The Bere Island Heritage Centre is now open every day, come and see our Bere Island Experience Exhibition plus a display to commemorate the Titanic Centenary, information on the Heritage sites and walks and activities on the island, a craft shop, refreshments, and internet & printing services. Call in and visit us!
The Bere Island Heritage Centre's AGM is this Friday 20th April at 9pm in the Heritage Centre, everyone is welcome to attend.
Comhdhail Oileain na hEireann (Irish Islands Fereration) AGM 2012 will be held at the Heritage Centre on April 27th & 28th. Islanders from around the Irish coast will attend. Officials from the Islands division will also attend a questions and answers sessions on Saturday. All are welcome.
We will be holding a Bealtaine Fair on Saturday 12th May to celebrate the coming of summer! A family day and everyone is welcome, the Bere Island Children's Irish Dance Group will be performing on the day, tables for sellers are E10, please contact us to book your table 027 75956, biheritage@gmail.com.
We will be launching our Big Raffle very soon, with a fantastic first prize of 1 weeks accommodation in a lovely Beach House in Stinson Beach, San Francisco courtesy of John Joe Sullivan, including $1000, second prize is a 32inch flat screen TV from Dwyers Electrical in Cork, plus many other great prizes, more details to follow. Tickets will be on sale soon.
The Heritage Centre Team
Theresa, Helen, Tomasz & Lisanne
Hope that you have been enjoying the break and long weekends over the past month.
This month Beara Camera Club will be doing a workshop on getting to know your camera so please bring your camera and it's manual along to out meeting.
Also, please note that we are trying to organise a Field Trip as requested, so please have a look at the proposed venue and dates and confirm by May 14th to myself (Denise) if you will be attending so that we can make final arrangements.
Looking forward to seeing all the "Eyes" images for our next display.
Kind Regards
Denise
The next meeting of the Camera Club will be on
Monday April 16th at 8pm in Twomey’s Bar, Castletownbere
Our next exhibition at Castletownbere Library is
‘Eyes’
Please bring or send to this meeting, up to three prints, on any aspect of this subject. Prints should be approximately A4, ready for mounting. Please put your name on the back and number them according to order of importance.
The provisional programme for coming meetings is as follows:
16th April 2012 - Bring ‘Eyes’ prints; discuss ‘Long Exposure’
14th May 2012 - Bring ‘Long Exposure’ prints; discuss ‘Reflections’
11th June 2012 - Bring ‘Reflections’ prints; discuss ‘Odd Couple’
9th July 2012 - Bring ‘Odd Couple’ prints; discuss ‘Numbers’
13th August 2012 - Bring ‘Numbers’ prints; discuss ‘Open Theme’
10th September 2012 - Bring ‘Open Theme’ prints; discuss ‘Dance’
Please also bring your images on a memory stick so that we can get the gallery in our website up and running.
Photograph of the Month:
Congratulations to Seán Moriarty, whose image of Christmas Tree spines, was chosen as March’s “Abstract” photo of the month. Well done Seán J
Presentation:
At our April meeting we will be doing a bit of a workshop on making the most of your cameras. Please don’t forget to BRING YOUR CAMERA for this as well as the camera manual.
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting and presentation by Bartek Witek last month. Bartek was very well received and we greatly appreciate him travelling to speak to us about his work as a Documentary Wedding Photographer.
Field Trip:
We are suggesting that our club go on a Field Trip as it received many votes in last Octobers voting sheets that you all kindly participated in.
o Venue: Glen Inchaquin
o Date: Sunday June 10th 2012
(or Sunday July 8th 2012, if weather does not permit on previous date)
o Please confirm if you will be attending by May 14th so that arrangements can be made.
Beara Camera Club Website:
The club’s website is up and running.
We need members to supply their images in digital format so that we can get a gallery up and running.
If you would like for your photographs to be included please email them to John Post at errisbegstudio@aol.com or bring your images on disk or memory stick to the meetings.
Committee Meeting:
Proposed time and date for Committee meeting;
o Monday April 23rd, 7pm, meeting venue as discussed.
Bits & Bobs:
Congratulations to our members who submitted work for the Mill Cove Awards and were chosen for exhibition.
