News
COMMUNE
Information
Print
Radio
Archive
Contact
COMMUNE
12th - 18th August
Muine Bheag Community Centre
Church Street, Muine Bheag, Co. Carlow, R21 PX68
Muine Bheag Arts is pleased to present COMMUNE - a programme of live events in the Muine Bheag Community Centre from 12th - 18th August. The programme invites artists, community organisers, graduates-in-residence, gardeners, zine-makers, visitors and friends to contribute to an evolving and expanding programme.
COMMUNE takes inspiration from self-organised communities and is based on values of collectivity, exchange and experimentation. The Community Centre will act as a shared space to host talks, workshops, performances, screenings and an exhibition of self-published artists’ books.
The programme includes contributions from:
Bagenalstown Community Gardens, Millie Case, Mollie Donegan, Síofra Egan & Ruby Fitzsimons, Phil Collins, Aoife Ní Dhuinn & Falon Weaver, Isadora Epstein & Cóilín O’Connell, Peter Glasgow & Alex Paveley, Chloe Maguire (Distro: The Reading Room), Rory Mullen, Rosalind Nashashibi, NIVAL, Rohana Perera, Amy Strzoda and Fabrizio Terranova.
Public Programme:
Distro: The Reading Room Exhibition
Muine Bheag Community Centre
12th - 18th August, 11am - 5pm daily
An exhibition of zines, artist books and self-published titles curated by Chloe Maguire
Distro: The Reading Room Exhibition Launch + Pocket Money Publication Launch
Muine Bheag Community Centre
12th August, 6pm
Distro: The Reading Room Exhibition Launch with discussion on self-publishing by Chloe Maguire (Distro curator) and Cóilín O’Connell (Brass Neck Press)
Pocket Money Publication Launch by Cóilín O’Connell and Isadora Epstein with reading by Isadora Epstein
**Book here**
Talk: NIVAL
Muine Bheag Community Centre
14th August, 1pm
National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) will host a presentation of archival artist books and share a selection of books from their collection
**Book here**
Bagenalstown Community Gardens Tour
Community Gardens, 42A Kilcarrig St, R21 TD61
14th August, 5pm
Tour of the Bagenalstown Community Gardens and talk on biodiversity by Tommy Cox (Bagenalstown Community Garden Group)
**Book here**
Film Screening: Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Muine Bheag Community Centre
14th August, 7pm
A film on the life and work of pioneering thinker, feminist and science fiction enthusiast Donna Haraway by Fabrizio Terranova
**Book here**
Vision Board Workshop: Prancing, drifting, foaming ‘round in the eddy
Muine Bheag Community Centre
15th August, 5pm
Aoife Ní Dhuinn and Falon Weaver will host a workshop on creating a vision board while inviting you to reflect on your dreams, share your hopes for the future and discuss what it means to be an adult today
**Book here**
Film Screening: Bring Down the Walls - Phil Collins
Muine Bheag Community Centre
16th August, 6pm
A documentary by artist Phil Collins that examines the injustices of America’s prison-industrial complex and the power of house music as a catalyst for human connection
**Book here**
Céilí Dance - Amy Strzoda
Muine Bheag Community Centre
16th August, 7:30pm
Amy Strzoda will host an evening of collective movement and dance inspired by céilí dancing. No experience required
**Book here**
Graduate Cohort Presentation
Muine Bheag Community Centre
17th August, 5pm
Presentation by graduates-in-residence Millie Case, Mollie Donegan, Síofra Egan and Ruby Fitzsimons
**Book here**
Performance: The Band Keeps Playing On - Peter Glasgow + Alex Paveley
Muine Bheag Community Centre
17th August, 7pm
Peter Glasgow will explore themes within the honky tonk genre of country music using a unique self-built steel guitar together with drummer, Alex Paveley, in an informal mix of talking, playing and practising
**Book here**
Film Screening: Electrical Gaza - Rosalind Nashashibi
Muine Bheag Community Centre
18th August, 4pm
A film by artist Rosalind Nashashibi which presents Gaza as a place from myth: isolated, suspended in time, difficult to access and highly charged
The screening will be accompanied by a talk by Palestinian Solidarity and Anti-Racist Activist Rohana Perera
**Book here**
Publication Launch + Performance - Rory Mullen
Muine Bheag Community Centre
18th August, 6:30pm
Publication Launch with performance by artist Rory Mullen
**Book here**