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Monday, 23rd January, 2012 / Posted by: Joanne

Coal Story: The Making of

With another exhibition, comes another video! This short video shows the work and processes involved in our Propeller 2011 winner's first solo exhibition. It reveals the journey of Derek Fortas's Coal Story, from concept right through to the opening night and everything in between including printing, mounting and hanging of the exhibition.

We are also proud to say that it was featured on an Indian online journal... publicity is publicity! So enjoy and to all you potential Propeller 2012 entries, this could be your work next year!

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Thursday, 19th January, 2012 / Posted by: Joanne

Le Cool Reviews Coal Story

Dublin's online arts and cultural event magazine, Le Cool, were in with us during the week to review The Copper House Gallery's newest exhibition, Coal Story by Darek Fortas.

In Le Cool's review, featured online today, their praises are high and it's obvious the exhibition has made a lasting impression. Describing one particular image, they capture the sombre mood and essence of the exhibition. "This purely functional space takes on a haunting weight that's evocative of the years of struggle these men underwent in the Communist era."

Darek was Fire's 2011 Propller winner and his show will run in The Copper House Gallery until February 3rd. So come on down to see the exhibition for yourself! Follow us on facebook and twitter for regular updates and for more info on Propeller 2012!! 

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Wednesday, 4th January, 2012 / Posted by: Joanne

Coal Story

One week from today our 2011 Propeller winner, Darek Fortas, will see his first solo exhibition open in The Copper House Gallery. As part of the competition prize, Darek recently began his 8 week residency with us in Fire to prepare for his exhibition, Coal Story.

Coal Story is an extensive photographic engagement with the two largest coal mining companies in the E.U, located in the most industrialised part of Poland, Silesia. The project allows an insight into the social and political capacity of the miners in the aftermath of the Solidarity movement. 

The exhibition will be opened by Anthony Haughey next Wednesday 11th at 6pm in The Copper House Gallery. The 2012 Fire Propeller Competition will also be launched on the night. So if you are considering entering, come and see our 2011 winner's exhibition for yourself. Everyone is welcome!

For further enquiries contact us through .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or follow us on facebook and twitter to keep up to date. Hope to see you all there! 

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Tuesday, 3rd January, 2012 / Posted by: Joanne

New Year - new initiatives, new exhibitions & new competitions…

The New Year is upon us and with it the sombre reality of coming down from the fabulous sugar highs of over indulging at Christmas.

We're especially delighted to ring in this new year as it brings lots of energy with new exhibitions, exciting new initiatives and our Propeller 2012 competition. This year will see The Copper House Gallery host exhibitions by Sean Hillen, Steve Simpson, Kevin McSherry, Una Gildea and our 2011 Propeller winner, Darek Fortas. His first solo exhibition, Coal Story , opens next Wednesday 11th (more details to follow!)

We will also be launching  Propeller 2012 on the evening of Wednesday 11th and will be hosting details here from then on! Later, in the spring, we will announce details of our new competition for Photographers and Fine Artists working through photography. This competition will have a prize fund of €25,000 and will take place in the autumn with a fantastic exhibition for the ten finalists.

We're determined to provide even more resources for our college students and hope that we'll receive lots of exciting proposals for events and exhibitions from all years. The college graduate shows are only a few months away so please let us know if you want any help or advice. We'll be holding a workshop soon on designing, planning, printing and installing end of year and graduate shows and hope to see you then.

So keep up to date with all the new happenings here at Fire by following us on facebook and twitter. Wishing you all lots of fun, excitement and happiness for the new year! 

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Thursday, 4th August, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Propeller & Other Exciting News

Propeller opening night was two weeks ago now, doesn't time fly.  Our winner for 2011 should you not  know is Darek Fortas(DIT).  Darek will be joining us here in fire this January to begin his residency, we can't wait! If you want to see pictures from the event and more of the five finalist work you can see everything on our flickr account, mark us as a contact and share your images with us.

We also announced on the night that starting this autumn Fire will launch a major new art fund of €150,000 in sponsorship of the creative arts in Ireland. It will be distributed through six competitions with €75,000 designated to the support of final year students as emerging artists. Follow us on twitter and facebook to keep up to date and check us out on flickr .

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Wednesday, 20th July, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Propeller Opens Tonight in Fire!

Propeller opens in fire this evening from 6pm. The exhibition will feature works from this years five Propeller finalists. All are welcome!

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Tuesday, 19th July, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Propeller Opening Party Tomorrow!

The official opening of fire's Propeller exhibition is tomorrow evening in fire's new Copper House Gallery from 6pm. Leszek Wolnik will be master of ceremonies with the exhibition featuring works from this years five Propeller finalists. Propeller will be an annual competition open to all final year students of the Visual Arts. So if your thinking of entering next year come along, see what it's all about! You can follow fire on facebook and twitter, keep up to date with all the latest news.

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Wednesday, 13th July, 2011 / Posted by: Catriona

Propeller Opening Party

Mark Wednesday the 20th of July into your diary because it's the official opening party for our Propeller exhibition!  This will be a group show of work by the five finalists of our annual competition for final year students of the visual arts. The party kicks off at 6pm with the awards presentation  at 7pm. 

All are welcome to help celebrate the first show of what will be an annual event. Follow us on our blog, twitter and attend the Propeller facebook event. 

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