It’s that time again when everyone looks back and looks forward. No one would disagree that, in keeping with all Dubliners, it’s been a very challenging year for The Arts. Positive initiatives are also blossoming though not least in the amount of new collaborations partnerships and generosity that have developed and I know will bear fruit in 2013.

The title “Ett Hem” which translates to “A Home” refers to the title of a book released by Carl Larsson in 1899 in which illustrations of their home and family life were published and distributed internationally. The bold decoration; the innovative use of colour, the modern furniture and textile design created by the couple became the model for Swedish domestic design.

16th November 2012 - 5 January 2013.
The LAB / Foley Street/ Dublin 1. 
This exhibition is accompanied by a text by Dr. Lisa Godson.

*Remember to collect your FREE geranium on the final day of Veronica Forsgren’s Ett Hem exhibition on Saturday 5^th January 2013!

Monday 24^th December – 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 25^th December – Closed
Wednesday 26^th December – Closed
Thursday 27^th – Saturday 29^th December – 10am – 5pm
Sunday 30^th December – Closed
Monday 31^st December – 10am – 5pm
Tuesday 1^st January – Closed

Some songs are sung slower by Mick Wilson

11^th January  – 9^th March  2013
Preview 10^th January 6-8pm

T: 01 222 5455
E: artsoffice@dublincity.ie
W: www.thelab.ie

Has your experience of the city changes since you had a baby? Has your route through the city changed? Do you have interactions with other people because of your child and your buggy?

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Naoise Ó Mhurí, artist Alan Phelan and children from fourth, fifth and sixth class at St Francis of Assisi National School in Belmayne gathered on a freezing morning in Fr Collins Park in early December for the official naming of Phelan’s ‘Inverted Oil Rig’ sculpture.

Susannah Clapp, Theatre Critic of the Observer newspaper, has selected Anu Production’s Boys of Foley Street as one of her top ten theatre productions in 2012. 

BOFS has also been nominated for the entertainment.ie ERIC award for Best Theatrical Production of the year.  AIt's an online voting system (basically it's a popularity contest where you can vote up to ten times per day) but it's nice to be nominated and we are currently in the lead (by a very short margin so appreciate any votes): http://entertainment.ie/pages/theerics/?utm_source=entertainment.ie&utm_medium=navmenu&utm_campaign=fullmenu

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I’m from Dublin and recently came back to the arts after living in London for some years and taking a detour into media, where I worked as a journalist, researcher and producer in print media, the web, radio and TV.

What are your qualifications?
Aside from my early art college years I have a diploma in journalism and a Masters in Cultural Policy and Arts Management......

FOH Space is an opportunity for students, recent graduates and emerging artists to exhibit new and original work in Garter Lane Arts Centres front of house area.FOH space will run alongside and accompany our 2013 exhibition programme in the gallery. It is an exciting chance for experimentation and development in a historic and active space.Selected submissions will have an invaluable opportunity to exhibit their work in the heart of Waterford City in Garter Lane Arts Centres front of house with experimentation, incubation, development and investigation being encouraged in the space. All mediums are welcome.
Click here for full guidelines
http://www.garterlane.ie/event-details.php?id=847

Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work together on contemporary collaborative arts projects.

The scheme is open to artists from any of the following artform disciplines: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts. The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts including arts and health; arts in prisons; arts and older people; arts and cultural diversity.

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival stages its 21^st anniversary event on August 2, 3 & 4 2013. Spraoi’s philosophy is informed by a passion to engage audiences with imaginative work by artists primarily, though not exclusively, in outdoor urban environments.     

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival invites proposals from Irish street artists, companies, and artists from other disciplines for the creation of a new work to be staged at Spraoi and other festivals in 2013.

The First Fortnight festival is proud to announce the line-up for its 2013 programme of mental health-themed arts and cultural events, taking place during the first two weeks of 2013 and centered around Dublin’s cultural hub of Temple Bar.

Following the success of the inaugural First Fortnight festival last January, First Fortnight 2013 is again using live music, spoken-word, theatre, film and visual art to create open discussion and understanding of mental health problems and challenge stigma.

This coming January global film industry leaders including directors David Yates (Harry Potter) and Gareth Edwards (Monsters) will come together in Dublin to ignite the creative industry by focusing on Ireland’s capabilities as a creative and technological leader in innovative film and television production. The Digital Biscuit event will run a series of 20 programmed talks and technology expositions over three days on the 24th -26th of January 2013 in the Science Gallery. The public will also get an opportunity to engage with premiere product launches of latest cameras, tablets, computers and software.

Bigger, brighter and better than ever, NYE Dublin Festival returns to the capital this year with fireworks, street entertainment and a stunning torch lit procession; the festival boasts a programme of events that will ensure you kick off 2013 with a bang. The highlight of the festival is the New Year’s Eve Countdown Concert on College Green. NYE Dublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland.

For more information about the festival, see www.nyedublin.ie

RADE’s exhibition of wood sculpture will be on show in the banquet room of the Smock Alley Theatre from 7^th January 2013 for four weeks.  The exhibition, titled ‘Cutting D8’ is a collection of work from people who either live or work in the D8 area of Dublin.