This is the first episode in the new series of 103.2 Dublin City FM's the Artists' Space.
On the show we spoke to Sarah Owens about an exciting new development, ‘The ArtPark’. Which was launched by the Sebastian Guinness Gallery before Christmas. The Gallery will be responsible for the overall curation of the park.
"Located to the rear of the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) in Spencer Dock on Mayor Street Upper, The Art Park project has been created as a community, public art and recreational space for the purposes of a local, national and international contemporary visual arts programme.
Utilising the rear wall of the CCD, The Art Park screen will provide a blank projection canvas for digital media, video art, animation, film, photography and literature. The recreational space of this urban park will provide an additional platform for outdoor sculpture, exhibitions and community initiatives."
and Anne Hodge, curator of "Colour & Light: Caring for Turner's Watercolours"
"The National Gallery of Ireland’s magnificent collection of watercolours by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) will be displayed as usual for the whole month of January. This year the theme is care of the collection, past and present. Henry Vaughan the English collector who bequeathed the collection to the Gallery in 1900 was very aware of how delicate and light sensitive watercolours are. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin, Vaughan had a special cabinet made to store the works. The Turner display will be complemented by silhouettes and miniatures from the Mary A. McNeill bequest. "