19 June and 3 July

LHQ Gallery

Cork County Library

Cork City

1 pm – 2pm

Exhibition Information:

Dates | 6 June – 26 July

Two venue exhibition | LHQ Gallery, Cork County Hall & Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Wan Desford Quay, Cork

Artists | Andrew Carrol, Ben Riley, The Glitter Heap (Susan Montgomery and Natasha Pike), Nic Flanagan, Sarah Long, Stephen Doyle, Tom Doig and Róisín O’Sullivan.

Feedback is an exhibition across two spaces which considers holistic and ecological approaches to arts production and exhibition making, that resonates with permaculture methodology and the blending of its core principles Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. Studio 12 at Backwater Artists’ Studios will be offered as an active space, which focuses on the contextual aspects of the exhibition. Whilst the Cork County Library Gallery Headquarters will be meditative and allow for immersive encounters with works that consider material and process. Narratives emerging from the exhibition reflect on the micro and macro relationships that can exist between ourselves, each other and the vast, mysterious and terribly beautiful non-human world.

Róisín Foley is a curator, writer and professional gardener who works with permaculture sensibilities. She lives and works in West Cork.

Backwater Artists Group provides high-quality affordable studios, with security of tenure and access to facilities and developmental support for 90+ visual artists. Established in 1990 by artists for artists, their mission is to support and advocate for visual artists, enabling them to thrive at all stages of their careers. Through their programmes, they provide an essential platform for showcasing contemporary art in Cork and they aim to foster a deep appreciation for the visual arts by connecting and engaging with audiences, in an impactful way. Kevin Kavanagh Gallery is an independent space promoting, facilitating and nurturing artists to exhibit works that are meaningful and contemporary. The gallery is located in Dublin and represents Irish and International artists at home and abroad.

See more information on our website.

Studio 12, 1st Floor, Backwater Artists group, Wandesford Quay, Cork |www.backwaterartists.ie, Opening Times | Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm

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Sound Event

LHQ Gallery

Cork County Library

Cork City

Friday, June 21 · 12:30 – 1:30pm

Solamh Kelly will be joined by friends from Cork’s surprisingly populous improvisation circuit to create sound just after the sun reaches its annual zenith. Inspiration will be drawn from exhibiting work, the particular place, time, weather and whatever is brewing on the day.

Exhibition Information:

Dates | 6 June – 26 July

Two venue exhibition | LHQ Gallery, Cork County Hall & Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Wan Desford Quay, Cork

Artists | Andrew Carrol, Ben Riley, The Glitter Heap (Susan Montgomery and Natasha Pike), Nic Flanagan, Sarah Long, Stephen Doyle, Tom Doig and Róisín O’Sullivan.

Feedback is an exhibition across two spaces which considers holistic and ecological approaches to arts production and exhibition making, that resonates with permaculture methodology and the blending of its core principles Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. Studio 12 at Backwater Artists’ Studios will be offered as an active space, which focuses on the contextual aspects of the exhibition. Whilst the Cork County Library Gallery Headquarters will be meditative and allow for immersive encounters with works that consider material and process. Narratives emerging from the exhibition reflect on the micro and macro relationships that can exist between ourselves, each other and the vast, mysterious and terribly beautiful non-human world.

Róisín Foley is a curator, writer and professional gardener who works with permaculture sensibilities. She lives and works in West Cork.

Backwater Artists Group provides high-quality affordable studios, with security of tenure and access to facilities and developmental support for 90+ visual artists. Established in 1990 by artists for artists, their mission is to support and advocate for visual artists, enabling them to thrive at all stages of their careers. Through their programmes, they provide an essential platform for showcasing contemporary art in Cork and they aim to foster a deep appreciation for the visual arts by connecting and engaging with audiences, in an impactful way. Kevin Kavanagh Gallery is an independent space promoting, facilitating and nurturing artists to exhibit works that are meaningful and contemporary. The gallery is located in Dublin and represents Irish and International artists at home and abroad.

See more information on our website.

Studio 12, 1st Floor, Backwater Artists group, Wandesford Quay, Cork |www.backwaterartists.ie, Opening Times | Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm

RSVP to attend here: Eventbrite

1:30pm-2:20pm

Studio 12

Backwater Artists Group

Cork City

Closing Of The Bones is a new 16mm film installation by Claire Murphy. The film is an exploration of childbirth by cultivating an environment that embraces the woman’s narrative and allows her story to resonate. The physicality of her journey is accentuated through meticulous care and attention devoted to her well-being. Through the act of sharing and establishing a nurturing and intimate space, women are empowered to assert ownership over their bodies and experiences.

