Exciting plans for Number 12 East Essex Street

Since January 30^th this year the ground floor space here at 12 East Essex Street (formerly the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre) has been closed as we refurbish the space and re-open it as a new multi-use venue in April.

We have decided to change the way we use the space so that it makes a better contribution to the Cultural Quarter. There are a number of stages involved in creating our planned multi-use space in what was formerly the Information Centre. 

This new space will be the venue for TBCT’s new programme of audience engagement events throughout the year, as well as providing box-office, ticketing and event information facilities.  This new space will be available for rent and full details for enquiries will be available on our website from March.

The No Grants Gallery will continue to operate here at 12 East Essex Street hosting visual artists of all disciplines along with expanding its current remit to be socially inclusive of all visual artist groups and communities.

For updates on plans for this space and other TBCT plans follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Culture Corner Blog
or Subscribe to our E-zine.

Refurb work at Number 12 East Essex Street

From this Saturday January 30^th the ground floor space here at 12 East Essex Street (formerly the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre) will close so that we can refurbish the space and re-open as a new multi-use venue in April.

We have decided to change the way we use the space so that it makes a better contribution to the Cultural Quarter. There are a number of stages involved in creating our planned multi-use space in what was formerly the Information Centre. 

This new space will be the venue for TBCT’s new programme of audience engagement events throughout the year, as well as providing box-office, ticketing and event information facilities.  This new space will be available for rent and full details for enquiries will be available on our website from March.

The No Grants Gallery will continue to operate here at 12 East Essex Street hosting visual artists of all disciplines along with expanding its current remit to be socially inclusive of all visual artist groups and communities.

We will launch our full programme of events for 2010 in February and look forward to seeing you on the streets and spaces of Temple Bar this year.

Christmas shopping made easier at the Temple Bar Markets

We all know Christmas will be a little leaner for most this year and we need to make our euro go a little further.  You can do just that at the Temple Bar Markets in December where our producers, designers and traders can offer you that very special one-off gift for someone special at a time and price that works for you.

The Temple Bar Book Market and Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane will trade during the week and at weekends in December to ensure you don’t miss the opportunity to Christmas shop at lunch! 

DESIGNER MART AT COW’S LANE, OLD CITY TEMPLE BAR

Why not soak up the very special festive atmosphere in the Old City area of Temple Bar where Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane will trade on Friday December 11^th, Saturday December 12^th, Friday December 18^th and Saturday December 19^th under the bright and wonderful Christmas lights! 

With a whole range of handmade unique Irish gift ideas and decorations on sale this is your chance to meet the designer of your special purchase.  On Saturday December 12^th and 19^th, professional face-painter Sarah Varela will put a smile on the little shoppers faces*!

 TEMPLE BAR BOOK MARKET

The Temple Bar Book and Music Market will trade all week from Thursday December 17^th until Christmas Eve on Temple Bar Square to ensure you have every opportunity to pick up that perfect Christmas Gift.  from and music shopping made easy this Christmas!

With a whole range of new and secondhand books, cds, vinyl, music memorabilia and more why not choose to support and shop at the Temple Bar Book Market this Christmas. 

TEMPLE BAR FOOD MARKET

The Temple Bar Food Market will be heaving with all the required ingredients for your traditional Christmas feast along with plenty of other delicious food ideas. 

Drop by the Food Market on Saturdays in December on Meeting House Square and speak directly to our food producers on just how to get those scrumptious roast potatoes or moist and tasty turkey.

Temple Bar Cultural Trust would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers to our 3 outdoor markets a very Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

 For further information on all of our Temple Bar Markets visit www.templebar.ie or call in and see us at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street.

 All 3 Temple Bar Markets are brought to you by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and will continue to run during normal trading days and times at the weekends.

*Face painting for children will cost between €3 and €5.

Book your day out in Temple Bar! Book lovers have lots to look forward to in Temple Bar in the coming weeks…

This evening sees the launch in the No Grants Gallery (NGG) of Nude a new collection of short stories by Nuala Ní Chonchúir to coincide with a visual arts exhibition called Naked Ambition presented by the Three Rock Art Group which open in our NGG tomorrow Thursday 26^th November and runs until 9th December. 

The launch of Nude comes hot on the heels of the opening in Temple Bar of Dublin’s newest independent bookshop, Gutter Bookshop, at Cow’s Lane in the Old City area of Temple Bar.  This bookshop sells a great range of titles and has a fantastic kids’ section, as well as stationery and gift ideas.  

