Future FM     www.futurefm.ie   July 27th – 30th 2010
A project with Foroige, Curious Broadcast and Tallaght Community Arts with media partner The Echo
Future FM is a temporary licenced FM radio station, produced and presented by teenagers from Tallaght Youth Services group; TAD (Teenagers About Discussion). Future FM is  project with Foroige, Curious Broadcast and Tallaght Community Arts Centre with media partner The Echo. 

Future FM is the first talk based youth radio station for Tallaght, Blanchardstown and South Dublin .  Produced, programmed and presented by the young people of  South Dublin.   Future FM will broadcast live from Rua Red from the 27th – 30th July 2010. 

In 2008, artist Patricia Baker(Curious Broadcast) began working with Foróige to creatively explore methods of dialogue that could enable young people to raise their concerns on a public platform.  From this research stage, TAD was formed as a core group of teenagers who have a commitment to learning and developing creative skills in broadcasting and research.

The TAD group successfully produced 6 radio programmes for Radio Tallaght during 2009 and were awarded a distinction under the Youth Programming category of the CRAOL, the Community Radio Forum of Ireland, Achievement Awards 2009.

Capturing the learning of the year long TAD project on Radio Tallaght, Future FM is a unique opportunity for the young people to expand their learning and experience.
Future FM enables young people to have their own radio station that is dedicated to their voice, concerns and celebrations.  Future FM involves the participants in every stage of production, through working groups; the young people get hands on experience of all production aspects of radio.

TALLAGHT COMMUNITY ARTS (TCA) PRESENTS
‘A Long Tearless Night’ by Fifi Smith

Launch 3pm 5th June 2010  Gallery1 Rua Red

Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) is delighted to present A Long Tearless Night, an installation by the artist Fifi Smith, where the viewer is invited to participate in the extraordinary ‘liminal’ human experience which is encountered in the state between wake and sleep.

A Long Tearless Night will be on exhibition at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre from June 5 – July 3, 2010.

A Long Tearless Night portrays the artist’s exploration of ‘liminality’, which she explains is the state between feeling and reason, between individuality and conformity, between waking and sleeping, the bewildering sensation where dreams and reality collide.

The title for this exhibition derives from the poem, ‘In a Dark Time’, by the American poet T. Roekthe, which heavily influenced the body of work for this show.  This poem depicts the bizarre world our mind enters as we grapple between fragmented and disconcerting images and sounds sourced deep within our minds as we lie between a state of dreaming and waking.

Everyone has entered this strange world at some point, but no one can explain exactly where it is or how they got there.  It is this perplexing place or ephemeral ‘moment’ that Fifi Smith is creating in her current exhibition, where the viewer will be immersed in the darkened installation of eight separate rooms, each showing kinetic shadow images, which are magnifications of moving physical objects projected onto the wall, some accompanied by sound.

The viewer will be compelled to travel through the installation of edgy images and familiar, yet unsettling sounds, imitating the transition between sleeping and waking, not knowing whether the experience is a dream or reality. Yet, as the viewer moves through these various sensations, striving to find an answer, They find an unexpected aspect of the installation.…find out what it is!

The Artist
Fifi Smith began her career as an architect in the late 1970s and made the transition into the visual art world during the 1990s, with the realisation of expression through materials such as bronze, steel and mixed media which encompassed far more fluidity in contrast to the rigidity of architecture.

A Long Tearless Night can be seen at:
Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre (Gallery 1)
Saturday June 5 to Saturday July 3, 2010
10am-6pm (Monday – Saturday)
Admission free

PLATFORM 1 in association with Tallaght Community Arts

FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE

This new six week course introduces writers to the art of creating theatre from the page to the stage. The course explores finding inspiration and ideas, the role of conflict & story structure, creating characters & dialogue and the craft of editing your work for performance. Writers will be asked to create a short scene which will be read by professional actors to an invited audience at the end of the course.

Dates: Mondays 15th 22nd Feb
1st March 8th March 22nd March
29th March.

Time: 7.30pm– 9pm
Cost: €115

Tutor Biography: Tutor, Tracy Ryan is the founder of Studio 3 Arts in East London and Associate Director of Angels Theatre Company (1997 - 2002) and The Work Theatre Collective (2002 - 2007). She has worked in America at the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and as Guest Artistic Director at the Ashland New Plays Festival, Oregon. She is currently undertaking her MA in Drama and Performance Studies at UCD, Dublin.

Tracy’s directing includes: Cracked Eggs (The New Theatre, Dublin) Animal Farm (Il Pachetto Stage Tour, Italy) The Longest Road to Freedom (Albany Theatre, NT Education), The Gate Escape (Westminster Studios), Untold Stories (National Trust England). As an actor recent TV, Film and Theatre includes: Mike Leigh’s Vera Drake and All or Nothing, Truth About Love, In a Day, The Bill, The Quatermass Experiment, Murder City, as well as others.

Tracy’s writing credits include: Cracked Eggs (The New Theatre, Dublin), At Our Boldest (reading at the Bush Theatre), Trembling in Heaven (Etcetera Theatre) and Gangster (Old Red Lion).

December  19th & 20th

A Creative City

Radio Tallaght is a community art project with Tallaght Community Arts in partnership with Tallaght Radio Forum.   Radio Tallaght broadcasts live from RUA RED.

Radio Tallaght A Creative City will broadcast live on Saturday 19th December and  Sunday 20th December from 11 am to 6 pm.

