Temple Bar Cultural Trust are delighted to bring you First Thursdays Dublin
On the First Thursday of every month a selection of gallery & creative
spaces are opening their doors after hours offering you an extra chance
to see art, culture and events in a number of venues between 6–8pm
6 SEPTEMBER, 6 – 8pm
PART OF FTD TOUR:
For more information visit templebar.ie
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Art Tunnel, Smithfield
@arttunnel
Built by Fieldwork & Strategies, The Art Tunnel is Smithfield’s outdoor exhibition
space for contemporary installation and community art. Sophie, Head Curator, will
guide you through the art-work as part of this month’s First Thursdays TOUR.
http://www.facebook.com/arttunnelsmithfield
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Block T
1-6 Haymarket, Smithfield
Square, Dublin 1.
@Block_T
Cow’s Lane Designer Studio
West Essex Street
Old City, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
@TheCLDS
The good people in Block T are giving you a behind the scenes peek at all that they
do there. Also part of the First Thursdays TOUR this month, Miranda will show you
the artist studios and newly renovated BLOCK T space. www.blockt.ie
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Debbie Paul Studio and Gallery
Contemporary Jewellery ] sculpture
1 Cows Lane, Old City, D.8
@dpgallery
Debbie Paul invites you to her combined gallery and studio space. Here you can
gain an insight into Paul's work, her aesthetic, and her making process, furthering
your understanding of Irish Contemporary Jewellery. www.debbiepaul.com
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designist
68 South Great Georges Street
Dublin 2
@wearedesignist
Designist opens until 8pm on FTD, 06 September. A design store specialising in
affordable, clever and creative design by Irish and international designers.
www.designist.ie
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Exchange Dublin | Fish Bowl
Exchange Street Upper, Temple
Bar, Dublin 2
@exchangedublin
Love. Power. Plutonic. Disinterest. Adoring. Faithful. Distain. Manipulation. Stable.
Unstable. Closed. Open. ‘Closer’ is a collection of photographs, prints and
installation works by three students from NCAD Dublin and the ECAV Switzerland Niamh Forbes | Beth Walsh |Roxy Russell www.exchangedublin.ie
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Gallery of Photography
Meeting House Square
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Evelyn Hofer. Dublin and Other Portraits. At the heart of this specially curated
exhibition are Hofer’s beautiful and considered photographs made during her visit
to Dublin in 1966. www.galleryofphotography.ie
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GALLERY @ NO. SIX
6 Anne Street South, Dublin 2
September Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists featuring paintings of John McCann
and Mark Redden. Opening 6th September at 6pm - 8pm and running until 2nd
October. www.galleryatnumbersix.com
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Graphic Studio Gallery
(Through the Arch) Off Cope Street,
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Jam Art Factory
64/65 Patrick Street, Dublin 8
@jamartfactory
‘An Elsewhere Place’ by Niamh Flanagan & New Works by Paul Furneaux.
Opening on 6th Sept., of a two-person exhibition. Niamh Flanagan’s work stems from
the idea of travel, focusing primarily on the search for utopias and the restless
desire to be somewhere else. Paul Furneax explores the ever-changing weather and
light conditions of landscapes. www.graphicstudiodublin.com
‘Word’ has come to Jam Art Factory. This is a typography exhibition which includes a
collection of work from exciting artists and designers. We've work from Cara Clara
Murtagh, Sheena Flynn, Jack Flag and many more. Not to be missed!
www.facebook.com/jamartfactory.
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Cow's Lane Designer Studio is a treasure trove of handmade Irish art and design.
This creative space is run by a group of independent artists who make by hand
ceramics, furniture, jewellery and clothing design. www.cowslanedesignerstudio.ie
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The Keeling Gallery
41 Clarendon Street
Dublin 2.
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Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Chancery Lane, Dublin 8.
