Showing posts with label Ian Mannion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Mannion. Show all posts

Nest Space - Conversations & Art [Promo]

A South Tipperary Positive Mental Health Festival Event

Art Hive in partnership with Cluain Training & Enterprise Centre have curated a creative space for all during Mental Health Week from 8 to 9 October at 27 -28 Mitchell St. (former Nest shop), Clonmel. 
Flyer pdf  link here



The Nest Space section of the South Tipperary Positive Mental Health Festival brochure, click on image for full pdf 

Omni Hive Redux - Culture night 2015 heads up


     Omni Hive Redux is a return the to Art Hives' first collaborative work, Omni Hive which incorporated each members' disciplines. This installation had only been previously exhibited once before at last years Culture Night. Now with the addition of two new members Regina Healy and Yvonne Patterson we have decided to exhibit this updated work once more in a new environment, in a radically different space.
     Omni Hive Redux features freshly remixed video including new 3d animation and collaged film footage as well as more images of group members's artworks and studio spaces which will be projected onto the ceramic and textile sculptures. An audio piece incorporating manipulated samples of bee noises recorded at aviaries by Dennis Ryan and excerpts from his father’s beekeeping demonstrations will be used to accompany the footage.

There will also be a group exhibition as well as ceramic & felting workshops for all ages (times tbc - see our Facebook event page).

Summer Exhibition '15


Messangers 2015, Brigid Teehan




Yvonne Patterson's vases


Felt dresses & dioramas by Violeta Pserackaite



Ceramic casts by Ian Mannion & Dennis Ryan






National Drawing Day 2015 upcoming

Promotional poster features several drawings by Laima Bujak, Regina Healy, Ian Mannion and various 
kids' scribbles as well as photos from the previous event held in the Showgrounds back in 2013.

FREE EVENT, Fun drawing workshops & activities for all ages. Updates can be viewed on our Facebook event page.

Post Tribute

Tribute to Oliver Mannion, collage of photocopies and architectural site maps (work in progress)
 The workspace was designed to facilitate a number of different mediums safely, being mindful that people could be bringing in materials which were very precious to them.
We also had a private space with comfy seating in case any one became distressed. We would like to thank the Listeners (bereavement counsellors) from St Mary's Pastoral Centre who made themselves available throughout the session.  


Printer/photocopier station. Above it on the wall are a selection of well-known poems associated with dealing with mortality.

During the event Art Hive members were on hand to help with creativity and ideas using the objects people had brought with them, in order that they would leave with a finished piece. The Art Hive artists provided most of the art materials from their own supplies, making sure there was a wide range of options. These included tissue, sugar, and tracing paper; coloured pencils, wax crayons, and paint; glue, scissors, erasers etc etc; wools and embroidery threads; sewing machines and photocopier (the photocopier was particularly useful, as it meant copies could be experimented with, even of three dimensional objects!)

Omni Hive - our Culture night 2014 show

Omni Hive, a pop-up exhibition curated by Art Hive was held in the old Nest shop on  27 Mitchel Street, Clonmel from 4 till 9pm.

l-r : Aisling Egan, Violeta Pserackaite, Ian Mannion, Dennis Ryan, Catherine Starling, Brigid Teehan
Participents included both the Art Hive group themselves (Catherine Starling, Ian Mannion, Dennis Ryan, Violeta Pserackaite, Laima Bujak) and guest artists Brigid Teehan, Lyn Mather and Aisling Egan. Exhibits were varied, covering a wide range of styles and mediums.








Omni Hive itself was the title of Art Hives' first collaborative work, incorporating each members' disciplines. It consisted of several suspended white textile panels woven and stitched by Catherine Starling and Violeta Pserackaite, with pale ceramic pieces hung in front on knotted string. Dennis Ryan a ceramicist, cast the pieces from everyday commercial packaging molds provided by Ian Mannion (an inspirational source for him).
 
l-r : Ian Mannion, Brigid Teehan, Lyn Mather & Arts Officer Melanie Scott
 A video composited from film footage and images of group member's art and studio spaces was projected onto the installation. A parade of imagery, of lights and shadows was created the public could walk through and interact with.

Omni Hive - Culture night 2014 heads up

Come Friday 19th lets get some culture...



Omni Hive is a group collaborative work: A large installation where an animated film is projected upon a variety of suspended and floor based sculptural elements which will combine the mediums of ceramics, felting, textiles & painting.
The film will incorporate collaged segments of members’ own footage.

There will also be a group exhibition of artists' individual work.



located at: Mitchel Street, Clonmel



from the booklet