This Christmas in Art Haven Gallery

"Wind Swept" by John Jermyn; oil on canvas

In 1951, Louis le Brocquy sold his painting “The Family” for £500. It sold recently in London for over £1.4 million. Record sales of Irish Art feature weekly in the news.

Original Art always enhances the space it occupies, and appreciates in value over the course of time, never fading, always unique.

Allihies, Margaret O' Sullivan; oil on canvas

Art Haven Gallery houses an extraordinary and hugely eclectic selection of works from emerging and established artists including John Jermyn, Susanne Leutenegger, Kerry Collins, Clare Greene, Bill Griffin, Rayleen Clancy, Margaret O' Sullivan, Brendan Butler, Eileen Healy, Joachim Beug, Tom Campbell, Martin Finnin, Micheal Canning, Micheal Ray, Ronan Lane and many others. We also stock the Exclusive Nautical Charts by Latitude Kinsale.

For Christmas, weddings or any occasion, give the unique gift of Original Art which will surprise and delight the budding collector.

"Singing Girl" by Clare Greene; ceramic

Art Haven, The Waterfront, Crosshaven
Tel: 021. 4833601 e: info@havenartists.com
Open: Tues- Fri 11-7, Sat & Sun 12- 6

Rising Appalachia
"...from hip-hop to hick-rock...unusual and beautiful... carrying the tradition of old time country music well into the 21st century."

@ Arthaven Gallery, Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Thursday 30th November @ 830pm
€12 including glass of vino

Singing Sisters, Leah and Chloe like a good bit of hootenanny and hoedowns that tickle the gizzards way down to their sultry inner depths...little bit of good boot stompin' fiddle banjo/tunes passed down from many a mountain hobo...

Leah and Chloe grew up in the bosom of the Southern Appalachian music renaissance. Born to a fiddlin' mother and a folk-sculptor father, they were raised with old-time melodies and contra dances as their lullabies long before mention of the sound tracks of Oh Brother Where Art Thou and Cold Mountain. With influences in everything from urban jazz and hip hop, to roots music from around the world, they have created a style that is truly their own. Now, as young women, they have coddled that same Appalachian tradition, and continued to shape it and help it grow through music and song. Their simple eerie banjo and fiddle tunes and effortless sister harmonies are compared to that of Hazel Dickens, Rosetta Tharpe and Gillian Welch. Having recently cut their debut self-titled album, Rising Appalachia, please join them in taking the world of music by storm! The more boot stompin' the merrier! Wooo Hooo!"

For a listen to the unique sound of Rising Appalachia, check out:
http://www.myspace.com/risingappalachia
http://www.risingappalachia.com/



More info? Contact...
Art Haven Gallery,Lower Road,Crosshaven,Co. Cork

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3 Artists: I Art Haven

The Members Show
November 9th to November 23rd 2006

The founding members of Arthaven Gallery, Crosshaven, artists Kerry Collins, John Jermyn and Susanne Leutenegger will present a showcase of their work, opening on November 9th. This creative trio have provided exhibition and performance space for many artists during the last 16 months are now taking the time to exhibit their own work. These three artists, the creative backbone of Art Haven, each have their own distinct style. Nora Hickey, Curator of Education & Collections at The Lewis Glucksman Gallery will officially open the Exhibition @ 7.30pm.

The sea and the associated elements of it are John Jermyn’s principal source of inspiration. Living in Fennells Bay means that he has direct and constant exposure to the tides and movement of water that are so central to his painting. As he puts it “It is one thing to look at a wave but it is quite another to get inside it”. Tranquil shorelines or raging waters all come under his brush. With a Diploma from London Art College and as a practising Landscape Architect, John has a deep understanding of this environment. Following a sell out exhibition of his work in Bandon this year John is now in preparation for the November 9th exhibition.


