June 11th, 2011
Last weekend saw Andrew Pike’s “Going to war over a banana truck” featured at the Bosi Fest in Serbia
Bosifest - Andrew Pike
BOSI FEST is an international film festival for and about people with disabilities which was organized for the first timelast year by Hendi Centre Koloseum. The festival was held between 20th - 30th May 2010 in Dom Sindikata, under the slogan Invisible differences and visible similarities. The festival’s primary aim was to draw the public attention to the art and possibilities of the participants, at the same time sending the message that disabled people should enjoy the same rights and have the same obligations as other citizens, attempting thus to implement measures for their equal participation and integration in the development of society. Last festival presented over 55 films about lives and works of people with disabilities, which came from 18 countries and 3 continents.
Have a look at the Bosifest website
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May 24th, 2011
Come and savour the visual feast that is the annual showcase of selected work by KCAT students. Following the intense year of study, it is now time for the students to show off their creative output, and with over 100 pieces of work on show there will undoubtedly be something for everyone. The work has been selected by students from the range of courses on offer at KCAT including the full time FETAC level 5 course, part time course and one day courses. The visit to the Arts Centre in Callan will be well worth it as with examples of work ranging from carvings to charcoal, realism to abstraction, the variety and quality are breathtaking. The exhibition opens on Friday 3rd June at 7.30, and all are welcome, and continues until Sunday 12th June. Opens daily 10am – 5pm, Sundays 12 – 5pm.
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March 29th, 2011
Selected original Pieces from KCAT Studio Artists are now available through our shop on Etsy. Click on the image to visit the store and discover a selection of unframed works ready to be sent across the globe.
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March 25th, 2011
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March 15th, 2011
The Flora Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all women’s event of its kind in the world and takes place on June bank Holiday Weekend 6th June 2011 in Dublin.
Around 40,000 women walk, jog, trot or skip the 10km (6 miles) course for charity.
It is a very good opportunity to meet new people as the event is well known worldwide and many women from Spain, Italy, US, Canada, Germany, France, Norway, Iran, Saudi Arabia between other countries have all joined the fun in the past editions!
If you run or walk or can persuade someone who does,
please support KCAT this year.
KCAT will provide
1/ Sponsorship Cards
2/ KCAT Tee-Shirts
3/ Refreshments and changing/showering facilities afterwards at nearby Hotel
To register for Sponsorship or further details –
phone Anja 056-7755115,
email friends@kcat.ie or call into KCAT at Mill Lane in Callan
This year you can also invite all your friends to sponsor KCAT online
http://www.mycharity.ie/event/kcat/
Whether it is a day out with the girls, toning up the thighs or supporting KCAT, please join us to get 100 women on the road.
All funds raised will enable us to provide our students and artists with art materials next year.
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March 2nd, 2011
The recent outings for both the Equinox Theatre Company and Éamon Little’s filmed portrayal of the KCAT studio received superb and insightful reviews.
Written by Ken Bourke, ‘The Lost Prince’ was performed to a full house night after night in a series rapturously received sell-out shows.
The Irish Theatre Magazine’s Patrick Brennan was there and reviews it here,
http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/The-Lost-Prince
Following its showing in Carlow, ‘Living Colour’ made its home in the IFI for a night as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. Warmly praised and enjoyed by all, the night was attended by Éamon and many of the KCAT studio artists, and they graced the stage for a Q&A following the screening.
Reviews can be seen here,
http://connector.tv/blog/2011/02/22/jdiff-film-review-living-colour/
and here, http://www.filmireland.net/2011/02/22/jdiff-living-colour/
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February 28th, 2011
The Source and KCAT are proud to announce the upcoming exhibition of work by Thomas Barron, which signals the next chapter in the unique Homecoming series and sees the Kilkenny based artist returning home to Tipperary.
Highly regarded as a painter, working predominantly on canvas, Thomas’ work develops through a series of very carefully worked stages. The process begins in pencil and progresses to include multiple layers of paint resulting in pieces with a great sense of depth, and a particular compositional balance between colour and form.
Thomas lives in Grangemockler Camphill, Co. Tipperary and is a member of the KCAT studio. He has exhibited widely in Ireland and abroad and has been awarded numerous commissions. Thomas is delighted to be showing his work in his native Tipperary.
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February 15th, 2011
Living Colour will screen at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on Monday February 21st at 6:30 pm in the Irish Film Institute on Eustace Street.
Bookings can be made online here https://jdiff.ticketsolve.com/shows/126512375/events or over the phone at 01 6877974
Click on image for the Trailer for Living Colour from Éamon Little on Vimeo.
“Living Colour is a fascinating documentary and an intimate portrayal of a collective of extraordinary and idiosyncratic artists, a film which sheds new light on old questions about art, outsider art and the artistic impulse.
By spending much time in an artists’ studio with a difference at the Kilkenny Centre for Arts Talent (KCAT) in Callan, director Éamon Little delves into the world of the dozen or so artists who work there, all of whom comprise a very individual mix of artistic talent and special needs. But the KCAT studio operates with as little reference to needs as possible, focusing instead on ability and here, in an atmosphere refreshingly free of ego or commercial concerns, these colourful characters make their extraordinary creations, work to commissions and build towards exhibitions.
Living Colour is a fresh and emotionally stirring look at art and those who create it. Given that the artists have all, to one degree or another, special needs, the film could, in the hands of a lesser director become overly sentimental or clichéd.
Little, however, employs the deftest of touches to deliver a sumptuous film that is perfectly balanced yet still pays tribute to arts, the creative process and the artists involved.”
Colm McAuliffe,
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
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February 4th, 2011
The Lost Prince
a new play by Ken Bourke
Cindy doesn’t care; about anyone or anything.
Across worlds, out of a story-book,
on an accidental wind comes Johann, the lost prince.
Apparently he’s rather, well…lost; and
really, he doesn’t seem to care, about anyone or anything.
Kitty’s at her wits end, and Tom’s given up.
But there is hope, because at the end of every story
there’s a happy ever after…isn’t there?
The Lost Prince is a story about a woman who falls into a
fairytale.
Equinox Theatre Company have teamed up with playwright Ken Bourke (Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers, The Hunt for Red Willie) and director Donal Gallagher (Six by Sundown, Red Lola) to bring you the world premier of this very special fairy tale…
Part of KCAT Art & Study Centre, Equinox are an inclusive company of actors, with and without special needs, dedicated to working in collaboration with other professional theatre artists, to create our own brand of inclusive theatre.
When:
Thu 17th Feb & Fri 18th at 7.30pm
and on Fri 25th & Sat 26th Feb. at 7.30pm
Matinee Performance Thu 24th Feb. at 3pm
Where:
Cleere’s Theatre (back of Cleere’s pub) – opposite the Watergate, Parliament St, Kilkenny.
Bookings Joan @ 056 7755115 (9am-1pm Mon-Fri) or tickets@kcat.ie
For more information please contact Medb Lambert at equinox@kcat.ie
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November 25th, 2010
A huge congratulations to all those who graduated this year and were presented with their FETAC Level 5 certificates. All the hard work paid off! Well done to all the students from the Art and Theatre courses receiving awards. And KCAT would like to extend its thanks to both John Kavanagh and Helena Dunlop who presented the awards.
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