Allihies Copper Mine Museum will be hosting Tyrone-born singer-songwriter Juliette TURNER, as follows…
Juliette Turner
Winner of Meteor Music Prize for Best Female Artist 2005
Irish Times four stars. **** ‘JULIET TURNER: People Have Names’
Belfast Telegraph ‘JULIET TURNER: People Have Names (Hear This) 4 Stars ****’
playing at
Allihies Copper Mine Museum
Saturday 28th April
Tickets are now available from the BAG office, The Square, Castletownbere
Or Allihies Copper Mine Museum
€15
For more information call 027 73218
Or, why not give us a review on at the link below
Allihies Copper Mine Museum
Allihies
Beara
Co. Cork
027 73218
MAY WORKSHOP RETREAT:
WATERCOLOUR WITH EVELYN DUNPHY
This week begins our workshop retreat season with Retreat to Deep Ireland. As part of the immersion into the history and beauty of Beara as inspiration to our writing, we will be taking part in the 100th anniversary commemoration of the Titanic passing by Dursey Island, the last land that the passengers would see, on their fateful voyage.
In addition to year-round individual retreats during which residents come to work on their own projects, we are offering five more week-long workshop retreats in 2012.
Next in the schedule is another Beara-inspired workshop retreat, Evelyn Dunphy's week working with watercolours. Please contact Evelyn directly to book your place. Below is an example of her work and details of her workshop at Anam Cara.
"Path to Landfall"
Watercolour Workshop Retreat
Facilitator: Evelyn Dunphy (www.evelyndunphy.com)
Arrival: 12 May 2012
Departure: 19 May 2012
For more information and bookings, contact Evelyn at artist@evelyndunphy.com
"Come and experience the haunting beauty of the landscape that surrounds Anam Cara. Explore ways to find just the right mixtures of pigments to paint all of those wonderful greens, the brightly-colored houses winding their way down the lane and the misty mountains off in the distance - it's an artists' paradise!
"You'll learn to simplify shapes, exaggerate, crop, compose, and build a composition that enables you to enjoy seeing pigments mix and dance on your paper. Be a poet rather than a reporter, paint light and color and shadow, and develop your ability to really "see". There will a demonstration each day, and lots of individual attention. There is nothing like uninterrupted hours of painting time to see a great leap in the quality of your work. No matter what your level of painting ability, there is always so much more to learn and experience.
"My goal is always to enlarge each student's vocabulary of painting 'tools' so that each person has the necessary skills to express their own personal aesthetic. It is necessary to be able to execute the fundamental techniques of using watercolor, and I also believe that passion drives technique; if you really want to paint something you will figure out how to do it. Experienced painters will be challenged and encouraged to move out of their "comfort zone" to realize their goals, and beginners will be guided through the process of using watercolor.
"I also think it's very important to 'name the thing you are trying to do' - whether it's the pigment with its temperature and value, or the concept for your painting. Naming it makes it possible to actually do it."
Recommendations:
"I am just beginning to realize how much I learned from you in the workshop. Things that I thought I knew but did not really understand have come to life for me, and my work shows it" - a student from a recent workshop in Canada.
If you want a workshop with a dedicated, talented teacher who is also a beautiful painter, go with Evelyn Dunphy" - a student from a workshop at Frederic Church's camp
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To commemorate the Titanic passing the West Cork coastline on her fateful voyage, fires will be lit on all headlands in the Beara Peninsula on Wednesday 11th April. A fire will be lit at the old Signal Tower on Bere Island at 5pm that day. Please come and join us for the event.
There will also be a display in the Bere Island Heritage Centre outlining the Bere Island connection to the Titanic.
Regards
Helen
Helen Riddell
Project Administrator
A few places left on this course:-
ONE DAY SUNSET / TWILIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP 7th APRIL 2012
On Saturday 7th April, we are holding a One day Sunset Photography Workshop at Ownahincha, meeting at 2.00 pm and carrying on until it gets too dark to make anymore photographs.
We will start the afternoon getting to grips with our cameras, tripods, filters and composition. We will stop for a meal at around 5.00pm for about an hour, so people have the chance to get some food or go off and use the facilities. Then we will return to a great beach with plenty of rocks etc for foreground interest, photograph the setting sun and then we will carry on to get the twilight shots, long exposures, misty wave effects etc. We will stop when its too dark or too cold to carry on.
This is a workshop aimed at the absolute beginner or improver, but anyone is welcome to join in, it is a fantasti location for seascapes and sunsets. There will be 2 lecturers in attendance, ensuring everyone gets personal attention.
We will cover the basics of aperture, shutter, ISO, metering and white balance. We will show the use of filters and tripods. You will learn the basics of composition, depth of field and hyperfocal focusing for those a bit more advanced.
You will be presented with many opportunities to make some fantastic photographs, no matter what the weather is.
You need to bring your camera equipment, batteries fully charged, (and camera manuals), a packed meal and a note book and pen to make your own notes. There will be a couple of spare tripods for those who do not yet own one.
