Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Wednesday 19th October 2005
10am Library.
Man stopped to discuss studio structure “That’s a small office you have, I must get some tips for building my conservatory…”
Children’s poetry workshop going on behind me (with poet Eva Salzman).
Lady stops to discuss project and the groups she is in – The Limerick City Library reading group, St Mary’s Art group, The Garden Plant Group and a bridge club. The Garden Plant Group meet at Quaker house and have speakers on various aspects of gardening from alpine planting to cultivation. The Lady says that most of the groups she is involved in meet only once a month or less regularly so its not too many groups to be in. It’s a nice selection (I’m in book club an am going to start an art ‘support’ group with some collegues in London). I love playing cards but don’t know many games and am awful for remembering them, the lady said bridge is a difficult game to be good at . Gardening group – I don’t have a garden any more but do have house plants and lots of herbs and chillies growing in my kitchen window. Must get plant for studio.
John Davis aka The Sheadman pops in for a chat, he is having the opening of his shed down stairs at 12. John is also in a group called The South based in Brighton.
12.00 Attend Sheadman’s opening, he has a poem about sheds huddling together, cant help but refer to the studio as my hut or shed sometimes studio but as John says a lot happens in sheds.
Spoke to Martin from www.thelcu.com
2.00 ladies Bertha McCullagh and Kate Hennessy who are involved with Doras Lumin an organisation for asylum seekers, they gave me lots of numbers for people involved with refugee music groups even an African music choir.
2.15 Chatting to shed man again and Jason Ryan Redden; a champion rap battler from Limerick, says the rap scene is fairly vibrant in Limerick, he has been in several ‘battles’ discussed rap as poetry as contemporary communication
3.15 Up to contact studios to meet Carl Doran and get the key. Chat with a few of the incumbents, nice friendly atmosphere.
4.20 Back to the gallery for an interview with Pippa.
# posted by Neva Elliott @ 10:36 PM 
