This event amplifies works made by artists and communities who sing about where they come from and what the future may hold. Albums made at critical points in history that echo to the present.

Using listening as a social practice, come enjoy the unbounded albums of Ziad Rahbani, Odetta Holmes, Julius Eastman and the local Dublin communities of Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House.

There will be echo zines and plenty of space for creative responses through drawing, writing and singing along.

For more information check out the Culture Night website.

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During their residency Clodagh will be inviting people from wider Dublin 8 to collectively investigate and explore the white spatial imaginary and to reimagine our neighbourhoods and the City.  These ‘Pedagogies of Encounter’ will engage international black feminist methodologies combined with collective research, writing and reading groups, film screenings, community sharing, mapping and zine making.   These ‘en-counters’ create counter knowledge and strategies to dismantle the white spatial imaginary. All combined will create oppositional knowledge, aesthetics, maps and guides potently acting as an emergence of something new that cannot be scripted, until those encounters occur on site, in studio 468.

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Elizabeth Woods and Kevin Leong are Australian artists, in residence at The Lodge in May and June who are working on a long-term project The Caretakers’ Residency which studies the practices and philosophies of collective care. The project follows the proposition that community members vocationally involved in collective and radical care have distinct understandings of and approaches to crises, and aims to study how these care practices shift their perceptions and aspirations. In later project stages, these studies will provide provocations for future community action and projects. 

As part of the foundational study and research, Kevin and Elizabeth are seeking to meet Collective Caretakers, and asked Common Ground to identify the broad range of extraordinary community members who undertake the skilled, difficult, and relentless work often involved in collective care.The artists are acutely aware that collective care makes unusual demands on individuals – that additional capacity can be scarce – and so, they aim to accommodate participation at any level of commitment.

If you are a collective caretaker, have an interest in the subject matter or would like to meet the artists, they will be holding open studios, workshops and interviews during their stay or may be able to arrange to meet you at a more convenient location.

Elizabeth and Kevin can be contacted through Common Ground or on their website.

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This collaborative arts process and project, An Uile Dhuine will tackle critical issues facing working-class communities including racism, class conflict, and the growing threat and influence of far-right extremism. 

Based in studio 468 in St Andrews Community Centre, Rialto Dublin 8, Aaron and Rialto Youth Project seek to create a space for dialogue and collaboration, empowering young voices and promoting solidarity that aims to equip young people with the awareness and tools that fosters a more inclusive and accepting society.

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A L T A R explores how we, the living and the dead, are intrinsically connected with the natural world. A L T A R draws on the material and essence of plant life, creating a gathering space between the interior of the 18th-century Mortuary Chapel and the canopy of the ancient Beech Tree.

The launch of A L T A R takes place on Thursday 12^th September at 7pm in Goldenbridge Graveyard, St Vincent Street West, Inchicore, Dublin 8. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: Launch of A L T A R

A L T A R will be activated by a programme of events every Thursday at 7pm and every Sunday at 2pm.

A L T A R closes on 29th September.

EVENT 1:  Upon All the Living and the Dead – Active reflection on plants, process and the senses. With plant folklorist Charlotte Salter Townshend, plant dye specialist Kathy Mooney and artist/perfumer Erin Quinn. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Sunday 15^th September at 2pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: Upon All the Living and the Dead

EVENT 2: Autumn Equinox, Embracing Nature at Night. With ecologist Anja Murray. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Thursday 19^th September at 7pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: Autumn Equinox, Embracing Nature at Night

EVENT 3: Death in the Garden. Observations on Patrick Byrne’s Mortuary Chapel at Goldenbridge Cemetey with architect and architectural historian Dr. Livia Hurley. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Sunday 22nd September at 2pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: Death in the Garden

EVENT 4: We That Swarm Among the Living and the Dead. With artist, educator and researcher Mick Wilson. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Thursday 26^th September at 7pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: We That Swarm Among the Living and the Dead

EVENT 5: A L T A R. A reading with writer Jessica Foley. This event takes place in Goldenbridge Cemetery on Sunday 29^th September at 2pm. For more information and to book a free ticket please go to Eventbrite: A L T A R

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They will be based in studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre from April to December 2024. The art collective School of Thought is a collaboration between long-time Dublin 8 resident, artist Augustine O’Donoghue, and historian and educator Dr. Conor McCabe. This interdisciplinary collective was established as a creative response to Collective Futures.  School of Thought acknowledges the need and value of working collaboratively across disciplines as a way of bridging different spheres of knowledge, to think through ideas from different perspectives in order to gain new insights and ways of working. They believe that in order to build a future we need to look at the past, that history is not linear but circular, and the future, in many ways, is old. School of Thought will use a range of research-creation methodologies to collaboratively engage with residents across different communities across Dublin 8. Together and with others they will creatively explore, unpack and make visible some of the forces shaping and defining our collective futures.

Their residency will involve workshops, talks, and film screenings within studio 468 itself, which will act as a central hub for the various spokes that will radiate from it. They will also take their work and practice outdoors to the streets of Dublin 8 asking:

Who is shaping our future?

What kind of future do we want?

How do we get there?

Please register your interest in attending research/events to info@commonground.ie

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To apply please submit a proposal limited to no more than four A4 pages to info@commonground.ie by March 11th 2024.

Information and guidelines on the application process and award is available to view here.

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