“Full of energy, her work manages also to convey a quiet, resolved surety.” Irish Arts Review.
Susanne Leutenegger, originally from Switzerland but now living in Fennells Bay with her family, creatively paints a newly invented portrayal of plant life. She achieves this by using drawing and unusual mixes of colour, powerful combinations of greens and oranges, dark purples and shades of turquoise. Her abstract looking constructions are at once solid and monumental and yet also soft and fragile. Susanne finished her studies at the Crawford with Distinction and her workis found in Collections in Ireland (Collection of UCC),Switzerland, Germany, and of course, in Arthaven in Crosshaven.
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The third vertebra in this backbone is Kerry Collins, a Crawford Graduate, recently moved to Crosshaven. An extremely prolific painter, Kerry describes her work as a visual diary of her life.” My focus is predominantly people but out on the water at Cork week I found myself fascinated by the beautiful shapes and colours there”. A recent commission of 4ft by 3ft portrait of Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s first president, will also be exhibited. Kerry promises that “her work at this exhibition will be very varied.”


For further information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Sheena.

Art Haven Gallery,Lower Road,Crosshaven,Co. Cork

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The Wonderful World of Joachim Beug: Project 94

“Take a photograph every day for one whole year”, that,in short is what “Project 94” was about.

Carrying out what started as a New Year resolution proved to be demanding, frustrating, enriching, complex and sometimes upsetting. The world around, near and far, was turning into motifs demanding to be framed. Contentions of seeing, laws of composition, artistic rules soon began to seem exhausted and confusing and demanded to be broken. Creative energies had to be found when these seemed to be none. On occasion I just grabbed the camera, turned my eyes away, pointed in some random direction and pushed the button. On other, inspired days half a roll of film was shot with great concentration.

The result: a considerable number of pictures. A selection of those was collected in scrap books which provide a record of the project.

On view here are a few images which should be strong enough to stand on their own and an impression of the range of motifs, intentions and realizations. Instead of titles the images are identified by their ‘date of birth’.

These limited edition photographs will be exhibited until November 7th.
For further information, contact Sheena on tel: 021 4833601

THE DATE BROTHERS

Saturday 4th November @ 7.30pm

Ian and Nigel Date are coming to Crosshaven for a special performance as part of their 2006 world tour that has seen them travel from Ireland to Australia. They have been a huge hit at international jazz festivals and concerts. They are also the top billing at the Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival to be held in Brisbane on the weekend of the 18th and 19th November in Australia.

Ian Date has long been regarded as one of Australia’s great guitar players. Ian has played all over the world making numerous television, radio, festival and concert hall performances. He has shared the stage with many great musicians including Benny Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Martin Taylor, Don Burrows, Fapy Lafertin, Tom Baker and James Morrison.

Critics have described his playing as masterful, lyrical and always melodic.

Since 2002 he has lived in County Cork, Ireland. Ian produces and arranges music for film, records and performs regularly throughout the Emerald Isle and Europe. He has also been commissioned to write an opera for the 2007 season in Cork.

Younger brother Nigel is based in Sydney and works as a freelance guitarist. He has been involved in numerous jazz and other music ensembles throughout Australia in recent years. These include The Straight Back Fellows, Peppermint T, Glass, George Washingmachine and the String Band, The Jews Brothers, Neil Duncan’s The Ticklers and many more.

Together the brothers play the Gypsy Jazz style created by Django Reinhardt, the legendary Gypsy guitarist of France in the 1930’s. They also play a lot more besides. The music of New Orleans, classic jazz, blues, latin and Irish.

The Date Brothers will thrill with dazzling guitar and will take you on a musical journey.

€12 in @ 7.30pm, including a glass of nice wine. money well spent

For further information:
Art Haven Gallery, Lower Road,Crosshaven,Co. Cork
t: 00 353 21 4833601e: info@havenartists.comw: www.havenartists.comb: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/

Thanks to Niwel Tsumbu & Eamon Cagney who, true to what is said on the package, brought Thursdays' audience on a journey, rich and rewarding.

Thanks also to those who attended the event, and supported Arthaven by so doing.

Presenting work by

Margaret O' Sullivan

from Oct 19th, 2006

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In association with Niwel Tsumbu's album launch on Thursday 19th October, 2006 Arthaven is delighted to combine with it a selection of beautiful work from Margaret O' Sullivan.... read on...