A Creative City is an exploration of creativity in all its diverse and innovative forms.  Radio Tallaght’s December broadcast will highlight the idea that culture is an essential part of development both collective and individually.   For Tallaght to achieve its aspiration of becoming a model city it must place culture and community at the heart of its urban planning.  For cities, large or small, to be brilliant, they must use all their resources: economic, political, and most of all, cultural.  Interestingly South Dublin County Council are embarking on a new Corporate Plan for the Period 2010 –2014.  Culture will play a role in this development plan for the future of this emerging city.

A Creative City programming strands will include debate, drama, interviews, spoken word, music and plenty of Christmas cheer.  Radio Tallaght’s December broadcasts consist of an exciting and innovative selection of programmes such as;

FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE presented by Izabela Barber .  From A Different Angle explores the importance of treasuring your own cultural heritage while absorbing the others. The programme will feature a Tallaght dweller Prof. Maciej Smolenski, the son of a general of the Polish Army Jozef Smolenski,  an opera singer and an important promoter of Polish culture throughout the Irish Polish Society in the 90s. Prof. Maciej Smolenski will talk about his life and passion of living.

PLATFORM ONE ARTS SHOW: hosted by Vivienne Kearns with artist Ger O’Grady and musician Aine Mulvey.

MICHAEL COLEMAN’S MUSICAL REMINDERS OF A CREATIVE CITY.  Michael’s musical journey will explore what a creative city needs in order to thrive and flourish.

THE LIFE OF MILEY   is an original radio play written by Laura Ryder and Andrew Moran. They take traditional fairy stories and weave through them the Radio Tallaght theme, keeping enough of the original plot to make the story instantly recognisable and changing enough of it to make you (and sometimes even them) laugh out loud. Accessible on all levels, the play brings the broadcast theme to the listener in a lighthearted and easy-to-understand way. The name “The Life of Miley” was penned by Andrew Moran, who started a blog when the recession really kicked in about enjoying life’s simple pleasures (mostly food) - being happy living the life of Miley (yes, Glenroe’s Miley) as opposed to the life of Reilly!”

MARIE NOLAN will bring us some Christmas Cheer with the Halleluia Gospel Choir.

In COOKING WITH JIMMY,  Chef and proprietor of the Interval Bistro Jimmy Dunne will insure that you get your Christmas feast just perfect.  Jimmy will guide us through creating the perfect Christmas meal making sure that the cook gets to relax and enjoy the day too.

Full details of Radio Tallaght’s December broadcast will be featured in next weeks The Echo.

The next Radio Tallaght will broadcasts take place on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates: December 19th  and 20th .

If you are interested in getting involved in, and sharing your ideas with, Radio Tallaght, please contact us at studio@radiotallaght.com.  / or phone Tallaght Community Arts on 01 452 8180 Radio Tallaght is Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo.  Thanks to our funders:, South Dublin County Council, Arts Council , Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE:  Saturday December 19th 2009

11:00am  -11.30am    CREATIVITY IN BUSINESS AND CREATING BUSINESS.
Presented By Ralph McGarry

11:30am  - 12:00pm THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE
Presented by TAD (Teenagers about Discussion) . That’s Unbelievable looks  at alternative practices, the What IF in science and some weird and wacky facts

12:00pm - 12:30pm     CREATING A COMMUNITY
Presented by Joe Kearney Tallaght a look at the early days, and those who poured Energy, into the wonderland that is Tallaght today.

12.30pm -1:00pm    CREATING A CITY
Hosted by Rosaleen Dwyer.  Eddie Conroy County Architect and Paul Hogan Senior Planner discuss urban planning and the creative vision for Tallaght and South Dublin

1:00pm – 1:30pm    A QUESTION OF BEAUTY
A panel discussion hosted by An Cosan

1:30 _ 2:00         FUTURE HOPE
Antoinette Mc Quaid and Dermot Butler in conversation with Pastor Mark Fennell from the Victory Centre about the work they are doing with the youth of Tallaght.

2:00pm – 2:30pm    AND ON THAT NOTE:  SONGS FROM THE SUBURBS
Presented by Shane O’Fearghail And On That Note focuses on young emerging Songwriting and Singing talent from Tallaght.  These budding artist will play live in the studio and chat about their creative process and motivations.

2:30pm – 3.00pm    FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
by Izabela Barber .  From A Different Angle explores the importance of treasuring your own cultural heritage while absorbing the others. The programme will feature a Tallaght dweller Prof. Maciej Smolenski, the son of a general of the Polish Army Jozef Smolenski,  an opera singer and an important promoter of Polish culture throughout the Irish Polish Society in the 90s. Prof. Maciej Smolenski will talk about his life and passion of living.

3:00pm – 3:30pm    MUSICOLOGY:  NOISE CONTROL 09
Hosted by Karen Murphy. Live session & interview with Triple Drop - The Noise ‘battle of the bands 09′ winners.

3:30pm – 4:00pm     THE GLÓR SESSIONS
A discussion on poetry and its relevance with Stephen James Smith.

4:00pm – 5:00pm    TALLAGHTFORNIA DREAMING: CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!
Graham Sharpe playing some of Irelands best unsigned acts as well as some Christmas favorites, with live performances by Bipolar Empire and Enda Reilly and guest DJ Mark Griffin (Guilty Boy Association)

5:00pm – 5.30pm        THE PLAY IS THE THING
Writer Larry O’Loughlin, actor and writer Stephen Jones and playwright Sean Ferrick explore the importance of investing in the imagination of the youth and look back at the seven years of the Tallaght Young Writers Group and the rewards accrued.  Presented by Patricia Baker

5:30pm – 6:00pm     MY CULTURE CONFIRMED
Radio Tallaght Book Club in partnership with County Library, Tallaght.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE:  SUNDAY December 20th 2009

11:00am-11:30am    WHEN DOES CREATIVITY START?
Khaldoon Naber in conversation with three young people discussing their creativity, when did it start, in what form and their experiences in real life and how did it help in shaping their creativity.

