EVENTS

There is so much going on at CFCP in the last week of April that we have decided to summarise it for you in a short update. We’re featuring contemporary avant-garde and oriental multi-instrumental concerts, our regular and really cool Wednesday jazz jam session, an event to promote your upcoming artistic programme and network with other creative people. Our current artistic workshops include oriental music, illustration, composition, and jazz guitar. All this is happening in one week! There's definitely something for everyone to enjoy. Hope to see you around!
EVENTS
5 LAMPS FESITVAL CONCERT: Lucjan WesolowskiSaturday 24 @ 8. 30 pm Concert by a multi-instrumentalist Lucjan Wesolowski, described as “relaxing and delightfully refreshing at the same time”. Lucjan blends jazz, Oriental, Latin and Indian influences to create a contemporary world sound that sets him apart from his peers. Enjoy a glass of wine and Indian spirit. Tickets: €8 and €10For more information click here >>
COMPONENTS SERIES: Cathal Roche Sunday, 25 April @ 6pmSaxaphonist Cathal Roche closes our Components Series presenting new works by a group of Irish composers. Each week a collection of New Irish music has been written and performed, then recorded, developed and used to accompany a musician at another performance in the series. The programme was developed for Irish audiences with the aim to make creative Irish music more accessible to new audiences.Tickets - €12Please feel free to bring your own refreshments!For more information click here >>
TELL THE WORLD! 26 April from 7pm till 9pmThe last Monday of every month CFCP invites the art world to our gallery to meet, pitch events and make friends and professional contacts with other arts professionals in Dublin, and our wide audience, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.Organisations will get a chance to become faces, ideas can be discussed and collaborations agreed. No booking needed, just join us and bring your flyers with you!Ticket - €5 (tea, coffee and a glass of wine included)For more information click here >>
JAZZ & BLUES JAM NIGHT Wednesdays 8:00 - 11pm For percussion, guitar, double bass and all other instruments!Sessions are open to everyone, including those who like to listen. Please keep in mind this is an informal playing event with no preset program or tune list.If you are just learning, you are welcome to hang out, listen, follow along, ask questions, and/or observe those who have been at it a little while longer. Don’t forget to bring your own “refreshments”!Tickets: Members €5 Non-members €7.50For more information click here >>
CLOSING PARTY: 5 Lamps Festival 1 May from 7pm Come and celebrate the 5 Lamps Festival with us at The Centre for Creative Practices, 15 Pembroke St. Lower. Join us and share your impressions of the festival's program and highlights. For more information click here >>
WORKSHOPS
JAZZ & BLUES GUITAR IMPORVISATION CLASSES by JAREK DOBRZANSKI27 April from 6.30 - 8.30pm for 8 weeks €250We are starting the second term for our jazz & blues guitar improvisation classes. This course is unique as it focuses on musical as opposed to technical abilities. Learn tricks of the trade and practical tips - you won't learn it at school, you won't read it in the books!Jarek Dobrzanski - Blues & jazz musician and teacher, session musician, composer and a columnist with the Polish edition of Total Guitar magazine.For more information click here >>
DEVELOP YOUR ILLUSTRATION SKILLS by AGNIESZKA MARZEC27 April from 6.30 - 8.30pm for 6 weeks €120Develop your illustration skills, learn how to design your own storyboard (storyline and characters) for the illustrations for books, magazines, websites. You also will learn about the wide range of techniques used in contemporary illustration.Agnieszka Marzec – children and editorial illustratorFor more information click here >>
ORIENTAL MUSIC WORKSHOP by LUCJAN WESOLOWSKI29 April from 6.30 - 8.30pm €205 Lamps Festival artist Lucjan Wesolowski hosts an Oriental Music Workshop at CFCP. For more information click here >>
LINOCUT WORKSHOP SERIES, ENHANCE YOUR PRINTMAKING SKILLS by MARTA WAKULA MAC1 May from 11am - 40pm €50We are delighted to announce a series of linocut workshops by Marta Wakula-Mac, a highly experienced artist in this field. If you would like to learn the printmaking practice, a variety of lines, different textures, negative and positive images, how to apply ink and much more, do not miss this workshop. The workshop will be run once a month on a Saturday or Sunday, starting from Saturday 1 Mayl from 11am till 4pm.Marta Wakula-Mac - member of Graphic Studio Dublin and has exhibited both nationally and internationally, illustrator of Susan Knight’s book Gommorah (2007), regularly published in The Stinging Fly Magazine, among others Arts Council Awardee.For more information click here >>
Right now we're working on our programme schedule for May – keep an eye on your inbox for the next CFCP update!All the best and see you soon!
Monika SapielakArtPolonia15 Pembroke Street LowerDublin 2www.artpolonia.orgemail:sapielak@artpolonia.org phone: 01-7995416