Mediastore - Crafts Council of Ireland The Crafts Council's visual database is now available to view at the national office in Castle Yard, Kilkenny. Viewing is by appointment only. Tel: 056-61804. The database can also be viewed at our retail gallery in DESIGNyard in Temple Bar, Dublin. Tel: 01-6778467.

Wondering about how to survive as an artist/craftworker? The VITA Information Guide in Professional Practice for Artists provides hard facts and sound advice on all aspects of making a living as a visual artist, including comprehensive sections on Funding, Exhibitions, Finance, Marketing, Legal Status and Studios. The VITA Guide, developed by Arthouse with project partners in Ireland, the UK and Spain with funding from the E U LEONARDO programme, is now avail­able on the Arthouse website: http://www.arthouse.ie

Craft Partnership Initiative This is a project promoted by three organisations, Fingal Workshop Ltd, St. Michael's House and Dulick Enterprise Centre. Its objective is to promote and retail quality products produced by peo­ple with disabilities. We are currently establishing three retail outlets situated in North Dublin, South Dublin and Ennis, Co. Clare.

At present, the partnership is seeking information on craft businesses that employ people with disabilities within their industry. If you have any informa­tion,which would assist us in our research, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Contact Richelle Hogan or Mairead Foyle at Fingal Workshop Ltd, Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Tel: 01-8490915, Fax: 01-8494314, E-mail: fin-gwork@iol.ie

Corporate Gifts Corporate Gifts is an on-line gift shop dedicated to the sale and marketing of original Irish arts and crafts servicing the international corporate and executive market. Our aim is to promote quality Irish artistic endeavour while providing global recognition for original Irish tal­ent. For further information, contact Stephen O'Hare, Corporate Gifts, 11 St. James Terrace, Malahide, Co Dublin. Tel: 01-845 6167, Fax: 01-845 5036, E-mail: sohare@indigo.ie

Internet Trading Company Celtrade Internet Trading Co. Ltd is Ireland's first Internet Trading Company set up specifically to advertise and sell Celtic craft ware world-wide. If you are interested in making your product available to one billion potential customers world-wide please write, enclosing a copy of your brochure, if available, to: Celtrade Internet Trading Company Ltd, 105 Dorney Court, Shankill, Co Dublin. Tel: 01-2826472 E-mail: celtrade®indigo.ie

Ceardlann Taipeis Eigse Chorea Dhuibhne 18th - 20th September, 1998. This is an annual symposium which takes one aspect of local life and culture every year and celebrates it by talks, work­shops, competitions and other social events. The subject of the Eigse this year is the Sheep and the aspect connecting it to the tapestry design workshop is wool. There will also be a basic spinning, weaving and dyeing workshop by Sue Redican at Oidhreacht Chorea Dhuibne in Ballyferriter and a felting workshop by Una nf She at her workshop, The Wood, Dingle. While the other workshops are aimed at the general public, the design workshop is aimed at people already working pro­fessionally within the arts, primarily tapestry artists. For further details please contact Maire Ui tShfthigh at 066-56100, or Lisbeth Mulcahy at 066-51688.

COURSES North Lands Creative Glass Two one week 'Master Class' courses and 'Weekend Conference' programme to be held in Lybster, North-eastern Scotland this September. For further information or copies of our various brochures covering the courses and conference contact Alan Poole, Promotions/General Enquiries at North Lands Creative Glass, 43 Hugh Street, London SW1V 1QJ Tel: 0044 171-821 6040 Fax: 0044 171- 834 2480.

FAIRS/EXHIBITIONS Tendence International Frankfurt Autumn Fair Here some 5000 exhibitors, around half of them from outside Germany, will occupy all ten halls of the Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre.

Despite the large number of exhibitors and the vast area covered, transparency and short walking distances are ensured by the clear division of the fair into three

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thematic bundles: •Domus & Lumina (The World of Living) •Prasent & Carat (Gift Ideas) •Tavola & Cucina (Table / Kitchen)

If you wish to know more about this event or wish to purchase your admission tickets in advance, please call our repre­sentatives in Ireland @ L E P International Ltd, 8 Windsor Place, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6767783, Fax: 01-6767927.

