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The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the Simon Communities of Ireland Open Door initiative takes place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May. Members of the public get an hour's consultation with an architect in return for a €50 donation to Simon. Architect Bobby Conroy told Artbeat's Dympna Cullen how to sign up and get advice on a wide range of issues. Now in its seventh year the scheme has already raised almost €235,000 for the Simon Communities.

To book a consultation with a RIAI Architect and for more information go to: www.simonopendoor.ie

Architects must be on the Statutory Register. Check your Architect is on the Register at www.riai.ie

Friday 8th April sees the second annual Love:Live Music National Music Day. Produced by Music Network and Lyric FM there'll be plenty of free live music events across the country as well as two flagship events in Dublin and Limerick and live broadcasts throughout the day on RTE Lyric FM. Music Network’s Aisling Ryan joined Artbeat's Des FitzGerald to talk about Love:Live Music National Music Day.

Sadhbh Murphy chatted to Hot Press's Jackie Hayden about My Boy - The Philip Lynott Story, which he co-wrote with Phil's mother Philomena Lynott. The recently published new edition of the book covers developments in Philomena's life since the first edition in 1995, as well as details about the birth of her other son and daughter, and why she kept their existence hidden for over fifty years.

Photographer Tom Hunter has used the London borough of Hackney as his inspiration for many years. He brings his third Irish show to the vast space that is Green on Red Gallery. Originally from rural Dorset, Hunter has used his urban environment, and Hackney characters, to reference the great masters. From Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin (1606) and Luca Giordano’s The Fall of the Rebel Angel (1666) to Roger Delivering Angelica (1819) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, his work transcends the seeming ordinariness of their locations. Speaking about the work ‘Hackney Cut’, Hunter says “I wanted to create the sense of an everyday epic, which in this case began with a story of boating adventures overheard in a local pub”. Showing alongside the large C type prints are a beautiful series of smaller photographs shot using a pin-hole camera.

Until 5th March at Green on Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2

Sadhbh Murphy meets IMMA's curatorial coordinator, Brian Cass at The Irish Museum of Modern Art, to talk about the hugely impressive and extensive exhibition - The Moderns, which runs there until February 13th. The exhibition brings together exceptional examples of painting and sculpture, photography and film, architecture, literature, music and design of the period. Curated mainly from IMMA's Collection, it also includes loans from the public and private collections in Ireland and beyond.

The Moderns explores many of the key artistic movements of the period, including the paintings of Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone and other supporters of European Modernism in the context of the iconic achievements in design and literature of Eileen Gray and James Joyce. It reflects the works and influence of John Millington Synge, Paul Henry and the Yeats family and external forces as seen in the work of Klee and Picasso. The impact of the ground-breaking ROSC exhibitions in the 1960s and '70s, and of Minimal and Conceptual Art are also examined.
This is the biggest exhibition of it's kind at the museum and a must for everyone interested in Irish history and art.

Saxophonist Alex Mathias popped into the Artbeat studio to play and talk about his latest project to Des FitzGerald. Featuring the music of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) Alex and his group will try to capture the essence and style of his music playing tunes from the records he made as a leader such as Blue Train, My Favorite Things, Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. Coltrane was associated with many jazz legends including Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and others. He led a prolific career as a composer and recording artist and played on over 100 records. The line-up for Alex' quartet features pianist Leopoldo Osio from Venezuela (living in Ireland), Dan Callaghan on Double Bass and Tommy Gray on Drums. All are recently graduates from the Newpark Music Centre this year.

The extensive Coltrane tour of Ireland in November/December will be playing at venues in Waterford, Cork, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and finally the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The tour takes place from Monday Nov 29th - Saturday Dec 4th 2010.

Full details from alexmathias.com

The Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland. Entitled 'Gabriel Metsu: Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age' the exhibition looks in detail at and reappraises this 17th Century contemporary of Johannes Vermeer. Des FitzGerald paid a visit to the exhibition recently in the company of Adriaan Waiboer, Curator of Northern European Art at the National Gallery and curator of the Gabriel Metsu exhibition.

You might like to know about a study morning taking place on Saturday 4 December from 10am. ‘Rediscovering Masters of the Dutch Golden Age’ will feature a number of academics discussing Metsu and 17th Century Dutch painting. Tickets are 25 euro and are available from the gallery bookshop.

'Gabriel Metsu: Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age' organised by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, in association with the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the National Gallery of Art, Washington continues at the National Gallery of Ireland until 5th December.

There’s also a dedicated website gabrielmetsuexhibition.com

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s Mountains to Sea Book Festival takes place from the 7th to 12th of September. Four Booker prize winners will be taking part: Anne Enright, John Banville, DBC Pierre and Roddy Doyle and there’s a special appreciation event about the late JG Farrell who was posthumously awarded The Lost Booker prize last May.

Joining Des FitzGerald on Artbeat to talk about this year's lineup is Bert Wright, the festival’s curator.

Describing himself as originally a painter who’s now widened his practice to include lens based media and large sculptural installations, Fergal McCarthy joined Des FitzGerald on Artbeat to talk about ‘Liffeytown’…the very definition of a large sculptural installation.

‘Liffeytown’, an installation of 11 red and green houses on the Liffey from September 12-26 as part of this year’s Absolut Fringe Festival.

liffeytown.com fringefest.com

Ronan Guilfoyle, one of Ireland’s leading jazz musicians and composers founded Métier in 2007. With the support of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Métier has become the dlr Jazz Ensemble in Association, working with local schools and hosting an annual series of concerts with international artists. The group’s debut CD featured a moody photograph from one of Gary Coyle’s ‘At Sea’ series on the cover. This offered a clue as to the nature of this new collaboration with filmmaker Ellen Cranitch. ‘Dun Laoghaire - Day in the life’ is a silent film exploring this multifaceted, vibrant town by the sea. Jazz and film collaborations have a long history, most notably Miles Davis’ score to Lift to the Scaffold, one that added greatly to the Parisian visuals of director Louis Malle. Now it’s Dun Laoghaire’s turn.

Filmmaker Ellen Cranitch talked to Artbeat's Sadhbh Murphy about the project.

Pavilion Theatre
Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Friday 30th April @ 8 pm
Tickets €7/5
Booking 01-2312929 or www.paviliontheatre.ie

The Contemporary Music Centre has launched the ninth volume in its promotional CD series 'Contemporary Music from Ireland'. The CD is funded by The Arts Council, Culture Ireland, the Music Network/Arts Council Music Recording Scheme 2009 and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The CMC’s Karen Hennessy joined Des FitzGerald on Artbeat to tell listeners more about the project.

cmc.ie

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