It is easy to see from the work of Margaret O’Sullivan that she really has an affinity with the sea. She manages to capture its atmosphere so effectively that when looking at the work it is as if you can hear the waves and feel the tension of the swell under water. Even in some of her tiny paintings the pull of the tide is tangible. She is a regular exhibitor with the Paul Kane gallery in Dublin and at the Lavit gallery, Cork.

Margaret O’Sullivan attended the Crawford College of Art as a mature student and qualified with an honours degree in Fine Art in 1993. She also received a diploma in the History of Art at University College Cork in 2002.

Her work is informed by nature and the forces within nature. She works in situ in a variety of landscapes such as Allihies in West Cork, Cloghroe, Co. Cork, Achill Island, Co. Mayo. She also spends time working in Crete, Greece at regular intervals. She has recently returned to Cork, having spent a year working and living on Achill Island.

Arthaven Gallery
presents
Niwel Tsumbu Duo

Thursday 19th Oct @ 8pm

Niwel is from the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire) and has been living in Ireland since 2004. Growing up in Kinshasa he was a shy boy and devoted himself to school, until one day when he was sixteen, his brother Coco Ngoma brought a guitar home...school work went out the window and the guitar took over.

Niwel's love and passion for different kinds of music is evident in his explorations of Jazz fusion, influenced by the rhythmic beats of Congolese rumba and soukous, but Tsumbu is not one to be confined to any one genre, dipping comfortably in and out of jazz, classical guitar, blues, rock and reggae styles.

Since moving to Ireland, Niwel quickly made friends with the Irish music scene. He began playing with many local bands and formed the groups Sumu, Jazzmu and Motema.He has played on many stages- from diversity, cultural awareness and charity gigs- to both the Cork and Bray Jazz Festivals, the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire 2005, and the Spiegeltent for the last two years in Cork. Niwel has supported the likes of Kila, The Wailers, Horace Andy from Massive Attack, and Cameroon virtuoso bass player Richard Bono as part of the Bulmers World Music Festival in Cork. He is set to play the Ruby Session in August.

The Niwel Tsumbu Duo sees him working with Cork percussionist Eamonn Cagney, forming an extremely tight-knit unit and charismatic duo, with Cagney’s strong sensitivity to the subtleties of Tsumbu’s rhythmic patterns allowing for the creation of exciting rhythmic surprises and tensions in the music.

money well spent @ €12 incl. glass of nice wine

For further information, contact
Sheena @
Art Haven Gallery, Lower Road,Crosshaven,Co. Cork

t: 00 353 21 4833601e: info@havenartists.comb: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/

tongue & groove

Thanks to the performers and attendees who participated in what was a fullsome and totally entertaining night in R.C.Y.C on Friday last.

Katrina Emtage (flute) and Ilse de Ziah (cello) opened the night, setting the scene with the sound mosaic that looped flute to cello and back again. Featuring their own compositions and a sprinkling of music from comtemporary composers (Ian Clarke's The Great Train) and the Irish Tradition, this duo introduced sounds to a suitably wowed audience that are not often, if ever, heard in these parts.

Local guitarist and songster Dave Power pressed the night forward with a very fluent and poetic landscape of his own songs. Taken along with the travelling gypsy and the disappointing prophecies of her "Crystal Ball" to the fantasies of being "Someone Different", the eloquently delivered and rhythmically sound tales of song made for a thoughtful journey, at times heart felt, at times hilarious, altogether an extremely satisfying listen.

The Be Naturals pizzazz was not to be stopped! A flawless and energetic performance whose tonal centre was impressively and consistently strong. Their repetoire was richly rounded with fun, spice and chic and the audience couldn't get enough of them! Their generous encores were received by a standing ovation and uproarious applause- and proper order too.

Arthaven would like to sincerely thank RCYC for generously providing us with a wonderful venue at such short notice. Admiral Hugh Mockler joked that the Yacht Club had never seen such culture which we were happy to provide.

Big Night x3

of

"tongue & groove"

coming on

29th September @ 8pm

Australian Duo Katrina Emtage & Ilse de Ziah; flute & cello both studied at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney before moving on to study in Vienna and London. A stroke of fate then found both settled in Cork. With considerable experience as solo, chamber and orchestral musicians they have toured all over the world and played in festivals such as the Salzburg Festival and more recently for Cork 2005. They will present some of their own compositions and arrangements for flute/s and cello.

