Amazing line up of children’s activities -lots to do for all age groups. Join our Lantern Making Workshop on Sat 17th July. Wonderful scuptural lanterns made from willow and paper. Dont miss it!
Changing Art & Minds
Exhibition by Supports For Women, Leitrim 22nd to the 31stJuly 2010 Golden Thread Gallery Project Space Changing Art & Minds
is an exploration of the creative journey of the Supports for Women project. Supports for Women is a creative learning experiment for women living in Leitrim and the project was set up to encourage women to share their personal stories by using the arts, crafts, creative journaling and conflict resolution tools. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the project took the participants on a year long journey of self discovery and personal growth while also challenging the old negative beliefs that have been inherited in the border county as a result of the conflict. Changing Art & Minds showcases the work created during the year and hopefully changes minds through the arts in the process.
After all this time, there is still a fear of crossing the border. So many women who have lived in Leitrim all their lives have little experience of travelling to North Ireland .Here in Leitrim we are so close yet there is a sort of invisible divide. Through this project the women examined these issues and also their own experiences of conflict on a more general level and this was carried out creatively through their art work, said Anna-Marie O’Rourke Programme Manager.The exhibition include work in textiles, glass, painting and drawing and mixed media made by the women during workshops with Jewellery designer Erika Marks, visual artists Laura Gallagher and mari aymone d’jeribi, glass artist Louise Rice and textile artist Brigitta Varadi.This project has been funded by the Peace III Programme through the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. This project also connects with August Craft Month: a month long craft extravaganza that takes the principles of “Slow” as the overall theme. In the words of Mae West ” anything worth doing is worth doing slowly”. Supports for Women and a selection of women’s groups from Belfast will participate in a Sampler Culture Clash workshop to experiment with new media in a slow environment. Sampler Culture Clash Workshop Thursday 29th July Sampler-Culture Clash will deliver a half-day workshop with women from Leitrim and Belfast to explore the connections between craft and the written and spoken word. Over the day the group will work together to create a collective sound stitched piece based on the spoken and written words they will create in the morning session with performance poet Yusra Warsama.Sampler culture clash, curated by David Littler is a collective of dj’s, embroiderers, sound artists, dancers, graffiti artists, curators and textile designers exploring the connections between textiles and sound and the cultures of embroidery and dj ing using the common word sampler as the starting point for investigation.www.sampler-cultureclash.blogspot.com. Supports for Women is a creative learning programme for women living in Leitrim organised by Leitrim Design House and funded by the Peace III Programme through the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. www.intoleitrim.com. “Draw Down the Walls”is a unique project that uses art and language to examine Belfasts controversial interface walls, organised by Golden Thread Gallery in partnership with North Belfast Interface Network, Lower Shankill Community Association, Deanby Youth Club and Ardoyne Youth Club. Draw Down the Walls is funded through Belfast City Council’s Development and Outreach and Good Relations Departments. http://www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk.
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The Nigeria in Leitrim day took place on Saturday 26th June and it was a massive success. From the beautiful aroma of authentic Nigerian food, the fabulous array of colourful costume and music that made the spirit dance!!
Visit us between 14th January and 8th February and avail of our New Year Special Offers.
Drop in anytime during December. Join us for a complimentary coffee and mince pie, enter our special draw and receive a 20% discount on a selection of products purchased every Thursday, Friday and Saturday between now and Christmas.
Shopping at Leitrim Design House offers a wonderful opportunity to support local creative industry; discover pieces to treasure at affordable prices; give a gift to someone special knowing that quality and value are inherent to the piece. Enjoy a unique shopping experience.
Leitrim Design House launches collection of prints and watercolours of scenes from the North West.
On Sat 21 Nov the Leitrim Design House at the Dock will be launching a range of prints taken from the extensive collection of pen & ink drawings by local artist Sandra Vernon. Well known over the years for her portrayal of the buildings and streetscapes of the area, Sandra has taken the title of her collection, An Artists Eye from the pages of drawings she has been doing for the Leitrim Guardian over the years. This year she has used the medium of watercolour with her drawings and pleased with the reaction to them, decided to combine the paintings with a series of limited edition prints for this collection. The images mainly concentrate on Leitrim, but include some of Roscommon and Sligo as well. There will be approx 25 different scenes to start with, but with such an extensive collection to choose from it would be impossible to include everything, so if its not there please do ask; either the staff at the Design House or the artist herself. The prints will be mounted and in clear envelopes, but if one requires them in a frame that can be quickly organised. Sandra works mainly to commission, portraits, both human and animal as well as buildings and scenes. She will be available to meet you and discuss her work between 2 -4pm on Sat 21st November in the Leitrim Design House at the Dock in Carrick on Shannon.
