Conor Fallon passes / OBG Director sought / snaps (Tuesday 9 October 2007)

Conor Fallon

Many will be saddened to learn of the death of sculptor Conor Fallon on 3 October. A member of Aosdána, his work was instantly recognisable - mostly animal motifs in a modernist, streamlined style. A biography is available here.

OBG post advertised

The pace with which the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, is going about reinventing itself could perhaps be described as 'careful'. Following the appointment of a new chair quite a few months ago (more here), OBG has now advertised for a new Director. Closing date for applications is 24 October, and the new Director is expected to take up the post in February 2008. More information here.

What the camera saw...

We know photography and reality can diverge. Two news items this week caught our attention in part for the images that attended the press releases.

Art students to be 'nurtured' by business sector

compiled by Solenne Schmit

Art college, but not as we know it?: Commercial Finance Ireland MD Tony Duffy and artist and model Rachel Montague; courtesy press release

Commercial Finance Ireland (the Irish Division of Llyods TBS Commercial Finance) has launched an all-Ireland Art Competition. It offers art students the opportunity to have their work showcased in front of influential people from both the commercial and art worlds. The judging panel will include Felicity Clear, artist, and representatives from Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane as well as Commercial Finance Ireland.

Winning entries in the competition The Art of Nurture will be exhibited at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, at the national finals on 29 November.The winning art student will have the chance of a gallery placement.The first three prizes  will include a financial reward, and they will go forward to compete in the Art of Nurture, UK competition 2008. Moreover, unspecified matching amounts are to go to the winner's college or university.

Then, the winning art work will be incorporated in Llyod TBS Commercial Finance's future marketing campaigns which are targeted directly at the business community - an advertising compaign to represent, visually, the "art of doing financial deals." More here.

Souce: Press release.

ACNI staff help save the world

Forests, but not as we know them?: Paul Harron, Architecture Specialist and Diane Forsythe, Operations Officer at the Arts Council; image held here

According to the website of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland,

Staff at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland braved the cold weather on Tuesday 18 th September to help do their bit for the environment at Colin Glen Forest Park.

The Arts Council is one of the growing number of businesses that have volunteered at Colin Glen Forest Park to clear litter and remove old trees and shrubbery in a bid to help promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment. The work that the 13 staff members did on the day, undertaken under the auspices of Business in the Community will be appreciated by visitors and the wide diversity of wildlife.

Source: http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/2007/new26092007.htm

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• Duffy takes over RUA / Dennett to Arts Council and Kelly to VAI / Hirst drips / Fonz in bronze (Friday 28 September 2007)
• Rugby World Cup à la mode (Tuesday 25 September 2007)

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