Midsummer in Temple Bar – Photo Competition

Capture the vibrant colour of Midsummer in Temple Bar and be in with a chance to win a newly commissioned painting by artist John O’Connor!

John O’Connor is one of 37 artists who trades each week at Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane in the Old City area of Temple Bar. He is a Fine Art graduate from the National College of Art and Design and a MSc graduate from Trinity College Dublin. John works with various media and computer illustration to produce original pieces of art. His artworks are in numerous private collections. More recently John was nominated for tow Adidas Originals Design Awards.

Midsummer in Temple Bar
Date: June 20th-21st 2009
Venue: Meeting House Square and other locations in Temple Bar
Admission Free

The longest day of the year will be celebrated with fire, feasting, film and a fair to mark Midsummer in Temple Bar taking place20th and 21st June. Bring your picnic blankets into Temple Bar as we recreate a green meadow for one day only to celebrate the magic of Midsummer!

Saturday 20th:
4:00pm Talk: ‘Midsummer Eve – A Folkloric Perspective’ (Venue: The New Theatre)
6:00pm Music: ‘Music for Midsummer’ (Venue: The Contemporary Music Centre)
9:00pm Brightspark Fire Entertainment (Venue: Meeting House Square)
10:00pm Outdoor Film Screening – Dead Poets Society (1989) (Venue: Meeting House Square)

Sunday 21st:
11.00am – 5.00pm Midsummer Fair in Meeting House Square
A grass covered Meeting House Square with 20 stalls including food, fruits, flowers & hand-made crafts.

Features on the day:
11:00am ‘The Mad Hatters’ Samba Drumming Group
12:00pm Trad Music from musicians from ‘The Irish House Party’
1:00pm Mr Whizzy Walkabout & the Juggling Jester
2:00pm Free Face-painting
2:30pm Really Grand Events presents the ‘One Man Show’: Punch & Judy / Magic Show / Balloon Modelling
4:30pm Maypole Dancing by Drumreilly Active Retired Community Group
6:00pm Dublin City Summer Solstice Walk

Event/Booking Information
Midsummer in Temple Bar 20th- 21st June is brought to you by the Temple Bar Cultural Trust. Entrance to all events as part of the Midsummer Festival are free and do not require tickets. For information and booking details on Midsummer in Temple Bar please contact Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre,12 East Essex Street or telephone the Culture Line on 01 888 3610. Website www.templebar.ie

HOW TO ENTER

1. Join the Midsummer in Temple Bar Photo Competition group.

2. Upload photos to your account.
3. Go to the page of the photo(s) you want to submit to the competition.
4. Click the “Send to Group” button between the photo title and the photo.
5. Choose the “Midsummer in Temple Bar Photo Competition” group and you’re done!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION MONDAY 29th JUNE

“Brandwashed” by John O’Connor Opens Tomorrow at NGG (No Grants Gallery)

We are pleased to welcome an exciting new painting exhibition to the No Grants Gallery from John O’Connor, one of 37 artists who trades each week at Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane in the Old City area of Temple Bar.  He is a Fine Art graduate from the National College of Art and Design and a MSc graduate from Trinity College Dublin. John works with various media and computer illustration to produce original pieces of art. His artworks are in numerous private collections. More recently John was nominated for tow Adidas Originals Design Awards.

Brandwashed is a new exhibition which aims to explore the relationship between society and modern day pop and media iconography. John uses this iconography as a medium to critique our media saturated and brand obsessed culture. The work itself is composed of spray painted figures and carefully hand painted characters and logos that are used to create a visual representation of the culture in which the work is based. This exhibition will run until June 1^st.

Come along to the opening night tonight tomorrow Wednesday 20^th May at 6pm!

NGG  c/o Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Admission Free

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.