Signal Arts Centre is pleased to present this collection of work by artist & IGI Member Brian Gallagher.   He has exhibited in many shows and his work features in private collections nationally and internationally.  Some notable clients include Le Monde, London Evening Standard, Sunday Independent, Penguin Books and Harper Collins. He currently works as a full time Illustrator/Artist in Dublin.

Signal Arts Centre
1 Albert Avenue
Bray, Co. Wicklow

Opening Reception Friday 19th March 7p.m. – 9 p.m.

For more info about Brian and his work visit Illustrators Ireland.

Late in January Designer and Book Publisher Mark Murphy was asked to be part of the jury for the Communication Arts Illustration Annual competition. He put his thoughts and observations on a very interesting blog post.

Tiny Little Horse presents an exhibition and indeed a celebration of their poster work for CSS, Morrissey, Flight Of The Conchords, Battles and many more.
Also featuring original artwork and ‘hopefully’ some live screen printing.

Tiny Little Horse features the work of Gav Beattie and IGI members BRENB and Chris Judge.

Opening Launch is from 7PM, March 11th at The Shaw Space in The Bernard Shaw and runs for 2 weeks.

Dublin based illustrator and IGI member Brian Coldrick is next up on The Comic Cast’s exhaustive (but never exhausting) trek through the world of Irish comics and illustration. Go download the podcast here.
For more on the Irish comics and illustration ’scene’ you can do worse than listening to previous interviews with Tomm Moore (director of Oscar nominated The Secret Of Kells), Nick Roche (artist on Transformers comic) and Gerry Hunt (creator of historical Graphic Novel – Blood Upon The Rose) and and many more besides.

Only kidding, recently Kevin McSherry was was invited to give a talk about his work to illustration and animation students at Ballyfermot College. He has put a post up on his blog outlining his presentation and he doesn’t hold back on his views of the current working environment for illustrators and is full of advice for the next generation. A must read…

Never work for free. If there’s no financial gain, then negotiate some other reward, whether it’s some advertising, PR or other contra-deal that suits you. There’s often something that could be of value but it has to be negotiated from a position of your daily rate. People don’t respect work that’s given for free and many have a tendency to abuse artists who fall for this sort of bolloxology. If some bullying twit [who happens to be paid regularly by the way] suggests that being published in their magazine/newspaper/advert will be a ‘great shop window for you’ or ‘a great portfolio piece’, or an ‘in’, ask them to quantify the greatness exactly in terms of cash. If there’s no benefit at all; walk away.

For the full post go here.

You’ve got a very important date! Prepare to fall down the rabbit hole as Barry’s Tea hosts 3 ultimate Mad Hatter tea parties and screenings of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland around the country in Dublin, Galway and Cork. Complete with brimming cups of Barry’s Tea and prizes for best hat, Wonderland fans will get an early glimpse of all the magic before the film hits cinemas on March 5th.

For more information check out:
www.aliceinwonderlandthemovie.ie,

Scamp.ie has 4 tickets to the Dublin screening in DUBLIN’s  Cineworld – Thurs, March 4th to giveaway to the lucky readers who can fill in the blank in this sentence -

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN _______, a magical and imaginative twist on one of the most beloved stories of all time.

Send answers to Here! or enter your answer and details in the comment section below by Friday February 26th at 12:00pm if you would like to be in with a chance to attend this special sneak preview.

Seats at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party will be distributed at random and winners will be notified on Friday February 26th at 5:00pm.

www.facebook.com/barrystea,
www.barrystea.ie

Good Luck!

To launch the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Alliance Française in Dublin, a collection of acclaimed work by artist Seán Hillen will be shown for the first time in Dublin since the 1990’s.

Best known for his ‘Irelantis’ series, they have since burrowed deep into Irish culture, appearing on nearly 20 book covers and in this exhibition the public will get a rare opportunity to see several of the delicate almost miniature original collages, together with a selection of a new definitive edition of archival prints.

12 February – 10 April
Admission free

A very exciting project has just started at The Picture Book Report – fifteen illustrators creating a new scene from their favorite books every month, posted one per day for three weeks!

CandyCollective’s speaking event SweetTalk returns for it’s 39 edition with an all local lineup.

Speakers on the night:

Andreas Pettersson / Photographer [SWE / DUB]
Famously known for his portraits with our own Totally Dublin
This Swedish maestro has a very witty style and he would like you to hear about it.

FTLO / Ivor Noyek & Shane O’Driscoll / Mavericks [DUB]

http://www.krop.com/fortheloveof

These prolific graphic designers are behind the “For The Love Of” series and with their new exhibition “For The Love Of Change” coming up we invited them to talk bout themselves and their project.

Piranha Bar / Post Production Animation [DUB]
Well established within the industry they have worked with the big guns IDA, RTE, Oxfam and Tayto, they say they are always look for new talent, here’s a chance to see what they do and meet them.

Thursday, February 25th 2010
@ the Sugarclub, Doors 7pm
Admission €7 at the door.

Adam Baumgold Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings, paintings on paper and sculpture by Seth from February 5 through March 13, 2010. This will be Seth’s first U.S. solo exhibition and will include 50 artworks, the majority of which comprise the bulk of his celebrated Graphic Novel GEORGE SPROTT 1894-1975 (originally serialized in The New York Times Sunday Magazine from 2006 to 2007). In addition, the exhibition will feature 6 of Seth’s Dominion city cardboard architectural models, each of which has been specifically constructed for this event. Each of these buildings represents a specific location associated with the character of George Sprott himself.