11:30am  -12:00pm    COOKING WITH JIMMY DUNNE
Chef and proprietor of the Interval Bistro Jimmy Dunne will insure that you get your Christmas feast just perfect.  Jimmy will guide us through creating the perfect Christmas meal making sure that the cook gets to relax and enjoy the day too.

12:00pm – 12:30pm    MICHAEL COLEMAN’S MUSICAL REMINDERS OF A CREATIVE CITY.
Michael’s musical journey will explore what a creative city needs in order to thrive and flourish.

12:30pm -1:00pm      A CHRISTMAS CHEER
Host Marie Nolan will bring us some Christmas Cheer with the Halleluia Gospel Choir.

1:00pm -1:30pm             WRITING THE BODY
Hosted by Eileen Casey.  In the tradition of Joyce and Goldsmith, the flesh and bones of the human body will form the celebratory bricks and mortar of the artist’s cultural city.

1:30 – 2:00            TALLAGHT’S CREATIVE HUB
Linda McDonald meets with the artist who are working from RUA RED

2:00pm - 2:30pm    PLATFORM ONE  - ARTS AND WRITING SHOW:

Hosted by Vivienne Kearns Platform One Arts Show: Conversation with artist Ger O’Grady and musician Aine Mulvey on culture.

2:30pm  - 3:00pm    BACKCHAT: THE ARTS - SO WHAT!
An Amnesty International debate looking at how the arts interact and contribute to our communities.

3:00pm - 4:00pm    MUSICOLOGY
Hosted by  Karen Murphy.  Live session with some promising Dublin acts to include Conor Furlong with some alternative Xmas tunes thrown in for good measure

4:00pm- 4:30pm     PROMOTING DIVERSITY
A panel discussion hosted by the Irish Traveller Movement.

4:30pm – 5:00pm    BALLADS AND HARD TIMES
Eddie Coyle looks at ballads, and how they reflect people leaving in times of strife.  Beer Mats will discuss their new album, the process of getting a record released and the current ballad scene and will play live in studio.

5:00 -  5:30 Pm     CREATIVE FUTURES
Hosted by Tony Fegan Creative Futures will talk to students fat Joastown Community college who co-curated Figuring It Out Exhibition and Emerge Arts Group.

5:30pm – 6:00pm     THE LIFE OF MILEY
THE LIFE OF MILEY is an original radio play written by Laura Ryder and Andrew Moran. They take traditional fairy stories and weave through them the Radio Tallaght theme, keeping enough of the original plot to make the story instantly recognizable and changing enough of it to make you (and sometimes even them) laugh out loud. Accessible on all levels, the play brings the broadcast theme to the listener in a lighthearted and easy-to-understand way. The name “The Life of Miley” was penned by Andrew Moran, who started a blog when the recession really kicked in about enjoying life’s simple pleasures (mostly food) - being happy living the life of Miley (yes, Glenroe’s Miley) as opposed to the life of Reilly!”

Tallaght Community Arts is delighted to be hosting the exhibition Figuring It Out in partnership with the Irish Museum of Modern Arts National Programme and Year 2 Students from Jobstown Community College.

The International artists on show are from the Irish Museum of Modern Arts Collection and include:

• Amanda Coogan,
• Antony Gormley,
• Isabel Nolan,
• Denis Oppenheim
• Beverley Semmes

Each piece is an exploration on the human figure which is presented in, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

The Jobstown Community College students have co-curated the exhibition and produced the design for the invitation and accompanying literature.  They have also created a Response Wall where members of the public visiting the exhibition are invited to make their own creative responses.  These responses will remain on display throughout the exhibition.

Tallaght Community Arts are holding workshops with National and Secondary Schools during the exhibition period.

Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 17 November – Saturday 5 December 10 am – 6pm

Preview: Monday 16 November 6 30pm

The exhibition will be opened by Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Mick Duff

The Irish Museum of Modern Art’s National Programme, now in its eleventh year, is designed to promote the widest possible involvement with the Museum’s Collection and programmes, through creating access opportunities to the visual arts in a variety of situations and locations in Ireland. IMMA’s Collection is the focal point for each project.

The design and implementation of these projects involves an engagement with the various communities, using the Collection as the core resource to evoke a series of different responses in each venue. The National Programme is also committed to working with venues normally outside the scope of the contemporary art world.

This core principle involves a process of encouraging people to view and enjoy ownership of their national collections, as held by IMMA, in their own locality and on their own terms. As a central aim the National Programme is to disseminate the Museum’s core values of excellence, inclusiveness, and accessibility on a national level.

Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) has worked the National Programme for over 10 years and has previously exhibited the work of prominent artists such as John Kindness, Dorothy Cross and Paddy Jolley bringing their work to the attention of diverse communities in Tallaght and South Dublin County.

However the scale of the Figuring It Out exhibition is bigger than previously presented by TCA.  This is the first time we have shown the work of 5 artists from the Irish Museum of Modern Arts’s National Collection at one time.

It is also the first time Tallaght Community Arts have worked with school students to co –curate an exhibition.

The magnificent Gallery 1 at RUA RED enables us to present the work in a setting and scale that will we believe capture the public’s imagination.

