Sunday, March 16, 2014

OPENING NIGHT - AFTER GARBALLY - PHOTOS

A few pics from our opening night on Friday night - huge crowd, lots of goodwill, artworks sold. We had a great night. The exhibition continues today and tomorrow. Free admission. All welcome.

Juno McLoughlin admiring Walter Coughlan's ceramics
Ber O'Halloran, Úna Spain and Nuala Ní Chonchúir setting up the food and drink
Finn Dillon admiring John Soden's work
Ceramics by Walter Coughlan
Finbar McLoughlin, selling the catalogue and serving drinks
Walter, mingling
John Soden and David Rafter
Grace and Joe Ward, Fiona Ormbsy
Liam Loughrey
Jenny, Róisín and Hannah
Fr Dan O'Donovan, opening the exhibition
Nuala reading
Johnny Johnston reading from Zara Little-Campbell's poems
Grellan Ganly

Friday, March 14, 2014

SNEAK PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT'S GROUP 8 OPENING


Group 8 launch their fifth annual exhibition of art and writing, After Garbally, TONIGHT Friday the 14th March at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel, Ballinasloe. The exhibition continues until the 17th of March, daily from 11am to 6pm, including Saint Patrick’s Day.

Fr Dan O'Donovan of Garbally will open the exhibition tonight and all are welcome to enjoy wine, food, art, readings, and music from Johnny Johnston and Liam Loughrey.

We set up the exhib yesterday so here are a few preview pics. See you at 7pm!

Joyce Little preparing her blackboards for her installation
Tommy Campbell, up a ladder as usual
Walter Coughlan figuring out how best to hang his ceramics
Detail from Joyce Litte's school-themed installation
Group cake break: it was Tommy's birthday yesterday
Brendan Grealy and Úna Spain, contemplating walls
John Soden and Grellan Ganly, taking a break
Tommy hanging John's work

Sunday, March 9, 2014

2014 EXHIBITION LAUNCH - AFTER GARBALLY

Batik by Fiona Ormsby
Ballinasloe-based professional artist collective, Group 8, launch their fifth annual exhibition of art and writing, After Garbally, on Friday the 14th March at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel, Ballinasloe. The exhibition will take place between the 14th and the 17th of March 2014, daily from 11am to 6pm, including Saint Patrick’s Day.

After Garbally is the result of collaborative work the group undertook around the theme of local landmark Garbally, in all its guises. Formerly Garbally Court, home of the Trench family – the Earls of Clancarty – since the 18th Century, Garbally and its grounds are better known now as the home of two secondary school: Saint Joseph’s College for boys and Ard Scoil Mhuire for girls. The Trench family and Garbally itself exerted an important influence on the town of Ballinasloe and its inhabitants.

Garbally by John Soden
Group 8 used Garbally and its landscape, buildings and people as stepping off points for installations, photography, fiction, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, batik and poetry.

After Garbally, and its accompanying catalogue, will be launched by Father Dan O’Donovan. All are welcome to come and see sculpture, photography, installations and paintings; listen to live poetry and fiction readings, and music from Johnny Johnston and Liam Loughrey, and enjoy a glass of wine. Admission is free, all welcome.
Ceramics by Walter Coughlan