Centre for Creative Practices
a new arts centre in Dublin

Centre for Creative Practices, 15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin 2, A new arts space in Dublin

15 Pembroke Street Lower
Dublin 2
 
 
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07 - 14.09.10
Exhibition - Illustration at CFCP
Exhibition of works by the workshops participants
This exhibition is a result of "introduction to illustration" workshops run at CFCP.  Presented artists: Barry Ferguson; Klaudia Marcinkowska; Joanne Owens; Sandra Schoene & Noel Simpson.
Jazz Jam Session
CFCP Cinema
emea
Creative Cafe
photobase
Culture Night
UBTF2010

Building on the Teatr Polski season Ulster Dublin Bank Theatre Festival, in partnership with various arts organisation, presents a city-wide celebration of contemporary Polish culture and investigation of the cultural impact of migration.

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2010
present in association with ArtPolonia

Małe Instrumenty & Mariusz Wilczyński

Music for Mariusz Wilczyński's Films

Małe Instrumenty (Small Instruments) are a band exploring new sounds using a wide array of (very) small instruments. The instruments used in their sonic experiments feature an ever expanding array of strange musical inventions, children's toys and anything they can find that makes a sound. In this highly visual multi-media concert, Małe Instrumenty responds to the internationally renowned work of Mariusz Wilczyński, a leading Polish animation filmmaker. Alongside the musical response of Małe Instrumenty to Wilczyński's exisiting work, the concert will include live animation by Wilczyński with an improvised response from Małe Instrumenty.

Venue Liberty Hall
Date Oct 15
Time 8pm
Price €15
   
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To view all of the Lost in Translation series at the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival click here>>

Lost in Translation is presented with the support of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

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Polski Teatr Season
Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2010

A major showcase of contemporary Polish work

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1 Oct - 4 Oct
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9 Oct - 10 Oct
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13 Oct - 16 Oct
Polski Teatr
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To view all of the Polski Teatr season and the Lost in Translation series at the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival click here>>
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News
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Call For Artists
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CFCP would like to invite all artists to submit their projects to be realised in our venue. We are happy to showcase your works and support your ideas. We are especially interested in installations and happenings of all forms which interact with our neighbourhood and the audiences.
For the agreed projects we offer the available space and some support..

Please send your proposal with a short bio to monika@cfcp.ie.
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CFCP Cinema
CFCP CINEMA
Celebration of diversity
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CFCP CINEMA has been set up as a totally open-access initiative - we have no selection process and no censorship.  We show what we're given and let the audience make up their minds.  All we want is to celebrate the diversity of the moving image and share it with our audiences. The lack of pre-selection induces a greater element of chance and a possibility for the utmost variety.

CFCP CINEMA shows take place once per month on the second Monday of each month. We aim to show ALL kind of films and videos at each show. The shows will be 2.5 hours long with a short break.  We will provide a relaxing informal atmosphere, big screen, good sound, tea & coffee and you are more than welcome to bring your own refreshments with you. We will introduce the films and the film makers are encouraged to answer questions on their films if they so wish. We keep the entrance price as low as we can - €5 for members & €7.50 for non members - we still have to pay the rent.

For more information click here >>

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Submissions to CFCP Cinema
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As we are an Open Access Cinema and welcome all kind of productions (e.g. drama, experimental, documentary, animation, full length), we also encourage all experimental, low/no-budget productions.

You can find out all the submission details here >>
 
emea

EME is a monthly event devoted to new & experimental music.

EME incorporates talks, gigs, installations, screenings, workshops and all happenings of experimental, musical expression.

EME was set up with the aim of providing a home for all kinds of new music outside of the mainstream.  Our aim is to provide a platform for composers, musicians & performers to present and discuss their work among themselves and with CFCP audiences.

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EME projects
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CFCP would like to invite proposals for the creation and delivery of experimental music related events to be realised in our venue. These events can be of any genre, format or description, but must have a musical element leaning towards experimental/fringe/underground. We are happy to showcase your works and support your ideas. Your proposal could be a one-off live event, a residency or something we haven’t thought of yet.
For the agreed projects we offer the available space and some technical support.