David Power; jazz guitar recently returned to his native Crosshaven, after eighteen years in Australia, David Power has been busy sowing the seeds of song which now, on Irish soil, find their voice. With acoustic guitar and voice, an electic blend of jazz, folk and a sprinkle of 'comedy song', rumours of late have suggested that audiences have been suitably wowed by this seasoned traveller!

Be Natural; ladies a cappella quartet perform a variety of jazz, blues and popular music in four- part unaccompanied vocal harmony. The quartet are based in Cork and have been singing together for the last 6 years. The line up consists of Deirdre O'Connell (baritone), Amy Mockler (bass), Sharon Ryan (lead) and Susie Maye (tenor).




€Tickets: €12 with a glass of nice wine.

for further information, please contact:

Art Haven Gallery,
Lower Road,
Crosshaven,
Co. Cork

t: 00 353 21 4833601
e: info@havenartists.com
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Cork Printmakers Summer Show

Our thanks to all those exhibitors, and attenders who came to Arthaven on Friday last, the 25th August, for the opening of The Cork Printmakers Summer Show. It was great to see some new faces in the gallery, and as ever, we appreciate the on going support of our Crosshaven Patrons.

Special thanks too must go to Simon Coveney M.E.P whose kind words of support, for both The Cork Printmakers and Arthaven were a happy reminder of the importance of quality artistic endeavour and it's place in our community as a whole.

This Exhibition will run until the 13th September.

Opening hours:
wednesday- friday 1100hrs- 1900hrs
saturday- sunday 1200hrs- 1800hrs

for further information about Arthaven, contact Sheena on:
tel: 021 4833601
email: info@havenartists.com

Cork Printmakers Summer Show opened by Simon Coveney MEP

A selection of work from The Cork Printmakers opens on Friday 25th August, 2006 @ 1930hrs and will run until September 13th. Printmaking methods employed range from traditional techniques such as screen printing, lithography and etching to more modern evolving techniques such as photo intaglio and digital prints.


The show will include work from Johnny Bugler, David Connolly, Lorraine Cooke, Maryann Darmody, Debbie Godsell, Evelynn Goold, Valerie Gleeson, Sean Hanrahan, Catherine Hehir, Mae Holland, Marianne Keating, Jo Kelley, Kate Lyons, Frieda Meaney, Donna Mc Namara, Noelle Noonan, Amelia Norman, Michael O'Connor and Kate Walsh.

Here is an interesting link to the world of Print:
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html

Please contact Sheena for any further information and, check out
www.corkprintmakers.ie for further information about The Cork Printmakers.

Art Haven Gallery,
Lower Road,
Crosshaven,
Co. Cork

t: 00 353 21 4833601
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Bright Shiny Days in Crosshaven

In keeping with the super warm times of this happy month of sunshine, Arthaven is pleased to host an ever changing bright show of multi disciplined and widely scoped work from artists, such as Suzanne Leutenegger, John Jermyn, Kerry Collins, Sheena Jolley, Tom Campbell, Patrick Barry, Eileen Healy, David Connolly, Sheila Kelleher, Michael Ray, Anthony Ruby, Sabine Weissbach, Ray Murphy among many others.

Meanwhile, we are very much looking forward to the forthcoming show later this month from The Cork Printmakers, where a number of members will show their work.

Watch this space for further details.

and check out the following link to The Cork Printmakers: http://www.iol.ie/~crkprint/

Cork Week 06 in Arthaven

Come join the Art Crew in Arthaven for an unforgettable gallery experience shore side. With an abundance of eclectic art work from Painting to ceramic, from Print to Exclusive Nautical Charts, accommodating all budgets and tastes. Work by Susanne Leutenegger, John Jermyn, Kerry Collins, Sheena Jolley, Anthony Ruby, Ray Murphy, Charles Mountjoy, Pat Barry, John Kingerlee, Tony Klitz to mention but a few. In addition we are delighted to also present to a short concert series.

Arthaven invites you to enjoy Crosshaven’s only Art Gallery and Cultural Centre.



