My Heroes

Had some fun last week with Cole aged 6 and Daithi aged 4, both superhero fans. 

for Cole's Show and Tell he took in his scrap book with some manipulated images!

now I have to make huge posters for them.

Willie Doherty at Foyle Film Festival

Foyle Film Festival, now in its 21st year kicked off on Friday Night. I have a real soft spot for the festival as I used to be involved, (12th-17th FFF) so I also know how much work it to pull the whole event together.

Credit to Director, Bernie McLaughlin and team who have succeeded in putting together a diverse programme of screenings and workshops.

I moseyed on down last night to the  Willie Doherty (twice nominated for Turner prize) screening of Ghost Story, a visual piece narrated by Stephen Rea on the themes of loss and foreboding. It was great to actually attend an event at the festival without working on it!.. and who should I bump into but my old cohort Shauna Kelpie, ( Director from 12-19th FFF), the lovely Colum Lynch giving his all (as usual) at the box office and Quiz Master extraordinaire Martin Bradley... Ghost Story was an apt title as for me it was like meeting up with the ghosts of festivals past. 

I would say that most of Derry's artistic community was present, which led to some interesting discussions in the VOID afterwards. 

I had a good conversation with the very talented and modest Seamus McGarvey (Oscar nominated cinematographer) about my own film loss... my final year Media studies film which I was quite proud of, unfortunately after its initial screening at the UU Coleraine and Belfast it seemed to disappear and all I have to prove I made it is a few rushes on a DVD somewhere.....ah well, I did get an RTE bursuary out of it... long since spent (like my youth...where ever he is). 

If you missed Willie Doherty's Ghost Story you should take yourself along to his exhibition APPARATUS / CLOSURE / EMPTY which will be in the VOID from 25th November to 23rd January. 

Check out VOID at www.derryvoid.com

 and the Foyle Film Festival at www.foylefilmfestival.org (the festival runs from the 21st - 29th November).

 

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Current Exhibitions

The Context Gallery

London Street: A Visual Exploration 

10th Oct - 21st Nov   

Tel: +44(0)2871 373538

Void 

The 17: Birth, Marriage & Death - Bill Drummond 

21st Oct - 15th Nov

Tel: +44(0)28 71308080

Belfast Exposed Photography

A Century of Spin - An exhibition about PR photography by Factotum

17 Oct - 28 Nov

Tel: +44(0)28 230965

Christmas.....

Speaking of which, the deadline for canvases needed in time for Christmas is December 15th.

I can't believe we're talking about Christmas again....seems only yesterday it was Halloween...now thats really scary.

So who pressed the FF button?...you forwarded past the whole summer...

Dear Santa, 

Next year, please can we have a summer? 

Yours sincerely ... most everyone.

Seagate Offer

We're so nice here we're giving a 20% discount to all Seagate employees on any

16" x 24" canvas or larger, ordered before Christmas.

The offer will also apply to any gift vouchers they order with a minimum value of 75GBP. (It will only cost 60GBP) and can be used anytime in 2009.

Seagate employees can contact us at 0044 2871 329179 for more info.

Derry Journal - Competition Winner

Hi All,

We recently ran a readers offer competition with the Derry Journal newspaper.

The prize was a free 24" x 16" canvas from our Fantasy Fairy Collection.

The winner gets to bring their little one along  to the Resolution Art studio, where our photographer (yours truely) takes a photo suitable for the Fairy templates.

All other entrants received a discount voucher.

Denise O'Hagan from West Way in Derry City was the lucky winner. 

She will be bringing along one year old  Aaron who will be transformed into a knight embarking on a mythical quest on his dragon.

I'll post the final image within the next couple of weeks.

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