PEAKSHOW EXHIBITIONS PROJECT (2018-2019 ongoing)
PeakShow Exhibitions is an independent artist-led project based in Limerick, founded by LSAD Alumni Sara Dowling and Ellen Egan. With an aim to facilitate independent Open Call opportunities for local students, recent graduates and emerging artists, it has had 4 successful large scale exhibitions, featuring the works of 69 artists, designers and practitioners. PeakShow at the Sailors Home took place in Oct '18 running in conjunction with Open House Architecture Festival, and PeakShow at The Loft took place in Feb '19 (featuring Durty Words by Kate O Shea and Victoria Brunetta, and Artist talks by Stephen Murphy and Helena Grimes). PeakShow at the Fab Lab (working in collaboration with the Riverfest Weekend and the Limerick Arts Office) took place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, and featured 14 Artists, many of whom were current students and recent graduates. Events in line with the exhibition itself included a socially engaged Tea Event by artist Pavithra Kannan and a live performance by Echtrae Collaboratives, Conor Coady on the final exhibition day. PeakShows last exhibition of the year featured at Limerick City Museum in June, in an awarded exhibition selected by PeakShow for 3 artists who worked with the project in some way.
Alongside exhibition opportunities, PeakShow offers curatorial assistant and exhibition assistant call-outs, sharing hands-on knowledge with anyone interested in being part of the growing PeakShow community. For information on all callouts, Open Calls or any enquiries on the project, please email peakshowinfo@gmail.com, or visit our social medias on Facebook or Instagram.
PeakShow Exhibitions is an independent artist-led project based in Limerick, founded by LSAD Alumni Sara Dowling and Ellen Egan. With an aim to facilitate independent Open Call opportunities for local students, recent graduates and emerging artists, it has had 4 successful large scale exhibitions, featuring the works of 69 artists, designers and practitioners. PeakShow at the Sailors Home took place in Oct '18 running in conjunction with Open House Architecture Festival, and PeakShow at The Loft took place in Feb '19 (featuring Durty Words by Kate O Shea and Victoria Brunetta, and Artist talks by Stephen Murphy and Helena Grimes). PeakShow at the Fab Lab (working in collaboration with the Riverfest Weekend and the Limerick Arts Office) took place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, and featured 14 Artists, many of whom were current students and recent graduates. Events in line with the exhibition itself included a socially engaged Tea Event by artist Pavithra Kannan and a live performance by Echtrae Collaboratives, Conor Coady on the final exhibition day. PeakShows last exhibition of the year featured at Limerick City Museum in June, in an awarded exhibition selected by PeakShow for 3 artists who worked with the project in some way.
Alongside exhibition opportunities, PeakShow offers curatorial assistant and exhibition assistant call-outs, sharing hands-on knowledge with anyone interested in being part of the growing PeakShow community. For information on all callouts, Open Calls or any enquiries on the project, please email peakshowinfo@gmail.com, or visit our social medias on Facebook or Instagram.
DHG STUDENT FORUM RESPONSE EVENT, FEBRUARY 2019
The 2018/19 DHG Student Forum members’ responsed to 40 years of programming at the DHG Douglas Hyde Gallery with a schedule of events on the 28th February in the gallery space. Each member selected a category within the Archives of particular interest, presenting the results in various ways - through audio/visual artworks, interviews, archival documents, workshops and written papers, concluding in a panel discussion and live performance. Personal response featured faxes and letters exchanged between EVA International and the DHG tracing back to the creation of the EVA International exhibition of 1983, 'New Works by Past Winners', which featured at DHG as part of the exhibition. Photos by Rachel & Aideen at the Gallery, with thanks. More details of this event as found on the DHG website at: http://www.douglashydegallery.com/events#/old-invitations
The 2018/19 DHG Student Forum members’ responsed to 40 years of programming at the DHG Douglas Hyde Gallery with a schedule of events on the 28th February in the gallery space. Each member selected a category within the Archives of particular interest, presenting the results in various ways - through audio/visual artworks, interviews, archival documents, workshops and written papers, concluding in a panel discussion and live performance. Personal response featured faxes and letters exchanged between EVA International and the DHG tracing back to the creation of the EVA International exhibition of 1983, 'New Works by Past Winners', which featured at DHG as part of the exhibition. Photos by Rachel & Aideen at the Gallery, with thanks. More details of this event as found on the DHG website at: http://www.douglashydegallery.com/events#/old-invitations
URBAN GARDEN ART STALL, ARTISTS INITIATIVE TENT, O CONNELL STREET, LIMERICK. (SUMMER 2015)
3-day weekly event in the heart of Limerick City for the summer of 2015. Sara Dowling, Philip Desmond and 8 other volunteer graduates and past pupils of LSAD collaborated in a visual showcase to discuss sale orientated work with the public. Face Painting/crafts were available for children, with sculptural work, ceramic crafts, art works, prints, photographs, fashion pieces and other works available for purchase from the artists on site.
3-day weekly event in the heart of Limerick City for the summer of 2015. Sara Dowling, Philip Desmond and 8 other volunteer graduates and past pupils of LSAD collaborated in a visual showcase to discuss sale orientated work with the public. Face Painting/crafts were available for children, with sculptural work, ceramic crafts, art works, prints, photographs, fashion pieces and other works available for purchase from the artists on site.
'MY BEER DIARIES', COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATION BETWEEN ARTIST/STAFF OF RED HEN BAR, 15 PATRICKS ST, LIMERICK.
Derived from studies of the Deadly Vice of Gluttony, this combined sculptural and public happening aimed to contrast the vices of both Pride and Gluttony in relationship with the artists experiences of alcohol consumption as a student. The artists blood mass was presented in the form of 28 frozen beer diaries, in reference to the Irish Alcohol Diaries Report 2013. Both artist and staff of the Red Hen Bar were active performing participants, creating debate on the environmental circumstances of intoxication and its place within cultural aesthetics.
Derived from studies of the Deadly Vice of Gluttony, this combined sculptural and public happening aimed to contrast the vices of both Pride and Gluttony in relationship with the artists experiences of alcohol consumption as a student. The artists blood mass was presented in the form of 28 frozen beer diaries, in reference to the Irish Alcohol Diaries Report 2013. Both artist and staff of the Red Hen Bar were active performing participants, creating debate on the environmental circumstances of intoxication and its place within cultural aesthetics.
THE TISHIRT TEST - COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION EXPERIMENT, LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, OCT 2014
The T- Shirt test was a 1-day experiment based in Limerick College of Art & Design, where students were asked to wear a plain white t-shirt, printed with the words 'Taint Me / Mark Me / Destroy Me'. This test was an open invitation call to observe whether the written words would act an an aesthetic instruction, which in this setting, was followed through. The artist was a wearing participant in this experiment.
The T- Shirt test was a 1-day experiment based in Limerick College of Art & Design, where students were asked to wear a plain white t-shirt, printed with the words 'Taint Me / Mark Me / Destroy Me'. This test was an open invitation call to observe whether the written words would act an an aesthetic instruction, which in this setting, was followed through. The artist was a wearing participant in this experiment.