If you have an event idea you would like to submit for consideration then please contact info@cfcp.ie for more information and application guidelines.
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Creative Cafe

CREATIVE CAFÉ Are you looking for a relaxed evening with other creative people to present and discuss your work and exchange creative ideas???

CFCP is announcing its monthly Creative Cafe as a meet up and exchange platform to provide an insight into various creative processes and a reflexion on their impact.

CREATIVE CAFÉ has a leaning towards new / experimenta l /interactive / fringe / underground and any kind of interesting artistic activities with a particular focus on presenting your work to audiences and other artists, building new relationships, exchanging ideas, hearing leading creatives talk about their projects, presenting submissions for the CFCP Call for Artists and taking part in discussions on various creative topics.

For more information click here >>

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photobase

PHOTOBASE has been set up to present a series of debates and talks, discussions and workshops by photographers and reviewers on their past and newest projects. The monthly event will showcase work by national and international photographers to the audiences in Dublin.

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Highlights of the Month
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September 2010
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Many Happy returns to all of us!!!

This month we celebrate our first birthday. We have been around one year... Wow!!! Thanks for all your interest, support, and presence. It means a lot to us!!!

Therefore we have prepared a very special programme for September to celebrate the first birthdays of CFCP and fourth birthday of ArtPolonia which both fall together with the Dublin Culture Night on the 24th September.

Our programme for the 24th September includes a concert by a trio VOICES, ANIMATED GRAPHIC SCORES project by Shane Mc Kenna and World Music Event featuring Jacek Halas, his friends musicians from Poland and Lithuania and the Slovak Folk Group Ostroha.

 VOICES – 6.30 at CFCP - The free vocal and site-specific improvisation concert will take place in the various spaces available at CFCP in- and outside of our venue. We promise a mesmerising experience.

ANIMATED GRAPHIC SCORES - from 8pm. Shane Mc Kenna will present his collaborative project for professional and amateur acoustic and electronic musicians performing together the animated graphic scores developed by Shane.

For New Communities and all interested in World Music, ArtPolonia together with the Temple Bar Cultural Trust is co-coordinating a musical stage at the Civic Offices to present in Dublin the most appealing voices from the Eastern European Folk Music. An energetic concert and dance workshops will take place from 6pm till 8pm. DO NOT MISS IT!!!!

For our other highlights of the month and the upcoming artistic workshops please read on below.

Join us in the months of celebration and more work to present an event programme which Dublin really needs.

Hope to see you soon!

Monika

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Diary 11 - 30.09
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11.09.10
Photography Workshop
Documenting Artwork for Publication
with Hugh Mc Elveen

Reproducing accurate colour and making sure that artwork is evenly lit without unwanted shadow can be a challenging task for artists wanting to document their own work. This course teaches you how to record your work using available light and other techniques that artists have access to without significant financial outlay. There will also be a demonstration of using studio lights to document work.
Members €70
Non-Members €80
10am - 4pm
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13.09.10
CFCP Cinema
A new feature film from Tyrone film-maker Bernadette Manton. The film is called 'Blood' and has a running time of 93 mins. It concerns an incestuous relationship between adult brother and sister Carrie and Guy and the destructiveness this engenders within their own relationship and those around them.
Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8pm
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14.09.10
Develop your Illustration skills
with Agnieszka Marzec
6 weeks
During this course participants will design their own storyboard, storyline and characters for their own illustrations. The Design module introduces you to long list of illustration books, magazines and websites. 
6.30 - 8.30pm
Members €100
Non-Members €120