Location :

Tallaght Community Arts,

Rua Red

Civic Square

Tallaght

Dublin 24

Contact: Tony Fegan – Tallaght Community Arts Director

Telephone: 01 452 8185.         Email: tony@tallaght –arts.ie

This Flashmob was organised as a part of Open House: Irish Architecture 2009. The piece is entitled “When is a Library not a Library?” and was designed to challenge your perceptions of what happens in a public space! It was directed by Tony Fegan of Tallaght Community Arts and Louise Costelloe, Dancer in association with South Dublin Libraries. Thanks to all of the performers.

Cuckoo’s Nest, Green Hills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

16 October 2009 8pm – till late

We at Tallaght Community Arts are delighted to be holding our 1st Annual Fundraiser. This year the event will take place in The Cuckoo’s Nest, Greenhills Road, Tallaght. We aim to turn this into an annual event using it as a platform to celebrate some of Tallaght’s rich musical talent. This year we have an array of wonderful musicians such as Jezzabelle, Coruso, Autobahn, Luke Devlin Garrath O Connor, Kris Devlin, Mark Keeley, Ray Scully and Ray Flanagan.

Tallaght Community Arts aims to raise much needed funds by hosting this event to enable us to continue to deliver our program of participatory arts, encouraging people of all ages to be involved in the making of art. We have a target of €5,000. We know we can make this with the support of our friends.

Tickets can be purchased from Tallaght Community Arts Centre at a cost of €25 each. Please drop into RUA RED.

Contact: Ruth Clancy 01 4528181 ruth@tallaght-arts.ie

September 19th & 20th   Sustainable Futures

Radio Tallaght returns to our airwaves on September 19th & 20th with an eclectic and vibrant mix of programmes exploring the ides of  Sustainable Futures.  Radio Tallaght will broadcast live on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September from 11am to 6pm.

Radio Tallaght Sustainable Futures is a weekend of conversation, music, debate and spoken word that examines, questions and celebrates our environment.  Sustainable Futures will look at sustainable development and the environment from a local and global perspective.

Radio Tallaght’s programmes will exchange personal stories about how we relate to our environment, exchange ideas and information on protecting our environment’s future and diversity, and discuss how we can build a more sustainable future together.

Radio Tallaght broadcasts from the new South Dublin Arts Centre and features programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

If you are interested in getting involved in Radio Tallaght please contact Patricia Baker via Tallaght Community Arts:  T 01.452 8180 E studio@radiotallaght.com

Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo.

Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

See www.radiotallaght.com or www.tallaght-arts.ie for full programme details and more information.

Radio Tallaght is a community art project with Tallaght Community Arts in partnership with Tallaght Radio Forum.  Radio Tallaght broadcasts for six weekends throughout 2009.   Radio Tallaght is now mid way through their programming year, and has successfully completed three weekend broadcasts.

A big thank you to the 200 participants who created our Radio Tallaght shows and for the warm support of our listeners.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE:  Saturday September 19TH 2009

11:00am -11.30am     ECOSOPHY
Philosopher Aislinn O’Donnell radio lecture.

11:30am -12:00pm     MY STORY – NEW SOUNDS

Antoinette McQuaid in conversation with Michael Whelan about his life as a solider, historian and poet.

12:00pm-12:30pm      SPORTING TIMES

How the recession is affecting the future development of local sports.  Presented by Joe Kearney.

12.30pm -1:00pm       LEARNING TO LOOK

A panel discussion exploring biodiversity in Tallaght; what is available to us and how we can create environments that enable biodiversity to flourish, and understanding the importance of biodiversity for our future development. Presented by Patricia Baker and Rosaleen Dwyer.

1:00pm – 2:00pm       DJ CHALLENGE

TAD (Teenagers about Discussion) tease out the differences between experimental and conventional music.

2:00pm – 2.30pm       FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

A cross cultural panel debate exchanging ideas about the environment and the way in which diverse cultures are addressing this issue.  Presented by Izabela Barber.

2:30pm – 3:00pm       PLATFORM ONE  - ARTS AND WRITING SHOW:

Conversation and stories on the environment we live in.

Presented by Vivienne Kearns.

3:00pm – 3:30pm       ON THAT NOTE

Irish Music On Irish Radio: A look at the sustainability of Irish Music and the Irish Music Industry.  Irish music, from contemporary to traditional, is a unique, creative entity and is known and revered the world over. But what are we doing to develop, encourage and promote Irish Artists and their music at home. Presenter: Shane O’Fearghail.

3:30pm – 4:00pm       THE GLÓR SESSIONS

A discussion on poetry and its relevance between Cúirt poetry slam winner Stephen James Smith and Hennessy award short listed poet and writer Colm Keegen - both local writers.

4:00pm – 5:00pm       TALLAGHTFORNIA DREAMING

The sound of Talllaght’s blossoming music scene. Graham Sharpe in live session with local bands.

5:00pm – 5.30pm       THE LIFE OF MILEY

Spreading the message of sustainable futures in a lighthearted way with Laura Ryder and Andrew Moran.

5:30pm – 6:00pm       MY CULTURE

Radio Tallaght Book Club in partnership with County Library, Tallaght,

disussing The Senators Wife by Sue Miller and a review of childrens books by the junior bookclub.  Hosted by Rosena Hand and Patricia Baker

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE :  SUNDAY September 20th 2009

11:00am-11:30am      TELL US A NEW STORY ABOUT OUR RELATIONS.

Using music, poetry and song this programme will offer a philosophical reflection on the need to re-imagine our relationship with the earth and all living beings. Our only hope for a sustainable future is to relate differently in the present and to all that lives.  Presented by Ann Louise Gilligan.

