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By: The Regional Print Centre at Yale Wrexham
Le Cheile is a collaboration between artists from the Regional Print Centre,Wrexham,Wales and the Leinster Printmaking studio,Clane, Co. Kildare.
After initial communication,artist 'twins' or working groups were established and themes of land/language/place/ were decided on as a starting point for the work.
In May 2008 an exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre,Newbridge,Co Kildare aims to show work in progress from this exciting collaboration.
The Regional Print Centre at Yale College in Wrexham is a joint partnership project between Yale College and the Arts Council of Wales. We provide open access printmaking facilities to artists and designers from across Wales and beyond. This project forms part of our unique professional printmaking diploma programme.
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'The Regional Print Centre at Yale Wrexham'. Photo: ac. pic of smart Irish Arts Centre at Newbridge on the banks of the Liffey
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Cyswllt, 'fy milltir sgwar/my square mile', drypoint & mixed media. Photo: ac. collaborative work by the Wales based artists, based on the idea of "my square mile" which, in Welsh, means far more than just the patch you live in
# 2 [23 June 2008]
We have been exploring ideas of the land, language, memory, habitation…Le Cheile means “together” in Irish. One of the Welsh-speaking artists suggested “Cyswllt” as a Welsh title - i.e. “connection”. The project started off with Intereg (cross border) backing, and has been a real intercultural affair. We are Irish, Welsh, English and Australian; we have English as a common language (most of the time!) and some have Welsh or Irish as their first language. Our exhibition in the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, County Kildare showed work in progress and was a chance to reflect on our progress so far and to prepare ourselves for the next stages of the collaboration. We are grateful to n.a.n. for the “go and see” grant which enabled some of us to travel to Ireland to participate in the exhibition, meet up with our twins and join in discussions and networking.
Why don't we go to Ireland more often? Dublin's closer than London (closer than Cardiff too)
AC
# 1 [19 June 2008]
...after a successful exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge ,Ireland "Twinned" printmakers are now collecting their thoughts ...watch this space!