Kilkenny Photographic Society - Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Our next Club events are:

25th June

Instead of the normal shoot there will be an outdoor shoot in Kells. Meet in the Super Valu car park at 7pm or Kells at 7:30.

5th July

The "First Sunday of the Month" shoot will take place at Kilfane. Meeting point will be advised closed to the date.

9th July

Normal meeting venue, competition night on the theme of Kilkenny County. There will also be a talk by John Duffy.

23rd July

Regular meeting with a talk by Larry Wemyss on why he takes photos and creates other types of art.

6th August

Preperation for the Arts Week exhibitions.

Arts Week 2009

As mentioned at a recent meeting we have two exhibitions on at Arts week this year, one in McDonagh Junction and one in the Castle. In addition the one in McDonagh junction comes in two parts, a display of prints and a slide show. This details what is required for each one and who to give your pictures to.

McDonagh Junction:

Each paid up member can submit pictures to both the slide show and the prints section.

Slide Show:

Up to 10 photos on CD. Jpeg format, least compression (best quality), size 1024 x 768 by 9^th July.
Name the files with your name, eg Joe_Bloggs_01.jpg.

Prints:

Each member can submit 2 white mounted prints – 16” x 20” maximum including mount.
Titles to be submitted by: 23^rd July
Prints to be submitted by 6^th August

Contact Dave Barrie by email or at 087 929 4072

Kilkenny Castle:

“Aspects of Co. Kilkenny – An exhibition of work from Kilkenny Photographic Society incorporating scenes and sights from the eyes of our members, through the lens of a camera”.

Prints:

Prints only to be submitted by: 23^rd July (we will get them foam mounted)
Probably only 1 – 2 per person as space is limited to one side of a corridor, but a corridor with a busy thoroughfare! : Bring in your best from recent internal competitions of Kilkenny City & County.
Size: (probably minimum 8x10 and maximum 12 x 16) – to be confirmed

Invigilators will be required for the duration of Arts Week so if there are any teenagers who would like a job for that week, please get in touch with Krissi by email or at 086 310 9694

Current member events are:

Baltimore, West Cork. June, July and August

Aedan Coffey has an exhibition in the Lifeboat Cafe in Baltimore (near Skibbereen) . Open seven days a week from 10:00 to 17:30. More details at http://www.toorane.com.