency artists. It was an absolute pleasure to host Gail, Laurie, Marisol and Matthew for ten weeks, to see the work they created and enjoy great company and conversations over dinner. The residency provided these artists with the time and space to develop their work, and it was fantastic to see them take full advantage of their new environment and community.
When they arrived the summer sunshine was still lingering, and when it was time to leave there was a covering of snow on the ground. On November 14th we saw a great turn out for the open studios and artist talks. Some highlights this year include our pilgrimage to see James Turrell's Irish Sky Garden in Cork and on a crisp sunny day our visit to the beautiful ruin of Coolbawn castle. In the last week during the heavy snowfall we were treated to a outdoor video screening on the Hen House by Laurie.
We wish them all the very best and look forward to seeing Matthew and Gail's work on exhibition at the Wexford Arts Centre in June 2011.
Hen House Video Screening
10/12/10 15:55
During the unseasonal heavy snowfall last week, we were treated to a night-time outdoor video screening by resident artist Laurie Lax. Laurie has relished the past few days of snow, and spent an afternoon covering the wall of the “hen house” with snow to create a surface on which to project. As we sipped hot toddies, and watched the dogs become shadow puppets, it was captivating to watch her recent video sketches transform the farmyard.
See more photos on Laurie’s website.
Coolbawn Castle
10/12/10 14:58
On November 25th we made the short journey with our residency artists to Coolbawn Castle, located two miles from the Cow House. Built in the mid 1800’s by Francis Bruen, Coolbawn Castle has a gorgeous view of the Blackstairs Mountains. The building is constructed of fine cut stone, and is elaborately ornamented with pinnacles and spires. So much money was spent on its erection that it was locally known as "Bruen's Folly". Bruen was disliked by the locals and when close-by Tomanine bridge was constructed, a discreet stone carving of Breun’s face was placed in the bridge, and its nose was then knocked off. Like many stately homes around Ireland, Coolbawn was burned by the IRA in 1923 during the Civil War. Currently owned by the Tector family, the castle ruin looked magnificent in the crisp winter sunshine, despite its violent end. The interior is now green with ivy, but it is not difficult to imagine its former grandeur. A favorite feature was a tree growing on the remains of the granite cantilever staircase some fifteen feet from the ground.
James Turrell: Irish Sky Garden
10/12/10 14:49
On November 17th we visited James Turrell’s Irish Sky Garden at Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen, Co. Cork. Best know for his long running project, Roden Crater in Arizona, the relatively undiscovered mini cater in Cork is typical of Turrell’s work; being with concerned with space and light. The Irish Sky Garden is an oval shaped, grass lined crater, entered through a long dark megalithic-like passage. The space has been constructed to view the sky while lying on large stones placed in the centre of the crater. The crater’s edge, hovering in your peripheral vision, perfectly frames the infinite and endlessly changing sky.
“The most important thing is that inside turns into outside and the other way around, in the sense that relationships between the Irish landscape and sky changes.” - James Turrell
A New Partnership with Monster Truck Gallery & Studios
20/11/10 18:51
We are happy to announce that for the 2011 residency Cow House Studios will partner with both Wexford Arts Centre and Monster Truck Gallery & Studios to offer two excellent exhibition opportunities following the ten week programme. The exhibitions will take place the following Autumn in both Wexford and Dublin, and will include all four resident artists.
This partnership represents a wonderful opportunity for participating artists to exhibit their work in the heart of Dublin’s vibrant Temple Bar, and in one of Ireland’s oldest art centres in Wexford Town.
You can read more about our residency and application process here.
Cow House Open Studios
29/10/10 18:10
Sunday 14th November, 1pm - 6pm
Please join us in viewing recent work by our 2010 residency artists; Gail Cunningham (USA), Matthew Denniss (UK), Laurie Lax (UK) and Marisol Malatesta (Peru).During their ten week stay, these artists are given the time and space to concentrate on making a new body of work. Cow House Open Studios offers the community a chance to see our facilities, meet the artists, and view the work they have been creating. Please visit anytime between 1pm and 6pm. All welcome.