Lunchtime Concert on Wednesday 19th July @ 1315hrs

Aye! Aye! Hifilutin a flute quartet by nature, appear as a trio in Cork Week 06 in the absence of their antipodean member. The three remaining Celts look forward to an hour of music making, playing tunes spanning four centuries. Sandwiched between German Baroque and Latin American numbers, two substantial fillers from 19th Century and 20th Century Europe make up this lunchtime concert, with a sprinkling of popular favourites for afters.

Tickets on door: €10 with a glass of cool wine if you can take it at lunchtime!



Thursday 20th July @ 1800hrs

"My love is a Tall Ship"; Jimmy Crowley is an Irish traditional folk singer and musician from fair Cork City in the Republic of Ireland. No-one sounds like Jimmy, and few can match him for the humour, joy, tenderness and sheer storytelling craft which he brings to his repertoire of songs.

Jimmy has been travelling the world as a professional musician since 1977. He has been involved in an ongoing process of ethnography, collecting songs and ballads from Cork and elsewhere. Jimmy is a keen sailor with a great love of the sea and in 1994 he released an album on Dino Records called 'My Love Is A Tall Ship',which included the title song which was to honour the Tall Ships visit to Cork and a tribute to President Robinson called 'Mrs President'.

He is a fine self-accompanist on bouzouki and mandolin. A former member of the band Stokers Lodge, he has formed magical musical associations with many of Ireland's folk greats such as Michael O'Domhnaill of the Bothy Band, Joe Burke, Jackie Daly, Donal Lunny and Mick Moloney.

"He is a consummate stage performer as well as a song writer, adding colour to his songs by weaving stories about Cork characters, maritime exploits and daily life into his act. His singing style is truly unique - nobody hearing Jimmy could possibly mistake him for anyone else.”

Irish music great Mick Moloney



Tickets on door: €10 with a glass of vino


For further information, please contact Sheena at:

Art Haven Gallery,
Lower Road,
Crosshaven,
Co. Cork

t: 00 353 21 4833601
e: info@havenartists.com
b: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/

The Polskadots: Postponed

Due to unforeseeable circumstances, The Polskadots performance scheduled for this Friday 7th July, has been postponed to a later date.

Arthaven apologises for any inconvenience caused.

Appreciation for "Hughie"

Our sincere thanks to the cast and crew of "Hughie" for the wonderful performance which took plalce in Arthaven Gallery on Friday last, the 30th of June. In particular, special mention must be given to Ber Power, who brought Eugene O' Neill's character, Hughie, to life and was suberbly executed, and to John Roche, whose role as the dozy night clerk was marvellous.

Once again, the gallery was transformed, this time into a vertible theatre. The encouragement, dedication and support of our audience is of course crucial to the success of any event, and this was no exception. We are most appreciative of the on-going and new support which Arthaven receives.

So keep you see peeled, and brace yourselves for an eventful Cork. Watch this space!

REMINDER: "Hughie" by Eugene O' Neill

Don't forget! This Friday, the 30th June, Arthaven hosts it's first Theatrical performance. The one act play "Hughie" will be performed by New York Productions and will take place on Friday 30th June @ 730pm. Tickets are available from the gallery and cost €12 including a nice glass of wine.

About the play
The time of ''Hughie'' is 1928, and the place is the lobby of a small, once respectable second-rate hotel on a West Side street in midtown Manhattan. The place is now only slightly better than a flophouse. In the late hours of a very long night, Erie Smith (Ber Power), a failed Broadway sport, gambler and horse player, bends the ear of the uninterested night clerk (John Roche). Erie is just coming off a five-day drunk triggered, he says, by the funeral of the previous night clerk, Hughie.

About Eugene O' Neill
One of the greatest American playwrights, restless and bold experimenter, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936. Among O'Neill's best-known plays are ANNA CHRISTINE (pub. 1922), DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (pub.1924), MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (pub. 1931), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (pub. 1956), and THE ICEMAN COMETH (prod. 1946). O'Neill's plays range in style from satire to tragedy. They often depict people who have no hope of controlling their destinies.

Curiously, Al Pacino played the lead role of Erie Smith to huge critical acclaim in New York, San Francisco, and LA in the late 90's.

