Last night at the Island Art Centre Lisburn

Just a big thank you to everyone who came out to the Island Art centre last night to see the Belfast print Workshop exhibition curated by Peter Mutscheler. I think we caused quite a stir. Staff at the center said that with all the exhibitions that they had ever had it has already caused the most conversatuion and debate during the 3 days that it has taken to install than any other exhibition they have ever had. Part of the questions were why have someone like a curator? Peter for us in the workshop it is about getting diferent eyes to look at work. Peter came into BPW and wanted to take the space and recreate it in Lisburn as this was not possible as much of the equiptment came in via cranes, hes done the next best thing and taken elements of things he has found around the workshop and spread them in between artwork from some of the artists that work at BPW showing ideas and different parts of the processes.Something that its hard for someone who doen not understand the printmaking process to get their heads around. All the blood sweat and tears that goes into the process as well as often a lifetime of developing the skills required. I think it's particularly interesting to see the number of members who work in video but who have found printmaking as a way of producing a complimentary piece.

All of the work has been produced in the workshop and includes the following artists


Elaine Majury
Coby Moore
Ben Allen
Phil Hession
Tonya McMullan
Homera
Lisa Malone
Ngaire Jackson
Karen Day Hutchinson
Michael Hart

and for the first time I'm showing some of my ebb and flow of East Belfast, work.POlitics is coming into it, oh but it's important!!!!!

I think that's everyone but you would need to have a look yourself.Anyway the Art Centre said it was nice to see different work and to get a taste of the energy that is going on in Belfast at the moment in the art scene. And there really is energy you just have to go out and see what's going on. So why not take a trip to Lisburn!!!!

Thanks again to Peter from Ps2 he got a great way of dealing with people.