Category: Art

Summer Filmmaking Camp for Teens taking place in Macroom

Join in the filmmaking fun with a week-long #Macroom filmmaking camp this summer! 📽️ Cork Young Filmmakers’ popular Summer Filmmaking Workshops for 14 – 18 year olds will take place from July 17 – 21 🔗
Applications are now open: https://firstcutfilmfestival.com/sfw23
These hands-on camps are made possible with support from Cork County Council , SECAD Partnership CLG – SECAD, Cork Education and Training Board , CreativeIrl and Cork Film Centre and cost just €75 per young person for the full week. Each workshop will cover scriptwriting, camera work, lighting, directing, and an introduction to editing.
At the end of the workshop, each participant will have experience with every role on the team and together will have produced a short film as a film crew.
Places fill quickly so please apply early!
Follow Cork Young Film Makers on Facebook 

Line Dancing Classes in Aubane Community Centre starting Wednesday Evening March 29th from 7 to 9pm

DANCING WITH DAN

Line Dancing Lessons at Aubane Community Centre from Wednesday Evening March 29th from 7pm to 9pm

Everybody very Welcome 

Admission €7 Per Night.

Enquiries on 087 9891771

Line Dancing Classes at Aubane Community Centre from Wednesday Evening March 8th

DANCING WITH DAN

Line Dancing Lessons at Aubane Community Centre from Wednesday Evening March 8th from 7pm to 9pm

Everybody very Welcome 

Admission €7 Per Night.

Personalised handmade gifts for the one you love

*Personalised handmade gifts for the one you love*

Ok so I’m taking the plunge…
After the amazing feedback from the last few months I’ve decided to put some of my work out in the public domain…here goes..
Original hand made Clay and painted pictures for sale * commissions taken * personalised for your family and friends.
Etsy shop in
the pipeline.  Here are some examples of my work.. 🖌️

Contact – 087 6777090.

Email is <email>

 

Follow Maura on Instagram for more of her Art and Work

Arts & Crafts Showcase

Millstreet Day Centre will be having a Arts & Crafts Showcase

in the Centre

on Sunday 4th December @ 12.15pm – 2.00pm.

Pop along for a festive coffee & mince pie & see what the clients of the Day Centre have been busy creating over the past few months.

There will be some items available to purchase on the day also!

Any proceeds made/donations will go directly to Millstreet Day Centre.

All welcome to attend!

Arts & Crafts Showcase

Millstreet Day Centre will be having a Arts & Crafts Showcase in the Centre

on Sunday 4th December @ 12.15pm – 2.00pm.

Pop along for a festive coffee & mince pie & see what the clients of the Day Centre have been busy creating over the past few months.

There will be some items available to purchase on the day also!

Any proceeds made/donations will go directly to Millstreet Day Centre.

All welcome to attend!

Last Dance on Mushera Mountain for 2022 happening this Sunday August 7th

The Last Dance for 2022 on Mushera Platform is happening this Sunday August 7th between 3pm and 5.30pm.

Music by Tim Joe and Ann,All very Welcome.

No Cover Charge.

Enquiries on 086 0647381

Millstreet Day Centre is looking for ARTISTS/PAINTERS

Millstreet Day Centre is looking for ARTISTS/PAINTERS to come volunteer at the Day Centre. We have great interest from our clients & residents to try their hand at painting & we are looking for someone to lead the cause! Many people think that art practices like painting and drawing are just hobbies but research shows that art therapy can be a valuable approach for improving an older person’s physical and mental health. Starting a hobby such as painting has many benefits such as improved cognitive function & mood, enhanced motor skills, increased social interaction & improved memory.

If you have an hour to spare Mon to Thurs at 11.00am or 2.00pm – any type of art or painting would be hugely welcomed!! If you have the time or know someone that does please get in touch with the Centre on (029) 70926 or <email>

Shelagh-Jessica Gilbourne Art Exhibition “True Beauty”

Shelagh-Jessica Gilbourne Art Exhibition
“True Beauty”
My name is Shelagh-Jessica Gilbourne and I hail from Millstreet, Co. Cork. I
am a young aspiring artist who has received many accolades for my art
over the years.
I began drawing and painting from the moment I could hold a pencil in my
hand.
I have a deep interest in art which is influenced by nature, people and the
world around me. I am hopeful that through my paintings, I am able to
express and share my feelings about nature’s beauty which is all around us.
“Painting brings me peace and offers me a place to meditate on the beauty
in the world and the grace I feel while living it. My highest goal is to convey
the same peace and belonging to my collectors offering a moment or pause
and a feeling of deep belonging.”
Different mediums allow me to express different ideas. I used acrylic and oil
paints.
My vision is to become a well known and acclaimed artist one day.
If you would like to see my paintings, I am currently exhibiting in Macroom
library for the month of April.
This is one of hopefully many other exhibitions where I will continue to
display my art.

