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SUMMER PROGRAM
JUNE - AUGUST 2019
LAL
A New Arts Center promoting
Contemporary Irish Culture
& local communities
in Los Angeles
www.ciacla.com
Suite B1, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
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Promoting Contemporary Irish Culture through a
multidisciplinary arts program, in collaboration with local and
international cultural partnerships.
Launches June 15th @ 6pm
Supported by:
Welcome to the summer program for CIACLA - Our Program brings the
The Contemporary Irish Arts Centre, Los Angeles, very best of:
which will promote contemporary Irish culture
IMG: Amanda Coogan | The Ladder is Always There
through a multidisciplinary series of events, • Leading Irish Film
in collaboration with local and international • New & Exciting Theatre
cultural partnerships. Supported by MART • Contemporary Visual Art
Gallery & Studios, Culture Ireland and the • Standup Irish Comedy
Irish Dept of Foreign Affairs Emigrant Support • Music from Ireland
Programme. • Design & Craft
• Irish Literature
As we plan towards opening a permanent center • Contemporary Irish Dance
in 2020, we have curated an exciting summer of • Irish Diaspora Events
MOCA, Jacksonville
Visual Art, Film, Design, Theatre, Music, Comedy, • Networking & Promotional Events
Literature and Dance - providing a much needed
venue for promoting Contemporary Irish Culture
on the west coast of USA
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MISSION
STATEMENT
CIACLA promotes Contemporary CIACLA AIMS to
Irish Culture and supports local Develop creative platforms to support artists,
diverse communities through as a means of promoting modern Irish culture,
a space for Irish artists to make work and
a multidisciplinary program, in
exhibit internationally.
collaboration with local and
international cultural partnerships. The center allows Californian and Los
Angeles communities to engage with local
CIACLA is focused on developing Irish diaspora, visiting artists and creatives,
a creative platform to support and to generate new dialogues and enable an
challenge artists as a means of ongoing process of communication through
promoting creative innovation and creativity.
collaborative initiatives in
Facilitate collaborative methods of showcasing
Los Angeles.
Irish Contemporary Culture, through public
engagement and supports, while providing
Through a program focused on public
opportunities for contemporary artists through
engagement, CIACLA showcases
an exciting exhibition program and studio
multidisciplinary contemporary art projects
space residency.
that engage with local communities and
interrupt the vision of what ‘Ireland’ is.
Engage in the production of new work
by providing resources, problem solving,
CIACLA operates as a creative hub for Irish
IMG: Adam Gibney | Spatial Intervention 4: There There
exchange and cooperation to resource art, and
and local partners to showcase their activities;
by contributing to the development of an Irish
through a program that aims to support work
artistic community in Los Angeles.
that is new, experimental and unrestricted.
CIACLA facilitates collaborative events with
Advocate for Irish Culture and the artist,
local artists and cultural partners while also
through engagement with civic bodies,
showcasing artists, curators and institutions
political representatives, public funding bodies,
based in Ireland.
local and national businesses, national and
international cultural bodies and institutions.
Fluctuating between incubation and
activation, CIACLA hosts exhibitions, events,
residencies, collaborative projects and
CIACLA is a registerd 501(c)(3) NonProfit in
professional practice workshops to support
California.
networking and outreach opportunities
for both local and Irish artists within the Donate
Californian arts community. www.ciacla.com/support
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In 2012 the pair embarked on a journey to
transform the old fire station in Rathmines
ABOUT MART GALLERY & STUDIOS Dublin into two galleries as a new home for
contemporary art in Ireland. They have since
gone on to open 8 Artist & Creative Studio
Founding Partner of CIACLA
buildings in Dublin; housing 150 members to
become Ireland’s largest artist studio network!