3pm - 4:30pm: Artist Talk, residency artists will discuss their work.
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Tea, brown bread and soup.
Residency 2010
17/10/10 18:57
We recently welcomed our 2010 residency artists. Gail Cunningham (USA), Matthew Denniss (UK), Laurie Lax (UK) and Marisol Malatesta (Peru) are resident at the Cow House from September 22 until December 6. In partnership with Wexford Arts Centre, Gail and Matthew were also awarded an exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre which is due to take place in June 2011. Please visit our artist in residence page to read more about their work.
Matthew and Laurie are both documenting their stay in their blogs. Please visit their sites through the links provided below.
http://matthewdenniss.wordpress.com/
http://laurielax.wordpress.com/
Underfloor Heating System Installed
27/09/10 14:56
We are happy to announce that over the past few weeks we have been busy installing underfloor heating in the studio. This new system provides a much more comfortable working environment in the Autumn, Winter and Spring for our resident artists and portfolio students. Underfloor heating ensures an efficient, ecologically sound method for heating such a large space.
Bill Beirne, The Parachutist, A Non-Combatant Aesthete
16/06/10 14:52
From June 8 - 10, 2010 New York based artist Bill Beirne spent time filming his latest video project, The Parachutist, A Non-Combatant Aesthete here at at Cow House Studios. We are proud to have played a small part in the production of this new work. Below is Bill’s brief description of the project.
The Parachutist was first developed in the spring of 2005 as part of a residency and performance work in the Mons d'Ardèche sponsored by Art 3, culminating at the Curssol ruins near Valence, with an exhibition at Art 3 in Valence, France. The Parachutist was inspired by what Human Rights Watch has termed “ghost prisoners”- enemy combatants who were detained by the US but were held in secret locations - many but not all of whom have been transferred to Guantanamo. This work builds on a number of existing phenomena including identity, the propensity of Irish Americans for traveling to Ireland in search of their heritage and, the analysis of DNA for tracing ancestral origins.
Web Gallery, Artist in Residence, 2009
04/05/10 15:22
We have just added a gallery of images created by our residency artists in the autumn of 2009. You may view the images here. Pictured from left to right are Shilly-Shallying by Aoife Collins, Parasol by William Rueck and Character for the Video True Stories (Almost) by Julie Lequin.
Visiting Artists, Art on the Farm 2010
17/03/10 12:40
For the summer of 2010 we will host artists Manya Fox and Julie O’Rourke. For these nine weeks they will run workshops, give individual tutorials and speak about their own creative process. This gives our students for Art on the Farm a great opportunity to work with and learn from young, dedicated and talented artists. For more examples of their work please click here.
Manya, originally from Seattle, received her BA from Bard College in 2005 and her MFA from UCLA in 2008. She has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States, and was included in the 2009 Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, published by the Humble Arts Foundation. Manya has had extensive teaching experience at both the UCLA and LACMA teen summer programmes, and as a guest lecturer at various institutions including Bard College, Sheridan College and UCLA. In 2009, Manya participated in two artist residencies, the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Banner Wyoming, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Manya currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Julie O’Rourke grew up in the woods of Maine. After receiving her BFA in Textile design from Rhode Island School of Design she continues explore traditional craft using modern design techniques. With a focus mainly in knitting, sewing, and weaving, Julie’s body of work reflects her appreciation for start to finish design, consciousness of material source, and the simplicity and versatility of natural materials. She draws inspiration from her ever-shifting surroundings and can still often be found with pockets full of rocks, feathers, and sea shells.
2009 Open Studios
09/11/09 16:05
Saturday, 14 November 2009, 11am - 5pm
Cow House Studios invite you to meet this years Artists in Residence; Julie Lequin (Canada), Aoife Collins (London) and Billy Rueck (USA).During their ten week stay, these artists are given the time and space to concentrate on making a new body of work. Cow House Open Studios offers the community a chance to see our facilities, meet the artists, and view the work they have been creating. Please visit anytime between 11am and 5pm, or for the scheduled events listed below.