[read more …] “Shelagh-Jessica Gilbourne Art Exhibition “True Beauty””

Recent Millstreet Vintage Club Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run a Great Success

Millstreet Vintage Club recently held there Annual Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run with over 50 Cars making the Trip to Millstreet on Sunday March 13th for a Scenic Drive that took the Cars through a very Wonderful Route taking in some beautiful Roads in the Duhallow and Muskerry Region with the Cars transvering over the likes of Mullaghanish,Ballagh and the Mouth of the Glen with a Lunch Halt taken in at the Highest Pub in Ireland The Top of Coom,the Club thanks each and everyone for making the Trip to Millstreet in sometimes very changeable weather conditions,and also wish to thank all the People that helped out on the day to make the Event a massive success,to the Marshalls,Bike Marshalls,Registration/Sign On,Route Layout/Arrowing Crew etc many many thanks for all your help,also the Club wish to thank Millstreet Pipe Band,An Garda Siochana,Wallis Arms Hotel,The Top of Coom Pub for great Food and Hospitality,Photographers and Media People,special thanks also to Sean Radley for the use of his Amplification System and finally many thanks to the Hickey Family and Ann for there support and for donating the Johnny Hickey Memorial Cup to Millstreet Vintage Club with Congratulations going to Dave Hasset in his Cortina who was winner of this most beautiful Cup,we look forward to seeing you all again very soon.

Photos Credit to Tom Corbett and Matthew Twomey

Seasons Greetings from Cork Music Station Radio

Cork Music Station wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful healthy New Year. We would like to thank all our DJ’s who give their time throughout the year to bring all our listeners the best of music and entertainment. We would also like to thank the artists and promoters who send us the material during the year. Also to you all the listeners who have made our station so popular all over the globe,to All of You Enjoy the Festive Season and Most Importantly Stay Safe 

Listen online at http://www.corkmusicstation.com

CD COVER CLOSING DATE IS IN 2 DAYS TIME

Calling all Millstreet Primary School student artists! 👨‍🎨🎨🎵CLOSING DATE is in 2 days time.
The Millstreet Primary School Parents Association are looking for help to design the front and back cover for a CD featuring songs by local people. The collection has yet to be named and suggestions are welcomed.
As proceeds from the sale of this CD have been kindly offered to the two Millstreet Primary Schools, we thought it would be fun if a pupil or group of pupils designed the cover.
◦ You will need to design the front and back using the blank template provided.
◦ Include the following text on the front cover: “Proceeds towards Scoil Mhuire BNS and Presentation National School Millstreet”.
◦ There are no rules for the theme – inspiration can be taken from anywhere – local places, people, nature, school, your imagination….
◦ Once design is finalised the details of the track titles and artists will be added on the back of the album cover.
◦ The winning design will get a credit on the CD and also be used for marketing material and social media platforms.
◦ We need you to submit your entry via a photograph of your design by Friday 24th September to  millstreetparentsassoc @ gmail.com (no spaces)
◦ Please keep your original safe in case we need to access it for printing.

Hope you have fun and we look forward to seeing your designs!

Please use the template attached here:
If you don’t have a printer then the sizes needed can be found on the Millstreet Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Millstreet-Primary-Schools-Parents-Association-104178005023702

What we Love – Art Exhibition

Herlihy’s Centra in the West End, and the Millstreet Primary Schools Parents Assn would like to thank the children from the Primary Schools for their Art work.  There is plenty of room for more Art, so its not too late to hand it in and it is definitely worth a visit as the pictures below don’t do the art justice.

Also the Parents Assn would like to remind everyone that the Go Fund Me page is still going and thank everyone who has given money so far.

Herlihy Centra – Art Exhibition

Millstreet Primary Schools’ Parents’ Association have been asked by Herlihy Centra Millstreet, to invite the children from the Presentation N.S. and Scoil Mhuire B.N.S. to send in their Art in the form of a A4 painting/colouring picture in the theme of ‘What we love’ with the view of displaying it in the shop and in the windows.

Herlihy’s Centra have been very impressed with the art work that has been displayed in town over the years and would love to exhibit the Primary Schools art, the exhibition ‘What we love’ will open very soon, so please start getting the pictures into Herlihy Centra in the West End ASAP.

For more information go to the Millstreet Primary Schools Parents Assn Facebook page.

Virtual St Patrick’s Day Parade from 12 Noon

Millstreet Parents Association would like to wish everyone a Happy St Patrick’s Day.