MART’s History in Los Angeles
Matthew Nevin & Ciara Scanlan first entered
170
the Los Angeles art scene in 2011 curating ‘Invite
or Reject’; an exhibition of artworks that focused
on interaction and participation, working ith ten
We support
Irish artists in C4 Gallery LA. The pair returned
170 Creatives & Artists across 8
in 2015 with ‘Instinct’, an eclectic exhibition of
Studio Buildings in Dublin city
17 artists across three venues; Santa Monica Art
Studios, Hive Gallery and Los Angeles Center for
Digital Art. In 2016 the MART curators kicked off
The MART Gallery Audience Social Media Impressions
425+ ‘Activating Pangea’ - a series of six exhibitions
20,000 visitors a year Over 500,000 interactions
planned over three years in the city. This began
by showcasing four emerging visual artists in
DAC Gallery and Downtown Artwalk LA and
We’ve showcased
exhibiting two established Irish Artists working
425+ Irish Artists
in new technologies in ‘Voyage’ at CB1 Gallery.
through exhibitions & events
2017 brought MART to LA for two large
exhibitions, first to Arena 1 Gallery presenting
50,000 ‘Destroy These Walls’ which involved five
artists working across sculpture, performance,
new media and print. Returning later in the
We’ve welcomed year to create a Pop Up Art Gallery as part
International Exhibitions & Events Press - Print / TV / Radio / Online
50,000 visitors across Ireland, UK, of ‘Irelandweek’ right on Hollywood Blvd,
9,000 expected visitors for CIACLA 2 million people reached across 11 years
Europe, USA & Japan presenting ‘Re:In Force’ highlighting new work
from four Irish artists.
In March 2018 the ‘Acts to Objects’ exhibition
Founding Directors of CIACLA
at LACE Gallery presented eight Irish artists
Matthew Nevin and Ciara Scanlan working in live art and sculpture. Most recently,
launched MART Gallery & Studios MART were back at SMAS, presenting three
Ireland in 2007. Over the past 12 visual artists’ latest work in ‘Transmission’.
years they have curated over 450
artists through previous exhibitions, For almost a decade MART has partnered with
events, festivals and art fairs across venues to promote Irish Artists in Los Angeles,
Ireland, UK, Europe, USA & Japan. the logical next step being to launch CIACLA; a
www.mart.ie Social Media Impressions 45% aged 18-30 dedicated space to showcasing Irish
35,000 website visitors per year 40% aged 30 -50 | 15% aged 50+ Arts & Culture in Los Angeles.
www.mart.ie | www.ciacla.com
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SUPPORT US CIACLA is a 501(c)3 charity, by
becoming a CIACLA Member
WHAT YOU GET {level dependent}
BECOME A
you will assist us in providing a • VIP Invitations to Members Only Event • Thanked across our Social Media Networks,
creative platform which supports • Tickets to Cultural Showcases Press and Program.
artists through collaboration and a • Advance access to Event Tickets • Your Name/Logo recognition on the title
MEMBER compelling arts program. •
•
Thanked on our website with your logo.
VIP All Access guided tours of events and
exhibitions.
•
wall of the center.
Personal Meet & Greet including a private
exhibition viewing with an Artist.
Members have access to Priority • Exclusive Members Newsletter. • Seasonal Program named after you.
Join our membership: Booking, VIP Donor Showcases &
www.ciacla.com/support Events, Exclusive Offers and much
more...
Your membership donation is tax
deductible.
“We wish to build relationships with exciting,
progressive and innovative partners who represent
a modern Ireland through their own ethos and
vision. CIACLA will provide a prime opportunity
for partners to assist in the promotion of Irish
Contemporary Culture, while providing a platform
for companies to gain exposure in the USA and
gain recognition in the thriving Irish economy.”
Matthew Nevin, Executive Director CIACLA
Join our membership - www.ciacla.com/support
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SUMMER
PROGRAM VISUAL ART & PERFORMANCE
AMANDA COOGAN | MASER
LITERATURE & DESIGN
POETRY INTERNATIONAL
JUNE - AUGUST 2019
Launches June 15th @ 6PM
Suite B1, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
MUSIC THEATRE
EIMEAR NOONE LORDS OF STRUT | INHOUSE THEATRE
{IMG: Steve Humphrey}
Promoting established and emerging A platform for contemporary Irish Music acts
Contemporary Irish Visual Artists, living in to perform and be showcased to the local
Ireland and USA that challenge traditional music industry.
methods, concepts and subjects.
