Monasterevin Venice of Ireland Festival

New Venice of Ireland Website

fionnmccoole — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:05:31 +0000

Hi folks, we have set up a new website at www.veniceofireland.ie ,our new site contains information on all of the events scheduled over the festival. Just click on events at the top of the new web-page to get the full festival programme.

Official Venice of Ireland Festival Launch

fionnmccoole — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:50:21 +0000

Venice of Ireland Official Launch on 21st April in the Riverside Park @7pm. Everyone more than welcome to attend, there will be general chit chat about the festival itself and also live music on the evening.

Workshops at Venice of Ireland Festival

fionnmccoole — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:33:55 +0000

A Portrait of Monasterevin.

Introducing an exciting two morning workshop, each two hours in duration. Hosted by Artist Gill Berry, the workshops will introduce you to the excitement of leisure painting in the medium of oil paint. You are asked to bring your favorite photographs of Monasterevin, as a source of inspiration for your painting. All the art materials are supplied by the Festival Organisers and you get to take your work of art home.

Your tutor, Gill Berry owns “Downalong” Art Studios, near the National Stud in Kildare. She runs Art Classes for both children and adults in an athmosphere idyllic for the creative individual. This is an opportunity for you to experience her unique teaching methods.

Art Portfolio Course

This course facilitated by Arisit Siobhan Conway, will enable you to broaden and strenghten your creative abilities while examining the requirements of portfolio submission for entry to Art College.

You will be encouraged to explore your world and use experimentation to broaden and strengthen your creative ability in order to inform your ideas.

Over the three mornings, all students will rotate through the following workshops:-

Workshop 1: Mind Mapping (Please bring an A4 artist notebook)

Workshop 2: Research and Idea development, using sketchbooks to record visual inspiration, influences and ideas.

Workshop 3: Students will have the opportunity to bring in their current portfolios for advice on selection and presentation of the work.

The Art Portfolio Course will be of particular interest to Art Students- Secondary and Third Levels.

Creative Writing Workshop

Our festival writer in residence Pat Boran has been conducting creative writing workshops throughout Ireland for some many years, and his writers’ handbook, The Portable Creative Writing Workshop, is widely used by writing groups in Ireland and abroad. This Festival Workshop taking place over two days, will offer participants practical approaches to getting raw material down on paper and with how to go about revising and editing it later. Participants need no previous writing or publishing experience but would be advised to feed the cat before leaving the house in case the writing bug spirits them away.

Booking details will be advised from 1^st May 2010 onwards

St. Patrick’s Day on a gondola

Richard S O'Rourke — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:16:23 +0000

Fundraiser Event

fionnmccoole — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:13:03 +0000

Monasterevin – Venice of Ireland Festival in conjunction with Monasterevin Lions Club – Fund Raising Dance – The Hazel Hotel, Monday 15th February 2010 – 10pm onwards, Admission €7.00- tickets available from any member of the committee.

Pat Boran – Festival Writer in Residence

fionnmccoole — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:40:47 +0000

Irish poet Pat Boran is among the best known of the younger Irish poets, a member of Aosdána, the Irish affiliation of writers and artists, and the recipient of the 2008 Lawrence O’ Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. A frequent broadcaster, he presented The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1 from 2006-2008 and continues to be a regular contributor to the popular Sunday Miscellany.

Hello world!

orourkerj — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:49:01 +0000

Welcome to the new Monasterevin ‘Venice of Ireland’ Festival website. We’ll be updating it with details of the festival soon. Come back regularly!