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UPCOMING AT THE SIRIUS ARTS CENTRE

Artist In Conversation – Karl Burke and Dr. Francis Halsall - Thursday 31
January, 6.30pm

Artist Karl Burke will be in conversation with Dr. Francis Halsall; art historian and co-director
of the MA Art in the Contemporary World at NCAD Dublin. In association with Space Gathers
Itself, an exhibition of work by Karl Burke, running until 09 February.
Karl Burke is an Irish artist and musician based in Dublin. A site specific practice of primary
concern in Burke’s work is the symbiotic relationship between the art object, the space it
inhabits and the experiential concerns related to viewership. The work is often minimal or
reductive in appearance and takes the form of sculptural installations often utilising the
mediums of steel and wood. Video, sound and the photographic image are utilised in other
instances.

Francis Halsall is co-director of Master Programs, Art in the Contemporary World, at National
College of Art and Design, Dublin and Research Fellow at the Department of Art History and
Image Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. His research involves
three main areas: (1) Modern and Contemporary art; (2) Philosophical aesthetics (3) Systems
Thinking. He has published and lectured widely in all areas.
Perspex Light Catcher Workshop with Susan Walsh - Sunday 03 Feb

2x 1.5 hour workshops at 10-11.30am & 12.15-1.45pm.
€5 per person (child/adult) - pay on arrival, advance booking advised. Email info@siriu-
sartscentre.ie with the subject heading ‘Perspex Light Catcher Workshop’. Suitable for children
6+.

Join artist Susan Walsh in this collaborative parent and child perspex light catcher workshop.
Use glass paints, alcohol inks and light permeable materials to create your own stained glass
effect piece that can be hung in a window to reflect and refract sunlight.
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