Here are some interesting links about O' Neills' life:
http://velvet_peach.tripod.com/fzpachughie.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/oneill.htm

The Polskadots are back!

Friday next, the 7th July @ 8pm, we are delighted to welcome the wonderful sounds of The Polskadots to Arthaven, back to fill our walls with their signature blend of world rhythms from Bulgaria, Russia, South America, Turkey and Scandinavia, The Polskadots deliver a dynamic and rich combination of powerful instrumentals on fiddle, box, mandolin and percussion, interspersed with soulful Eastern European songs. What emerges from this lively consortium of musical talent is an energetic journey which charts its way through far off, colourful, and alluring lands.

Based in Cork, they have been drawing the masses of serious music enthusiasts to The Tiki Lounge most Tuesdays since their formation last year where a captive and riveted audience crowd in and move with the Polskadot’s wagon.

They have just cut their 1st demo which will help then take their music further a field. The band members are…Marja, fiddle... Pia, accordion... George,mandolin... Cat, drum, egg and vocals Eileen, guitar/vocals and a bit of drum.

Tickets: €12 including complimentary glass of wine.

For further info, contact Sheena on:
Arthaven, Lower Road, Crosshaven. Co. Cork
t: 00 353 21 4833601
e: info@havenartists.com
b: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/

Dance: Infallible Muse II

DANCE PERFORMANCE AT ART HAVEN
Arthaven are pleased to host an extract from “Infallible Muse II", the latest piece from Crux Dance Theatre, in the Gallery @ 8pm on Friday 23rd June.

“Infallible Muse”, a very different and dynamic project that has been made possible through funding from The Arts Council, Cork City Council and Cork County Council.

This piece is a re working and development of the 2004 creation from renowned choreographer Jane Kellaghan. Close work with her chosen mentor, the acclaimed Sol Pico, director of the Sol Pico dance company, Barcelona, has pushed the boundaries of her choreography.

Infallible Muse explores the notion of free spirit and the many layers that we are forced to cloak ourselves with as society demands. It will contain scenes of full nudity, and has been described as “aesthetically satisfying…with skilled dancing” (Irish Times 30th September 2004); The piece is a sensuously exciting journey integrating culture and nature through the magic of multimedia, stunning lighting and set design. Its strength speaks though the body; this is the authentic voice of the dancer.

Choregrapher: Jane Kellaghan
Dancers: Inma Moya, Ursula Chapman, Eloy Bocaccio, Olwen Grindley & Mark Carberry

For further information, contact:

Art Haven Gallery,
Lower Road,
Crosshaven,
Co. Cork

t: 00 353 21 4833601
e: info@havenartists.com
b: http://arthaven.blogspot.com/

Susanne Leutenegger

Susanne Leutenegger, one of Arthaven's Co-operative members is featured in this months Cork Now Magazine. Journalist Lynda Cookson took an interesting journey into Susanne's Studio in The Backwater Artists Studio in Cork and discovered therein the spatial beauty which flows through Susanne's work.You can read the article on line through the above link, and for futurther information about the artist, visit:
www.susanneleutenegger.com

"Hughie" by Eugene O' Neill

This month sees Arthaven presenting it's first Theatrical performance. The one act play "Hughie" will be produced by New York Productions and will take place on Friday 30th June @ 730pm. Tickets are available from the gallery and cost €12 including a nice glass of wine.

About the play
The time of ''Hughie'' is 1928, and the place is the lobby of a small, once respectable second-rate hotel on a West Side street in midtown Manhattan. The place is now only slightly better than a flophouse. In the late hours of a very long night, Erie Smith (Ber Power), a failed Broadway sport, gambler and horse player, bends the ear of the uninterested night clerk (John Roche). Erie is just coming off a five-day drunk triggered, he says, by the funeral of the previous night clerk, Hughie.

About Eugene O' Neill
One of the greatest American playwrights, restless and bold experimenter, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936. Among O'Neill's best-known plays are ANNA CHRISTINE (pub. 1922), DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (pub.1924), MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (pub. 1931), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (pub. 1956), and THE ICEMAN COMETH (prod. 1946). O'Neill's plays range in style from satire to tragedy. They often depict people who have no hope of controlling their destinies.

