Midland Arts and Culture Magazine | SPRING 2013
Midland Arts and Culture Magazine | SPRING 2013
Midland Arts and Culture Magazine | SPRING 2013
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ABOUT LUCY...<br />
2006<br />
• Tyrone Gutherie Centre<br />
Residency.<br />
2001 – PRESENT<br />
• <strong>Arts</strong> facilitator at the Mullingar<br />
Resource Centre<br />
2001<br />
• Facilitator on ArtReach project,<br />
Longford<br />
have the opportunity to express<br />
themselves, their true self,” she said.<br />
The eldest of four explained that<br />
delving into a career in the arts<br />
was fully supported by her parents<br />
<strong>and</strong> that there was even a kitchen<br />
wall dedicated to her <strong>and</strong> her<br />
siblings’ doddles.<br />
“My parents [Sylvia <strong>and</strong> Simon] were<br />
very supportive when we were kids.<br />
I am lucky to have very free thinking<br />
parents <strong>and</strong> they never stopped me<br />
from doing anything.”<br />
The artist whose hero’s include golf<br />
legend Suzann Pettersen, her folks<br />
<strong>and</strong> now her sister’s kids told the<br />
<strong>Midl<strong>and</strong></strong>s <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
that as well as art being “central”<br />
<strong>and</strong> “part of us all,” it is “vital”<br />
socially as well.<br />
Commenting on the recent controversy<br />
to have artist Shane Cullen's piece<br />
removed at the Luan Gallery in Athlone,<br />
she said: “Everybody has the right<br />
to an opinion but you have to accept<br />
that something is one person’s<br />
creation <strong>and</strong> not take things too<br />
personally around it. The most<br />
important thing that a society needs<br />
is to have people within that society<br />
that shed light on things from a<br />
different viewpoint or a different<br />
angle. You might not like it <strong>and</strong> you<br />
might not agree with it but it is such<br />
an important thing for us all to have<br />
in our lives <strong>and</strong> to have in our society.”<br />
When asked about her best<br />
memories from 2012 Lucy said<br />
that being the featured artist at<br />
The Curtis Cup, Nairn, Scotl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
was a lovely experience <strong>and</strong> a<br />
st<strong>and</strong>out memory to date.<br />
Lucy who is a big fan of Frida Khalo,<br />
Friedensreich Hundertwasser,<br />
Edvard Munch <strong>and</strong> the “sublime”,<br />
yet undiscovered, Christine Foard,<br />
told the <strong>Midl<strong>and</strong></strong>s <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Culture</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> that it is actually the artists<br />
at Mullingar Resource Centre that<br />
have influenced her most.<br />
“They make art without questioning<br />
or with the need for someone to say<br />
it’s good...they make art in such a<br />
natural, true <strong>and</strong> pure way, to me<br />
those guys are just incredible artists.”<br />
After spending most of January<br />
clearing away the cutter, Lucy<br />
explained: “I am in a phrase right<br />
now where I just want to reset.<br />
“I have quite a bit of work on, which<br />
is great <strong>and</strong> I have a couple of plans<br />
just going quietly in the background,<br />
but I haven’t got any shows booked<br />
yet. Ultimately my greatest wish for<br />
myself <strong>and</strong> in terms of my prayers<br />
is that I can survive on what I am doing.<br />
It doesn’t really matter to me about<br />
acceptance, I just would like to make<br />
a living out of what I am doing.”<br />
M<br />
Lucy with the Curtis Cup Team 2012<br />
<strong>2013</strong><br />
• Work on loan Windmill Lane<br />
Stidios<br />
2012<br />
• Limitless Solo Show Inspirational<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>, Dublin<br />
• Curtis Cup exhibition, Featured<br />
Artist at the Nairn Book & <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Festival<br />
• Event artist Curtis Cup, Nairn,<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
2011<br />
• Event Artist Solheim Cup, Killeen<br />
Castle, Co. Meath<br />
2010<br />
• Exhibition of work at the Irish<br />
Ladies Open, Killeen Castle.<br />
2008<br />
• Instinct & Memory Solo show,<br />
Visual <strong>Arts</strong> Studio & Gallery<br />
2007<br />
• Collection of group shows involving<br />
<strong>Midl<strong>and</strong></strong>s based artists.<br />
• Three Colours Love Solo show<br />
2007 – 2008<br />
• Proprietor of the Visual <strong>Arts</strong> Studio<br />
& Gallery, Mount St. Mullingar<br />
• Hosted a series of exhibitions<br />
<strong>and</strong> activities.<br />
1999 – 2001<br />
• <strong>Arts</strong> facilitator, Siol Resource<br />
Centre, Mullingar<br />
1998/1999<br />
• Member of the board of directors<br />
CAFÉ<br />
1998<br />
• Artist in residence, Westmeath<br />
Community Development<br />
1997/1998<br />
• Participant on first accredited<br />
training for community arts trainers,<br />
The Learning Wheel, CAFÉ.<br />
1993 – 1998<br />
• Facilitator with various<br />
Community <strong>Arts</strong> goups, VTOS,<br />
VEC, HSE, WCD.<br />
EDUCATION<br />
• NUIM Adult education awards via<br />
the Learning Wheel<br />
• City & Guilds in Graphic Design<br />
• Painting <strong>and</strong> Printmaking, GMIT<br />
• Loreto College, Mullingar<br />
WORK IN PUBLIC &<br />
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.<br />
• Westmeath Co. Co.<br />
• Tullamore General Hospital<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
• Frontline <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
• Visual <strong>Arts</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
All Square playing 9th (Curtis Cup 2012)<br />
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