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Artists donate works to help local
museum
22.11.11
FORTY artists and
craftspeople have donated artworks to support
Inishowen Maritime Museum where many of them have
previously exhibited.
The 'Art of Giving' exhibition and sale is being
held to compensate for the loss of the museum's
operational funding from the State.
Manager Gemma Havlin said the idea came from a small
number of the artists and the invitation was then
sent out to other exhibitors.
"We are overwhelmed by the generous response for
this fundraising event. To have over 40 artists
donating their work is much more than we could ever
have hoped for, especially when times are difficult
for everyone," she said. |
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Gemma Havlin at the Inishowen
Maritime Museum in Greencastle. |
Artist Eileen
McLaughlin (Emick) who is among the donors, said:
"(The museum) has been an excellent venue for
exhibitions and book launches etc., in the past and
we have always appreciated the museum’s exceptional
hospitality.
"This unique one-off exhibition is a chance for the
artists to give something back to the museum. It
will be an excellent opportunity to buy a very
special gift of art that helps preserve our
heritage.“
The museum, at Greencastle Harbour, has recently
begun fundraising to compensate for the loss of its
grant.
"The museum mainly generates revenue during the
summer through admission and sales and in the past
we had received an annual budget to help cover all
overhead and maintenance costs. Unfortunately the
museum lost this assistance and therefore we must
raise the lost funding support to enable us to cover
the cost of overheads especially during the winter
months when there is little or no income," added Ms
Havlin.
The donated works range from paintings to pottery
and from artists and craftspeople such as Fiona
McGee, Des Kemmy, Sharon McDaid, Sean Arrow,
Chic-Hens, Nicholas Mosse, Brian Scampton and Donal
McPolin.
The launch will performed by maritime artist, John
Baird, and will take place at Inishowen Maritime
Museum on Friday, December 2 at 8pm. Everyone is
welcome.
For more information, email
greencastlemaritime@eircom.net or call 07493
81363. |
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