December 2010 show
Art Hive's second Christmas Pop-Up show is in the old mobile repair shop on Market Place in Clonmel town.
Lagganstown studio meal
To celebrate cleaning and moving into our new studio space, we decided to break bread there. Everyone brought something to share and a pleasant meal was had. We had a fire going in the grate that gave out little heat but more than compensated for that with a nice woody smoke. Indeed the fire tended to send more smoke into the room than up the chimney, giving the place a hazy atmosphere.
Culture Night @ Common Thread café
As part of a nationwide celebration of art & culture, Clonmels' Culture Night was held at the Common Thread café.
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| " I heart Culture" l-r: Aisling Egan, Brigid Teehan, Deirdre Delamere, Ian A Mannion, Dennis Ryan, Violeta Pserackaite |
The event on facebook.
Newspaper Promo/no
We got a publicity piece written about us and our aims in Clonmels' local free newspaper, the South Tipp Today. Much kudos go to Bernie Commins for interviewing some of us and setting up a photo shoot.
However upon seeing the first two words of the headline, we winced. Calling the empty premises of potential landlords 'shabby shops' may well close more doors than it opens.
In fairness Bernie couldn't have been more helpful; she let us preview her article and approve it for publishing. There was a deadline of course, so it had to be a quick perusal. It's a great article that sets out our aims and what we have to offer clearly. If 'shabby shops' had been written in the report, it would have been set in the right context. As I understand the headline is usually written by someone else, apparently someone fond of a snappy bit of alliteration. Its a minor caveat but tis a pity all the same.
Lagganstown first studio open day
When Lagganstown held a community gathering to celebrate the restoration of the local handball alley next door to our studio we were invited to take part. We held our first studio open day to coincide with the festivities.
Aisling Egan, Brigid Teehan and Violeta Pserackaite ran workshops for local children. The kids were taught techniques in felting, sewing, clay moulding and got to take home pieces they made such as dreamcatchers.
Many older visitors were former pupils of the school, who related to us colourful anecdotes of their experience there. Punitive discipline imposed by the teachers on them for rather slight misdemeanors featured quite often in their reminisces, though these were tempered with plenty of humor, even fondness.
Aisling Egan, Brigid Teehan and Violeta Pserackaite ran workshops for local children. The kids were taught techniques in felting, sewing, clay moulding and got to take home pieces they made such as dreamcatchers.
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| Violeta's felting workshop |
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| Aisling Egan mentoring local children in sewing |
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