Community update with Jack Mernin
Jack was a student during Art on the Farm, 2009. He was entering senior year the following autumn, and made the decision to apply to art schools. Jack had his pick of schools, and decided to attend RISD where he studied painting. Now in his final year Jack kindly took the time to answer a few questions for us. Read our conversation here..
Community update with Laurie Lax
Laurie was a participant in our 2010 artist residency. She was born in Canterbury, UK 1987, and graduated in Fine Art from Bath School of Art & Design 2010. Based at BV Studios in Bristol, Laurie has exhibited nationally in London, Bristol, Chester and Dundee and internationally in Poland, Ireland and Germany. She co-founded multidisciplinary collective Sondryfolk, collaborative artist group DFW (Dowsing for Water) and is a current member of Spike Associates. You can read our conversation here…
Community update with Darragh Casey
Darragh was a visiting artist in the summer 0f 2009. Based in London, his practice continually seeks ways of challenging our habits, norms and routines. Originally from Cork, Darragh graduated from NCAD Dublin with a BA in Art & Design Education. After developing a practice as both an artist and educator he completed an MA Design (furniture) from Central St. Martin’s , London in 2012.
You can read our conversation here..
We’re happy to announce that we have added a new section to our website dedicated to catching up with former students, residency artists and teachers. We can hardly believe we’re going into our seventh year of programming, and some of our first students are now graduating from college! In our first interviews you can read […]
Sunday 10th November, 1pm – 6pm Please join us this Sunday in viewing recent work by our 2013 residency artists; Corinne Schulze, Ian Clark and Seulki Ki. During their ten week stay, these artists have been given the time and space to concentrate on making a new body of work. Cow House Open Studios offers […]
Here at the Cow House we’re busily preparing for our travels to schools across the United States and Europe, and we can’t help but get excited for another great summer. Below is a partial list of fairs we will be attending this winter, the first of which happen in just a few short weeks in […]
We’re thrilled to be featured in the most recent issue of Kindling Quarterly! Beautiful photographs and kind words by Theresa Andrea & Theo Morrison. You can read more about Kindling here.
An exhibition of 2012 residency artists Colin Matthes, Lois Patino, Marc Horowitz and Susie Tarnowicz is currently on view at the Wexford Arts Centre. Programme director Frank Abruzzese will be giving a talk about the work at the Arts Centre this Thursday, September 26 at 10am. This exhibition explores the disjunction between observations and representations […]
It was just two short days ago we bid farewell to our wonderful students from session 3, and its hard to believe the summer has come to an end. Things seem just a bit too quiet around here after nine weeks of students buzzing around the studio. Our last few weeks of session 3 have […]
During our first few days everyone worked diligently in the studio making their own notebooks, learning their way around the darkroom and creating a series of acrylic paintings. Everyone has discovered the many delights of Mary’s baking, and we all had a chance to spark up new friendships with long chats over the dinner table […]
It’s hard to believe it was only three short days ago we were in the studio looking at everyone’s amazing personal projects. Our last two weeks have been filled with activities too numerous to list, but a highlight would certainly include our trip to the west. We were lucky to get some pretty amazing weather […]
The first week of session two was bathed in beautiful sunshine. We all welcomed new friendships, and in our first few days everyone spent their time working hard in the studio making their own journals, printing in the darkroom and creating a series of 10 paintings. Our trip to Dublin was packed full of activities […]
Our days in the final week for the first session of art on the farm were filled with plenty of studio time, but we were sure to take advantage of the amazing weather too. Swimming in the pond was a daily activity, and we spent a good part of every day taking in the sunshine. […]
This past week started with some life drawing with a nude model, and everyone continued to work diligently in the studio preparing for our first critique. It was wonderful to see the amount of quality work produced, and after all the hard work we were ready to head to the west of Ireland for three […]
We are delighted to be at the beginning of another great summer. In our first few days everyone spent their time working really hard in the studio making their own notebooks, printing in the darkroom and trying out some painting. Our new students have discovered the many delights of Mary’s baking, and we all had […]
We are pleased to announce the 2013 residency artists. Corinne Schulze (USA), Eleanor Duffin (Ireland), Ian Clark (USA) and Seulki Ki (Republic of Korea) will take up residence at the Cow House from September 22 until November 30, 2013. During the autumn of 2014 all four artists will exhibit new work at Wexford Arts Centre. […]
Artists in Residence, 2012 Pictured clockwise from top left are a video still from Montaña en Sombra by Lois Patiño, ping pong setup by Susie Tarnowicz, Homemade Flotation Device by Colin Matthes and Dead FriendZ by Marc Horowitz. Lois Patino I am a filmmaker and artist with a background in psychology studies. My video works move […]
There will be an opening tonight, Thursday, March 28 from 6 to 8pm for an exhibition of work by our 2012 residency artists at Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin. The show will run until May 4, and travel to the Wexford Arts Centre on September 7. Colin Matthes, Lois Patino, Marc Horowitz and Susie Tarnowicz […]
We are pleased to announce our 2013 visiting artists Adam Neese (MFA The University of North Texas, BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Eleanor Ryburn (BFA Washington University), and Katie Humphries (MFA San Francisco Art Institute, BA Portland State University). During the programme they will run workshops, give individual tutorials and speak […]
As we prepare for our annual trips to schools across the United States we can’t help but get excited for another fun summer. Below is a list of fairs we will be attending this winter, the first of which happen this week in New York. These events are a wonderful opportunity to learn more about […]