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  • 27 Jun, 2023

CLAY : holding/ transforming/ performing

CLAY holding/transforming/performing is a season of clay at the National Sculpture Factory. It celebrates clay as a fundamental and complex material. A key tenet of this clay season is to be witness to experts in…

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  • 21 Feb, 2023

A lecture by Patrick Hough

In this lecture, Patrick will discuss two film commissions he’s worked on over the last few years: And If In A Thousand Years (2017), commissioned for the 2017 Jerwood / FVU Awards: Neither One Thing…

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  • 21 Feb, 2023

A lecture by Leon Butler

Leon will be talking about his work Emperor 101 which premiered at Dublin Theatre Festival 2021 which mixes theatre performance with a live Virtual Reality (VR) experience; he will discuss Shelter and Place created in collaboration…

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  • 21 Feb, 2023

A Lecture By Eimear Walshe

In this lecture, Eimear will speak on the important role commissioning has played in their practice. Walshe will discuss how institutions can provide effective creative support throughout the commissioning process, speaking about their experiences of…

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  • 1 Feb, 2023

A lecture with Alison Lowry

Alison is interested in how objects tell stories. Objects, such as textiles, can have a personal resonance holding memory within them, the traces of the wearer, the maker and of the historical period they were…

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  • 1 Feb, 2023

A lecture with Sylvia Levenson

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Silvia Levenson immigrated to Italy in 1981, during the “disappearances” of the Dirty War. In 2004, Levenson received the Rakow Commission Award from the Corning Museum of Glass in 2008…

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  • 1 Feb, 2023

A lecture with Matthew Szösz

Matthew Szösz is a practicing artist and educator known primarily for his inventive processes and innovative use of glass to explore the intersection of material, aesthetics, and the poetic. Since receiving his MFA(Glass) from Rhode…

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