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The Closing Of The Bones ceremony originates in South America and is performed on a new mother soon after giving birth to her child. This ritual provides a place of support and care for the new mother. It acknowledges the labour the woman’s body has gone through in growing and birthing a baby and promotes healing to help the mother ‘come back’ into herself energetically and physically from the birth experience.

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The project is a site-specific response to the Backwater Artists Group building through the activation of text-based instructions and visual scores. These instructions function as starting points for each artist to engage with their experience, occupying and working at the Wandesford Quay building.

The project is rooted in the idea of language as a raw material that can be manipulated, deconstructed and reconstructed. It focuses on the dual function of the printed page as a site of materiality and instruction. Embracing experimentation, unknowing, mistakes and curiosity, Page / Process / Proceed is a way for the artists to engage with an alternative mode of production focusing on process and experience.

Read more about the project and the artist here.

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Saturday 9th March 1pm  – 2:00pm

Studio 12, Backwater Artist Group, Cork City

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Join us for an In Conversation event with Lynn-Marie Dennehy & Sarah Foster as they speak about Dennehy’s Studio 12 solo exhibition, [We Must Not Act Like] Children of our Parents. 

 Read more about Dennehy’s solo exhibition, [We Must Not Act Like] Children of our Parents here. 

(a lunchtime talk in two places) 

Saturday 10th Feb 1pm  – 2:30pm

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral & Studio 12, Wandesford Quay 

As part of her Studio 12 Project Residency, on Saturday the 10th of Feb Orla O’Byrne would like to invite the public to a lunchtime talk. Starting at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, where they will hear about the extraordinary and unique maquette collection and conservation project. This is a fluid, working exhibition which offers a rare view of these historic objects in their raw, unconserved state. The second part of the talk will happen in Studio 12, which is only 300 metres away. The second part of the talk will be about the residency itself and the work O’Byrne is producing from the process. 

Read more about the Studio 12 Project Residency here. 

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Winter Salon is not only a unique fundraising event, it is also a rare opportunity for you to own works of art from new and well-established artists for under €200, a great way to start your own art collection!

Join Backwater Artists Group on Thursday 7 December from 6pm – 8pm. We will have many beautiful works of art for sale from our Studio, Darkroom and Network members.

Winter Salon will continue until Thursday 21 December, open Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm.

Participating Artists include:
Anna Barden, Cara Brophy, Oisin Burke, Andrew Carroll, Gillian Cussen, Lynn Marie Dennehy, Tom Doig, Stephen Doyle, Helen Farrell, Tracy Fitzgerald, Deirdre Frost, Mary Galvin, Eadaoin Glynn, Seán Hanrahan, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Sean Daly, Joseph Heffernan, Fiona Kelly, Susanne Leutenegger, Rose McGowan, Claire Murphy, Peter Nash, Orla O’Byrne, Shane O’Driscoll, Helen O’Keeffe, Helen O’Shea, Natasha Pike, Ben Reilly, Ciara Rodgers, Angie Shanahan, Izabella Szczutowska, Amna Walayat, Tina Whelan, Fran Woolfe, Elaine Coakley, Elize de Beer, Sarah Long, Paul Gaffney, Róisín O’Sullivan, Andrew Mc Sweeney, Abbie O’Mahony, Saoirse Radford, Andrea Newman, Kat Pffeiffer, Ros eMc Gowan, Gill Good, Inge Van Doorslaer, Raphael Llewellyn, Susanne Leutenegger, Susan Montgomery, Nic Flannagan, Katie Burgess and more

There will also be a concurrent exhibition of members work will also be on show in the 1st Floor Corridor.

ARTWORK RAFFLE
We will also have a fundraising raffle of members work. The winner will be able to choose from a selection of available pieces by Joseph Heffernan, Anna Barden and Shane O’Driscoll. Tickets €5 available online or from the sales desk. The raffle will take place on Thursday 21st December 2023. Total prize value between €390 – €800.

All works will be available to purchase online. – SHOP page coming soon!
Located in Wandesford Quay, Cork, Backwater Artists Group is a artist led studio group in our 33rd Year. We provide secure studio space and practical support for artists in Cork city. We currently cater for 84 artists. WINTER SALON is fundraiser to fund our artistic programme.

Studio 12

Thursday 23rd Nov, 2-4pm

Spaces are limited, please RSVP here

Visitors are invited to come and observe the artist’s archival imagery indexing process mid-project on Thursday 23rd November. Participants will be asked to use available images to assemble temporary compositions that develop a relational aesthetic or imagined narrative between groups of images. This opportunity may be of interest to artists working with personal archives of materials, objects or imagery.

The emphasis will be on using collections of separate images almost in the same way that words are used to form a larger sentence, but without the destructive stage of cutting, glueing or splicing the visual elements. These compositions can then be photographically documented before the images are returned to the artist’s archive.