Visual Arts
Out of the ashes - the rise and rise of Al-Jazeera
Out of the ashes of BBC Arabic Television and rubble of Afghanistan and Iraq, Al-Jazeera has risen like a phoenix.…
Volunteers: Your arts need you!
Many of us undertake some form of creativity at one point in our lives. Indeed how many of us secretly…
Communities creating for themselves
Much has been written about creative communities but the stories don't always relate to the same thing. A look at…
Collecting oneself in the presence of others
Leafing through the glossy ensemble photography of Vanity Fair – you know the sort, pages packed with film industry scions,…
Celebrate: Homotopia Festival!
From a country that once imprisoned Oscar Wilde for committing the supposed crime of the “love that dared not speak…
Consumed by passion of the carnivale
Carnival arts is a celebration of communities and culture. Value for money when it comes to investing public money in…
The Cultured Tourist
The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) forecasts that 1.6 billion people will travel as tourists by the year 2020 - a…
When worlds collide and lovers meet
Starting an arts career is like having a new lover - especially if you've hopped from one field to another,…
Across the barricades – You can build peace and reconciliation through the arts
'You Can' (Youth Culture Arts Network) is a joint venture project formed in 1999 between Boomerang Theatre Co, Cork, and…
Ancestral voices speak the language of science and art
Science and art are branches of the same root watered and nurtured in different ways. After centuries of utilizing science…