Curiously, Al Pacino played the lead role of Erie Smith to huge critical acclaim in New York, San Francisco, and LA in the late 90's.

Here are some interesting links about O' Neills' life:
http://velvet_peach.tripod.com/fzpachughie.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/oneill.htm

Hearty Congolese music by Motema

Arthaven are delighted to present

Motema

Friday 26th May @ 8pm

Motema, meaning the heart in Lingala, one of the many languages spoken in The Congo, are a Cork-based trio who have been rocking the foundations of Cork’s inner core for quite a few years now. Playing regularly in the Sin E, The Tiki Lounge and other diverse venues and festivals around the country, they bring with them the great traditions of Soukous/ Rumba music.

Soukous, originally from The Congo and a musical evolution of Rumba, has been described variously as “joyful hopeful music”, “buoyant”, “danceable, and energetic enough to cure the blues on the darkest of days”. True to this description, Motema generously deliver a hearty dose of tempo-tastic rhythms, so infectious you can’t help but smile from the inside out!

Motema are: Niwel (guitar), Troca (percussion) & Clement (bass)


Tickets/ info: €10 including a nice glass of wine
Arthaven Gallery, Lower road, Crosshaven, Co. Cork
t: 021 4833601 e: info@havenartists.com

above image: by Susanne Leutenegger, "Juice of Roses"

Ger Kieran: Vast Spaces

VAST SPACES
28th April- 9th May, 2006
arthaven gallery, crosshaven, co. cork


“Vast Spaces” is the inspired title of this exhibition of paintings by Geraldine Kieran. The work reflects the artist’s very personal response to her surroundings of the countryside and waters of West Cork and Kinsale. Geraldine responds to the stimuli of colour, form and space which give these paintings their impression of simplicity and quietness. These are expressive works, painted with energy in a loose, painterly fashion, conveying to the viewer feelings of solace and escape.

in celebration of growing

"Moccasin Flowers" by Mary Oliver

All my life,
so far,
I have loved
more than one thing,

including the mossy hooves
of dreams, including'
the spongy litter
under the tall trees.

In spring
the moccasin flowers
reach for the crackling
lick of the sun

and burn down. Sometimes,
in the shadows,
I see the hazy eyes,
the lamb-lips

of oblivion,
its deep drowse,
and I can imagine a new nothing
in the universe,

the matted leaves splitting
open, revealing
the black planks
of the stairs.

But all my life--sofar--
I have loved best
how the flowers rise
and open, how

the pink lungs of their bodies
enter the fore of the world
and stand there shining
and willing--the one

thing they can do before
they shuffle forward
into the floor of darkness, they
become the trees.

April 2006: Hifilutin Flute Quartet

Hifilutin

…are Kate Chisholm, Katrina Emtage, Eilis O’ Sullivan,
Maria Mulcahy

Flute, alto flute, bass flute and piccolo


As luck would have it, Christmas 2005, four fabulous female flautists fell into each other’s company. Over coffee and croissants an animated conversation took place and the flute quartet Hifilutin was formed.


The four have performed as individuals across the globe, freelancing with major orchestras and ensembles, including appearances at The Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals whilst fulfilling busy schedules as soloists throughout their native countries of Australia, Scotland and Ireland.


This truly international combination of enthusiastic professionals is reflected in the wide-ranging repertoire offered by “Hifilutin”, from medieval to modern, from the classic to the unexpected.

The programme will include:

Vivaldi's Spring, Gershwin, Telemann, Beethoven and many other novelties for Flute!

Performance will take place in the gallery on Friday 7th April @ 8pm

tickets €12 including a glass of nice wine

April 2006: Brendan Butler

"inscape"

"Drawing, Painting and Art itself has been a hugely significant part of my life from an early age and plays an integral part of who I am as a person."
In 2001 a young graduate of The Crawford College of Art & Design began a remarkable and deeply personal journey through the palette. Motivated from a compulsion to create images that explore the imagined landscapes of Ireland and beyond, Brendan Butler has spent the last number of years tenaciously refining a personal thesis that now culminates in this extraordinary collection of work. Butler’s total immersion in his practise over the years has brought with it a maturity and confidence rarely seen in such a young artist. Arthaven is delighted to unveil, for the first time, the work of Brendan Butler.

