The line-up for 2011 Celtic Colours International Festival has been announced and organizers are excited about what’s in store for their 15th Anniversary. Celtic Colours will be exploring our Cajun and Appalachian connections in 2011 with this year’s Artists in Residence: songwriter Ron Bourgeois from Cheticamp and Old Time Appalachian fiddler and singer Bruce Molsky... Read MoreCeltic Colours 2011 is a post from: GigMenu


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Somerset Art Weeks 2011, which runs from Saturday 17th September to Sunday, 2nd October, is the largest art event in Somerset with around 400 artists and makers showcasing their work to the public in over 100 venues county-wide. The initiative brings contemporary visual art to everyone with a variety of free group exhibitions and events... Read MoreSomerset Art Weeks 2011 is a post from: ArtnSpire


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Bristol To Host UK’s Largest Street Art Project Ever   BRISTOL – This summer Bristol will play host to the most ambitious permanent street art project ever to take place in the UK. The world’s leading street artists from numerous countries will paint the facades of ten multi-storey Bristol buildings along Nelson Street as part... Read MoreBristol Street Art Project is a post from: ArtnSpire


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The beautiful sceneries of North Zealand are a landscape painter’s dream. Maybe that’s why there’s a plentifullness of local artists. Now 87 of these professional local artists are collaborating in a regional art tour. Ceramic and textile art, painters and sculptures – all kinds of art are represented in the Art Tour of North Zealand.... Read MoreArt tour North Zealand is a post from: ArtnSpire


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  Dublin Bay chefs prepared to ‘Eat to the Beat’ at the launch of the inaugural Dublin Bay Taste & Music Fest . This culinary and entertainment extravaganza is set to take place from Thursday 25th August to Sunday 28th August 2011 in the beautiful setting of The Peoples Park, Dun Laoghaire(12noon – 10pm daily)... Read MoreDublin Bay Taste and Music Fest 2011 is a post from: GigMenu


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Durban – Inmates from correctional centres throughout KwaZulu-Natal displayed their artistic talents in different types of art genres at the province’s first Inmates Arts Festival. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture teamed up with the Department of Correctional Services and Nic GlobalBuzz-SA – ArtnSpire KZN inmates show off artistic talents is a post from:... Read MoreKZN inmates show off artistic talents is a post from: ArtnSpire


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  ‘Stories, fables and tails’ at The Tipperary Excel Centre in August is my first solo show and I am very excited at the prospect of seeing ALL the pieces hang together for the very first time. It has been an exciting journey, sometimes peppered with panic and the odd low moment of frustration and... Read MoreLucy Phelan is a post from: ArtnSpire


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Survival has been chosen as one of the charities for Art London (6-10 October 2011). To coincide Ghislain Pascal, Director of The Little Black Gallery and long time supporter of Survival, has curated an exhibition of photographs which will all be sold in aid of Survival’s work for threatened tribal peoples. They include some of... Read MoreSurvival chosen as Art London charity is a post from: ArtnSpire


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  Tributes have been paid to the British artist, Lucian Freud, who has died at his home in London at the age of 88. A grandson of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, he was born in Berlin in 1922 and moved with his family to England in the early 1930s to escape Nazi persecution. The Tate... Read MoreLucian Freud dies at 88 is a post from: ArtnSpire


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How art and culture has turned the tide for Margate – Turner Contemporary reaches 156,000 visits in 3 months Only 3 months after opening Turner Contemporary passed its 12 month target of 156,000 visits. The 156,000th visitor, Edoardo Pacchett from Monza, Italy was congratulated and presented with a bottle of Kentish sparkling wine by Director... Read MoreTurner Contemporary flourishing is a post from: ArtnSpire


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