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The Sliabh Gearr Granite Symposium opened at the Norman gallery on the Saturday 17th October 2009. It was a beautiful autumn afternoon and a good crowd attended. Jeremy opened the show and Niall Deacon also movingly talked about the conception and the workings of the symposium. Jeremy then led the crowd around all the work and gave a great talk about each piece and each artists also said a few words about their work.

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The Artists posing!

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Works by: Cliona Cussens, Niall Deacon, Eileen MacDonagh, Paul Haggins, Padraig McGoran, Martha Quinn, Bojana Krizacec, Emanuela Camacci and myself

More Photos on Symposia page. Thanks to Jeremy Hill for a great opening, the committee (padriag, Cliona and especially Niall)  for organising the symposium. And not forgetting Anne Deacon for feeding us so well during the symposium.

Following the successful Granite Sculpture Symposium in September all the work will be exhibited at the Norman Gallery at Rathnure, Co. Wexford during the Wexford Opera Festival. Exhibition Opens on Saturday 17th October 2009 at 3.00p. All Welcome.

Works by: Cliona Cussens, Niall Deacon, Eileen MacDonagh, Paul Haggins, Padraig McGoran, Martha Quinn, Bojana Krizacec, Emanuela Camacci and myself

For further details about the symposium see “Stone Sculpture Symposia page” of this blog.

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The valley I live in by Mt. Leinster in Co. Carlow is full of artists!! We have joined together to exhibit occasionally and we are known as the “Nine Stone Artists”. We had an exhibition at the Norman Gallery from 27th June to 12th July 2009. It was a great show, 10 of us exhibited with a wide variety of work including painting, sculpture (stone and metal), felt and film installation.

The artists are: Annabel Konig, Nicola Brown, Michelle Byrne, Cathy Fitzgerald, Remco de Fouw, Rachel Joynt,  Anthony Lyttle, Martin Lyttle, Jules Michael and Gwen Wilkinson.

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Thanks to Jeremy Hill for having us, Annabel for making it happen, Gwen and Michelle for the  invites and posters.