Thank you so much to the Primary School’s children, they have shared their wonderful talents and good wishes with us, for our Virtual St Patrick’s Day Parade 2021.  The parade will premiere on Zoom at noon, then it will be posted on the Parents Association Facebook page to view and share to friends and family around the world.
If you would like to join our premiere screening of the  Virtual Parade,  please join the Zoom Link below @ 12 noon.
Meeting ID: 868 3368 5255
Passcode: 113069

What does St Patrick’s Day mean to you?

What does St Patrick’s Day mean to you?  Millstreet Parents Assn has asked the Primary School children that very question.

To some of us it can mean going to St Patrick’s Church for mass, meeting friends and listening to the wonderful music.  It maybe visiting family and going to the St Patrick’s Day Parade.

This year, sadly, we wont be able to do any Parades or go to Mass together, so instead of a Parade etc this year The Millstreet Parents Assn has invited the children from the Presentation N.S. and Scoil Mhuire B.N.S. to send in maybe a Photograph or Video of up to 20 seconds of who they want to wish Happy St Patrick’s day to (maybe someone out of the area or abroad they haven’t seen in a long time, or a relation they miss), perhaps play some music, or even have their own mini parade, even if they want to do a picture or Art, a poem, but the idea is for the children to say what St Patrick’s Day means to them.

The Parents Assn need all Photo’s/video’s and art pieces sent in by Friday 12th March 7pm and they will put them together for viewing in our own Primary Schools St Patrick’s virtual Parade on the 17th March.  By sending it in, it is accepted consent has been given to show the clips/art on the Facebook page of The Millstreet Parents Assn and other social media platforms, this way any wishes you want sending to people will be able to seen.

But this will only work if the children take part, so let prove that St Patrick’s Day is still special to everyone.

Email:  

https://www.facebook.com/104178005023702/photos/a.109623484479154/114628150645354/

Millstreet Parents Association Pancake Competition

Millstreet Parents Association would like to thank all the talented children who sent in entries from both the Presentation N.S. and Scoil Mhuire B.N.S.  The children sent in a lot of fantastic pictures of how they like to have their Pancakes, lots of wonderful designs and colours, I am told it made the decision of who the winner was such a hard job.  Here are the pictures, some great talent here I think you’ll agree.

Also if you would like to follow the Millstreet Parents Association on Facebook the link is https://www.facebook.com/Millstreet-Parents-Association-104178005023702

AND THE PANCAKE BAKE OFF WINNER IS….
Michaela Dennehy, Age 8
2nd Class Presentation N.S.
Congratulations.

Children’s Art to be displayed on the Boole Library

An exhibition of drawings that presents the creativity of young asylum seekers, refugees and migrants will be launched at University College Cork on Thursday February 18th.
‘Art in Action’ will see the artworks of children from the Drishane Castle Direct Provision Centre in Cork be installed on the exterior of UCC’s historic Boole Library, in a powerful collaboration with the Glucksman Art Gallery. [Read more about the exhibition in today’s Echo]

 

Millstreet Parent Assn Competition Winners

Millstreet Parents Association sadly couldn’t put on the annual ‘Halloween Disco’ this year, so recently over half term they held a Netflix party where children from the Presentation N.S. & Scoil Mhuire Boy’s N.S. watched a film together from the safety of their own homes, also they held a couple of competition’s, firstly a colouring competition and then a fancy dress competition.  Below are some of the winners.  Thank you to everyone who entered, it was really hard picking the winners and we wish we could have shared all the entries as they were wonderful and scary.  Also thank you to both schools and everyone who helped.

Delia adds her Pottery Studio to Castleisland’s Main Street at No. 94

 

 

It’s unlikely that Castleisland has ever had a serious potter of its own.

One who made pots and plates and jugs and mugs for the people of the locality.

The nearest we’ve ever had were ‘earthenware merchants’ Thomas Kearney and John Riordan both on Main Street in the late 1880s.

They may well have been potters themselves but they were, most likely, merchants for the merchandise of others.

What’s in a name ? Potters are often referred to nowadays as ceramicists and a practitioner of that class of craft and talent launched her own studio / shop at No. 94 Main Street, Castleisland on Monday morning, August 10th 2020 at 10am.

After her first week of trading in the new shop, Delia is delighted with the warmth of the welcome she got from fellow and neighbouring business people in the town.

She’s also taken aback with the level of business she’s been doing in terms of straight sales from stock and from orders received during the week.

[read more …] “Delia adds her Pottery Studio to Castleisland’s Main Street at No. 94”

By the Way 2 – Officially Launched

Congratulations to Ann Lane of Ballinatona whose new photographic book on public art in Ireland By the Way 2 was launched yesterday by John Sheehan of the Dubliners, at the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin. Also in attendance were the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, his wife Sabina, and a host of well known faces from politics, friends from her 28 years as personal secretary of past President Mary Robinson. An excellent gift for all!

By the Way 2 is available to purchase from Wordwell Books.

[read more …] “By the Way 2 – Officially Launched”