All are welcome.
Above: Hanged-man orchid/Aceras anthropophora, artificial orchid taken apart thread by thread and reassembled, mixed media, 88 cm x 42 cm by Aoife Collins
Schedule of Events
11am - 1pm: Hat & masking making workshop for children.This workshop is free. Please book your spot as there are limited spaces. Contact: Rosie O’Gorman (086) 2109027
3pm - 4pm: Artist Talk
Residency artists will discuss their work, addressing their materials and ideas, and take questions from visitors.
4pm - 5pm: Tea & Cakes
Artist in Residence 2009
03/10/09 17:20
We are pleased to welcome our 2009 Artists in Residence; Aoife Collins (London), William Rueck (USA) and Julie Lequin (Canada), who is the recipient of the International Artist in Residence and Exhibition run in partnership with the Wexford Arts Centre. All three artists are in residence for ten weeks from September 14 until November 22, 2009, and Julie Lequin will exhibit her work at the Wexford Arts Centre in January 2010.
The Origin of the World at Wexford Arts Centre
11/03/09 13:07
Wexford Arts Centre, in partnership with Cow House Studios host an annual international residency and exhibition programme. This collaboration consists of a ten week residency for an international visual artist at Cow House Studios, and exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre. This programme provides a significant opportunity for international artists to live, work and exhibit in Ireland, and simultaneously exposes Irish audiences to progressive contemporary art from around the world. This year Haden Nicholl and Peter Allen Hoffmann exhibited work in their show titled The Origin of the World from January 12 - February 7, 2009, titled after Gustav Courbet's painting from 1866. Please view the exhibition here.
Artist in Residence web gallery
10/12/08 04:24
Just added...
Our web gallery of the work created at the Cow House during our 2008 Artist in Residence programme. Check out the gallery here, and to find out more about our Fall Residency and how to apply go here. In the image below from left to right are Haden Nicholl, Aoife Cassidy, Maria Hinds & Peter Allen Hoffmann.
Our web gallery of the work created at the Cow House during our 2008 Artist in Residence programme. Check out the gallery here, and to find out more about our Fall Residency and how to apply go here. In the image below from left to right are Haden Nicholl, Aoife Cassidy, Maria Hinds & Peter Allen Hoffmann.
Cow House Open Studios Recap
03/11/08 18:35
Thanks to everyone who visited for our first open day. There was much excitement and activity during our puppet making workshop and puppet performance, and an enthusiastic crowd for our artist talks.
Cow House Open Studios
24/10/08 22:12
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 12pm - 7pm
Cow House Studios invite you to meet our Artists in Residence.The Cow House Studios Artist in Residence Programme provides studio space and accommodation to professional visual artists. During their two month stay, four artists are given the time and space to concentrate on making a new body of work. Cow House Open Studios offers the community a chance to see our new facilities, meet the artists, and view the work they have been creating. Please visit anytime between 12pm and 7pm, or for the scheduled events listed below. Everybody is welcome.
Artists in Residence, 2008...
Aoife Cassidy, Galway: Cow House Studios Residency Award, Tulca, Galway, 2007Maria Hinds, Dublin & New Orleans
Peter Allen Hoffmann, New York
Haden Nicholl, San Francisco
Peter Allen Hoffmann and Haden Nicholl will exhibit work made during their residency at the Wexford Arts Centre in January 2009.
Schedule of Events
12pm - 2pm: Puppet Making workshop for children.This workshop is free. Please book your spot as there are limited spaces.
4pm - 6pm: Artist Talk
Residency artists will discuss their work, addressing their materials and ideas, and questions from the viewers.
6pm: Tea and cakes.
Contact Rosie O'Gorman for further details (086) 2109027
Cow House Studios partners with Wexford Arts Centre
17/08/08 18:20
Wexford Arts Centre, in partnership with Cow House Studios have initiated an annual international residency and exhibition programme. This collaboration consists of a ten week residency for an international visual artist at Cow House Studios, which will facilitate an exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre. This programme provides a significant opportunity for international artists to live, work and exhibit in Ireland, and simultaneously exposes Irish audiences to progressive contemporary art from around the world.
