View Macnas Parade 2013: “On the Night Journey” in a larger map Here’s the route for today’s Macnas Parade, “On the Night Journey”, departing from Fisheries Field at 4.45pm. The map is zoomable so you can easily pick your spot on the route! Leaving Fisheries Field, the parade will wend its way through town via … Read more
Here Macnas’ artistic director Noeline Kavanagh sets out how Macnas was born of a visit to Galway by Spanish company Els Comediants, the release it brought to a recession stricken Galway, and how you can keep in touch with and help continue the company in its modern iteration. It was late summer, 1985, in Galway. … Read more
Photo owned by egarc2 (cc) Paddy Brown has a great post up describing the lunacy of New Labour’s Independent Safeguarding Authority, which demonises anyone working in schools or with kids and assumes that everyone is a slavering paedophile unless they’re on the ISA’s list of approved (paying) people. Philip Pullman recently vowed never to visit … Read more
I’m giving a talk this Saturday 15th August in the Galway City Museum Coffee Shop at 4.30pm, along with Lynda Cookson. I’ll be talking about how I’ve created a viable business out of art instead of flipping burgers, which is an important job too but a bit smelly. Art + Business + Creativity, with Lynda … Read more
Photo owned by Findsiddiqui (cc) Alexia is looking to volunteer her mad skillz to a lucky community or arts group: “So this Autumn, I’m interested in helping out an arts or community group that needs a hand, web-wise. This could be a feedback on plans for a new site, helping them with strategy or working … Read more