Booklovers can also check out the wonderful Temple Bar Book Market every weekend on Temple Bar Square.  

Dermot McLaughlin, CEO of Temple Bar said: “Independent bookshops are essential and Temple Bar Cultural Trust welcomes the Gutter Bookshop as a new addition to Temple Bar’s book culture. Readers need more choice and the passionate people who run independent bookshops, and the booksellers at the Temple Bar Book Market, provide that extra layer of adventure and choice that readers love.  Writers need more outlets that are prepared to take risks and not succumb to commercial pressure and skewed artistic direction from accountants and bankers. Dublin prides itself as a city of literature.  That means a city where writers and readers are cherished and supported and Temple Bar is a great place for this.”

So if you’re thinking of giving the gift of reading this Christmas then the literary offering in Temple Bar is well worth a look!

 NGG is located at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

No Grants Gallery (NGG) presents Naked Ambition by Three Rock Art Group – launching this Wednesday!

‘NAKED AMBITION’ is the first exhibition of the newly formed Three Rock Art. The group evolved from the RHA life drawing sessions of 2003 and has developed since to become a focal point for the practice of figure drawing. Members of Three Rock Art come from a variety of visual arts backgrounds including ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Exhibitors include Catherine Brugha, Patricia Casey, Susan Dubsky, Camilla Fanning, Bridget Flinn, Jack Gillen, Louise Meade, Reets Mooney, Germaine Morrissey and Peter Walsh.

This exhibition will run at the No Grants Gallery (NGG) at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 from 25^th November – 9^th December 2009.

 To find more about Three Rock Art visit www.threerockart.com

For further exhibition listings at NGG visit http://www.templebar.ie/home_nav_2_t_18_c_37.html

NGG (No Grants Gallery) is a new gallery and exhibition space for artists who are currently working without public funding support.  The new gallery will be 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.

Ear Drum Buzz presents DubArtsFest and ImaginationGYM on Sunday 23rd August

This event will combine an all-day family fair, FREE and open to all, featuring a mix of live music & performance, storytelling, circus acts, novelty goods, games, workshops and food from 11am until 5.30pm.

ImaginationGym family workshops will take place for children aged 6-10 years and adults at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre from 12noon – 3pm and will be run in 4 languages: English, Irish, Finnish and German.  “The Enchanted Forest” audio program brings the listener on a journey into the imaginative world of folklore, nature, animals, music, dreams and wishes. Children and adults will learn to stretch their imagination muscles and have fun taking positive action on creativity through art activities.

Places on each workshop strictly limited to 10 children and accompanying adults and adults must stay for the workshop. Booking: call ImaginationGYM on 675 3522, info@imaginationgym.com or call into the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 or phone us on 888 3610.

At 18.30 the square will be fenced off for an evening outdoor ‘Whirly Gig’, featuring a full audiovisual show by international VJs from Bristol, Japan and Italy, as well as PowerFM (who will be broadcasting the event live), mixed with live bands. The evening part of this event (starting at 6.30pm) is ticketed and tickets cost €15 and are available from www.tickets.ie and from the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre at 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

More info: www.eardrumbuzz.ie

No Grants Gallery artists donate to Achieving Arts Exhibition in aid of Saplings School for Autistic Children

Friday 17th July sees the return for the third year of the hugely successful ACHIEVING ART – a charity art exhibition for ‘Saplings’, a special needs school for children with autism.

The exhibition will feature work from more than 40 Irish and International Illustrators, Street/Graffiti and Contemporary Artists including MASER, ASBESTOS, DANLEO, SNUB23, SUMS + many more….

Achieving Art was conceived in 2007 by a parent concerned with the chronic under funding of autism services in Ireland.  Upon enlisting the skills of good friend working in the street art scene, together they organized the inaugural Achieving Art exhibition in July 2007 which ran for 2 months, also at the Bernhard Shaw.  This was the first exhibit of its kind in Ireland showcasing a variety of street & graffiti art alongside contemporary artists & designers.  Due to the overwhelming success of the previous 2 years, the exhibition returns for its 3rd outing.

Saplings is a school in Rathfarnam which caters for 24 children in varying degrees of the autistic spectrum disorder.   In order for the children to achieve their maximum potential it is necessary to raise funds for speech & language therapy, & occupational therapy.   All funds raised during the art exhibition will go towards the provision of these essential services.