An alternative space for innovative and
Providing a unique setting to present cutting- exciting Irish Theatre to engage with new
DANCE FILM
edge feature length and short Film from audiences.
LUKE MURPHY IRISH SCREEN AMERICA
innovative Irish filmmakers.
Showcasing leading Performance artists
A space to read and purchase emerging & working in live art who create and present an
established contemporary Irish Literature. ephemeral art experience.
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VISUAL ART
IMG: Amanda Coogan
PERFORMANCE
AMANDA COOGAN
The Ladder is Always There
Opens June 15th at 6pm
Runs to July 5th
Exhibition & Performance
Amanda Coogan is an internationally
recognized and critically acclaimed artist
working across the medias of live art,
performance, sculpture and installation. The
Irish Times have said, ‘Coogan, whose work
usually entails ritual, endurance and cultural
iconography, is the leading practitioner of
performance in the country’.
As with much of Coogan’s work the installation
is visually stunning and carries with it poetic
resonances. The activities of the silent bodies
of the performers rearranging the installation
suggest multi resonant layers of meaning.
Their gestures, based on Irish Sign Language
alongside the pulsating soundtrack – relating
to the Adrienne Rich poem, Diving into the
Wreck, pour further rich sources to the work.
The Ladder is Always There speaks to a
metaphorical journey in which Coogan and
by extension the other performers, dive into or
work to overcome an obstacle.
Coogan was awarded the Allied Irish Bank’s
Art Prize and has extensively presented and
performed her work, including at The Venice
Biennale, Liverpool Biennial, PS1; New York, The
Whitworth Gallery; Manchester, The Museum
of Fine Arts; Boston, Van Gogh Museum;
Amsterdam and the Manchester International
Festival; The MAC, Belfast; The Niemeyer,
Aviles.
www.amandacoogan.com
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LIVE ART
Care. Complicity. Critique
Curated by Dr. Katherine Nolan
June 16th: 1-3pm Performances
June 17th: 11-2pm Seminar
Care. Complicity. Critique. will be comprised
of a series of performances by Irish and Los
Angeles based artists and a seminar discussing
the modes of performance, politics and
critique arising from their practices.
This programme aims to engage audiences
with contemporary performance art by
bringing together key Irish and American
artists working in the field. Looking at
their practices through the lenses of ‘care,
complicity and critique’, the project will make
a space for considering a range of ways of
looking at and responding to local and global
politics, through performance practice.
Dr. Katherine Nolan is an artist, lecturer and
curator specialising in gender and new media.
With a particular focus on tensions between
the experiential and the spectacular body,
her research investigates gender, identity and
desire in the context of digital cultures. Recent
publications include The Camera and the
Selfie: Narcissism, Self-Regulation and Feminist
Performance Practices (DRHA, DCU 2015).
Her extensive teaching experience, includes
a course leader role at the University of the
Arts London and visiting lectureships at The
National College of Art and Design, Crawford
College of Art and Design and Central Saint
Martins, London. She is currently a lecturer
IMG: Katherine Nolan
in Creative Digital Media in Technological
University Dublin.
katherine@ciacla.com
www.katherinenolan.net
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Figurative Drawing Workshops
Organizer: Susan Broussard
June 24th, July 29th, August 26th
Time: 10am - 1pm
Free Workshops
Join us for our monthly uninstructed figurative
workshop with live models – to engage with your
pencil, mind and creativity! Our free life drawing
workshops provide an opportunity to enhance your
drawing skills and a great way to meet the local
creative community and visiting artists; to eat, drink
and draw at our wonderful new space! All skill levels
welcome – from first timers to professionals.
