UNTIL Saturday July 25, Askeaton’s rich annual international Contemporary Arts festival presents multi-dimensional works, installations and of course, talks and walks for enlightenment. As ever the last day is open to all, a walk-in invitation to witness artists chiselling at their station – wherever that may be – and view art in progress or complete.
Join the reception in Civic Trust from 3pm, do the walking tour with curator Michele Horrigan and Ireland’s Venice Biennale representative Sean Lynch, and later, get on down at the Hellfire Club Party in the Top of the Town Bar.
To aid these ventures, hop on Bus Eireann’s 314 leaving Colbert Station in the city at 1.25pm on Saturday 25, and returning from Askeaton at 7.10pm.
Horrigan has four artists in residence tooling onsite with three technicians to aid and abet endeavour.Sam Keogh is an Irish man working in London; Quim Packard, French-Canadian in Barcelona; there is Co.Clare based Deirdre O’Mahony and Maya Schweizer who is French and working in Berlin. These are the 2015 artists in residence.
This Friday 17, hear stonecarver Stephen Burke, Lynch and Askeaton’s retired Castle foreman John Moone in a discussion on the history and lives of buildings in Limerick and elsewhere. At Askeaton Civic Trust from 8pm.
On Tuesday 21, join the convoy or drive yourself with Liz Ryan’s tour of West Limerick’s folk art.
Encounter the Stoneyman which is a carving outside Rathkeale and the (holy) Stump tree with its organic representation of the Blessed Virgin holding Baby Jesus. Wave to the Chinaman and hunt down the mysterious Devil and elusive Saint Michael whose whereabouts are unknown even to curator Horrigan.
This picaresque journey begins from Askeaton Civic Trust at 7pm. Take part and value exposure to the high production values and original sense of works celebrating contemporary art with towns people all around.
