For VAN May/June, the In Focus section features members of Print Network Ireland – an initiative led by Black Church Print Studio, Cork Printmakers, Graphic Studio Dublin, and Limerick Printmakers, which aims to represent professional printmakers and artists using print in Ireland. This section includes articles by Ria Czerniak-LeBov (Graphic Studio Dublin), Emily McGardle (Black Church Print Studio), Johnny Bugler (Cork Printmakers), and Christopher Clery (Limerick Printmakers), who each outline a specific print process.
Also focusing on printmaking, Aodán McCardle outlines the evolution of Derry Print Workshop. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Belfast Exposed, Jonathan Brennan interviews Deirdre Robb about the evolution of the organisation. This issue also features Career Development articles from artists Breda Lynch, Ella de Burca, and Rita Duffy.
In columns, Rachel Macmanus considers the impact on artists of rejected proposals, while Lian Bell reflects on the benefits of coaching to counterbalance this sense of powerlessness. For the third column in the series introducing KCAT studio artists, Dominic Thorpe reflects on the working methods of Declan Byrne. Tuqa Al-Sarraj discusses key themes within her multidisciplinary art practice for the latest Angelica Network column, established to amplify the voices of women or minority gender artists from underrepresented cultural or ethnic backgrounds.
In International Profiles for this issue, Varvara Keidan Shavrova reviews the current sculpture exhibition, ‘When Forms Come Alive’, at Hayward Gallery in London, while Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes reviews ‘Kafkaesque’, an exhibition at DOX in Prague to mark the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death. Reviewed in the Critique section are: Lorraine Tuck at Roscommon Arts Centre; Els Dietvorst at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre; Hughie O’Donoghue at The Glucksman; Eddie Cahill at Limerick City Gallery of Art; and Niamh McCann at The MAC.
As ever, the May/June issue includes the latest news, developments, and opportunities in the arts sector, as well as details of VAI’s forthcoming Lifelong Learning programme.
Out Now | May June 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