Cost: Free of Charge {Donations are appreciated}
RSVP to reserve your place at www.ciacla.com
Materials: Chairs, tables and drawing boards provided;
but no drawing horses or easels. Bring your own art
supplies and paper. {Drawing only; no paints, please.}
SMART Talk -
Sustainability in the Arts
June 22nd at 12pm
Round Table Discussion
You are invited to a free open Round Table
Discussion focusing on sustainability in the
Arts; featuring Matthew Nevin, Bernard
O’Rourke, Katherine Nolan and Jenny Minniti-
Shippey of MART Gallery & Studios Dublin
and CIACLA, along with a visiting Irish
Environmental Specialist Declan Breen.
The discussion will revolve around the history
of MART Gallery & Studios, the development
of CIACLA, living and working as an artist
and creative, sustaining an artist career,
achieving environmental sustainability in an
arts organisation and positive actions towards
professional development.
www.mart.ie | www.ciacla.com
p. 18 p. 19 LITERATURE Poetry Beyond Borders June 22nd at 2pm Live Readings & Performances Poetry International and Literature Ireland Present: Poetry Beyond Borders. Poetry is an aural and an oral art form; when we share language, we share stories, of where we’ve been and where we mean to go. Language doesn’t stop at a border, whether artificial as a wall or natural as the sea. How can the act of sharing language—words—poetry—move us beyond borders and into a space of shared community and connection? This live event, organized by Jenny Minniti- Shippey, the Managing Editor of Poetry International, features poets whose art moves beyond, through, in, and past the space and idea of borders. Whether it’s a border between countries or a border between genre, these poets push to transcend, push to complicate, push to expand. Funny, moving, and meditative at each turn, this event will open a space of connection. Featuring poets Karla Cordero, Sheila McMullin, Bernard O’Rourke, Emily Vizzo, and more. Jennifer Minniti-Shippey is the Managing Editor of Poetry International literary journal, Director of Poetic Youth, and a professor at San Diego State University. In 2009, she was hired as the Managing Editor of Poetry International, and she has taught at SDSU in the Department of English & Comparative Literature since that time. Jennifer has also taught poetry at the University of San Diego and in community writing workshops through the Creative Cusp, the Magee Park Poets, and other San Diego arts organizations. jenny@ciacla.com www.jennyminnitishippey.com
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KIDS ART WORKSHOPS
June 30th | July 28th | August 18th
Time: 11am - 1pm
Free Workshops - all welcome!
Organizer: Katriona Woods
Join us for our monthly Kids Art Workshop, fun
for all the family. Create, paint and engage with
contemporary art. Each workshop will cover
a new artistic medium and use the current
exhibition as inspiration for your little ones to
create new masterpieces. All ages and abilities
are welcome. A great way to get creative and
have fun with the community and your family.
Cost: Free of Charge {Donations are appreciated}
RSVP to reserve your place at www.ciacla.com
Parental supervision is required.
CIACLA Sessions COMMUNITY
June 29th at 7 pm CIACLA Sessions is organized by Sinéad
July 28th at 1 pm Finnerty-Pyne; CIACLA’s Community
Engagement Officer. Sinéad has over
August 24th at 7 pm
fifteen years of experience in curatorial
practice, exhibition production, and studio
Music, Performance, Theatre, Art management at small and midsized
institutions throughout the region. She has
CIACLA Sessions is a monthly series of informal worked closely with artists and curators
social gatherings that offers a platform for to produce a number of public and
performance (in all styles and mediums), from institutionally housed projects with artists
storytelling and music, to dance, theatre and such as Daniel Buren, Richard Jackson, Yoko
literature. Seisiún is an inclusive event to bring Ono, Bruce Nauman, Analia Saban, and
people together to socialize and celebrate a Barbara T. Smith.
unique part of Irish culture.
Contact: sinead@ciacla.com
An event to showcase local talent and engage
with people from all nationalities, everyone
is invited to participate and/or observe. All
genres and styles are welcome. Everyone has
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COMEDY
Stand Up Comedy Nights
Organised by Emma Pyne
July 12th at 7.30pm
August 3rd at 8pm
IMG: Becoming Cherrie {Still}: Dir: Nicky Larkin
CIACLA presents two nights of comedy
featuring the very best in Irish and American
standup comedy.