The cost of the course is reduced to 60.00 euros per person.
Meals, drinks and any entrance fees are NOT included in the course fee.
To book a place on the course the full course fee is payable in advance. Payment accepted by credit card over the phone, or by cash / cheque by post or in person.
If you have any questions or would like to book a place please contact myself, Phil Pound AIPPA, on 028 31818 / 086 3667254 or email, phil@philpoundphotography@.com
Kind Regards
Phil and Charlie
Here is a list of the other group workshops we have sorted out so far, hopefully there is something for everyone.
As ever should anyone require One to One lessons or have your own small group of friends and want to do something in particular please feel free to contact me for a chat about a tailor made course.
Sunday May 13th. Landscape Workshop. Gougane Bara. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Sunday June 10th. Beginners Workshop. Rivers and Waterfalls around Drimoleague and Seascapes, Bantry Bay. Notes supplied. Cost 75.00 euros per person.
Saturday July 7th. Birds Workshop. Rosscarbery / Timoleague for estuary birds and possibly garden birds back in skibbereen. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday August 11th. Landscape Workshop. Glengariff woods and local area. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday September 8th. Sunset Workshop, Bantry Bay. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday October 6th. Macro Workshop, practical demonstrations at Skibbereen Garden Centre in the a.m. Field work Lough Hyne Woods in the p.m. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday October 20th. Deer and possibly Red Squirrels, Killarney. Cost 70.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday November 3rd. Landscape / Seascape workshop, location - somewhere in west cork. Cost 60.00 euros per person attending.
Saturday November 24th. Beginners Workshop. Landscape / Seascape - somewhere in west cork. Notes supplied. Cost 75.00 euros per person.
More details of the other courses are available on my website www.philpoundphotography.com
Kind Regards
Phil Pound
Phil Pound AIPPA
Phil Pound Photography
Antry House, Coarliss, Caheragh,
Drimoleague, Co Cork. Ireland.
Tel. 00353 (0) 28 31818 Mob. 00353 (0) 86 3667254
phil@philpoundphotography@.com www.philpoundphotography.com www.facebook.com/philpoundphoto
You are invited to attend the Save Bantry Bay public meeting, at 8.15pm this Saturday, the Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff.
After a recent public meeting in Adrigole a group was formed to oppose the proposed salmon farm by Marine Harvest at Shot Head, Trafrask, Adrigole. The group ‘Save Bantry Bay’ is holding a meeting on Saturday, 24 March, at the Eccles Hotel in Glengarriff at 8.15 PM to update everyone on the situation.
Chairman Kieran O’Shea, a third generation fisherman from Adrigole, and local Angling Association Secretary Alex O’Donovan, will give a presentation outlining wide ranging objections. This will highlight the fierce opposition to the farm, and how it has brought together diverse interests from across the peninsula.
Fishermen claim that the site of more than 100 acres will limit their ability to make a living, closing off part of an important ground for shrimp and prawn. Tourist interests have quoted studies in Scotland that show that certain tourists do not return to an area with fish farms as they spoil the natural beauty.
Save Bantry Bay is also particularly concerned with the impact of sea lice on the wild salmon as there are 5 salmon rivers entering the bay, all of which will be put at risk. The latest research shows that almost half of the wild salmon populations were lost in bays with salmon farms.
A further problem is the waste produced by salmon farms. It is estimated that in the year 2000, 350 Scottish salmon farms produced a level of waste that had an ecological result which was effectively greater than the sewage produced by Scotland’s 5.1 million humans. Using calculation methods outlined in this study it can be estimated that the Shot Head salmon production of 2,700 tons of fish a year would equate to sewage from a city of 47,000 people – multiple times the population of Bantry Bay.
If you are concerned about any of the above, or would like to learn more about the proposed salmon farm in Bantry Bay, please do attend out meeting.
There will also be a showing of the film Salmonopoly, a documentary about the environmental destruction caused by Marine Harvest’s operation in Chile.
More info: www.savebantrybay.org
Save Bantry Bay!
Tune into Cork FM Community Radio on 100.5 FM or online at www.corkfm.ie at 5pm this Sunday 18th March to hear an hour long programme of story telling and history on Bere Island. We would like to thank Richard T Cooke and his colleagues for giving us the opportunity to talk about Bere Island on his Local History & Culture show, it can also be listened to any time after this Sunday as a podcast.
Check out our Flickr photo gallery (link below) for photos of the day.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Heritage Centre Team
Theresa, Helen, Tomasz & Lisanne.
