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Background
Backwater Artists Group was founded in 1990 by graduates of the
Crawford College of Art and Design. It has always been our aim
to provide safe and secure studio space for artists wishing to
remain and work in Cork city. The group studios are located in
the Wandesford Quay complex along with Cork Printmakers &
The Wandesford Gallery, between Sharman Crawford Street and Clarke's
Bridge. There are a total of 27 studios, 21 of which are Painting/Mixed
Media and 6 Sculpture.
Backwater
caters for over thirty artists, ranging from the more established
to the emerging. We are an artist-run organisation with an artist-led
Board of Directors who are dedicated to improving the working
conditions and support structures for visual artists and to this
end we provide access to computer, framing and photography facilities,
all of which are necessary to the establishment of a professional
art practice. In keeping with our ethos we award two six-month
Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursaries to graduates of the
Crawford College annually to assist them in the transition from
student to professional artist.
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OPEN
2011, our eight day open studio event runs from 16th to the 23rd
Nov Click here
ARWORK
EMBASSY, The Elysian, Eglinton Street
Saturday 19th November -Sunday 4th December
Open from 12 noon - 6pm daily
Admission Free
Click
here
PLACE
SPACE,
An exhibition of selected Backwater members, Wandesford Gallery
9th - 26th Nov. Click here
Fionnuala
Kelley , 'Somethings been Puzzling Me', 28th Oct - 23rd Nov
Click
here
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