"Outrider
Artists" at the Merriman Summer School 2012
Curated by Maria Kerin in response to the theme of this years' Merriman Summer School:
Thriving at the Crossroads: Rural Ireland in a Globalised World.
Artists Fiona O'Dwyer and Fiona Woods exhibited drawings, photo-works, prints, sculpture and video in
the Town Hall Pavillion, Lisdoonvarna, as part of "Outrider
Artists.
The exhibition was open to the public at lunch times, from the 16th to19th August, 2012, during the Merriman Summer School.
Fiona O'Dwyer, Fiona Woods and Maria Kerin are part of a loose
association called Outrider Artists of which there are seven in total, all
living and working in North Clare. (Fiona Woods, Judy O'Sullivan, Fiona
O'Dwyer, Maria Kerin, Sarah Fuller, Maeve Collins and Jackie Askew).
Since 2009, Outrider Artists have been interested in developing
friendship as praxis, theory and practice that has evolved from being located
in a rural locality for over twenty years. These Outrider artists have a legacy
of founding artist-led initiatives in North Clare over this time: The
Courthouse Studios, Ennistymon, Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour, Trading Spaces,
Ennistymon, Ground Up, Ground Up Collective.
Furthermore, the geographical position on the rural west coast of
Ireland has helped shape, inform and offer alternative working methods and
inspired them to create a new model of working together, to engage
trans-locally, through friendship, in the form of Episodes.
This year alone they have hosted artists from Kildare, London and Tallinn, Estonia. Outrider artists have made art in Estonia and Lithuania with more exhibitions and performances taking place in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia, 2013.
Their website outriderpress.wix.com/outriders outlines these Episodes of which there are 21 since 2009. They are grateful for part-funding support received from the Clare Arts Office.
"We place a value on meeting, pooling resources and on peer
support. We are interested in forging trans-local links and exchanges through
research, discussions, visits, projects, exhibitions and meals." Outrider
Artists
Curated by Maria Kerin in response to the theme of this years' Merriman Summer School:
The exhibition was open to the public at lunch times, from the 16th to19th August, 2012, during the Merriman Summer School.
This is their response to Rural Ireland in a Globalised World: friendship, hospitality and generosity, an art praxis developed through dialogue and goodwill that can engage trans-locally.
This year alone they have hosted artists from Kildare, London and Tallinn, Estonia. Outrider artists have made art in Estonia and Lithuania with more exhibitions and performances taking place in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia, 2013.
Their website outriderpress.wix.com/outriders outlines these Episodes of which there are 21 since 2009. They are grateful for part-funding support received from the Clare Arts Office.
