TheNCF mid-August Newsletter

August 14, 2024

Hello and welcome to theNCF mid-August newsletter!

 

Contents

  • We have a home in Ballina
  • Abhainn meetup cancelled
  • Fringe Festival participation
  • Events

 

TheNCF has a home

We have secured our new theNCF premises, it is an upstairs unit (above the old paint store on Pearse Street), this will be an exciting new cultural addition to the street alongside our neighbours the Jackie Clarke Museum and the Tourist Office.

It will be a place to have meetings, gather, exchange ideas, experiment, house informal collective member events and lots more!

 

Meetup Cancelled

Unfortunately the BBQ/meeting on the 17th of August had to be cancelled, apologies for such a short notice. We will try to have a party prior to the official opening of our new premises instead. In the meantime, we would like to ask if there are volunteers to help us clean and paint the space. We are also in search of a plumber, if there is one in the group. A lot of people had asked us in the past how they can contribute to the community work, well, this is your chance!

 

Ballina Fringe Festival

As mentioned before we're opening the BFF this year. Please find details and an open call for participation below:

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TheNCF Official Launch Showcase / Opening Event for Ballina Fringe Festival 2024 Hosted by theNCF - Friday 4th October 2024 from 8pm - late.

A Showcase of theNCF Arts Collective to celebrate our new premises and introduce ourselves to the neighbourhood!

 

The proposed run of events on the night will be:

* Throughout the event a visual art exhibition will adorn the walls of the space with a possibility of installation spaces.

* Live acoustic type music sets

* Performances

* Dj sets

 

TheNCF is such a diverse group of creatives we want everyone to get involved if possible so we’re urging all artists of all mediums to submit work to our open call.

We will try to exhibit/showcase 1-2 works for each member.  We ask that everyone applying includes the following information with their submission:

Visual Art:

  • 1-3 images of each work submitted
  • title of work
  • mediums used
  • dimensions of work
  • price of work (if for sale - there will be no commission charged on sold artworks)
  • All art must be in hanging condition (ready to hang).

 

Music: Open to Acoustic type performances (10-15min sets)

  • Submit a sample
  • Set length/duration
  • title/s of work
  • Instruments involved
  • Equipment involved

 

DJ sets (for later in the night)

  • Submit a sample
  • Set length/duration
  • Equipment involved

 

Performance/ Spoken Word: we can only accommodate 10-15min performances.

  • Submit a sample text/ video
  • Work length/duration
  • Title of work
  • Equipment involved

 

Any other art practice we haven't mentioned above: 

  • Submit sample text/images/ video
  • work length/duration
  • title/s
  • Equipment involved

 

Deadline for submitting work to the open call is Sunday 8th of Sept 2024. 

Artworks must be delivered to theNCF premises prior to the event - we will set delivery dates in mid September.

TheNCF/ Fringe Festival event date - Fri 4th October 2024 from 8pm - late.

Send you submission via email with subject line “Fringe Festival theNCF Showcase” to: info@thencf.art

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Events

There are some additional events we didn't manage to mention last time:

  • Abhainn is hosting Lorna Watkins' art exhibition on Friday the 16th at 6 pm called The Space Between. Lorna was recently the winner of the John Richardson French Residency Award 2024 and was awarded a Fellowship by the Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Her work is in private and public collections in Ireland, France, Spain and the US.
  • TheNCF Cultural Co-op and October Nights are delighted to announce a unique event celebrating Water Heritage Day featuring acclaimed musician Peter Broderick.It's a 'one-off' event for lovers of nature and song, promising an informative and music-filled walk and talk about foraged and edible food at the Moy estuary near Killala, Co Mayo. It will be held at the St. Patrick Cathedral Carpark in Killala this Sunday the 18th at 10:30 am.
  • Christina was going to launch her book Witch/Womb last Friday. Unfortunately that had to be reschedule for a date to be decided. Follow the Pangur Bàn instagram page (pang urban_bookshop) for updates. 
  • Also here are some pics from the Conncert, looked amazing - well done all! 
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