Toradh Gallery winter showcase opens in Ashbourne Library and Cultural Centre

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Toradh Gallery winter showcase opens in Ashbourne Library and Cultural Centre

Down to the City - Martin Gale
Location
Ashbourne

Meath County Council Arts Office is delighted to present: Here Comes the Night, a group exhibition by members of the Graphic Studio Dublin.

 

An eclectic and atmospheric exhibition, Here Comes the Night features an array of artistic responses in contemporary printmaking to the theme of night-time.

 

Featuring works by artists: Ria Czerniak LeBov, Niamh Flanagan, Martin Gale, Mary Grey, Julie Ann Haines, Stephen Lawlor, Pamela Leonard, Kate Mac Donagh, James McCreary, Rebecca Phelan, Barbara Rae, Dermot Ryan and Vaida Varnagiene; Here Comes the Night includes examples of woodblock, etching, aquatint, monotype, carborundum and mezzotint printmaking.

 

The exhibition will be bolstered with an education programme to include adult demonstrations in etching techniques and schools workshops. For further information, please contact Meath County Council Arts Office on 0469097414 or artsoffice@meathcoco.ie

 

Here Comes the Night is open to the public from Monday – Saturday and will continue throughout the winter.

A grand House - Vaida Varnagiene

Graphic Studio Dublin

Graphic Studio Dublin was established in 1960 to teach traditional printmaking skills which were unavailable in Irish art colleges at that time. Since then, they have continued to provide studios and technical assistance for artists to make fine art prints. Its Graphic Studio Gallery was established in 1988 dedicated to promoting fine art printmaking in Ireland and abroad, educating the public about fine art printmaking and exhibiting and selling fine art prints on behalf of its member artists.

 

Fine Art Printmaking

Most artwork is known for being original works that cannot be replicated in exact detail. Printmaking however, is a type of art that utilises the ability to create multiple versions of the same image. Each of these versions is not considered a copy as every print is a manual process guided directly by the artists hand. Printmaking can be divided into four basic categories: Relief, Intaglio, Planographic and Stencil.  The total number of multiples of a print is called an edition. Since early in the 20th century it has been customary for the artist to sign and number each print in the edition (e.g., "3/75," where the first number refers to the individual print at hand, the second to the total number in the edition).

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