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By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford Designers and Makers Exhibition at Waterford Gallery of Art

Waterford Designers & Makers Exhibition 2022

Showcasing the excellence of all craft disciplines designed and made in Waterford

19th May to 25th June 2022

Waterford Gallery of Art, 31 – 32 O’Connell Street, Waterford X91 RR2R

Open Thursday to Saturday 10am to 5pm – Entry Free

Waterford City and County Council’s Creative Ireland Programme in association with Waterford Local Enterprise Office, presents an exhibition of design and craft in the Waterford Gallery of Art from the 19th May to the 25th June 2022.

The Waterford Designers & Makers Exhibition showcases the work of the Waterford based design and crafts community, reflecting on the theme of Waterford and what it means to this community. Curator Vincent O’Shea based the exhibition on the creativity involved in craft work and has showcased a number of areas of craft and design including glass, ceramics, leatherwork & wood turning.

The exhibition is open to all from the 19th May on Thursdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All are welcome.

For the exhibition brochure see

Waterford Designers and Makers Exhibition – This is Waterford

By Waterford City & County Council

“Plás Charles Bačik / Charles Bačik Plaza” dedicated at Menapia Building

Waterford Crystal co-founder and Czech glass entrepreneur Charles Bačik was honoured in Waterford this Friday, as the space in front of the Waterford Crystal Menapia building was named in his memory.

Bačik, a glass works owner in the Czech Republic before and after the Second World War, was also involved with the Czech resistance and fled the Communist takeover of that country in 1946.

Arriving in Ireland, the family settled in Fiddown, near Piltown, and together with friend and investor Bernard Fitzpatrick, they reinvigorated the old Waterford tradition of glassmaking, with the first sod turned on new premises in 1947.

Welcoming the large attendance to the event on the Mall, which included Deputy Ivana Bačik TD, a granddaughter of Charles, Mayor of Waterford City & County, Cllr. Joe Kelly made reference to the restarting of the industry in Waterford.

Cllr. Kelly said: “There had, of course, been glass making here in Waterford in the previous century but as the tradition had waned, Charles and others including the designer Miroslav Havel, created new processes from scratch, effectively restarting the industry here. The company went on to have a remarkable influence on the revival of the city’s glass industry, helping to establish one of Ireland’s flagship brands on the international stage.”

Newly elected Labour Party leader, Ivana Bačik TD, attended the dedication and remembers her grandfather fondly: “It’s an honour to be here today as my grandfather Karel Bačik is recognised with this kind gesture. He was involved in the Czech glassmaking industry and was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II.

When he came to Ireland from Czechoslovakia with his young family after the war, he found Ireland a country which welcomed him, and which provided him with the opportunity to make vitally important contribution to our economy and to our industrial development. I know that, in the context of the brutal Russian war on Ukraine, my grandfather would be pleased to see that Ireland, once again, is welcoming those who come here fleeing conflict in a time of crisis”.

A plaque commemorating the event was then unveiled by Cllr. Kelly, with the area henceforth to be known bilingually as “Plás Charles Bačik / Charles Bačik Plaza”.

ENDS

By Waterford City & County Council

Bike Week 2022

Bike week starts on Saturday 14th May for eight days of fun filled activities. WSP and WCCC with various partners have a number of free events across the whole county for every age and ability group.

The aim of bike week is to get out, get active and have fun ! Below is an overview of the FREE events on offer with registration links and brief description. If you’ve no bike, no problem as many events have the availability of bikes for you to use. Hopefully one of the events below is of interest to you or your family and friends.

Remember four wheels move the body but two wheels move the soul.

See Programme of Events here : https://waterfordcouncil.ie/media/community-sport/BIKE-WEEK-2022/Waterford%20Bike%20week%202022pdf.pdf

By Waterford City & County Council

Closing soon: Waterford Artist Online Mentoring Scheme

The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce details of the Big Look online mentoring programme for visual artists. This programme helps emerging visual artists with an existing practice in painting and/or drawing to make breakthroughs in their artistic practice by connecting them to artists they can learn from.

The scheme is open to artists who are resident in Waterford city and County Council administrative area and provides successful applicants support through a programme of online mentoring and exhibition opportunities.

You can learn more about this opportunity and apply here – https://www.biglook.art/pages/artist-online-mentoring-scheme

By Waterford City & County Council

Road Closures for Waterford Viking Marathon 2022

VIKING MARATHON – Weekend 25TH/26TH JUNE 2022

Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 of the Roads Act 1993, propose to close the following roads on Saturday 25th June & Sunday 26th June 2022 during the times specified below to facilitate the holding of the Waterford Viking Marathon 2022.


Alternative Route:
Diversions will be in place on the day and local access will be maintained.
Objections or submissions may be made in writing to the Director of Services, Roads, Water and Environment, Waterford City and County Council, The Mall, Waterford not later than 4pm on Friday 20th May, 2022.

By Waterford City & County Council

New Exercise Equipment for People’s Park

Waterford’s People’s Park will soon have new adult exercise equipment following a replacement of the existing equipment which was beyond feasible repair.

Working with Waterford Sports Partnership suitable equipment was selected, tendered and Browne Bros Ltd, Cork were awarded the contract.

Installation is expected approx. mid July 2022. The design of the equipment can be seen in the PDF below and will be located east of the Skate Park.

