NEWS UPDATE
7th March 2011
 

St Patrick's Day Exhibition/Parade
There is exhibition space for Meath Arts Group in the Civic Space, Kennedy Road, Navan from 2pm - 5pm on St Patrick's Day, 17th March. Members are welcome to come along and hang their work from the railings along Preston Place and/or set up a stall/display of art and craft works for exhibit and sale. Set up time is from around 1.30pm - bring easels, table, plastic covering, a small stool - whatever you think you'll need for the day. Feel free to turn up on the day with your artworks.

The Group have been asked to provide a walking float for the parade and an idea has been formulated. If you'd like to take part in either or both of these events please call 085 7197359.
 

Monthly Competition
Thanks to all who entered our first monthly competition. The theme for next month is 'Collage' so bring along your images on April 4th.
Winners of this month's competition were
1st Helene Malone; 2nd Anna Doggett and joint 3rd Caroline Jones and Peter McKenna.
 

Plein Air Sessions
With the brighter days and warmer weather various group members are itching to get out in the wild again. Plein Air sessions will resume in April. Further details will be posted after the next meeting.
 

Website Update
A massive revamp of the entire website continues to take place in order to make it more user-friendly, accessible and interactive. Because we will now have better image gallery functions, which will allow for larger images of artwork to be shown, each member is being asked to submit new photos of their artworks. Please make sure each image is of a reasonable size but no larger than 1.2MB per image. Images can be sent by email to meathartsgroup@gmail.com Images which are too small will not be displayed. This is an ideal time to update your gallery with your latest images and information.
 

Classes/Opportunities

Children's Photography Club
Tutor: Suella Holland
When: Fridays 4.00pm – 5.00 pm (starts March 25th)
Where: Bailieborough Business Centre, Shercock Road, Bailieborough
Fee: €70 (for 10 weeks - can be paid weekly)
All welcome
Contact Suella at photojuniors@gmail.com
or visit www.photojuniors.wordpress.com

Drawing Sessions
When: Postponed until April
Where: Railway Studios, Railway Street, Navan
Fortnightly drawing/art sessions for members of Meath Arts Group
Commencement: Monday 21st February - Life Drawing
Bring your own drawing board/easel and art materials.
Fee: 5 euros
 

Abelio Febra
Sharon Maher-Bordalo has been liaising with Portuguese sculptor Abelio Febra with a view to his visiting Navan at the end of July and early August 2011. Abelio has plans to work with the group in recycled material - metal and stone - in efforts to create a monumental sculpture for our locality.
 

Exhibitions

Charles Tyrell
Solstice Arts Centre
Navan
County Meath
Opens March 24th
Runs until May 6th. Gallery open: Tues - Sat 11am - 4pm
 

Artist's Insurance
Some further research had led to the discovery of another insurance for artists scheme which is currently only €103 for public liability insurance. Other schemes are also available. This is their flat rate so whenever you decide you want to get your insurance then just click on this link http://www.odon.com and organize it from there. There is no need to be part of the group to avail of this insurance scheme.
 

Grants/Awards
Meath Arts Office Bursaries and Awards - various awards and deadlines.
Arts Council of Ireland

Log on to www.creativecareers.ie for details of numerous submissions and opportunities.
See below for a list of just a few of them: Click on the links for further information.