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Kilkenny Arts festival 2009

  • 07.06.09
    Something Else at the Kilkenny Arts Festival Kilkenny Arts festival 2009 | Comments Off
    Running from August 7-16, Something Else is an exhibition of contemporary art from Irish artists. The artists chosen for the exhibition focus on a number of ways in which they express themselves artistically. Here are just some of the artists and what to expect from their work: Gary Coyle – photography and a spoken word performance based on his daily swimming routine at the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire. John Byrne – best known for his 'Last Supper' outside the Enoteca in Dublin’s Quartier Bloom, his Kilkenny performance will centre around the notion that art is somehow a route to salvation. Ciaran Murphy – ...
  • 06.22.09
    Kilkenny Arts Festival : Line-up announced Kilkenny Arts festival 2009 | Comments Off
    The Kilkenny Arts Festival running from August 7-16 has a treasure chest of art, music, literature and performance for you to choose from. For those who love to read you have: Garrison Keillor, Roy Foster, Seamus Heaney & Dennis O’Driscoll, Paula Meehan, Ivor Browne, Peter Murphy, Thomas Kilroy, Fintan O’Toole, Eugene McCabe and 2009 shortlisted Orange Prize author Kamila Shamsie will all share their words and thoughts with audiences. Literary Curator: Colm Tóibin For classical music lovers: French baroque choral ensemble Le Concert Spirituel, Serbian pianist Alexsandar Madzar, UK violinist Priya Mitchell with Russian pianist Polina Leschenko, Irish classical guitarist Michael O’Toole, the Irish ...