By Waterford City & County Council

INVITIATON: ‘The People We Grow Up to Be’ Lunchtime Concert

We are delighted to invite you to a lunchtime concert on Tuesday May 10th  12.30pm to 1.30pm in Christ Church Cathedral, celebrating ‘The People we Grow Up to Be’, an Intergenerational music project between the children of Kilmacthomas National School and Waterford Libraries’ Bealtaine Choir.

‘The People we Grow Up to Be’  was initiated by Music Generation Waterford and Waterford Libraries, the aim of the project was to create an intergenerational collaborative experience using music and song to share stories, express feelings and explore mutual connections within the community while enabling a positive ageing and mental wellbeing for younger and older people. The concert will include songs from the project sung by the children and choir, alongside readings by Lani O’Hanlon and young classical guitarists from Kilmacthomas National School.

The project was funded by the Creative Ireland Programme, Waterford

In your own time you are also invited to visit the project exhibition which is currently on display in the Index Gallery Central Library, Lady Lane until 18 May.

Please RSVP:

sohiggins@waterfordcouncil.ie  / 087 3637119

This event is also part of our Waterford Libraries’ Bealtaine Festival celebrations – Ireland’s national celebration of the arts and creativity as we age.

By Waterford City & County Council

AN CAILÍN CIÚIN (The Quiet Girl) 

AN CAILÍN CIÚIN ( The Quiet Girl) written and directed by Colm Bairead and produced by Cleona Ní Chrualaoi of Inscéal.  The film’s story is set in the Gaeltacht area of An Rinn in Waterford and stars Waterford’s Carrie Crowley.

The film was funded by Screen Ireland, TG4 and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland as part of the Cine4 scheme.

The film has won a staggering seven Irish Film and Television Academy awards at the recent IFTAs including BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR and BEST ACTRESS.

The Business Post says “This delicate, deeply affecting coming-of-age story might just be the best Irish-language film ever made”.

By Waterford City & County Council

New murals on display at performance space in Fairlane Park, Dungarvan

Waterford City and County Council enlisted The Walls Project (the company behind Waterford Walls) to work with students in four Dungarvan secondary schools to create these murals for the new outdoor performance space in Fairlane Park, Dungarvan.

Facilitating artists Magda Karol and Jorge Ruiz worked with four groups of talented young artists to produce eight artworks to adorn the concrete benches at the space, with a theme of ‘the beauty and heritage of Dungarvan’. The students have produced some fantastic, eye-catching work and really captured the essence of Dungarvan and what it has to offer.

With thanks to: Ard Scoil na nDéise, Dungarvan College, Dungarvan CBS, The Friary College, Creative Waterford and the Arts Office.

By Waterford City & County Council

New mentoring programme for Waterford’s Visual artists

The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce details of the Big Look online mentoring programme for visual artists. This programme helps emerging visual artists with an existing practice in painting and/or drawing to make breakthroughs in their artistic practice by connecting them to artists they can learn from.

The scheme is open to artists who are resident in Waterford city and County Council administrative area and provides successful applicants support through a programme of online mentoring and exhibition opportunities.

You can learn more about this opportunity and apply here – https://www.biglook.art/pages/artist-online-mentoring-scheme

By Waterford City & County Council

INVITIATON: ‘The People We Grow Up to Be’ Lunchtime Concert

We are delighted to invite you to a lunchtime concert on Tuesday May 10th  12.30pm to 1.30pm in Christ Church Cathedral, celebrating ‘The People we Grow Up to Be’, an Intergenerational music project between the children of Kilmacthomas National School and Waterford Libraries’ Bealtaine Choir.

‘The People we Grow Up to Be’  was initiated by Music Generation Waterford and Waterford Libraries, the aim of the project was to create an intergenerational collaborative experience using music and song to share stories, express feelings and explore mutual connections within the community while enabling a positive ageing and mental wellbeing for younger and older people. The concert will include songs from the project sung by the children and choir, alongside readings by Lani O’Hanlon and young classical guitarists from Kilmacthomas National School.

The project was funded by the Creative Ireland Programme, Waterford

In your own time you are also invited to visit the project exhibition which is currently on display in the Index Gallery Central Library, Lady Lane until 18 May.

Please RSVP:

sohiggins@waterfordcouncil.ie  / 087 3637119

This event is also part of our Waterford Libraries’ Bealtaine Festival celebrations – Ireland’s national celebration of the arts and creativity as we age.

By Waterford City & County Council

Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2022

Deadline: 22nd June 2022 at 12 noon

Since 1998 the Arts Office of Waterford City & County Council has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane.  Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996.

She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. She married into the Keane family of West Waterford but sadly her husband died at the age of 36. Molly ceased writing until 1981 when ‘Good Behaviour’ was published under her real name.  It became a publishing sensation and was well received as a masterpiece of black comedy for which she was short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize in 1981.

The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council by kind permission of the Keane family is now inviting entries for a previously unpublished short story for this years’ award.

The closing date for receipt of entries is Wednesday 22nd June 2022 at 12 noon. There is a cash prize of €250 plus a course at the Molly Keane Writers Retreat, Ardmore to the value of €250 for the winner and there is no entry fee. Full guidelines and the online submission details are now live on the Waterford Submit platform see: https://submit.link/TR

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