Sunday, October 16, 2005
Press release
17 October-25 November at Limerick City Gallery of Art
Admission Free
Can you imagine the fantastic range of group activities that people in one city could participate in? Have you ever wanted to try them all out? Archiving Limerick is an art project with a difference. Artist Neva Elliott is seeking Limerick groups to teach her their skills. Neva is looking for the opportunity to learn any new activity from football to writing, ceramics to speech making, animal welfare to singing.
Neva is on residency for six weeks in Limerick city to devote her time exclusively to recording the activities of local groups and to form a personal snap shot of Limerick society. Neva will document these groups, through photography, video and text and she will learn from them their skills: crafts, sports, charitable work and other interests.
Neva will be based in a mobile, temporary studio space in Limerick City Gallery of Art that she has specially designed to allow her to work in different environments. During her six-week residency in October and November Neva will record Limerick groups, their activities, interests and goals by compiling an archive from all the information that she gathers. This archive will be exhibited at Limerick City Gallery of Art throughout her residency and again during a major exhibition during June-July 2006 that will celebrate the Permanent Collection.
What can you do to get involved?
If you are part of a group, society, or club, of any type or any size, drop in and see Neva at the Archiving Limerick studio in Limerick City Gallery of Art. Or contact the curator of Archiving Limerick, Pippa Little.
For further information or to contribute to Archiving Limerick please contact:
Pippa Little plittle@limerickcity.ie (061) 310633 or Neva Elliott info@nevaelliott.com
Archiving Limerick has been made possible through the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by CREATE. Archiving Limerick is supported by Limerick City Gallery of Art and Limerick City Council.
Admission Free
Can you imagine the fantastic range of group activities that people in one city could participate in? Have you ever wanted to try them all out? Archiving Limerick is an art project with a difference. Artist Neva Elliott is seeking Limerick groups to teach her their skills. Neva is looking for the opportunity to learn any new activity from football to writing, ceramics to speech making, animal welfare to singing.
Neva is on residency for six weeks in Limerick city to devote her time exclusively to recording the activities of local groups and to form a personal snap shot of Limerick society. Neva will document these groups, through photography, video and text and she will learn from them their skills: crafts, sports, charitable work and other interests.
Neva will be based in a mobile, temporary studio space in Limerick City Gallery of Art that she has specially designed to allow her to work in different environments. During her six-week residency in October and November Neva will record Limerick groups, their activities, interests and goals by compiling an archive from all the information that she gathers. This archive will be exhibited at Limerick City Gallery of Art throughout her residency and again during a major exhibition during June-July 2006 that will celebrate the Permanent Collection.
What can you do to get involved?
If you are part of a group, society, or club, of any type or any size, drop in and see Neva at the Archiving Limerick studio in Limerick City Gallery of Art. Or contact the curator of Archiving Limerick, Pippa Little.
For further information or to contribute to Archiving Limerick please contact:
Pippa Little plittle@limerickcity.ie (061) 310633 or Neva Elliott info@nevaelliott.com
Archiving Limerick has been made possible through the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by CREATE. Archiving Limerick is supported by Limerick City Gallery of Art and Limerick City Council.
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