• the arts column: January 9th

    For our first edition of the arts column in 2019 we’ve details on an international residency, a national residency, a career opportunity as well as a trio of exhibitions that are opening this week and feature a mix of emerging and established artists – details of all below. If you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Open Call | TBG+S and HIAP International Residency Exchange 2019 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TGB+S) have announced details of the thirteenth annual residency exchange between Ireland and Finland, due to take place later this year. The…

  • Void Derry: Workshops, New Director and Exhibition

    Void Derry have announced the appointment of Mary Cremin as their new Director. Cremin, who’s CV includes Festival Director for 2015’s TULCA Arts Festival, Programme Curator at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios as well as Project Curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, will assume the role with immediate effect and has advised: “It is a privilege to be joining the team at Void. I look forward to building on the extraordinary programme that Maolíosa Boyle and the team have developed during her time as Director, and to articulate the next chapter. I look forward to working with the…

  • Other Voices to return to Derry next year

    With its three day residency back in February still lingering fondly in the memory, it has been announced that Other Voices will return to Derry for another stint next year. Broadcast on RTÉ Two, the TV programme is world renown for featuring staging some of the finest and most intimate live musical performances and interviews from various Irish and international artists and musicians at its base in Dingle, Co. Kerry. Damien Dempsey, SOAK, Savages and Neil Hannon were amongst the acts who played the show’s Derry showcase earlier this year. Across February 7, 8 and 9, the Glassworks in Derry will…