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ARTIST ON THE COMMON GROUND
Description
This arts programme provides resources and support for professional artists, who are interested in developing their understanding, knowledge and practice within a local community or socially engaged context.
It aims to enhance artists’ professional development through sharing skills; facilitating networking; offering well-supported residency opportunities and a comprehensive mentoring programme.
Common Ground is always keen to hear from artists who are interested in and committed to developing their understanding, knowledge and experience of working in community.
Current Projects
Studio 468
Common Ground actively supports
the development of studio 468 – a high quality artist’s studio space
located in St Andrew’s Community Centre, Rialto. The studio is
managed by Common Ground along with representatives from Dublin City
Council Arts Office and Rialto Development Association. In exchange
for the studio residency period all artists are asked to identify a
community group in the Rialto area that they will engage with during
their studio award time.
To date artists have worked with Rialto
Youth Project, Rialto Day Care Centre, Rialto Community Drug Team,
Ferrini Youth Club, Fatima Homework Club, Rainbow Neighbourhood
Project.
Since studio 468 opened in 2003 we
have supported the following artists in residence over an ongoing
rotating six month period; these have been:
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visual artists, Nevan Lahart, Fiona Whelan, Christopher Reid, Seodin O’Sullivan
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contemporary dancers Megan and Jessica Kennedy and cellist Jane Hughes.
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performance artist Kang Hyun Ahn
The next residency programme
starts from September 2007 to December 2008 and the artists in residence
will be:- film/video artists Terry Blake and Anne Maree Barry,
September 2007 to May 2008
- performance artist Lisa Marie Johnson and visual artist Anne Marie McGrane,
May to
December 2008
There will be an open studio day on 23rd February 2008. Details will be posted in the News section of the website.
The next call for artists will go out in the last quarter of 2008
Residencies in:
Youth work
We support and resource a range of
short and long term artist residencies in a variety of youth work
settings.
In the past they have been:
- Jacinta Sheerin,
drama facilitator in Bulfin Youth Club
- Michelle Cahill, dancer in Bulfin Youth Club, Kidz Klub and St Josephs Youth Club
- Megan and Jessica Kennedy, dancers in Bulfin Youth Club
Currently these are:
- Elaine Agnew, Klaus Vormehr, Dara O’Brian, Nick Roth, Peter Crann,
Pia Dunne, Debbie Armstrong, Aoife Doyle, Eoin O'Brien and Sarah
Barry, musicians in Dolphin House
Homework Club, Fatima Homework Club and the Afterschools programme
of the FRC, St Michaels Estate
- Darragh Shanahan, photographer in the Afterschools programme of the FRC, St Michaels
Estate
- Fiona Whelan, visual artist in collaboration with Rialto Youth Project
- Terry Blake, visual artist with St Michael’s Youth Project
Community
We support and resource a range of
short and long term artist residencies in community settings.
In
the past they have been:
- Drama Facilitator Eoin Lynch with We’re from the Barn Drama Group in Dolphin House
(previously this project has included the roles of both Fiona Nolan
Director and Bernie Downes, scriptwriter).
- Photographer Enda O’Brien documenting families in Dolphin House Flats complex through
the family portrait photography project, ‘A Moment in Time’.
Currently these are:
- Photographer Ashlinn Delaney with Family Resource Centre womens
group, St Michaels Estate
Professional Development Opportunities for Artists
We provide artists with professional development support opportunities these include:
- Working agreements – these are developed between all partners, so everyone develops, understands and respects each others roles and in particular that of the artist.
- Artists Forums – artists participate in their own development through a series of forums that support and develop the artistic process, offering opportunities for both collective and self-assessment of work which explore the artist’s professional role. These take place at least twice or three times a year. The last two forums were on practical tax compliance for artists and how Common Ground could support the further development of the artists in their work with, and in communities.
- Collaborative practice forums - artists are supported in their work with the community through collaborative practice forums between artists and youth workers and regional practice forums. These forums also allow youth workers explore arts practice in its own right.
- Artist Mentoring Programme – this programme has already influenced artists’ professional development. The artist proposes someone who has been influential on their work, an established artist in their field or other identified arts development practitioner and Common Ground mediates to set up a Mentor relationship. The Mentor is commissioned to report on the artist’s professional development throughout the process.
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