My Daughter stood on her little brothers tablet by accident. Lots of tears on both sides. She disappeared for a couple of hours & produced these three canvases, for me to sell to pay for a new one 🥹. Three anon bidders (me) are about to fork out €120 squid to launch her career.
Art is meant to provoke thought, sometimes uncomfortable reflection.
Successive Irish governments banned or shunned such art for decades after the State was founded precisely to stop such reflection.
Mála Spíosraí’s work follows a long line of cutting works attacked as improper
The Irish Freedom Party don’t care about Drogheda or our community. They do not offer solutions. We stand together against their attempts to divide our town and villages with hate in solidarity with those seeking refuge here. #Drogheda#Louth
Today is the eve of Imbolc, or St Brigid’s Eve. Spring is coming. If it rains tomorrow we will have a good summer. Make sure you clean your house tonight and welcome Brigid to your home.
Check out our 2021 Imbolc special here: https://t.co/SF8285v3wo
Art by Nance Kinane
Workers in arts, culture, live performance & events industry need this emergency support if they are to survive this crisis, rebuild our creative futures to sustain & unite people in a post covid world @SIPTU#IrishEquity part of Arts Recovery Task Force https://t.co/FLtT97qobG
Becoming Beloved examines both the bodily experience of pregnancy & the fleeting moments of autonomy that emerge in early infancy. Her approach mirrors the blurred boundaries of gestating & caring for young babies, capturing the strangeness and intimacy of maternal experience.
Native Irish dialects spoken in Meath* and in Louth were Ulster varients. I wondered how they sounded. This gave me a clue. Bear in mind the fada on an A in UI gives an elongated sharp A sound and con + h is often silent.
Droichead Áth - DroieadÁ - Drawda
Exactly like today!
A nice day when a favourite artists does this...
The very dear Jene Hinds,
@jenemarie6
'The Pause.
Breath out, breath in,
Rising.
Fall, into the Deep of The Pause.'
“The Silence” a collaboration of work beautifully curated by
Pat Carroll,@artinmanyforms
There is real delicate strength in this Grasp, a quiet elegance and grace, and yet the story of the artist who cast it is a warrior woman....thank you so much @JeneKelly1 for your support, we support you in… https://t.co/1ZFzEHaA0C