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14.09.10
Jazz & Blues Guitar
with Jarek Dobrzanski
10 weeks
This course is suitable for intermediate guitarists looking to improve their musical skills, inspiration and good fun. The course is unique as it focuses on musical as opposed to technical abilities. Learn tricks of the trade and practical tips - you won't learn it at school, you won't read it in the books!
The participants should bring their own instruments (electric or acoustic guitars), guitar cables and optionally practice amps.
6.30 - 8.30pm
Members €225
Non-Members €250
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15.09.10
Puppet Making Workshop
with Camilla Fanning
10 weeks
This is a beginner’s introductory course exploring puppetry. You will make a variety of different types of puppets, developing characterisation and using a wide range of craft and found materials. Explore ways to express puppets’ personality and character in the design, through making ‘facial’ features, costumes, traditional/ modern techniques, materials and a lot of imagination.
6.30 - 8pm
Members €225
Non-Members €250
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15.09.10
Creative Composition
with Dylan Rynhart
10 weeks
Learn to write the music you hear and have it performed. A class in Composing music for real Instruments. The participants will be preparing for a performance of their own music in December, this will be recorded and will involve some great musicians, the instrumentation of which will be chosen by consensus in the classes.
6.30 - 8pm
Members €225
Non-Members €250

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15.09.10
Jazz Jam Session
percussion, guitar, double bass and other instruments. The session is open to everyone, including those who like to listen.
Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8.30 - 11pm
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16.09.10
Photobase
A series of debates and presentations by photographers, printers and writers on current affairs and their latest projects. At our Photobase event on the 16th September we are hosting “A Light Evening” curated by Angel Luis Gonzalez, Director of the PhotoIreland Festival.

A Light Evening is a series of open talks for everyone to show and discuss photographic work. Next Thursday the 16th of September you are invited to bring your images - a USB stick with screen resolution images should do - and to participate in these 2 hours session. We will organise the time slots and make sure that as much as possible everyone has the chance to show their own work. Some curators, gallerists and the press may attend and participate. You will enjoy great exposure, but above all the opportunity to share your views, network, and gain an outside perspective on your practice.

Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
7 - 9pm

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18.09.10
Linocut Workshop
with Marta Wakula-Mac.
During the work the participants will focus on variety of line, different texture, negative and positive image. They will be introduced to a method of how to apply ink on to a plate and two different methods of printing of single and multi-colour plates; by hand and on the printing press. There will be a possibility for everyone to use a professional printing press and make a few prints.
Members €40
Non-Members €50
11am - 4pm
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20.09.10
Photography Workshop
Creative Image Composition
with Hugh McElveen
10 weeks
This is a project based course that explores the rules and tricks behind composition and content of photographs to create a visual impact. It contains a mix of theory, appreciation and practical content. The course led by an experienced and renowned photographer Hugh Mc Elveen will take place in small groups (max 8 people) and therefore will assure individual attention, personal advice, answers and feedback. Participants should be familiar with the basics of photography and with their cameras functions (exposure, aperture, shutter speeds etc.). By the end of the course participants will have developed an initial idea towards completion and will have honed their technical ability. The focus is also on understanding composition, lighting and technical settings for different creative uses.
6 - 8pm
Members €250
Non-Members €275
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21.09.10
Creative Café
Smaller than Life – a project on creating an art piece, exhibiting it and finally destroying by Liubov Kadyrova
Liubov Kadyrova will create a large scale mixed-media work over the course of a week preceding the Creative Cafe and destroy it as a part of her performance and artist’s talk on the 21st September. Her contribution aims to explore the value of art in the recession and invites spectators to view the process of creation and destruction. This project has been previously presented in Berlin and provoked intense responses from the artist and the viewers, challenging ideas of the importance of art within our lives.
Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8 - 10pm

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22.09.10
Jazz Jam Session
percussion, guitar, double bass and other instruments. The session is open to everyone, including those who like to listen.
Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8.30 - 11pm
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24.09.10
Culture Night 2010 @ CFCP “VOICES”
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mesmerising concert by a free vocal improvisation trio.
Voices comprise vocalists Dorothy Murphy, Sue Rynhart and Tuula Voutilainen.  Exploring energy - past, present and future - Voices will present a site-specific performance inspired by the various spaces available in and outside this beautiful Georgian building. 

