Category: Art & Council
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Why Art is so important for our future
Making art isn’t self-indulgent — it’s an essential, radical act of creation, says writer Amie McNee. The importance of having a creative practice, whether you’re a long-time artist or an aspiring one, and how to move past self-doubt and start expressing yourself. If you’ve ever felt your creativity doesn’t matter, this talk is for you.
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Tomorrow is Saturday
Tomorrow is Saturday is an intimate portrait of the life and work of Irish collage artist Sean Hillen. Diagnosed late in life with Aspergers, Hillen has reached a point in his career where he finds it almost impossible to work. Trapped in a tiny terraced house, full to the brim with junk, unfinished art and…
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Wonders of Japan
Art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of Japan’s enigmatic culture.
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Sean Scully at Sant Cecília
Please see the earlier video below which was made at and by the Museu de Montserrat and is more direct by way of a depiction and sense of place and intervention by the artist. In July 2016, during a visit by Sean Scully to the Romanesque church of St. Cecilia, a video was recorded in which…