Sample-Studios Podcast

In this episode, we’ll hear from the curator Sinéad Barrett and artists Kate McElroy, Pádraic Barrett,

Host:

Curator: Sinéad Barrett is the former Graduate Curator in Residence at Sample-Studios, one of Ireland’s largest artist studios and creative workspaces, based in Cork City, Ireland and is the current Programme Coordinator.

Artists:

Kate McElroy is a Cork-based multidisciplinary artist and Artist in Residence in Uillinn West

Padraic Barrett is an Irish visual and performance artist born in Kerry and now living and

Aoife Claffey is a Cork-based visual artist who  recently qualified with an MA in Art and

Deirdre Breen is a multidisciplinary designer and visual artist who recently obtained her MA

This podcast is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Arts Office.

We’ll hear from Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire about The National Gallery of Ireland’s approach to creating accessible programmes for visitors with autism and visitors with dementia. Sophie Sage joins us from the V&A Museum of Childhood at a critical juncture in the Museum’s history as it embarks on an ambitious redevelopment which presents the opportunity to redesign their new immersive galleries with the needs of each visitor in mind. Adrian Colwell will reflect on how his own interests in accessibility, inclusivity and the social value of the arts led him to found Drag & Draw, life drawing events with drag performers as models, which has toured Ireland since 2018.

Host: Aoibhie McCarthy is the Artistic Director of Sample-Studios, one of Ireland’s largest artist studios and creative workspaces, based in Cork City, Ireland. She was a recipient of the Cork City Council Arts Office Arts for All stipend to attend the Disability & Cultural Management training in early 2021.

Contributors:

Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire is the Education Officer: Art Practice, Accessibility agus Gaeilge in The National Gallery of Ireland. Caomhán leads the development of new programmes for individuals and groups with accessibility requirements including children with autism and adults with dementia. He also devises art practice activities for adults, Irish-language programmes and resources, and facilitates the Sunday drop-in family workshops. Find out more about The National Gallery of Ireland’s https://www.nationalgallery.ie Find out more about The National Gallery of Ireland’s dementia-inclusive activities: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/what-we-do/education-department/access-programme/dementia Find out more about AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity: https://www.asiam.ie

Sophie Sage is the Content Manager and Interpretation Producer at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London. She’s been at the museum for over 7 years and is currently working on a major redevelopment of the Museum. She specialises in family audiences and is involved in the development of the new Play Gallery. Find out more about the V&A Museum of Childhood Redevelopment and New Immersive Galleries - Imagine, Play and Design: https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/transforming-the-va-museum-of-childhood#new-programmes-and-galleries

Adrian Colwell is the founder and producer of Drag & Draw, a life drawing class with drag performers as models. Established in 2018, Drag & Draw is as an alternative social activity for the LGBTQ community and it's supporters. It has held arts classes across Ireland and collaborated with numerous different arts institutions including the Garter Lane Arts Centre, the GAZE Film Festival and the National Gallery of Ireland. Find out more about Drag & Draw Life Drawing Classes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/draganddraw/?hl=en

This podcast is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Arts Office.

Sample-Studios in partnership with University College Cork Department of Digital Humanities, hosted a series of presentations exploring contemporary digital art practice and this panel discussion with invited contributors EL Putnam, Kieran Nolan and Conor McGarrigle, chaired by Chris Clarke. You can view the full event on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oqsFnuSEwQ

Panelists:

Chris Clarke is Senior Curator of the Glucksman, University College Cork, where he has curated numerous exhibitions, including 1,2,3,4: Dance in contemporary artists’ films; Circadian Rhythms: Contemporary art and biological time; and The Parted Veil: Commemoration in photographic practices, amongst others.

Conor McGarrigle is an artist and researcher working primarily with digital media. He is a lecturer in Fine Art New Media at the TU Dublin School of Creative Arts and a Research Fellow of the Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media. He has exhibited extensively internationally including the Venice Biennale, Fundació Miro Mallorca, the Saint-Étienne Biennale, SITE Santa Fe and the Science Gallery.

EL Putnam is lecturer in Digital Media at National University Ireland, Galway. She is an artist- philosopher writer working predominantly in performance art and digital technologies. She holds a PhD from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. Her research focuses on continental aesthetic philosophy, performance studies, digital studies and feminist theory.

Kieran Nolan is an artist-researcher, indie-game designer, and academic. He is a lecturer in Creative Media at Dundalk Institute of Technology, and Co Director of DkIT’s Creative Arts Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Computer Science specialising in Game Studies and Media Art from Trinity College Dublin. His work has been awarded by Leonardo / The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, the Institute of Designers in Ireland, and Imirt / The Irish Game Makers Association.

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Artist Kate O' Shea discusses her exhibition with Sample-Studios 'Half Way to Falling', a collaborative exhibition of print, film, sculpture and responses by The Just City Collective, in The Lord Mayor's Pavilion, Fitzgerald's Park in Cork City, Ireland, with her collaborators:

• Siobhán Kavanagh, Vocal Artist and Songwriter

Chaired by Dr. Eve Olney and supported by Common Ground and Create.

For Sample-Studios first podcast episode, Guest Artist Curator Nicola Anthony is joined by artists Alisha Doody, Vivienne Molloy, Megan Scott and Aideen Farrell who have presented their work as part of the digital exhibition 'Cahoots: The Space Between', presented in partnership with Sample-Studios in Cork, Engage Art Studios in Galway and A4 Sounds in Dublin, Ireland. This initiative was supported by Cork City Council and Galway 2020 European City of Culture.

The artists discuss their own work and practices, in response to the exhibition themes of 'language' and 'landscape'.

The exhibition launched online on December 18th 2020 and continued until Sunday 28th of February 2021. View the digital exhibition on Sample-Studios' website, where you'll also find interviews with each of the other exhibiting artists: https://www.sample-studios.com/tactic-visual-arts-programme.html

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