St Columba’s Poetry Corner - Veronica Forsgren -  Terryglass Quay

“St Columba’s Poetry Corner” is an interactive installation created by Veronica Forsgren, which honours the legacy of St Columba who founded the Tir Dha Ghlas Monastery in 549 AD. Situated on the lawn in the harbour area the installation comprises of a number of school desks facing a teacher’s blackboard / notice board. Remember your own school days by sitting in one of the desks and explore your literary side by writing down what is on your mind: a poem, a joke or a short story and post it on the board for all to see. The younger audience is invited to transfer Celtic designs or create their own masterpieces.

Go on, go on, go on, go on! - 3pm - Admission Free - Terryglass Quay

“Go on, go on, go on, go on!” is an open mic event that coincides with the installation. This is a fun and relaxed event hosted by no other than St Columba himself, inviting you to share a poem or a short story. For more info see: www.veronicaforsgren.com

The Dance Of Making 2012 - Mary Wycherley - Terryglass School

Three-screen HD Video Music by Jürgen Simpson The Dance of Making explores the human processes which lie at the heart of living culture. Informed by contemporary dance’s deep awareness of the body, movement and embodiment, the work focuses on the act of creation in traditional handcrafts and activities such as uilleann pipemaking, hand weaving and dry stonewalling. 

The gradual changing nature of manual craft and traditions, caused in part by perceived notions of progress, is examined through a three-screen film installation. Traditional approaches to conserving heritage emphasise the artefact, but in doing so negate the tangible experience of making. This film focuses instead on physicality and embodied knowledge as a key component of our culture. These fragile moments of creation are framed not as documentary evidence but rather as unfolding choreographic sequences. 

Mary Wycherley is a dance artist whose practice spans live performance, choreography and film. Much of her work examines performance and movement through video and is explored through a range of human subjects including craft makers, farmers, city inhabitants, as well as professional dancers. Her engagement with the medium of Screendance has received particular recognition and her films are regularly featured at international dance and film festivals. She has been the recipient of a range of awards including the 2011/12 European Modul-Dance carte-blanche programme and numerous Arts Council awards. Her performance and film collaborators include choreographers Mary Nunan, Yoshiko Chuma, composers Jürgen Simpson and Steve McCourt, artists Maria Kerin, David Stalling and Anthony Kelly and photographer Maurice Gunning. 

Mary was born in Skibbereen, West Cork and now lives in Co. Tipperary. She has an M.A in Contemporary Dance Performance from the University of Limerick and has lectured there at both masters and undergraduate level since 2007. Currently Mary is associate artist with the European ‘E-Motional Bodies & Cities’ Project

Wool - Anna Frins - Una’s Tearooms, Riverrun Cottages

This exhibition by photographer Anna Frins is a photographic study of sheep shearing on an Irish farm. In this age of increased mechanisation, the hard physical work still faced by today’s farmer is often forgotten. Anna Frins came to Ireland in 2007. Originally from Berlin she studied Photography and later on Sociology and Culture. Known for her portrait and wedding photography Anna also records many other aspects of Irish life in her spare time. Having seen highly industrialised farming in her native Germany Anna is very interested in the survival and qualities of the family run farm still found in Ireland today. Located as it is in the rural heart of Tipperary, the Terryglass Arts Festival welcomes the opportunity to showcase work by local professional artists which explores themes relevant to the locality. This striking exhibition will be shown in Una’s Tearooms, Riverrun Cottages for the duration of the festival.

International Street Art – Beneath the Surface - Artist Julian Beever

For the 14th Terryglass Arts Festival we have commissioned a very exciting international visual arts event which will captivate audiences during this year’s festival. Supported by The Mid West Regional Authority through the INNOVATE programme, Beneath the Surface, is a response by pavement artist Julian Beever to a brief to consider a fantasy world beneath Lough Derg drawing on folklore, local lore and the historical and cultural context of the lake. Julian Beever is known all over the world for his pavement drawings, more especially his 3D illusions, drawn in a special distortion to create an impression of 3D when seen from one particular viewpoint. Witness this temporary artwork unfold over the course of the 14th festival, in Terryglass Village Square, it is sure to enthral!