Westmeath County Council are delighted to announce the third year of the Midlands Masterclasses series in association with Laois, Longford, and Offaly county councils. The series has been developed as a response to the professional needs of visual artists, musical enthusiasts, dancers, writers, and performers right across the Midlands.
These master classes are now a regular feature of local authority arts offices collaborating and working together in increasing the standards of arts practice in the Midlands as well as creating a greater Midland cultural identity. The aim of this project is to empower artists and arts venues in the region with the skills and resources needed to realise this objective. The expected outcome is an increase in knowledge, skills, possibilities, and confidence in the professional arts sector in the Midlands.
This year, a sculpture masterclass will be held in Hilltown House Castlepollard with renowned Bulgarian sculpture Neda Danianova, a musical theatre masterclass with Vivian Coates and Tony Finnegan in the Dean Crowe Theatre Athlone, and a dance Masterclass with Cristina Goletti and Ray Schwartz, along with portraiture and photography among other disciplines. A number of venues across the Midlands have taken part and it is hoped that artists and practitioners can make as many events as they can. Public participation and feedback is what will drive this initiative forward.
All events must be booked in advance in accordance with the individual event details listed on the brochure.
For more information or for a copy of the brochure contact
the Westmeath Arts Office
on (044 ) 9332140, email or [email protected].