Voices - this trio’s experience draws from classical and early music, jazz, electro-acoustic music, noise, psychedelic rock and theatre.  However, at times the bareness of the three voices, often unamplified, is shocking. The most essential ingredient of their practice is simply inhabiting the here-and-now, weathering the uncertainty, exposure and confusion on the one hand, and excitement, elation and adventure on the other.
6.30 - 7.30pm
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24.09.10
Culture Night 2010 @ CFCP
Animated Graphic Scores
Concert of acoustic and electronic/noise musicians interpreting live animated graphic scored by Shane Mc Kenna

Animated graphic scores consist of moving shapes and symbols, which may be interpreted and performed as sounds. This event developed by Shane Mc Kenna looks to explore the collaborative nature of graphic score performance with a large gathering of professional and amateur musicians creating a unique musical experience through interpretation, listening and performing. Everyone is encouraged to bring an instrument or noise-making device along and join in.
8 - 9pm
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24.09.10
CFCP 1st Birthday Party
Come to celebrate the 1st birthday of CFCP!
Amazing international musicians, a lot of friends and artists associated with CFCP, dancing singing, films, photos, youtube  – simply a great night till early in the morning ... Yes, we want you to have really good night!!! Bring your favourite drink and some food as the night will be long.
10pm till late

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27.09.10
Experimental Music Evening (EME)
Im'shi (go away, walk in colloquial Arabic) by Pierre Jolivet
A monthly evening for new & experimental music incorporating talks, gigs, exhibitions, installations, screenings, workshops and all happenings of artistic musical expression.
Pierre Jolivet and his latest project Im’shi will be presented at CFCP’s second Experimental Music Evening. Along with his performance Pierre will be giving a talk on his musical practice and will be available for an Q/A session. Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8 - 10pm
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29.09.10
Jazz Jam Session
percussion, guitar, double bass and other instruments. The session is open to everyone, including those who like to listen.
Members €5
Non-Members €7.50
8.30 - 11pm
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30.09.10
Scribbler's Writing Workshop
Free writing session, write on one topic and then read it out. Ideal for a lunchtime.
Free
1 - 2pm
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30.09.10
Magda Nowacka
Twenty Seven
Opening
A solo exhibition of photographer Magda Nowacka. This time, the artist will show twenty seven of her favorite images
Runs from 30.09 - 07.10.10

Twenty Seven – a photography exhibition by Magda Nowacka. The selection for this show consists of traditional and surreal photos of landscapes which were taken by using a variety of techniques including infrared and ND filters, long exposures, macro and fisheye lenses long exposures and conceptual photos showing everyday life from "a different perspective".
7pm
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  About CFCP  
   

Centre for Creative Practices – established in 2009, is a new cultural venue in the city centre of Dublin. A Multicultural and multidisciplinary approach is what we stand for.

We believe that CULTURE is a fundamental value for every society, that the arts are an indispensable system of reference for personal and collective values and can set an example of diversity and tolerance.  Promoting the arts we aim to neutralise the economical stagnation.  For more information click here >>

     
  Seminars / Workshops / Courses / Projects  
     
 
  • Digital Arts and Photography
    courses in: Colour Theory; Image Composition; Studio Setting & Lighting; Portfolio Preparation; Editorial Photography; Photo Editing; Intro to Digital Art and Animation


  • Music and Performing Arts
    courses in: Jazz & Blues Guitar – improvisation for advanced practitioners; Creativity & Communication Skills combining performance & NLP; Youth Theatre Workshop; Words and Music workshops combining improvisation, performance and creative writing

  • Writing and Publishing
    courses in: Editing Your Manuscript; Critical Exchange for writers and creative artists working on a project; Broadcast Journalism; Graphic Novel; Manuscript Assessment and; Travel Writing
     
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  Book on a course, refer a friend and get a 25% discount, for more details click here >>
     
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