Deadline approaching: PhotoIreland FUTURES Talent Call 2025 open to Irish and, for the first time, also to UK artists

The deadline for the 8th FUTURES Talent Call for artists is fast approaching at 6pm Sunday 15th December 2024.
     The submission to this opportunity organised by PhotoIreland as the Irish member of the FUTURES Photography Platform is open and free to artists based in Ireland and, for the first time, also to those in the UK, as much as those Irish and UK artists practicing abroad. The call is for artists working in photography and its expanded practice at any level, who feel their practice is at a suitable stage to avail of this opportunity.

PhotoIreland at December's Island Photographers Talk

Running 7pm Wed 11 December
At United Arts Club, 3 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, D02 RR50
Book your spot here →

PhotoIreland Director Ángel Luis González joins the December Talk organised by Island Photographers alongside artist Aoife Herrity and curator and art historian Dr. Audrey Whitty. 
     Ángel Luis González will propose to abandon certain stereotypes and misconceptions in order to embrace one's own practice fully, and comment about some opportunities for artists. Aoife Herrity will discuss the role of corporeal writing and embodied texts within their practice and howresidencies have unearthed new avenues in their approach to creative work. Dr. Audrey Whitty will examine the history of the National Library of Ireland and its collecting, current Strategic Plan and future vision. We look forward to seeing you there!

Retrospective Exhibition of the 'Flaneur – New Urban Narratives' EU project coming to Portugal in 2025

Launch 4pm Saturday 14 December 2024
When 14 December 2024 - 22 February 2025
At Torres Vedras Municipal Gallery, Portugal

À Propos du Flâneur is a retrospective exhibition of the Flaneur – New Urban Narratives project, led by Procur.arte, of which PhotoIreland was the Irish partner. The retrospective exhibition features a number of artists from previous editions. Three of the artists included were nominated by PhotoIreland, producing work through a residency exchange programme: Esther Teichmann (DE), Martina Cleary (IE), and Rik Moran (UK), as well as Róisín White (IE) who was selected through an open call process.
     The Flâneur project is founded on a principle of artistic intervention in public space, based on contemporary creation with a focus in photography. The project challenges artists to produce new readings about the territory, taking as a starting point the concept of ̂ and as a context a certain region understood as a social kaleidoscope in constant mutation. The first two editions of the project (2015-2017 and 2021-2022) generated a vast photographic collection with works by 32 artists, a multidimensional portrait of today's Europe.

The Library Project at Kunstverein Aughrim's Winter Preview

Running 11am-3pm Saturday 14 December
Starts At Kunstverein Aughrim, Main Street, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Bookings full. Join the waitlist here →

We are delighted to join Kunstverein Aughrim's Winter Preview with Sarah Browne, selling the latest titles from CAConrad, following their presentation on (Soma)tic Rituals, including the latest Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return.
     The event begins with a warming welcome drink and short guided tactile tour of Sarah Browne’s exhibition Tógaimid ár dteanga le carraigeacha, introduced by curator Kate Strain. Following an introduction to the wider questions driving Browne’s practice, visitors will walk together to a nearby venue, for an in-person presentation on (Soma)tic Rituals by internationally celebrated poet CAConrad.

The Library Project's Gift Guide

Stuck for gift ideas? Check out our personal suggestions for all the creatives in your life, and if these don't strike a cord, contact us directly for advice. Always happy to help!

Opening Hours 11am-6pm Mon-Fri | 12-6pm Sat-Sun
Open until 23rd December
Closed 24-26th December

IRISH TITLES
An annual favourite, Winter Papers, Ireland's annual anthology for the arts, is always on our list!
     Dubliner Colm Pierce's intimate and sensitive work Sheriff Street Dublin 1 spotlights Sheriff Street and its surrounding areas at a time of change.
     For the stocking fillers and Secret Santas, check out our ongoing series TLP Editions. Priced at only €6 the ongoing collection represents a diversity of emerging and some established names and new projects in the form of accessible and inexpensive publications.
     The latest issue of Tolka wears our favourite cover yet! Dublin-based biannual literary journal of stories and writing that falls in between and does not fall into fixed categories.

Browse all Irish Titles here →

DESIGN
Did you already buy them the whole PALETTE series and now you're stuck? Don't worry, we have the full range of new PALETTE Sketchbooks to complete their obsession in red, black, and white!
     Don't be that person each year looking for the last copy of the Brutalist Calendar. Get it while stocks last!
     Interweaving elements that span across graphics, motion, and more, the brand new Dynamic Branding showcases the best examples of graphic systems that skilfully shape shift across mediums
     Better Things: Materials for Sustainable Product Design comprises six chapters devoted to material categories – plastics, textiles, metals, ceramics and glass, wood and paper – and a seventh chapter covering emerging sustainable technologies

Browse all Design titles here →

OF WORK AND PLAY
Fashion lovers of all ages will find endless joy in curating their own sartorial masterpieces with Fashion Play. The book is divided into three sections, allowing you to mix and match fashion outfits in a delightfully playful manner.
     The inspiring Children's Picturebooks features interviews with leading illustrators and publishers from across the world, carrying invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic sector of the publishing world.
     Always popular and always in demand - inspire the creatives in your life to take control with the latest and revised edition of Don't Get a Job ... Make a Job: Inventive career models for next-gen creatives
     Show someone you're truly mutts about them with the most charming GOOD DOGS, presenting a kaleidoscope of artworks and styles, created with love and imagination by artists from every corner of the globe.

Browse all Creative titles here →

WEAR IT
We've expanded our popular OVER Merchandise line just in time for Christmas! OVER Jumpers are back and if that's too hot, grab an OVER T-Shirt instead.
     We have re-stocked on our tote bags for The Library Project and OVER Journal. Just in time for all your shopping demands.
     Remember these heavy hitters? They're back! Now with an extra Stay Critical design in Black and Blue. Get them while limited stocks last and don't miss out like the last time.

Browse all PhotoIreland merch here →

CRITICAL TEXTS

Examining radical histories of crafts we have the full selection of Common Threads Press titles, covering practices from radical histories of quilting, protests and textiles, to embroidery as resistance in Palestine, and all in between.
     Combining articles and conversations on curatorial practices concerning photo-based images, Why Exhibit? Vol. 2, On Curating Photography focuses on practical perspectives intertwining photography and curation
     Talking about Photobooks gives an insight in the history of the photobook medium, its relationship to architecture and artificial intelligence, and the many roles the photobook can play in art and society, in the centre and the periphery.
     Readers can discover groundbreaking female photographers The Women Who Changed Photography and how to incorporate their styles and techniques into their own photography.
     Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood delves into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 150 artworks, from ancient goddess artefacts to contemporary interpretations of pregnancy in the present.
     Africa in Fashion: Luxury, Craft and Textile Heritage explores the kaleidoscope of craft cultures that have shaped African fashion for centuries and captures the intriguing stories of contemporary and avant-garde African brands

Browse all Art and Theory titles here →

Do you know what PhotoIreland does?

PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.

Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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