Project Arts Centre presents
We are throwing open our doors and inviting you to join us for our first annual Open Day, a free day-long event for artists, audiences and communities. Get a real taste of Project with an exciting line-up of live performances, delicious bites, dance, DJs, spoken word, films, talks, tours and more…
We can’t wait to welcome you!
About our Annual Open Day
We have made a commitment to ‘hospitality’ as a philosophical starting point for the changes we want to make at Project. We want to make sure that the big blue building continues to grow as an important space for engaging new audiences and public curiosity. So, this year, on August 27th, Project Arts Centre will host its first annual Open Day!
In line with our recently launched policy, ‘Towards Equality, Diversity & Inclusion,’ we want to build relationships with a greater diversity of people from right across Dublin City. This is a free event for local artists, audiences and communities to engage with a wide programme of current contemporary work, as well as gain access to the inner workings of our building and staff.
The day will deliver lots of surprises including live performances from a range of artists and communities, tours of the building, staff and artists talks, as well as opportunities for informal discussion so that if you are coming through our doors for the very first time, you’ll get a sense of the diverse activities that happen at Project!
Artists include | Veronica Dyas, Tobi Omoteso, Philip Connaughton, Monjola, Aby Coulibaly, Adam Mohamed, Róisín Power Hackett, Tobi Balogun, Simone O’Toole, Emilie Conway, Alex Vostokova, Louis Haugh, Catherine Joyce, Michael Collins, Mary Kervick and more!
Hospitality | Luncheonette
DJ | Queen Beatz
SCHEDULE
ARTISTS
ACCESSIBILITY
Access is a priority at Project and we want make sure that our welcome is extended to everyone. Throughout the day we will have an access liaison, as well as dedicated rest areas and reserved seating for performances.
All of our film work with be captioned and where possible live performance will be interpreted through ISL. Our building is fully accessible to Wheelchair users.
If you have any specific requirements or would like to visit the space in advance of the Open Day, please contact Cathy at cathy@projectartscentre.ie or you can call to receive a consultation. You can find more information on accessibility at Project here.
Accessibility
Access is a priority at Project and we want make sure that our welcome is extended to everyone. Throughout the day we will have an access liaison, as well as dedicated rest areas and reserved seating for performances.
All of our film work with be captioned and where possible live performance will be interpreted through ISL. Our building is fully accessible to Wheelchair users.
If you have any specific requirements or would like to visit the space in advance of the Open Day, please contact Cathy at cathy@projectartscentre.ie or you can call to receive a consultation. You can find more information on accessibility at Project here.
You can find more information on your journey to Project and on building access here.
Find our Virtual Tour here and our Social Narrative PDF here for a guide through the building.
Biographies
(11.00 Outdoors – Building Facade)
TOBI BALOGUN is a Black-Irish dance artist based in Dublin. His work focuses on the intersection of design, dance and activism. Tobi is a recipient of a Create Bursary Award (2020), an Arts Council Agility Award (2021) and an Arts Council Bursary Award (2022).
(11.15 | CUBE)
VERONICA DYAS is an artist based in Dublin working through theatre, new text & installation. She makes work to investigate contemporary living, acknowledging the visceral reality of past trauma while always focused towards healing.
(12.45 | CUBE)
MICHAEL COLLINS is an Irish actor and writer, who has appeared in the TV series, Glenroe and movies such as Man About Dog, Strength and Honour and Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl. In 2011, he was presented with the lifetime achievement honour by President Michael D Higgins at the Traveller Pride Awards.
(13.00 Space Upstairs) WORKSHOP | DANCE BATTLE
TOBI OMOTESO is a Nigerian/Irish B-boy and Hip-Hop Freestyle dancer, training at Broadway Dance Centre, West Bronx, New York and Breakbeat Dance Studios, Waterford. Tobi is the curator and director of Top 8 Street Dance Battle.
(14.00 Space Upstairs)
SIMONE O’TOOLE is an associate artist at Irish Modern Dance Theatre for 2022. She has toured with choreographers such as Catherine Young, Corpo Máquina (Holland), John Scott – Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Selma Daniel, and Simon Barnum (UK).
(14.00 Space Upstairs)
ALEX VOSTOKOVA Alex Vostokova is a Russian experimental dancer and choreographer who is currently based in Dublin. In November 2021 she worked with Kate Haughton on a series of site specific performances: “Meeting Another” and was recently involved in residencies with choreographers such as Liz Roche, John Scott and Philip Connaughton.
(15.00 Space Upstairs)
ADAM MOHAMED is an Irish-Sudanese Poet & Musician from Ballymun. In 2022 he was selected by Project for the Short Cuts programme. Adam released ‘Untitled’ in 2020, a spoken word short film, detailing the complexities of growing up mixed race in one of Ireland most infamous working class communities.
(15.00 Space Upstairs)
MONJOLA is an Alternative R&B artist from Dublin and is one of the most exciting acts emerging from Ireland. Known for tracks such as ‘Smile’, Where you at’ and ‘Know You’, he is fresh from the festival circuit, playing Longitude, Forbidden Fruit, All together Now, AVA festival, Sea Sessions and Body & Soul in 2022.
(15.00 Space Upstairs)
ABY COULIBALY is an artist in the Irish R&B scene performing at numerous festivals this summer including Body & Soul, Longitude and Forbidden Fruit. Her music is a delicate fusion of neo-soul and R&B.
SELECTED TALKS
(11.45 CUBE)
LOUIS HAUGH is a visual artist based in Dublin, with a focus on photography and video. Louis was recently commissioned by PAC to work with Fatima Groups United, as part of the Rhizome Green Arts project.
(12.45 CUBE)
CATHERINE JOYCE is an activist and manager of the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group. In collaboration with Tobi Omoteso, Catherine recently produced one of Project Arts Centre’s TEDI Commissions, with a focus on cultural diversity.
(14.30 CUBE)
PHILIP CONNAUGHTON is a choreographer/performer based in Dublin and a Project supported Artist. In 2021 Philip Connaughton and Luca Truffarelli were commissioned by PAC to work with Fatima Groups United, on a film based project – Anima Fatima.
(15.15 CUBE)
RÓISÍN POWER HACKET is a visual artist and curator based in Dublin. With a focus on disability, Roisin recently produced Negotiate in collaboration with Emilie Conway and Sighile Hennessy – a Project Arts Centre’s TEDI Commission focussed on Disability.
EMILIE CONWAY is an award winning jazz singer, composer and lyricist. Her music is informed and complemented by her love of literature, poetry, sound and silence.
(11.30 and 14.00 Gallery)
For our upcoming exhibition in Project’s gallery, Mary is working as an artist-technician in collaboration with Hilary Morton and Colin Darke to realise an installation of works.
MARY KERVICK is a visual artist based in Dublin. Working predominantly in drawing and painting, her work is preoccupied with issues of categorisation, classification, and the attendant result in the order of the world. In 2022 Mary was awarded the Arts Council Agility Award. She is currently a studio artist in Ormond Studios.
LUNCHEONETTE is a long term art project centred around hospitality and food, started by Jennie Moran in 2013. It is a prolonged exploration into the complex alchemy of placemaking, centred around the provision of shared experiences using nourishment, shelter, comfort, warmth, light, and tone to treat places, so that they feel easier for people to be in and more poetic.
QUEEN BEATZ will provide a fun selection of classic and current upbeat tunes!!
Funding
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Dublin City Council and Dublin City Arts Office
Project Arts Centre is proudly supported by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council.