Askeaton Contemporary Arts (ACA) is artist-run organisation based in Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland. It organises residencies and exhibitions that are site-specific and made in response to the "dynamics of the locale".[1] Since 2006, an artist residency programme has invited Irish and international artists to present new work in Askeaton each summer.[2] ACA also has a publishing programme, titled "ACA Public".[3]
Residency
editAskeaton Contemporary Arts has hosted an annual artists residency and events programme, titled "Welcome to the Neighbourhood", since 2006.[4][1] The residency takes place each summer with artists researching, producing and presenting new artworks in the town. Artworks have been made and exhibited in a variety of spaces including a pub,[5] hair salon,[6] World War II-era pillboxes,[7] the ruins of Askeaton's mediaeval castle,[8] and nearby Askeaton Abbey.[6] The coinciding public programme usually takes Askeaton and its environs as its theme.[6]
In 2022, a residency house was established in Askeaton as a dedicated space for artists to stay and work on longer-term projects. The site was once a home for the keepers of Beeves Rock lighthouse in the Shannon Estuary and is now used as an artists' studio and event space.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Askeaton Contemporary Arts". limerick.ie. Limerick City and County Council. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Features Other perspectives and an open mind". Limerick Leader. 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2023 – via archive.irishnewsarchive.com.
- ^ a b Prendiville, Norma. "Establishing a new home for the arts in Limerick - old lighthouse keepers home to be transformed". www.limerickleader.ie. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Askeaton's been punk'd". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Contemporary art in rural Co Limerick". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Death to elitism: Askeaton's artistic challenge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Welcome to the Neighbourhood, Resident Group Show, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, 11-23 July, 2011 – Paper Visual Art". papervisualart.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Askeaton Contemporary - Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland - AHEH". artshumanitieshub.eu. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.