Biography
Born in Waterford, Brendan Butler graduated from The Crawford College of Art & Design in 2001. He was the happy recipient of the Back Water Art bursary prize in 2001. Among others his work has been selected for The Opera House and Imperial Hotel Private Collections. He has participated in numerous group shows, and has continued a remarkably prolific practice since graduating from Art College.


“Inscape” runs from 31st March until 11th April.

Arthaven
Lower road, Crosshaven, Co. Cork t: 021 4833601 e: info@havenartists.com
www.havenartists.com

March 4th 2006: The Polskadots

The Polksadots,on Saturday 4th @ 1930hrs
A fusion blend of world rhythms from Bulgaria, Russia, South America, Turkey and Scandinavia, The Polskadots deliver a dynamic and rich combination of powerful instrumentals on fiddle, box, mandolin and percussion, interspersed with soulful Eastern European songs. What emerges from this lively consortium of musical talent is an energetic journey which charts its way through far off, colourful, and alluring lands.

Based in Cork, they have been drawing the masses of serious music enthusiasts to The Tiki Lounge most Tuesdays since their formation last year where a captive and riveted audience crowd in and move with the Polskadot’s wagon.

They have just cut their 1st demo which will help then take their music further a field. The band members are…Marja, fiddle... Pia, accordion... George,mandolin... Cat,drum,egg and vocals Eileen, guitar/vocals and a bit of drum

Tickets: €8 including complimentary glass of wine.

March 2006: Eileen Healy Exhibition

About the Artist…

“Drawing from life is the backbone of my work. As an artist it is essential to my process."

Eileen Healy is predominantly a figurative artist who works mainly in pastel and oil. The paintings she creates are very direct and honest portraits of people who sit for her in her studio.
"I really enjoy working from life. I am attracted to the immediacy and freshness of recreating on paper or board what is in front of me. I work with models who provide me with an opportunity to express my artistic language through them".
In her portraits she depicts people from all walks of life and cultures simply seated in a chair or standing. Some drawings are full length portraits, a new departure for her.
For many years Eileen has been a strong believer in the practice of drawing from the nude and some fine examples are included in this show.Eileen has exhibited her work through Ireland and abroad both in solo exhibitions and several selected shows.
She is also a part time drawing tutor at the Crawford College, Cork.

Exhibition runs 3-14 March, 2006

February 2006: Sprucing up for Spring

In celebration of the stretch in the evenings, the beginning of more clement times, and happily, the continuing success of Munster's newest gallery, Arthaven presents

Sprucing up for Spring!

They say that any flowers that poke thrie heads out at this time of year have their loins well girded and are tough as boots. So too are the local artists whose dedication to Arthaven means to gladen the coming seasons with an eclectic bloom of work by Sean Mc Sweeney, Bill Griffin, Tony O' Malley, Neil Shawcross, John Jermyn, Susanne Leutenegger and Kerry Collins... for starters.

this show runs from 3rd - 28th February, 2006

About The Art Haven Co-operative

Arthaven Gallery is a cooperative. At present the Co-op consists of three local professional artists, and a fourth member who facilitates financial arrangements and business expertise.

Our aim is to build and sustain a creative environment in the town of Crosshaven which promotes the sale of high quality visual art from local and emerging artists. Art Haven aims to act as a crucible where artists can be afforded the opportunity to exhibit their work in an artist- run, artist friendly environment. At its heart, Arthaven aspires to reflect best commercial gallery practise, whilst not inhibiting the encouragement of and development of artist creativity.

In addition, Arthaven intends to incorporate a cultural dimension in the pursuit of developing Crosshaven’s artistic identity. Its activities, such as musical nights, adult art classes, and cooperation with the local schools for talks and projects, seek to achieve artistic awareness and interest in the Arts within the community.

Get in touch so that we can include you on our mailing list and keep you informed about the various exhibitions and events in Arthaven.
Arthaven
Lower road, Crosshaven, Co. Cork t: 021 4833601 e: info@havenartists.com
www.havenartists.com