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Journey to London

Published May 11, 2010

We’ve loaded up the van with art and headed out to London. Artists Susan Thomson and Wendy Judge along with director Jessamyn Fiore took a ferry from Dublin to Holyhead yesterday and are setting out from there this morning for London…

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London Here We Come!

Published May 9, 2010

Well the artwork is collected and tomorrow the van will be packed and driven from Dublin to London… TATE Modern here we come! We have wonderful support for Everything is ‘Up’ and I’ll think we’ll be quite a presence as we have 13 artists and 4 staff going over to participate, not to mention many friends and colleagues from Dublin including Thisisnotashop founder Aideen Darcy. It it shaping up to be quite an experience! But for everyone who can’t make it to Dublin we are delighted to announce that The Back Loft at La Catedral Studios in Dublin is generously hosting Everything Is ‘Up’ from May 25-27 (thank you Antonella!). We’ll present three days of art and performance ending with a closing party so we can all toast the artists and a job well done. So please come along to Everything is ‘Up’ in either London or Dublin and join Thisisnotashop in celebrating Irish independent art!

Writing Workshop in New York City

Published April 13, 2010

We just finished The Writing Workshop in New York City and I’m happy to report it was a success! We had two workshops at P.S.1 that brought in lots of lovely participants and some great writing responses… UnionDocs turned out to be the perfect venue for what ended up a being a kind of mini Festival of Writing…

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Writing Workshop Exhibition at P.S.1 MOMA Final Week

Published February 23, 2010

The Writing Workshop Exhibition at P.S.1 is in its final week so if you are in the New York Area and are looking for a contemporary art outing please check it out. The exhibiton features work by Jessica Foley, Aine Ivers, Susan Thomson, and Jessamyn Fiore. It has been generously supported by Artbook and Culture Ireland. In April the Writing Workshop members are traveling to New York City for a further exhibition and series of workshops/readings. This series will kick off the New York branch of The Writing Workshop extending our little creative text movement to two continents! Exact details about the Writing Workshop in NYC will be posted here… Jessamyn Fiore will be at the P.S.1 Writing Workshop Exhibition this Saturday around 4.30pm to walk through the peices and talk about the workshop and its process… for further information email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Thisisnotashop is closing Benburb Street Gallery

Published December 4, 2009

THISISNOTASHOP is sorry to say…. we’re closing the gallery!
After four years, Thisisnotashop is regretfully closing its gallery space at 26 Benburb Street. Since opening at the beginning of 2006, we have held 80 exhibitions/events and, including group shows, have had the work of over 175 artists grace our space.

However Thisisnotashop as an entity is not going anywhere!
We are going to continue creating exhibitions in both Ireland and New York City in various independent venues as well as maintain our Writing Workshop which is scheduled to present work at P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center in Queens, NY, in February 2010. Our website, http://www.thisisnotashop.com, will become the base of our operation providing information about the various exhibitions and events on both sides of the Atlantic. So rather than mourning the end of the Benburb Street space we’re celebrating all we’ve have done here as well as the next phase of Thisisnotashop and its expanded potential for our artists and audience.

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