The artists awarded the 2008 residency are Peter Allen Hoffmann and Haden Nicholl.
Peter Allen Hoffmann lives and works in New York. He completed his MFA from Hunter College, New York. To date, Hoffman has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Berlin. Hoffmann is represented by Freight + Volume Gallery, New York and Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago.
“These new works represent an ongoing dialogue with aspects of the art historical canon. Disparate as they appear, these paintings function as a collection, where the relationships between them create a forum for the continuation of the conversation.”
Haden Nicholl originally from Colorado, currently lives in San Francisco where he works with troubled teens. He received his MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, California, and his BA in Psychology and BFA from the University of Denver, Colorado. Nicholl has exhibited extensively in California and abroad, including London, Puerto Rico and Ecuador, and his work is represented by the Little Tree Gallery in San Francisco.
“The bulk of my practice involves using symbols and text to provoke introspective reactions in the viewer. Working in a different country and preparing for a show there, has challenged me to develop my understanding of the culture so that I can interact with the audience on a more intimate level.”
Furthermore, Cow House Studios award two additional residencies annually. Applications are open to both national and international visual artists working in any medium. Cow House Studios provide shared accommodation and twenty four hour access to the studio and facilities. The 2400 square-foot open plan space contains a wood shop, darkroom and computer lab. Individual spaces measure 18 square meters, each with abundant natural light.
The 2009 Artist in Residence Programme runs from September 14 until December 1.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 30 January, 2009.
Thanks to Jackie, Maria and the entire A=AGHT crew!
17/08/08 17:55
A big thank you to everyone involved with bringing the incredible kids from New Orleans and Tallaght together here at the Cow House for ten intense days of art-making. Rosie and I would like to especially thank Jackie for putting together such an ambitious project, and thinking of our studio as a place to end her residency here in Ireland, Maria for working so hard to ensure that everything ran smooth, and helping out in every possible way be it writing grant applications, cooking in the kitchen, helping out in the studios or designing awesome t-shirts. We would also like to thanks Timeka, Turron and YAYA for bringing such a great group of kids over from New Orleans. We can't wait to see ya'll on your home turf and try out those famed Po-Boys. And of course a fond farewell to Jay, Jasmine, Azania, Chloe, Aine, Padrig, Kwayne, Jourdan and Sarah. You will be missed dearly.
A=AGHT
28/07/08 12:27
Cow House Studios are proud to announce our support for and collaboration with artist Jackie Sumell in her newest project A=AGHT. For ten days our studios will facilitate a collaboration between students from New Orleans, LA and Tallaght, Co Dublin on projects designed by participating artists including Cow House founders Frank Abruzzese and Rosie O'Gorman.
A=AGHT is a project designed by lead artist Jackie Sumell under the South Dublin County Percent for Art Scheme. Ms. Sumell is currently artist-in-resident through In Context-3 Programme, based in Tallaght and has been working in New Orleans over the last 7 years.
A=AGHT is a concept based on creating the same sound from two entirely different spellings. This serves as the conceptual catalyst for the process of identifying and extracting commoness in seemingly different communities. NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana) and Tallaght (South County Dublin).
A=AGHT is a semi-utopic virtual space/town whose rules, population and culture are generated by a facilitated exchange between youth from New Orleans and Tallaght. Adult artists and cultural workers from both cities will develop projects that encourage youth participants to explore historic moments, social grievances, ethnic and racial disparities in order to invent a place of creative resolve.
Cow House Studios Sponsors Tulca 2008
26/11/07 21:04
Cow House Studios recently took part in the Tulca festival for the arts in Galway. As part of Tulca's Residency Awards, Aoife Cassidy was announced recipient of the residency at Cow House Studios for her piece "Rollie, Pollie Head". Originally from Kildare, Aoife is set to graduate this coming year from the Burren College of Art with her MFA. Her residency will begin in Autumn 2008
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