11:30am  -12:00pm    COOKING WITH JIMMY

Jimmy Dunne, Chef and proprietor of the Interval Bistro,  teaches us how to cook delicious vegetable dishes using organically grown vegetables from Michael Fox’s allotment in Tymon Park.

12:00pm – 12:30pm   MUSICAL REMINDERS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT

A musical journey that may prompt us to be mindful of what we can learn and experience from knowing and respecting our environment.  Presented by Michael Coleman.

12.30pm -1:00pm

MY STORY - IRELAND’S GREATEST VOICES… THE THREE TENORS Ireland’s very own and hugely successful THREE TENORS are in live session with Marie Nolan.

1:00pm -2:00pm         DJ CHALLENGE

Music; A Journey through cultures and generations with Khaldoon and Nadeem Naber.

2:00pm - 2:30pm        FEAST

“Grow it, cook it, eat it” encouraging people to grow and eat their own food and think about the idea of food as medicine. In this programme Michael Lemass interviews the children of St Anne’s school in Fettercairn who have been growing their own vegetable garden for a Feast celebration which will take place this September.

2:30pm  - 3:00pm       BACKCHAT

An Amnesty International debate exploring the consequences the environmental crisis has on Human Rights.  Hosted by John Mc Gauley from Amnesty.

3:00pm-3:30pm          MUSICOLOGY

A musical exploration of emerging bands from Tallaght and Dublin with Karen Murphy.

3:30pm- 4:00pm         BREAKING THROUGH

Actor Yare Jegbefume explores local talent;  Yare meets with Elizabeth Ryan who represents Tallaght in  the Miss Ireland 2009

4:00pm – 4:30pm       CHANGING TIMES

Changing times - how modern times affect people with blindness. This programme is presented by Paul Norton.

4:30pm - 5:00pm        RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Finding out about sources of renewable energies available for Tallaght homes.  Presented by Lisa O’Leary.

5:00pm – 6:00pm       RE – IMAGINING SOUTH DUBLIN LANDSCAPES

Through Mythology based stories the Old Bawn writers group read and discuss their re – imagining of the South Dublin Landscape.  Hosted by Eileen Casey.

Tallaght Probation Project, in association with Tallaght Community Arts, present ‘Emerge’, an exhibition of mixed media presented by the students of Artsbase.   ‘Emerge’ will be launched on Wednesday 8th July at 6.30pm RUA RED Civic Square Tallaght Dublin 24

emerge;
move out of or away from something and come into view;
become apparent, important or prominent;
become known;
recover from or survive a difficult or demanding situation
break out from a cocoon

Emerge is both exhibition and event.
 
“For each of the past 5 years, Artsbase, a program of Deonach, the Tallaght Probation Project, has celebrated the achievements of our students with an end-of-course exhibition.  This year we are very pleased to be working once more with Tallaght Community Arts and RuaRed.  TCA is the main cultural tenant in RuaRed, South Dublin County Council’s flagship arts centre and is hosting the Emerge exhibition there for Artsbase .

Artsbase is a program which was set up by Tallaght Probation Project to enable people with a recognised talent for the arts to develop their skills in an nurturing environment and assist them in progressing to further training or career opportunities in their area of choice. Several of our students have moved on to 3rd level, some are  working in the arts and three have returned on occasion to Artsbase as tutors. This year is no exception, as three of our students are moving on to courses in, respectively, photography, social studies and music performance and production. 

We in Artsbase are very proud of the students and the work they’ve created this year, which has been a particularly creative one. The exhibition alone features more than 60 individual pieces, in many different areas, such as photography, painting,  drawing, mosaic and sculpture. The group has also produced a 16-track CD of songs and music, both covers and original work which was produced in conjunction with the music tutors, John Burke and Ben Custerson. Also, a broadsheet collection of their work created during the creative writing module, facilitated by the poet Yvonne Cullen, will be on display and available during the exhibition.

But the exhibition is only part of the story. On the night of the launch, the students will take to the floor of RedRua’s performance space and demonstrate their other skills in music and song, poetry and performance. We anticipate… something wonderful”.

Artsbase is funded by the Probation Service, Tallaght Drugs Task Force and supported by County Dublin VEC.

‘Emerge’ can be seen at:

RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre (Gallery 2)
Wednesday July 8 to  August 1 2009-07-07 10am-6pm daily (closed Mondays)

For information on Tallaght Community Arts, contact: 01 4528180 :: info@tallaght-arts.ie

Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) is delighted to present Dancing Between Worlds, a photographic exhibition arising from a creative project between the Glenasmole community, percussionist/composer Siobhán Daffy, dance artist Cindy Cummings and photographer Martin Dunne. Dancing Between Worlds will be on exhibition at RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre from June 10-27, 2009.

Dancing Between Worlds is the second part of an extended project ‘Oíche Shamhna’, which took place from August-October 2008 in Glenasmole with the members of the Venture Club, a Friday night social club for young people (aged 4-16).

Siobhan (who lives in the Glenasmole area) and Cindy (an American living in Ireland for many years) led the local young people on a series of rhythm and dance workshops and expeditions to explore the physical landscape, the stories, local myths & folklore to create an original celebration, while also embracing tradition and community in the valley.

On Halloween night 2008, the wider community of Glenasmole valley came out in a procession through the darkness to watch the young people fill the night with song, dance and percussion, lit by candle and torchlight. Costumed by visual artist Michelle Phelan (and assisted by the young people and their parents), the performers led everyone back to the community centre where fireworks, a bonfire and food prepared by members of the community completed the celebration.