Join Emma Pyne, Francis Cronin, Laurie
Kilmartin, Jen Murphy, Mark Hayes and a host
of special guests for two nights of guaranteed
craic and belly laughs straight outta Ireland.
Check out www.ciacla.com for the line up
for each night!
FILM
Irish Screen America Film Event Short Film Screenings
July 6th at 6pm July 27th - August 24th
Discussion, Networking & Screenings
As part of our goal to promote Irish film, CIACLA
A celebration of Irish Film and Filmmakers.
are delighted to present a series of short film
Organized by Rachel Rath of Irish Screen
screenings featuring work by emerging and
America. Irish Screen America supports and
established Irish filmmakers. The Irish film
guides Irish media-makers by showcasing their
industry is currently enjoying a surge in output
work and fostering partnerships in the two largest
and success, with many Irish films gaining
cities for the entertainment industry in the United
international recognition and winning major
States – New York and Los Angeles.
awards. This short film series will highlight a
selection of contemporary short films with a
The organization holds screenings, industry
revolving program of free daily screenings.
panels, discussions and master classes throughout
the year.
Please check out our website for a rundown of
films and showtimes, or just pop in and take a
www.irishscreenamerica.com
chance on catching something special.
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THEATRE
Lords of Strut
Champions of Dance
July 12th at 9pm
Experimental Theatre
Irelands favorite spandex wearing brothers and
comic dancing divas have one mission...
“To Change The World with DANCE!”... from these
self described “Absolute Legends” comes a mythical
memoir of how they came to be.
A PopOpera of daring, disappointments and
delusions... a family feud finds the brothers in a
secretive yet epic battle for the soul of the world!
The clothes are too tight, the dreams are too big
and there might not be enough room in this double
act for the two of them! Yes there will be dance -
Yes there will be drama - Yes there will be keytar!
Lords of Strut have been ripping it up across the
Irish and international festival scene since they first
squeezed themselves into spandex. Their unique
brand of comedy acrobatics and what the hell
are they doing has been delighting and confusing
audiences in more than 25 countries for 10 years!
Cian Kinsella and Cormac Mohally perform and
created the legend that is... LORDS OF STRUT.
“TRULY SUBVERSIVE”
New York Times
“OFFENSIVE, FANTASTIC, AND ABSURDLY BRILLIANT”
Broadway Baby
“I THINK I GET IT NOW... STUPIDLY FUNNY”
Simon Cowell
www.lordsofstrut.com
IMG: Lords of Strutp. 26 p. 27
DANCE
IMG: Luke Murphy
LUKE MURPHY
Carnivore
July 17th at 7.30pm
Contemporary Dance
Using the research of The Renaissance Skin
Project (Kings College London) as a jumping off
point, Carnivore examines what touch, contact,
and physical identity mean in a rapidly changing
world. With the revolution of the printing press
standing in close parallel to the development of
a digital age we are once again at a moment
where notions of beauty, identity, communication,
intimacy, worth and self are rapidly evolving,
changing, eroding and redefining themselves.
Texture and form are once again challenged as
the architectural nature of Alex Pentek’s large
foldable forms conflict with the unharnessed
physicality of the performers in space. Through a
series of physical vignettes in dialogue with these
evolving sculptural elements, Carnivore will zoom
in and out on the sensation of touch and the
lifespan of the readable body in a visceral and
evocative audience experience.