Meet the Maker is a weekly craft event supporting local artists and craftworkers hosted by the Leitrim Design House and they invite you to meet with individual artists, designers and craftspeople to view and talk about their work.
For enquiries please phone the Design House at 071 9650550 or Sandra at 071 9625276, sandravernon@eircom.net
Soraya Ricalde, a Spanish Jewellery Designer living and working in North Leitrim is the winner of the Leitrim Enterprise Board Awards Winner 2009 “New to the Market”.
Soraya works with precious metal, silver and 9ct/18ct yellow and white gold, adding precious and semiprecious stones. She also works with new and different materials such as sea-shells, wood, fabrics, etc creating contemporary functional jewellery pieces and is always experimenting.
Soraya’s work is inspired by the simplicity and beauty of nature.The pieces she creates reflect the natural environment all around her. Soraya collects samples of organic shapes; sea-shells, seaweed, rocks, wood and many other natural formations from the landscape and uses these materials to inspire her designs. Growing up in the North of Spain by the sea, surrounded by lakes and mountains and now living in North Leitrim an area full of lakes and mountains influences and infuses all of Soraya’s work.
Woodturner Niall Miller and his family will hold a children’s workshop in preparation for Hallowe’en. A treadle fretsaw will be used to cut out spooky shapes in wood. This workshop is limited to fifteen children, to allow time for all participants to prepare shapes, sand the wood and paint and decorate the shapes. 3.00pm-4.30pm, Admission: 5 euro
Monday 12th October - Saturday 17th October
all events 5 euro
Come along and be entertained by a jam packed programme with workshops, music, drama, puppets, storytelling and much, much more.
CHILDRENS CRAFT EXHIBITION UNTIL SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER
CRAFT IN THE CLASSROOM
in the LEITRIM DESIGN HOUSE at THE DOCK
Leitrim Design House is pleased to present Craft in the Classroom, an exhibition showcasing work by children from 15 primary schools throughout County Leitrim. The Craft in the Classroom programme, sponsored by the Crafts Council of Ireland placed an artist into each of these 15 schools. The artists worked with the teachers and children, the result is this wonderful collection of work. Leitrim, well known for its creativity is clearly producing a second generation of artisans and this creative energy is highlighted by the Craft in the Classroom exhibition. Leitrim Design House, sponsor of this exhibition would like to invite you to call in and discover for yourself the wonderful creativity of our younger generation.
PERFORMANCES
WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER
NICO and MARTIN 10.15am & 12.15 pm present SEASHORESHOW
Sound travels faster underwater! Nico and Martin invite children to dive into the sea with them for a gentle participatory hour. There will be musical instruments both strange and familiar, songs, games, stories… and quite possibly pirates! Seashoreshow has been a hit at children’s festivals from Fair Head to Mizen Head and in schools nationwide.
Age: 4- 12 yrs.
Duration: 60 minutes
Admission: 5 euro (for children and adults)
NICO and MARTIN 6pm present INSTANT ORCHESTRA
Instant Orchestra’s have been formed and acclaimed by people of all ages nationwide and abroad. Previous participants include entire schools, actors at The Abbey Theatre, theatre festival audiences, Culture Night visitors to the National Concert Hall, and Mrs Mary Robinson. In this fun hour you’ll spend time mastering the angklung, a tuned bamboo rattle from Indonesia and then invent your own original compositions.
No musical experience required.
Age: Families with children aged 3+ years
Duration: 60 minutes
Admission: 5 euro (for children and adults)
ABOUT NICO AND MARTIN
Nico Brown was musician-in-residence at The Ark, Dublin for 5 years and, with Martin Brunsden, has performed numerous interactive music performances at The Ark and more recently at ArtPlay in Melbourne. Nico has written, performed and directed music for many theatre companies including The Abbey and Macnas and has appeared in “The Morbegs”and “Art Factory”on RTE. He also does regular workshops at the National Concert Hall with Martin Brunsden, who is an acclaimed double bass player currently playing with Liam O Maonlai’s band and previously with the likes of PJ Harvey, Kila and Solas.
THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER
STORYTELLING with NIALL DE BURCA 6pm
The ever-popular Niall de Burca returns by popular demand with some of his favourite tales for primary school children of all ages. More dangerous than the pied piper Niall will cast a spell on young and old alike, combining tremendous energy and humour with the sheer joy of language. Using his voice with the skill of a true craftsman, de Burca makes the characters in his stories come alive for all to see. His tales of giants, goblins, elves and fairies will have you at the edge of your seat!