Throughout the process, local photographer Martin Dunne, along with Jack Cannon & Tracey Kearns from the Venture Club, documented the workshops and expeditions, and these photographs are now being exhibited to express the magical atmosphere of the ‘Oíche Shamhna’ project and the vibrancy of the Glenasmole community.

Dancing Between Worlds can be seen at:
RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre (Gallery 1)
Wednesday June 10 to Saturday June 27 2009
10am-6pm daily (closed Mondays)
Admission free

This exhibition and the Oíche Shamhna project, was produced by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA),

a pro-active organisation working with local community groups to activate arts programmes in line with the needs of the wider Tallaght community: geographically, culturally and socially. TCA’s work focuses on participatory arts, encouraging people of all ages to be involved in the making of art. TCA’s aim is to work in partnership with local and national agencies in a cross-sector approach to sustainable community development, which puts people and culture at the centre.

Tallaght Community Arts is delighted to present Sounds Ensemble MidSummer Concert, a live performance from the talented musicians of Sounds Ensemble, led by Musical Director Terry Clancy.

Sounds Ensemble is in existence for nearly four years, and is an ensemble that offers opportunities to people who wish to learn to play a classical instrument. The criteria are: one must be over thirty years of age and enthusiastic. We also provide opportunities for those who have played many years ago and would like to blow the “dust off their trumpet” and rekindle their interest in playing with a group of like-minded people.

Sounds Ensemble meets every Thursday evening at RUA RED, the new South Dublin Arts Centre at Civic Square, Tallaght from 8 to 9.30 pm. It is enjoyable, a way of meeting new friends, and the members dictate the pace we move at.

For one night only, Sounds Ensemble is performing in:
RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, (beside the Tallaght Luas stop)
Thursday June 25th 2009
7.45PM – 9.00PM
Admission: Adult - €10; Children/Concessions - €5; Family (2adults & 2children) - €25
Sounds Ensemble is supported by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA), a pro-active organisation working with local community groups to activate arts programmes in line with the needs of the wider Tallaght community: geographically, culturally and socially.
TCA’s work focuses on participatory arts, encouraging people of all ages to be involved in the making of art. TCA’s aim is to work in partnership with local and national agencies in a cross-sector approach to sustainable community development, which puts people and culture at the centre.

For information on Sounds Ensemble & Tallaght Community Arts, contact: 01.4528180 :: info@tallaght-arts.ie

To book tickets contact the Box Office at RUA RED 01.4515860

RADIO TALLAGHT, the community radio station project created by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum returns to our airways for its third broadcast of 2009 on June 20 and 21, 2009.

The theme for this second weekend broadcast is EXPANDING MINDS.
According to the National Education Database of Ireland there are 18,933 courses available in Ireland. So at any stage of our lives we could learn to fly, tell a joke, dance salsa, read philosophy, play the trumpet, learn a language…the possibilities are endless.

Radio Tallaght’s June 20/21 programmes will explore the idea of life-long learning and our pursuit of knowledge for personal and professional reasons through conversation, debate, music, theatre and cooking. The weekend’s programmes will examine the premises that:
 - Learning is not just confined to a classroom but part of life’s rich journey.
 - Minds are developing from the cradle to the grave and we have a potential to learn at every stage of our lives.
 - Commitment to investment in education benefits both the individual, the economy and wider society.

So tune in – share your knowledge – expand your mind – with Radio Tallaght in June 2009!

Radio Tallaght will broadcast from the new South Dublin Arts Centre and features programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates:
June 20 and 21 // September 19 and 20 // October 17 and 18 // December 19 and 20

Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo.
Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

See www.radiotallaght.com or www.tallaght-arts.ie for full programme details and more information.

For more information contact Patricia Baker via Tallaght Community Arts:
T 01.452 8180 E info@tallaght-arts.ie

Facilitated by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) in RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre, CRIPPLING IMAGES is a visual art exhibition (May 19-29), featuring work by South Dublin Arts & Disabilities Training Programme Graduates, which aims to look at society’s views, opinions, conceptions and misconceptions about people with disabilities.

‘Crippling Images’ visual art exhibition comprises a slide show of images and a series of 13 individual responses crafted using mixed media, each presenting a common theme and visual image of disability. Raising awareness of positive and negative aspects of disability, and personal/political issues surround disability, ‘Crippling Images’ challenges the viewer to effect change….to cause even one person to stop and think.

CRIPPLING IMAGES can be viewed in RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre (Gallery 2)
Tues May 19 to Saturday May 30, 2009
10am-6pm daily (closed Mondays)
Admission free

South Dublin Arts and Disability Training Programme is a joint venture between South Dublin County Council, CLPN Partnership, and Stewarts Hospital. The training programme is for arts workers and artists interested in working with disabled people. Disabled and non-disabled artists deliver the programme through specifically designed modules. South Dublin Arts and Disabilities Training Programme promote effective access to community arts and artists in the community activities, for and with local people with disabilities.

Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) a pro-active organisation working with local community groups to activate arts programmes in line with the needs of the wider Tallaght community: geographically, culturally and socially. TCA work focuses on participatory arts, encouraging people of all ages to be involved in the making of art. TCA’s aim is to work in partnership with local and national agencies in a cross-sector approach to sustainable community development, which puts people and culture at the centre.

