Author: Cathy Scullion
Jane Rainey-Meta Open Arts Commission
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QSS artist Jane Rainey recently completed a commissioned artwork in Meta Open Art’s headquarters in Dublin. Meta Open Arts are an organisation who empower artists and build community through creativity by collaborating with organisations, artists and designers to offer new ways of thinking. Jane created a panoramic mural that immerses the viewer in a painted…
Niamh Clarke
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What is your typical studio routine? I come into the studio most Tuesdays as I work the other days of the week. I usually come in around 10 or 11, and eat my lunch straight away, and have a cup of coffee. Me and my studio buddy leave books out on the couch, and I…
Bill Penney
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QSS wishes to express much sadness at the recent passing of artist, educator and friend Bill Penney. Bill was a well known and loved figure within the art world in Belfast and beyond. He taught in the print department at the Belfast School of Art,Ulster University for many years and was a respected artist/printmaker within…
Clare French
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What is your typical studio routine? I wok methodically and have a pretty set routine. I get to the studio mid-morning, get coffee (very important) and go through my list of things to do for the day. If there are small, practical things to do e.g. attaching hangings, a quick coat of something etc I…
Sharon Kelly Creative Residency Sport & Art, Dublin.
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Creative residency Sport & Art, Dublin Since January QSS artist Sharon Kelly has been involved in an exciting new project: Creative Residency in Sport & Art in Dublin, which will continue through til June. Working with Women Boxers and their coaches in Corinthians Boxing Club, North Dublin. The last few months Sharon has been travelling…
Gerard Carson showing in online exhibition ‘Exquisite World’
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QSS artist Gerard Carson work is showing in an online exhibition called “Exquisite World” hosted by Schemata and Corsica Studios, London. Schemata present their latest virtual group exhibition, “Exquisite World”. Showcasing artists and curators working with sound and technology whose work comes together to speculate on the potential of virtual space to imagine future worlds. The…
Grace McMurray
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What is your typical studio routine? Currently, I make sure I have lots of snacks and check on my plants. I try and get any emails or research out of the way and then I start to work on the knitting machine or drawing board. I have music, a podcast or an audiobook on my…
The Clare French Film
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QSS artist Clare French is the subject of a new documentary by Peter Bromley from 1968 Film Group. 1968 Film Group are an independent collective who’s films are focused on various figures from counter culture. ‘The Clare French Film’ highlights French’s unique working art practice beginning in her Thamesmead based studio and ending in her…
Gerard Carson
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What is your typical studio routine? My studio routine generally begins by checking and responding to emails, then moving onto any sculptural or digital works that I’m working on. I’m quite careful to try and divide my time equally between working in sculpture and digital media, so when I’m at the studio, I generally focus…
Ciaran Harper
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1. What is your typical studio routine? My typical studio routine would be to arrive with fresh eyes and set a target to complete by the end of my session. I’d pick a playlist or podcast to listen to then crack on with my work, starting by cleaning the palette and putting out paint for…
QSS Artist Sharon Kelly Awarded The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
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QSS artist Sharon Kelly has recently been awarded The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant which will support the creation of new work / projects. Kelly’s practice explores ideas around resilience, focusing on the mind-body synergy and incorporates drawing, video, installation and sculpture. Kelly is currently working with female boxers from Corinthians Boxing Club, north Dublin, as part…
Belfast-Based Array Collective Named Turner Prize 2021 Winners
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QSS artist Grace McMurray is among the members of Array Collective who were crowned the winners of the 2021 Turner Prize at last nights ceremony. Judges praised the group for addressing social and political issues in Northern Ireland, and for translating their activism into artwork. Their work includes a mock Irish pub adorned in banners…
QSS Artist David Haughey receives Arts Council NI Individual Artists Digital Evolution Award.
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On 23rd November the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, in collaboration with Future Screens NI, announced funding of £85,688 to support nine individual artists from Northern Ireland in the creation of a number of exciting, high-quality arts projects using innovative digital technologies. The Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards aims to support those artists who are…
QSS Artist Amanda Coogan Elected as a Member of Aosdána
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We are delighted to share the news that QSS artist Amanda Coogan has been elected as one of the five new members of Aosdána. Aosdána was founded in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland, it also assists it’s members in devoting their energies fully to…
QSS Christmas Show and Sale
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On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December 2021 we will be launching our annual Members Christmas Exhibition and Sale. The show continues until 16th December, open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am – 5pm. Following the success of last year’s show we are sticking with the #artistsupportpledge brief and all artworks will be priced at £200…
Turner Prize 2021 Nominee | Array Collective | Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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Here is a lovely little film of Turner Prize nominees Array Collective which includes QSS artist Grace McMurray. For more information on the Turner Prize Programme and other nominee visit https://www.theherbert.org/whats_on/1560/turner_prize_2021
David Haughey – We Moved Along, One Behind the Other
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Qss artist David Haughey has been in residency at Art Arcadia where he was invited to consider the 700-year commemoration of Dante Alighieri, who died on the 14th of September, 1321 – and his Divine Comedy. To see the progression of his work during his time at Art Arcadia and for further details on the exhibition…