Basement Gallery, Dundalk

Final exhibiton of works produced during Louth County Enterprise Board/Louth Craftmark Craft Foundations project funded under PEACE III Small Grants.

Opening event and certificate presentation:

Friday 11 March 2011 at 5.30 pm, at the Basement Gallery

Also open from 12 to 3.00 pm on Saturday 12 March

Saturday 12 March

Meet The Makers, Louth Craftmark at Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

On Saturday 12 Louth Craftmark at Highlanes Gallery  plays host to a showcase with top designers and producers of Textile Arts. The designers will display their new collections, give demonstrations on how the products are created and will be happy to answer any questions and provide an insight for those interested in their craft.

Organised by Louth Craftmark Designers Network the session aim to provide shoppers, collectors and craft enthusiasts with an insight into the inspirations and techniques of the designers. Drop in from 11.00 to 4.00 and experience this unique look into the creative process of some of Ireland’s top craftspeople and see how some of the most sought after fashion and home accessories are developed.

A new exhibition of work opens at Highlanes Gallery on Saturday 12 March 2011 at 2.00pm

Highlanes Gallery presents a new body of work by painter Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh (b. 1977) is a visual artist based in Dublin. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Paintings, West Cork Arts Centre, 2010, Paintings, Galway Arts Centre, 2009. Her work has been curated and selected for the following exhibitions, UNBUILDING at the Mermaid Arts Centre, 2010, curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey, Eilis Lavelle and Rosie lynch, Regarding Painting together with artists Diana Copperwhite, Paul Nugent, Sarah Dwyer, Axel Sanson and Esther Teichman, 2010 curated by Elaine Byrne  at Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Her work is included in many public collections, including Contemporary Irish Arts Society, Arts Council of Ireland, the Office of Public Works, Dublin Institute of Technology, Boyle Civic Collection, The Mermaid Arts Centre and Aspen Insurance. In 2009, she was shortlisted for the AIB Art Prize and was selected for Futures exhibition at the RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, curated by Patrick T. Murphy and Ruth Carroll. In 2010 she won the Hennessy Craig Scholarship at the RHA.

In 2010, her work was acquired for the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection at Highlanes Gallery; the gallery will publish a catalogue on Ní Mhaonaigh’s practice with essays by art critic Aidan Dunne and curator Padraic E. Moore.

The exhibition will be opened by Séan Kissane, Head of Exhibitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art on Saturday 12 March at 2.00pm. All welcome.

Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Laurence Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland

The gallery is open 6 days a week, Monday – Saturday 10.30am-5.00pm, closed Sunday.

The gallery will open on St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday 17 March from 12.00-5.00pm

T. + 353 (0) 41 9803311 E. info@highlanes.ie W. www.highlanes.ie

A Very Happy Christmas to you all, from all the staff here at Louth Craftmark

As a Christmas gift and to offer even better value for money

to you as valued customers,

we are cutting our VAT rate for the whole month of December

and are happy to offer

9% discount

off the marked price of all our craft products in store

Louth Craftmark at Highlanes: supporting & showcasing the work of

talented Louth designers and makers

(Discount will be taken at the cash register, excludes some non craft items including some cards and books)

In conjunction with Louth Craftmark Designers Network’s Creative Map Artists & Craftspeople

Michele Haechler, Ciara Agnew, John O’Connor, Jebun Nahar, Rachel Tinniswood, Fiona Thornton, Orla Barry, Frances Lambe, Mary Cowen,

Sinead McEnearney & Sarah McKenna

Invite you to visit us 7th & 8th November 2009

Open Sat 10am – 5pm Sunday 12pm – 5pm

All Welcome

pick up a creative map from the studio or check www.louthcraftmark.com/creativemap

for information on the studios in Louth open this weekend and also details of the bus tour running on Saturday 7th November 2009