For information on South Dublin Arts & Disabilities Training Programme, contact:
Valerie Brien, Community Services Department, South Dublin County Council
01.4149000 ext 4673 / vbrien@sdublincoco.ie

For information on Tallaght Community Arts, contact:
01.4528180 / info@tallaght-arts.ie

RADIO TALLAGHT, the community radio station project created by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum, is delighted to launch the Radio Tallaght Book Club in partnership with County Library, Tallaght.

In Radio Tallaght’s next broadcast, the Radio Tallaght Junior and Adult Book clubs will review:
THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT by William Trevor (Adult Book Club)
JACKY DAYDREAM by Jacqueline Wilson (Junior Book Club).

William Trevor’s The Story of Lucy Gault recounts the tale of a young girl whose Protestant family is driven from its rural Irish home in 1921. Captain Gault shoots at and wounds one of a trio of locals trying to set his Irish country house, Lahardane, on fire. He and his wife, Heloise, decide they must leave for England and safety, but 9 year old Lucy, who has known no other home, flees into the woods on the eve of their departure and cannot be found. Convinced she has drowned, her parents leave for a life of wandering and grieving exile in Europe. Lucy, however, is discovered, starved but alive, days later by two faithful retainers, who with the aid of a family lawyer keep the house open as Lucy grows into womanhood. Trevor’s deeply poetic sense of the Irish character and countryside, his magical evocation of the passing of time, have never been more eloquent.

Best-selling award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson takes a look back at her own childhood in Jacky Daydream, a captivating story of friendships, loneliness, books, toys, parents and much more. With photographs and new illustrations by Nick Sharratt, this book is a delight for all of Jacky’s fans, and a treat for any new readers too.

Start reading now so you can join in the discussion!

Radio Tallaght’s next broadcast is on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on June 20 and 21.
Full details will be on www.radiotallaght.com.

Subsequent broadcasts will take place on Sept 19 and 20 // Oct 17 and 18 // Dec 19 and 20. If you are interested in getting involved in, and sharing your ideas with, Radio Tallaght, please contact us at studio@radiotallaght.com.

Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo. Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

RADIO TALLAGHT, the community radio station project created by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum, had an incredibly successful second broadcast on March 21 and 22, with over 80 participants involved in producing, presenting and broadcasting last weekend.

The theme for the second weekend broadcast, HAPPINESS, caught the imagination of participants and audience alike, with Radio Tallaght receiving very positive responses from listeners throughout the weekend. The diverse programme included a lecture on the story of happiness with philosopher Aislinn O’Donnell, an Amnesty International panel debate with Director Noeleen Hartigan, a live performance by local Tallaght band Fear the Foliage, a radio play by Tallaght Youth Theatre. Radio Tallaght also worked with the Tallaght Youth Services group ‘Teenagers About Discussion teenagers to produce their own programme “A Question of Luck”.

Ralph McGarry of Tallaght Radio Forum, commenting on the weekend, said “it was amazing to see so many diverse people walking through the door and telling their stories on air: I really believe we’re capturing the spirit of a thriving and creative Tallaght.”

The next Radio Tallaght will broadcasts take place on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates: June 20 and 21 // Sept 19 and 20 // Oct 17 and 18 // Dec 19 and 20.

If you are interested in getting involved in, and sharing your ideas with, Radio Tallaght, please contact us at studio@radiotallaght.com.

Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo. Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

RADIO TALLAGHT, the community radio station project created by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum returns to the airwaves for its second broadcast of 2009 on March 21 and 22.

The theme for this second weekend broadcast is HAPPINESS. With the backdrop of the current economic situation we find ourselves, Radio Tallaght is taking the time to look at happiness: to explore ways and means of improving our lives, to look at how we measure and value happiness (both individually and collectively), to ask if we enable people to pursue what makes them happy and to reflect on our society’s values and aims and our own personal sense of wellbeing.

The wide variety of programming and the perspectives covered over the weekend of March 21 and 22 are set to this overall theme. Programmes include Happiness on a Budget, which features people from Tallaght sharing fun and joyful things they do for free or on a low budget; Private Passions will explore the guests’ own interests, quirks and passions that make them happy; and in Backchat, French Circus practitioners from “The Serious Road Trip” talk about their global experience of bringing happiness to young people in areas of social and economic disadvantages through their circus training workshops and performances.

Artist and Creative Producer Patricia Baker noted, “Radio Tallaght wants to build on the energy and interest that January’s broadcast brought to our airwaves. Our second broadcast is a great opportunity to take time out from the current negative environment to explore the positivism and collective energy here in Tallaght. TCA and Tallaght Radio Forum are particularly delighted to welcome many new participants to the project, and look forward to building a radio project that is truly giving voice to Tallaght’s many communities”.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast from the new South Dublin Arts Centre and features programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on March 21 and 22, 2009.

Presented in association with our media partner, The Echo.
Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

See www.radiotallaght.com for full programme details and more information.

If you’ve always wanted to work on radio, this may be your perfect opportunity.
The second weekend broadcast (March 21 & 22, 2009) by Radio Tallaght 99.1FM, a community radio station brought to you by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum, is fast approaching. The two organisations are looking for enthusiastic people interested in all aspects of radio to get in touch if you are interested in being involved in the station’s March broadcasts.

To register your interest and find out more, contact TCA at 01-452 8180 / info@tallaght-arts.ie.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast from the new South Dublin Arts Centre over five more weekends in 2009 and will feature programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates:
NEXT BROADCAST: March 21 and 22
June 20 and 21 // September 19 and 20 // October 17 and 18 // December 19 and 20

Funded by – The Arts Council, South Dublin County Council,
Supported by - Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service
Media partner – The Tallaght Echo

For more information:
01-452 8180 / info@tallaght-arts.ie / www.tallaght-arts.ie / www.radiotallaght.com

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Tallaght Community Arts (TCA), formerly Tallaght Community Arts Centre, will take up position as Anchor Cultural Tenant of RED, the new South Dublin Arts Centre, this week, from February 5, 2009.

