The Raft Race

Last May I organised the first ever Ballyalla Raft Race in my home town of Ennis, to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. As a cancer survivor myself I wanted to do something for an organisation that helps so many people all over the country. 

The day was a great success, we had 8 teams in home made rafts, over 300 spectators and most importantly we raised €3500 for the Irish Cancer Society. 

Tonight the local Youth Centre are launching the 2014 Raft Race and will be taking over the organisation of the event. We are having an exhibition of all the pictures from the day, taken by my very talented friend Ciara Killalea, which will run at Mickey Kerin's pub, Ennis, for the next week. 

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New Living Art II

At the weekend I was lucky enough to see The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art's New Living Art Exhibition held at Moxie Studios (Lad's Lane, off Baggot St.) The Show run until the 30th of October, and opens daily, 12-5pm.


My amazingly talented friend, Ciara Killalea, had two fabulous prints in the exhibition. They are part of her Inhabiting Space series. Ciara is one of those fabulous photographers that is able to capture a story, every time she clicks her camera, a true talent. And not to be bias, but she had the best work of the exhibition...

I highly recommend the exhibition, it has a rich and diverse collection of instillations, photography, moving imagery and some taxidermy. What more could you want from an exhibition?


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Chelsea College London, Graduate's Show

So I still have no internet (or camera for that matter, all these images have been lovingly robbed from Katy Halpin) but during the week I caught the Chelsea's Graduate's Show before it ended and the work on the display was really amazing...

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MuTATE BRITAIN

God I need to be in London! Actually London needs me! either way, need to buckle down and kick-ass in college so I can do my masters in some nice fancy London college. Anyways these are a few pictures my mate Ciara took at the MuTate Britain: One Foot In The Grave exhibition. as my girl Liz Lemon would say "I want to go to there!"

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Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

This bench from Jae-Hyo Lee is amazing, its part of Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, a special thematic exhibition featuring 51 contemporary artists from 17 countries who transform discarded, commonplace, or valueless objects into extraordinary works of art. the entire gallery can be seen here

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