Two of our No Grants Gallery artists including curator Carol Eakins will support this exhibition and have kindly donated their work.  Carol has been the curator at the No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre for 8 months now and to date has welcomed more than 50 artists to exhibit at the Gallery.

Carol’s art is a direct reflection of herself and how she interprets life and the different stages of her life. You can see Carol draws a direct influence from her relationships, situations in life, her own sexuality, youth and Japan in her paintings.

Eavan O’Sullivan will also donate a piece of work to the Achieving Arts Exhibition. Eavan’s work
is consumed by bizarre creatures and characters striding boldly through the context of the everyday; they are assembled from the machines, tools, limbs and waste that once made the world operate. They sneak around when we are not looking, pulling faces and telling bad jokes. They are urban clowns drawing humour from their industry.

Achieving Art Exhibition Launch Party
featuring
Scribble DJs

The Bernard Shaw, 11-12 south Richmond street, Portobello, Dublin 2
Opening night Thursday 17th July to August 12^th 2009
Doors 7.00pm
Silent Auction
Complimentary drinks

Get in on the act with the Temple Bar Circus Festival – Tickets available from this Thursday June 25th

With only 9 days to go to 4 action packed days of Circus skills in Temple Bar we at Temple Bar Cultural Trust can hardly contain ourselves from telling you that….TICKETS AND BOOKINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS FROM THIS THURSDAY JUNE 25^TH!!!

From comic trapeze to aerial circus feats, roving dancers, comedy, a circus cruise and street samba, the Temple Bar Circus Festival taking place from 9^th – 12^th July will see the most exciting programme of events take to the streets and spaces of Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter. Featuring over 50 unique circus skill performers and award-winning acts from across the world it will be impossible to miss this circus show!

This year the festival is bigger and better than before with new world class circus performers and breath-taking performances with the best of Irish and international acts to entertain people of all ages, young and old.

Renowned for its family-friendly atmosphere, this year’s festival is packed with a host of outdoor events taking place across the public spaces and streets of Temple Bar, as well as plenty of interactive workshops from Circus Skills to Acrobatics and Art Jam to Clay Animation where children, young people and adults alike get the opportunity to enhance their creative abilities or learn some tricks of the circus trade.

Lorraine Maye, Circus Festival Programmer, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, has chosen a range of diverse performers from all over the world to ensure the festival features unique and top quality acts that suit a broad audience.

“We are delighted with this year’s line-up; we have fantastic street and aerial acts that will really impress the audience and draw the crowds into the open spaces of Temple Bar. We’ve put a bigger emphasis on interactive shows this year as audiences like to participate in the antics.

There’s also a nice range of workshops which provide an opportunity for parents and kids to be creative together.  Anyone looking for an adventure, a laugh and hours of free entertainment should venture into Temple Bar over the four days; it is guaranteed excitement and memorable entertainment.”

Visually-speaking the highlights of the Circus Festival include the Loyal Club, an award-winning show of comic trapeze and gigantic balloons, the Von Trolley Quartet from Australia who combine musical routine with slap-stick circus skills, the Great Vasili’s Eruption, the eastern European circus phenomenon who performs a handstand 5 metres above the heads of the audience, the Barren Carousel, a dazzling aerial circus troupe who perform on long colourful silks and the Magical Circus Cruise with award-winning entertainer Brendan Byrne.

While Temple Bar is transformed into a circus arena and the streets are filled with entertaining walkabouts, don’t forget to stop by one of Temple Bar’s three outdoor markets – the Food Market, the Book Market or Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane – all of which will be getting in on the act!

All events as part of the Temple Bar Circus Festival are FREE but some require the collection of FREE tickets or advance booking.

For more information on Temple Bar Circus Festival, or a full programme of summer events, visit www.templebar.ie, call our Culture Line 01-888 3610 or drop in and see us at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

TBCT welcome back the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival!

The Dublin Gay Theatre Festival has launched and we are delighted to welcome the box office back to the Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter.  It opens this Saturday, April 25^th at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 and will run right through to the end of the festival on May 17^th.

This years festival is bursting with talent and colour with a diverse range of 40 productions, including drama, comedy, musical theatre and dance with shows taking place throughout Temple Bar and other key venues across the city.

For a full programme of events call into the friendly box office staff at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 or visit www.gaytheatre.ie