Tallaght Community Arts will continue its commitment to local groups and communities, and will host Open Art workshops, Senior Sounds Ensemble, Virginia House Creative Writing Group, the South Dublin Writers Open Forum and regular exhibitions, in the new centre. In addition, TCA will also roll out three major flagship projects: Tallaght Feast (with St Anne’s School Fettercairn), The Serious Road Trip Circus Summer School in West Tallaght and Radio Tallaght 99.1FM in conjunction with Tallaght Radio Forum.

2009 plans also include Tallaght’s Big Draw 2009, another series of Tallaght Talking (lunchtime discussions), and establishing an Artist in Residence programme, the Sounding Off Centre for Young Musicians, a Young People’s Cultural Forum and a Film Club.

TCA also collaborates with and support projects such as Infant Imaginings (a research project for art with very young children) and the Glenasmole Community Performance Project. This year TCA also supported Arts Education Workshops with schools and professional development for teachers (in partnership with Dublin West Education Centre).

TCA Director Tony Fegan is very excited about the move to the new arts centre. “Our move to the new arts centre will enable us to profile our commitment to a decentralised programme of arts projects being developed and delivered in and with local communities, which will be complemented by our programme of participatory arts in RUARED, the new South Dublin Arts Centre”, he said.

TCA recently launched a new website, www.tallaght-arts.ie, which contains lots of news about events coming up as well as the major projects being developed for 2009. “We are looking forward to working with Karen Phillips, Director of RED, and her team over the coming years to achieve TCA’s mission: connecting our community through art”, Tony added.

For further information, contact Ruth Clancy at 01. 4621501 / ruth@tallaght-arts.ie for more information or see www.tallaght-arts.ie.

OUR NEW CONTACT DETAILS:
Tallaght Community Arts
Anchor Cultural Tenant
RUARED South Dublin Arts Centre
Civic Square
Tallaght
Dublin 24

T 01-452 8180
E info@tallaght-arts.ie
W www.tallaght-arts.ie

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The first weekend broadcast (January 17-18 2009) by Radio Tallaght, a community radio station brought to you by Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) and Tallaght Radio Forum, was a huge success. Approx 30 first-time presenters interviewed, chatted with, and featured more than 60 guests over the two days of broadcasting from Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, the first such event to take place in the new arts centre.

The incredible success of Radio Tallaght’s first weekend would not have been possible without the dedication and enthusiasm of everyone involved, and we would like to thank each and every person for their wonderful contribution leading up to and over the first weekend of broadcasting.

We would also like to thank our funders and supporters – The Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service – and our media partner The Tallaght Echo - without whom this project would not be possible.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast from the new South Dublin Arts Centre over five more weekends in 2009 and will feature programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates:

March 21 and 22 (next broadcast)
June 20 and 21
September 19 and 20
October 17 and 18
December 19 and 20

See www.radiotallaght.com or www.tallaght-arts.ie for full programme details and more information.

RADIO TALLAGHT 99.1FM - A VOICE OF COMMUNITY

Tallaght Community Arts (TCA) has come together with Tallaght Radio Forum to create RADIO TALLAGHT, a community radio station.

Radio Tallaght will broadcast from the new South Dublin Arts Centre over six weekends in 2009 and will feature programmes created and presented by people from the many diverse communities of Tallaght, many sitting behind a microphone for the first time.

The wide variety of programming and the perspectives covered over the six weekends of broadcasting include My Story, personal stories narrated by Tallaght people from various cultures, race and age; DJ Challenge, where a senior citizen and a young person play their individual music choices and exchange musical stories; Sounds of Tallaght, an audio tour of Tallaght with Tomás Maher, and much much more.

Artist and Creative Producer Patricia Baker noted “Radio Tallaght’s aim is to be a voice for the many diverse communities of Tallaght, to celebrate, explore and connect Tallaght’s rich diversity of environment, culture and people, through the medium of community radio. TCA is delighted to partner with Tallaght Radio Forum on this exciting project and we look forward to all six broadcasts this year.”

Radio Tallaght will broadcast on 99.1FM, from 11am to 6pm, on the following dates:
January 17 and 18 March 21 and 22
June 20 and 21 September 19 and 20
October 17 and 18 December 19 and 20

See www.radiotallaght.com or www.tallaght-arts.ie for full programme details and more information.

Presented in association with our media partner, Tallaght Echo.

Thanks to our funders: Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght Partnership and Tallaght Youth Service.

Tallaght Radio Forum is a group of community enthusiasts who have an interest in radio as a means of community development. It was set up in 2008, initially to bring together interested individuals and groups to explore the concept of community radio. An initial seminar was held in Tymon Bawn community centre funded by the participants and South Dublin County Council. At present it is co-chaired jointly by John Conroy, Joe Kearney and Ralph McGarry, three residents of Tallaght who have extensive experience in community radio development and broadcasting.

Tallaght Community Arts a pro-active organisation working with local community groups to activate arts programmes in line with the needs of the wider Tallaght community: geographically, culturally and socially. Tallaght Community Arts work focuses on participatory arts, encouraging people of all ages to be involved in the making of art. Tallaght Community Arts aim is to work in partnership with local and national agencies in a cross-sector approach to sustainable community development, which puts people and culture at the centre.