Originally from Cork City, Luke Murphy is a
performer, choreographer and a Dance Ireland
Associate Artist based between Cork, New York
and Brussels. Luke has danced with Ultima
Vez from 2014-2018 touring internationally
in productions of In Spite of Wishing and
Wanting, Booty Looting and Spiritual Unity and
Punchdrunk since 2009, performing leading
roles in the original casts of Sleep No More in
Shanghai (‘16-‘18), New York City (’11-‘15) as well
as productions of The Drowned Man in London
and Sleep No More in Boston. In addition he has
danced in the companies of Martha Clarke, Kate
Weare and Pavel Zustiak and in projects with
Ben Duke, John Kelly, John Scott, Luca Silvestrini,
Jonah Bokaer and Bill T Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance
Company.
www.atticprojects.comIMG: MASER | Olympus Playground, Germany
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VISUAL ART
MASER
Mirror Door
Opens July 27th at 6pm
Runs to August 24th
Visual Arts Exhibition
For this exhibition Maser will transform the main
exhibition space into a fully immersive hand-
crafted installation. Taking inspiration from
one of the great natural beauties of Ireland
– Glendalough Valley in County Wicklow. The
installation will reinvent the valley’s expansive
landscape for visitors to the gallery.
On a daily basis in Ireland, hundreds of locals
and tourists travel to Glendalough to marvel at
its rugged landscape and to trek its journey. It is
a place of rural beauty and a place that deeply
resonates with the artist.
Through Maser’s signature use of vibrant
colours, flowing patterns and playful shapes,
the installation at CIACLA will pay homage to
the valley’s breathtaking views, and will play on
the idea of differing perspectives and organised
view-points. The artist will construct a platform
in the centre of gallery for visitors to stand upon
and become fully immersed in the abstracted
landscape.
Maser truly embodies the centric spirit of
contemporary visual art in Ireland today. Maser
is internationally recognized for his expansive
repertoire of contemporary visual art, which
includes works on canvas, sculptures, prints,
immersive installations, interactive exhibitions
and exquisite large-scale murals. His unique,
artistic style draws upon numerous influences
including optical art and mid-century art, and
is regularly complemented with bold colors,
patterns and text. Maser is ambitious and is
unafraid to experiment with any artistic format.
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THEATRE
InHouse Theatre Company
Port Authority
By Conor McPherson
Runs August 6th - 10th at 7.30pm
Live Theatre
Featuring:
Rob Welsh, Alan Smyth and Tim Redmond
Co Directors:
Alan Smyth & Caroline Morahan
Producer: Caroline Morahan
InHouse Theatre Company presents Conor
McPherson’s compelling tale of love, loss,
regret and decisions made…or not made.
Three interconnected lives: Kevin, a young
man leaving home for the first time;
Dermot, a middle aged father who, against
all odds or discernible qualifications, lands
the job of a lifetime; and Joe, a pensioner,
who receives a mysterious package,
reigniting a lifelong grief. Hilarious and
tragic, often sobering, the three men
grapple with personal consequence and
the haunting comfort of their dreams.
Woven with invisible thread, Port Authority
is Irish storytelling at its riveting best.
InHouse Theatre Company is live theatre
at its most distilled. This group of LA based
artists creates site-specific productions
that confront audiences with the realism
of film in a totally immersive setting.
Performing in historical houses, lobbies,
offices, bars & restaurants – the result is a
theatrical experience of such immediacy
that entertainment becomes clandestine
observation.
www.inhousetheatre.com
IMG: Alan Smyth, Tim Redmond, Rob Welshp. 32 p. 33
MUSIC & GAMING
EIMEAR NOONE
August 17th at 7.30pm
Contemporary Music & Gaming Event
Media composer and conductor, Eímear Noone
will take us through what’s new and upcoming
in the Irish Video Game industry, whilst sharing
her own experience in the global world of video
games and interactive art – from traditional
console games to Massively Multiplayer Online
games, 3D, VR and holograms! With live string
quartet arrangements of some of our favorite
game themes and an exposition of “Gaming in
Symphony”, her film with the Danish National
Symphony Orchestra, Noone presents an
entertaining and enlightening look at the
artistic possibilities within this global social
juggernaut.
Eímear Noone is a California based award-
winning Irish composer and conductor. She has
composed extensively for film and videogame.
She is responsible for some of the most
enduring soundscapes on World of Warcraft
and other best-selling videogames.