Age: Families with children aged 4+ years
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: 5 euro (for children and adults)
FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER
GLITTER NA GIG PUPPET THEATRE 10.15am & 12.15pm
presents
IT’S MY PLANET TOO
Puppet theatre at its best with Sean O Laoghaire, whose show has enthralled, educated and entertained hundreds of children and adults alike. It’s My Planet Too is set in Nature’s Garden, Mother Nature’s home. Fox and vixen, cockle and hen, hare, badger, frog and red and grey squirrels live there and the seasons look after them, but recently the villain we call pollution has arrived and is constantly trying to overthrow Mother Nature’s reign. Who will triumph, the villain Pollution or the animals in nature’s garden?
Age: 4 -12 years
Duration: 50 minutes
Admission: 5 euro (for children and adults)
Supported by the Anti-Litter Awareness Grant Programme of the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government and Leitrim County Council
WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER
PUPPET MAKING with Sean O Laoghaire 11am
In this family workshop you can create your very own puppets using recycled materials. You will also create a theme and a simple storyline for your puppets to come to life in a short performance at the end. Children are encouraged to bring along any recyclable material (such as cereal boxes, toilet roll holders, pringle boxes, string and wool, shiny objects and yogurt cartons etc.) As this is a family workshop each child needs to be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Maximum of 15 children so early booking advised.
Age: 4-10 years
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: 5 euro (for children - free entry for accompanying adults)
HIP HOP DANCING with Naomi Lee 11am
An excellent way to have fun and stay in shape! Learn dance moves and routines to the funky beats of the latest music and perform a short hip-hop routine by the end of the class. Please bring bottle of water.
Age: 9-12 years
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: 5 euro
FUN WITH FELT with Brigitta Varadi 1pm
Using natural wools create your very own pictures to take home with you. Let your imagination run wild and conjure up your favourite Halloween images-candles- pumpkins-skeletons with textile artist Brigitta Varadi. Parents of smaller children welcome to attend. Maximum of 15 children so early booking advisable.
Age: 4-8 years.
Duration: 60 minutes
Admission: 5 euro (for children - free entry for accompanying adults)
DRAMA WORKS! with Mary Blake 2.30pm
Explore your own creativity and imagination through the magic of drama whilst attaining new skills, discovering hidden talents and having lots of fun! You will work on dramatization of a well known tale and parents will be invited in at the end to see your performance. Maximum
of 12 children so early booking advisable.
Age: 6 - 9 years.
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: 5 euro
KIDS WOOD WORLD with Niall Millar 3 pm
Work with Niall to make your favourite scary Halloween shapes -spiders, witches, moons. Design and draw and Niall will help cut your shapes with his treadle fret-saw so you can colour and complete something special to take home. Maximum of 15 children so early booking advisable.
Age: 8-12 years.
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: 5 euro
SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER
FREE FAMILY FUN DAY 2pm-5pm
Come along to The Dock and take part in a selection of fun and creative activities - art play, literature, film, stories and more. All activities are free of charge on the day, including our newest art club which welcomes children and adults to join us in exploring our current exhibitions and together with our experienced tutors, carry out fun, family friendly activities for aged 4 -10 year olds from 2pm - 4pm. There’s no need to book for the art club but places are limited, so it’s best to arrive early to avoid disappointment. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Leitrim Design House & the Dock
invite you to celebrate the launch of Craft in 
the Classroom 3rd-20th Oct
& Ri Ra Children’s Art Festival 12th-18th October.
The launch takes place at 2pm on Sat 3rd Oct and is a fund raising event for St Ciaran’s Childrens Respite Service. Come along to an afternoon of fun and activities
Craft in the Classroom, sponsored by the Crafts Council of Ireland placed an artist into 14 schools within the County Leitrim; St Patrick’s Boys NS, Ballinamore, Scoil na Maighdine Muire, Carrick-on-Shannon, Hunt NS Mohill, Four Masters NS Kinlough, Ardvarney NS, Dromahair, St Claire’s Manorhamilton, Masterson NS Manorhamilton, St Brigid’s Drumcong, St Mary’s NS Drumlea, St Brigid’s Drumkeerin, Scoil na Muire,Bornacoola, Rossan NS, Carrigallen, Scoil Naisiunta Brid Naofa, Driffreen NS, Manorhamilton, and Culfadda NS in Ballymote Co Sligo.
The artists worked with the teachers and children, from junior infants up to sixth class over approx 12 weeks resulting in this wonderful collection of work. Projects were grounded in the Visual Arts curriculum taking in many strands and great links were made across the curriculum to other subjects. Working in a variety of disciplines: drawing, painting print, clay, fabric & fibre, and integrating geography, environmental science and history, the pupils produced an inspiring body of work; boats, bears, bowls, masks and plates; fish, dinosaurs, jewellery and even a complete town land form part of the collection.
Leitrim is well known for its creativity and this creative energy is highlighted by the Craft in the Classroom exhibition. Leitrim Design House, sponsor of this exhibition would like to invite you to call in and discover for yourself the wonderful creativity of our younger generation.
