Following on from the success of Create 2003, Fota House and organisers of Create are delighted to announce details of:

Create 2005 – Exhibition featuring 24 of Ireland’s leading furniture designer makers.

Dates
Saturday October 1st to Sunday October 16th.

Venue
Fota House, Fota Island, Cork

Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm. Last admission 4.30pm
Sunday 10am to 6pm. Last admission 4.30pm
Please note that the times of the Lecture Series are yet to be confirmed.

Admission Charge
Adults €10.00
Senior Citizens/Students €5.00
Groups (of 10 or more) €7.00
Tickets are available at the venue

ExhibitorsBrian Murray, Co Galway
Declan O’Donoghue, England W: www.sffurniture.co.uk
Duncan Russell Furniture, Co Kilkenny
Farm 21, Co Carlow W: farm21.co.uk
Gabriel Furniture, Co Galway W: www.bengabriel.com
Hans Leptien, Cork, W: www.handsonfurniture.ie
Imago Alternatives Ltd., Cork W: www.imago.ie
John Lee, Co Meath
Joseph Walsh Bespoke, Co Cork. W: www.josephwalshbespoke.com
Klimmek & Henderson Furniture, Dublin. W: www.klimmek-henderson.com
Lanigan Creative Designs, Co Tipperary. W: www.lcdfurniture.com
Laura Mays Furniture, Co Galway. W: www.lauramays.com
Luc Racine Furniture, Co Cork.
Michael Bell Design Furnituremakers, Co Laois. W: www.michaelbelldesign.com
Neil Lyons, Co Kilkenny
nest furniture design, Co Cork. W: www.nest-design.com
Noel Whelan Design, Co Waterford. W: www.noelwhelandesign.com
Robert English Designs, Co Longford. W: www.redfurn.com
Shane Holland Design Workshops, Dublin. W: www.shanehollanddesign.com
Stevan Hartung, Co Wicklow
Steven O’Briain, Co Carlow
Thomas Kay, Co Cork. W: www.westcorkcraft.org
Wedge, Dublin. W: www.wedge.ie

Official Opening
An Exclusive Preview will take place on Friday September 30th. Admission is by invitation
only and all exhibitors will attend.

Media Enquiries
All media enquiries to Frances McDonald, Project Manager - Create
T: 023 29161 M: 087 2420136 E: frances.mcdonald@sws.ie

Just heard of a Concert taking place in Fota House

On Thursday 15th September at 8p.m.

The information we have been given is as follows:

Music by Marin Marais and his contemporaries

Sarah Cunningham viola de gamba
Malcolm Proud harpsicord
Sarah Groser viola de gamba

The rich and eloquent sounds of the viola de gamba are at their most enticing in this music from the gamba's golden age at the French court.

Tickets: €20.00 / €15.00 (conc.)
Available from Pro Musica, 20 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork

Booking: Postal, email and telephone bookings can be made to East Cork Early Music,
95 Main Street, Midleton, Co. Cork
Tel: 021 - 4636761

Hope this is enough information.

Hi, my colleagues and myself will be keeping you informed of the different events taking place in Fota House.

I have received details of:

MARA ADAMITZ SCRUPE - Fota Lichens Project

This is a project that surveys native Irish Lichens found on the grounds of Fota Arboretum, and explores their ecological significance and usefulness for assessing environmental conditions. The project is being commissioned jointly by the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Sirius Arts Centre and Fota Arboretum, with funding provided by a grant from the Irish Arts Council.

It runs from the 9th August to 24th August 2005

in the Long Hall & Flower Room in Fota House.

Admission: Adults 5.50 Senior Citizens & Students 4.50 Children 2.20
Families (2 adults & 3 children) 12.50
Group Rates (groups of 15 & over) 4.50

For further information contact: Anne Boddaert at Tel: 353 21 4907857
Fota House at Tel: 353 21 4815543
E-mail: crawforinfo@eircom.net

Cecilia Siqueira & Fernando Lima in Concert

On Friday 5th August 2005

At 8 p.m.

In Fota House

"Demonstrating their unique musical and expressive versatility, shows complete knowledge of instrument and of its real possibilities", Henrique Pinto world master guitarist.


Cecilia Siqueira, "the passionate, sensual notes sung by the instrument of the Uruguayan artist were welcomed with great applause by the hundreds of spectators in the Queen Elizabeth Hall", Agency EFE, Londres 2002.


Fernando Lima, "His tremolo is one of the best that has been heard in a long time", Classical Guitar Magazine, England 2002.


For further information: Tel 021 4815543 (Fota House)