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The Little Museum of Dublin
15 St. Stephen’s Green, D.2
@dublinmuseum
Join the Curator's Tour of the permanent collection at 7pm on Thursdays at the
Little Museum. www.littlemuseum.ie
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National Gallery of Ireland
Clare Street Entrance, D. 2
@NGIreland
Masterpieces from the Collection exhibiting the national collection’s European and
Irish highlights including works by Caravaggio, Vermeer, Goya, Rembrandt, Louis le
le Brocquy and Jack B. Yeats is showing in rooms 1 – 10. Over the summer months,
NGI have opened temporary exhibitions including Hogarth, Artists face to face and
Jack B. Yeats’s Punch cartoons. www.ngi.ie
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NGG - No Grants Gallery
The Culture Box, 12 East Essex
Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
@tbct #templebar
‘The Art of Jonathan Barry’ is officially being launched by Lord Mayor of Dublin,
Naoise Ó Muirí, on 6th Sept. Artist and illustrator, Jonathan Barry, specializes in
painting famous scenes from literature. www.templebar.ie/Event/No_Grants_Gallery
Olivier Cornet Gallery
1 The Wooden Building
Exchange Street Upper
Temple Bar, D.2
@OC_Gallery
Opening of 'Pyramid', an exhibition of new works by John Fitzsimons. We're
delighted to announce that Shane de Blacam of de Blacam & Meagher Architects
will open this show. de Blacam & Meagher are the award-winning architects
behind the beautiful Wooden Building that houses our gallery.
www.oliviercornetgallery.com
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Project Arts Centre
39 East Essex Street
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
@projectarts
Project 51
51 South William Street,
Dublin 2
@Project51Dublin
Set-up by Vincent Keeling, this gallery is also used as Vincent’s Studio space, thus,
offering people the rare opportunity to see an artist in the thick of the creative
process. The Keeling Gallery also promotes the work of many well-known Irish
artists. For more information: www.keelinggallery.com
Padraic E. Moore curates The Temple of Psychic Youth featuring eleven artists
working in a wide range of media from photography and video to wall-painting and
mirrors. Moore aims to, ‘declare art’s value as a spiritual force in our secular
society.’ www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie
Join us for a tour of our exhibition ‘Conjuring for Beginner’s in a series of Walk 'n'
Talks hosted by two young artists. Come along for chats and insights - questions,
questions at the ready... http://www.projectartscentre.ie
Project 51 – An Irish Designer Collective offers the ultimate shopping experience in
a relaxed friendly atmosphere, customers can choose from an amazing selection of
high quality Irish designer goods, from engagement rings to bridal wear, jewellery,
evening wear, tailoring, millinery and luxury leather bags. www.project51.ie
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Sol Art Gallery
No. 8 Dawson Street
Dublin 2
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The Copper House Gallery
Synge Street
Dublin 8
@fire_studio
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The Doorway Gallery
24 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
@doorwaygallery
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The Green Gallery
St Stephen’s Green Centre, D.1
Peter Knuttle | Recent Watercolours and Prints. www.thegreengallery.ie
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The Joinery
6 Rosemount Terrace
Arbour Hill
Dublin 7
@thejoineryD8
First Thursdays at the Joinery: Beautiful Unit
This month the current incarnation of the eclectic Beautiful Unit performing from
7.30-9.30pm with spoken word, improv performance and visuals by Hector Castells,
Brian Mooney, Bryan O'Connell and Jimmie Eadie. Free in! www.thejoinery.org
Exhibition by Rimi Yang will be available to preview before its official opening on
Saturday 8th. www.solart.ie
A Thousand Words is a series of images in pen, ink and rain on paper. Each piece is
a vibrant palimpsest of time and colour; themes central to the artist's work. Mags
Harnett transcribes thoughts as they flow on to the page in a stream of
consciousness style, instinctively linking colour to sound, emotions, the world
around her. http://www.thecopperhousegallery.com
Chris Wilson’s new exhibition ‘Lane & Sea’ will launch on FTD, 06 Sept. This is an
exhibition of new works that depicts an extremely contemporary idea of a
landscape of Ireland. The beauty of Wilson’s work is his engagement and
consciousness of familiarity through expert layering in paint and drawing.
www.thedoorwaygallery.com
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The LAB
Foley Street
Dublin 1
@LabDCC
Opening night of The Red Stables’ Irish Residential Studio Awardee 2010-2011,
James Merrigan ‘THELASTWORDSHOW’ on the Ground and First Floor Galleries
& Rachel Tynan, ‘Cut Throat’ in The Cube.
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The Picture Rooms
12 Wellington Quay
Jamestown
Dublin 2
@ThePictureRooms
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Science Gallery
Trinity College Dublin
Pearse Street
@ScienceGallery
7pm Performance by dancer Rachel Ensor. www.thelab.ie
The Picture Rooms is proud to offer a range of fine art colour and black and white
photography. The Picture Rooms also anchor the numerous services of resident
photographers Martin O'Leary, Aidan Beatty and Nancy Pineda.
www.thepicturerooms.com
HACK THE CITY. Time is running out to catch this major exhibition that invites you
to adopt a hacker mindset to bend, tweak and mash-up Dublin’s exciting urban
systems. http://sciencegallery.com/hackthecity/
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