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January 10 2008

Th W e e ek
PROUST
QUESTIONNAIRE
RUTH SHORTT,
THEATRE DIRECTOR What is your idea of perfect happiness? Sunday morning lie ins. Which historical figure do you most identify with? Oh it would have to be Mother Teresa. Which living person do you most admire? My parents. Which is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Impatience. What is your greatest extravagance? Shoes! What is your favourite journey? Life. BY CHARLIE MCBRIDE On what occasion do you lie? When necessary. Which living person do you most despise? I don't despise anyone, it's a word I have never used. What or who is the greatest love of your life? He knows who he is. When and where were you happiest? Too many moments to mention. Which talent would you most like to have? To be able to sing. What is your current state of mind? Content. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Setting up my first theatre company in Boston in 1995. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be? 1960s pop sensation Cilla Black! What is your most treasured possession? A silver chain that I have had since I was 19, I never take it off. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Bitterness. What is your favourite occupation? Veterinary. What is the quality you most like in a man? Honesty. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honesty. Who are your favourite writers? John Steinbeck, Thomas Hardy, Roald Dahl, Frank McGuinness. What is your motto? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Ruth Shortt will direct Blue Pig Theatre Co's production of Shakers Re-Stirred in the Town Hall Studio from Monday January 21 to Saturday 26 at 8.30pm. For tickets contact the Town Hall on 091 569777. Kernan Andrews year this evening at 7pm. The Subliminal City: Don't You Want Me Baby is a collaboration between g126 and Travel Agents Projects, presenting three artists with three different approaches to the urban land/mindscape. It runs until February 9 and is followed by a G126 members' show, which opens in Belfast, before transferring to Galway on February 14. The Kenny Gallery's first show of 2008 opens tomorrow and features paintings and sculptures by Selma McCormack. The rest of the year's programme at the gallery sees a lively mixture of established and emergent artists. There are debut shows from local artists Dean Kelly (October) and Grace Cunningham (July) and shows from gallery favourites Pauline Bewick (July) and Kenneth Webb (November). Award-winning Ulster artist Brian Ferran exhibits a a fine collection of new paintings based on Colmcille in March while Leo Higgins and Colm Brennan who have done a residency on the uninhabited island of Inishlacken in the last six years, including Mick O'Dea, Louise Manifold, and Caroline Wright. GALWAY'S GALLERIES are busy gearing up for the New Year and local arts aficionados can look forward to some outstanding exhibitions over the next 12 months. G126, in the Ballybane industrial estate, opens its first show of the have show of bronze sculptures in May. Other Kenny highlights include shows by Martin Finnin (June) and a collection of new paintings and sculptures of birds by Padraic Reaney (October). Galway Arts Centre's 2008 programme kicks off on January 30 with Inishlacken. This group exhibition will comprise 22 artists

Art exhibitions and art classes for 2008
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Next up will be the touring exhibition Into Landscape, curated by Jim Savage. The exhibition investigates different ways of depicting and exploring the landscape and will feature artists such as Richard Slade, Phillippa Sutherland, and Arno Kramer. In April GAC will have a solo exhibition by Andrew Kearney. The exhibition will feature new work and also some projects that the artist has recently completed in New York. May will see the return of the much loved Burning Bright exhibition showcasing work done by residents of Galway nursing homes. Also in May, there will be new work by printmaker Paula Henihan and drawings by Felicity Clear. August sees a photographic

opens on January 18. It is a group show curated by Andrew Salomone, which focuses on the quirky similarities between works of art produced in groups of three as a traditional method of presenting a subject or theme, and how the trilogy format has become an increasingly common business strategy for selling entertainment, such as big budget films. In February the gallery will host Diffusion, a group show featuring several local artists including graffiti artist Luke MacMahon and illustrator Esy Casey. Later in the year, The White Room will present solo exhibitions by Colm MacAthlaioth of Monstertruck Gallery in Dublin, Dave Smith based in Hong Kong, and local favourite Jim Kavanagh

Selma McCormack.

Dave Smith.

exhibition by Ruby Wallis and Tamany Baker. In September there will be the graduate exhibition featuring work by graduates from Galway, Sligo, Limerick, and Cork.. There will also be a solo exhibition by the Galway city and county councils' emerging artist award winner Maeve Curtis. In December, the arts centre will host Impressions 2008, Ireland's longest running open submission print exhibition. The White Room Gallery has a diverse programme of visual art by both Irish and International artists. Its first show, tril-o-gies,

The Bold Art Gallery gets the ball rolling on February 28, with Galway Flavours, a group show which celebrates our vibrant city. After that there will be a solo exhibition by Dympna Bonfield and a May exhibition by Phillip Morrison. Salthill's Norman Villa Gallery will host a solo show by Dolores Lyne in March and later in the year there will be an exhibition of the work of the late Fergus Bourke.

Galway Arts Centre classes
The arts centre has just announced its new programme of classes. These classes will start the week of January 21 and will include courses in all aspects of the arts including drawing, painting, drama, acting, poetry, and memoir. There will also be photography classes. The Galway Arts Centre has a fully equipped state of the art dark room. The tutor will be Paul Fennel who will teach shutter speed, depth of field and light, as well as processing and developing photographs. There is also a range of classes for children at weekends, after school, and a weekday class for parents and two-year-olds in making art on Monday mornings. To book places for any of the above classes contact Victoria on 091565886.

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