CULTURE NIGHT OPENING - MAJESTY IN THE MINUTE

Here are some pics from our hugely successful opening night on Culture Night. We were delighted with the enormous turnout and the warm welcome from the library and our fellow Ballinaslovians. Thanks to all of you for making it a great evening.

Juno McLoughlin arriving for the opening

Detail of Fiona Ormsby's work

Fiona O and friends

Ally and Jack Soden and Juno McLoughlin

Lily Kelly's lobster and light piece

Some of the crowd

Group 8: John, Nuala, Grellan, Zara, Úna, Joyce, Lily, Tommy

HANGING DAY!

Some sneak preview pics of our day of hanging the Majesty in the Minute exhibition. Please note the opening is now at 6pm, Friday the 22nd, in the Church Gallery, Ballinasloe Library. The colour blue runs through the work and we hadn't planned it.

Joyce Little adjusting a piece

Juno McLoughlin admiring a Lily Kelly piece

Close up of a Joyce Little piece

Cover of Nuala O'Connor's prose and photo book 'Angel of the Sea'

A Grellan Ganly ceramic

John Soden doing his fave job: putting on strings :) 

Lily Kelly, hanging work

John Soden's paintings

Grellan Ganly's ceramics and a painting

Culture Night Exhibition Opening - Majesty in the Minute

Majesty in the Minute #2 - textile art by Fiona Glynn

Ballinasloe-based artist collective Group 8 will have their exhibition opening on Culture Night. The exhibition, called Majesty in the Minute, will feature art and writing that focuses on the small moments in the large.

Main Street, Ballinasloe - John Soden

The exhibition opens Friday the 22^nd September at 6.30pm in the Church Gallery in Ballinasloe Library and will run for two weeks from that day.

Majesty in the Minute is the result of collaborative work the group undertook around the theme of the minuscule in life and in art. The exhibition will feature paintings, photography, felted textiles, flash fiction, ceramics, mixed media and sculpture.

Untitled - artwork by Lily Kelly

Group 8, was founded in 2009 and is comprised of seven visual artists and two writers: Joyce Little – visual and multimedia artist; Tommy Campbell – sculptor and woodturner; Lily Kelly – visual artist; Grellan Ganly – visual artist; Úna Spain – visual artist; Nuala O’Connor – writer; Zara Little-Campbell – writer; John Soden – painter; and Fiona Ormsby – textile designer.

Jesus - Úna Spain

Group 8 is a non-profit, professional arts group whose aim is to foster awareness, imagination and co-operative learning between the artist and the community. The group hosts exhibitions, literary events, artist talks, readings, workshops and book launches.

All are welcome. Free admission. Refreshments will be served.