She has conducted orchestras such as the
Royal Philharmonic, Pittsburg Symphony and
The Philadelphia orchestras and has worked
on scores for directors such as Gus Van
Sant and Joe Dante, orchestrating for Oscar
nominee Javier Navarrette (composer of Pan’s
Labyrinth) creating haunting music for thrillers
Image courtesy of Isabel Thomas
Mirrors and The Hole.
Eímear founded a major European game music
festival in Ireland and is an advocate for and
mentor to creative women in tech and music.
Eímear also consults on Amazon’s Mozart in
the Jungle as coach to female lead, Lola Kirke.
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LOCAL
Artist in Residence
PROGRAMMING
July 29th - August 4th
Paula Stokes Artist Studio / Workspace
Glass
On Display: June-August As part of CIACLA’s outreach program we
will host a local artist to produce new work at
Paula Stokes attended NCAD Dublin, the center.
International Glass Center in Brierly Hill,
England and University of Washington Through the free artist studio, they will
where she was awarded the Milnora Roberts have access to the center’s equipment and
Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Paula is facilities. We will promote their activities
a cofounder of METHOD Gallery, and manages through our social media and provide them
Dale Chihuly’s glassblowing studio in Seattle. the space to meet with visiting and local
Her work is in private and public collections curators.
including the permanent collection of the
IMG: Thinh Nguyen
National Museum of Ireland. Most recently her CIACLA continues to build relationships with
work as been included in the Irish Embassy local artists and aims to be a center for the
Collections in Beijing & Brussels. promotion, creation and facilitation of the
contemporary arts.
www.paulastokes.com
IMG: Paula Stokes
Thinh Nguyen
Visual Art
June 15th - July 5th
“My work emerges from the realization that
western art history is not my history, my
assigned gender is not my identity, and my
identity is not the product of my cultural
values.
Through these revelations I enact my own
personal and cultural revolution dismantling
the overlapping inequity of cultural values
based on gender, sexuality, race, class,
religion, and the body politics - all explored as
malleable and hybrid constructs of identity.
The works are the result of my constant need
to negotiate and weave together the contested
space between cultures to find the threads
that connect us all.” - Thinh Nguyen
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CIACLA TEAM SUPPORT US
This summer program showcases the need
for CIACLA in Los Angeles.
CIACLA is led by strong team of creatives dedicated to promoting
Irish Arts & Culture. LOOKING TO To ensure our success we’re calling on all our
supporters and partners to come together
THE FUTURE...
and help us to sow the seeds for our future.
We have worked hard at pulling together
communities, creatives, artists and networks,
but we need your support to allow our center
Join our membership: to build on our successes and establish a
www.ciacla.com/support lasting future.
What can you do to help?
- Attend our Events
Matthew Nevin Ciara Scanlan Jenny Minniti-Shippey - Join our Membership
Executive Director Director of Programming Director of Development
matthew@ciacla.com ciara@ciacla.com jenny@ciacla.com - Spread the word about our activities
- Help us build a center that you want & need!
Supported by:
Jenn McGuirk Sinead Finnerty-Pyne Katherine Nolan
Events Manager Community Outreach Officer Performance Curator
jenn@ciacla.com sinead@ciacla.com katherine@ciacla.com THANK YOU!
- The Wonderful CIACLA Team, Partners, Members, Advisors & Artists
- Christine Sisk and all in Culture Ireland
- Everyone in Department of Foreign Affairs Emigrant Support Programme
- Robert O’Driscoll, Consul General of Ireland - Western United States
- The MART Gallery & Studios Team
- Shannon Daut & all in Santa Monica Cultural Affairs & Arts Commission
- Jan & Anu & All at 18th Street Arts Center
- All at Literature Ireland, Irish Screen America, Screen Ireland,
Dance Ireland, Irish Theatre Institute,
Bernard O’Rourke Edward Sheehy Deirdre Morrissey Design & Crafts Council Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland.
Marketing Manager Financial Bookkeeper Membership Coordinator - Stacy McPeak, Amy Monson & all in Worthe Group and to all the lovely
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PROGRAM PARTNERS LOCAL PARTNERS
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