The 1998 Galway Ideal Homes Exhibition 29 October - 1 November 1998 The intention is to have a craft corner in the Galway Ideal Homes exhibition. With the timing of the exhibition right in the middle of the pre-Christmas buying season, it would provide excellent selling power for any craft related products.

This is the business opportunity of 1998 with an expected visitor attendance of over 10,000 during the four days.

The success of last year's show is reflect­ed in over 60% of exhibitors re-booking for the 1998 event and the immense interest from exhibitors involved in the Our House exhibitions. For further information, contact Evelyn McGlynn. Tel: 045-877222, Fax: 045-877450.

Val d'Argent, European Patchwork Meeting, 18 - 21 September 1998 in France The 2 main aims of the European Patchwork Meeting are: •Making people familiar with the Amish and their traditions •Exhibiting quilts selected all over the world

In 1995, for the first European Patchwork Meeting, the Silver Valley greeted about 5000 people. In 1997, 9000 visitors dis-

covered 500 exhibited quilts, 10 work­shops, 6 lectures and 35 exhibitors who offered a large range of quilting acces­sories to sell.

Our exhibitions express a high standard of quality. Our long-term goal is to cre­ate in the next years a European House of Textile Art. Please do not hesitate to contact us at the Silver Valley Tourist Office, Tel: 0033 3-8958 8050, Fax: 0033 3-8958 6792. Website: http//www. valdargent.com/otsi

International Fibre Art Symposium January 1999. The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland is inviting artists from the whole island of Ireland and from abroad who work in fibre media to apply for places on the International Fibre Arts Symposium that will take place for two weeks in January 1999.

All board and lodging expenses for the two weeks will be paid for the selected artists. They will subsequently be invited to submit work for an exhibition of the best of the 1998, 1999 and 2000 sympo­siums, to be shown in Ireland, on the continent of Europe and in North America from late 2000.

For the 1999 International Fibre Arts Synposium at Annaghmakerrig we are looking for artists who are working in original and inventive ways with fibre materials of all sorts. Interested appli­cants are asked to send us an up-to-date curriculum vitae and 6 slides of their work for selection before 31 st August 1998.

For further information, contact Grainne Millar, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, County Monaghan. Tel: 047-54003, Fax: 047-54380, E-mail: thetge® indigo.ie

1999 Welsh Gift Fair - 14th & 15th March, 1999. This general giftware and crafts Fair is organised by Oyster Exhibitions and takes place in the Cardiff International Arena. For information contact Zoe Bragg or Robert Thomas at Oyster Exhibitions, 93a Mumbles Road, Swansea, SA3 5TW. Tel: 0044 1792-405019, Fax: 0044 1792-402778.

International Trade Fair Munich "Talente 99", 18 - 24 March 1999. The goal of the "Talente" exhibition is to present works of particularly gifted

young individuals. These works must reflect an intensive grappling with both formal and technical problems and must present something unique, surprising and unusual. The exhibition and especially the "Talente" catalogue should inform and intrigue private persons and special­ists about the talent of young individuals.

For further information and application, contact Peter Nicki or Dr Angela Bock, Handwerkskammer, fur Munchen and Oberbayern, Max-Joseph-Strasse 4, 80333 Munchen, Germany. Tel: 0049 89-5119 282, Fax:0049 89-5119 245.

Focal Point National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (September 1998) Focal Point has negotiated the extension of its specialised design area for 1998. This enables the participation of a con­siderable number of new, small and inno­vative firms in Focal Point at this Autumn Fair.

Focal Point has been concentrating over the last year in searching out smaller firms with completely original products. One area which has proved especially responsive is the professional crafts trade.

For further information, contact Robert Jordan, Joy Jordan or Carolyn Chennells @ F.P. Exhibition Management Ltd. Tel: 0044 1400-281937, Fax: 0044 1400-282051.

WCC Europe Press Release -European Prize for Contemporary Art and Design-Led Crafts 1998 "The die is cast" The die is cast and the winners of the first European Prize for Contemporary Art and Design-led Crafts in 1998 are now definite. The six winners are:

Dorte Behn, Hamburg, Germany for tex­tile installations and scarves Michael Rowe, London, UK for guilded metal objects Paula Bartron, Stockholm, Sweden for sand-casted glass objects David Huycke, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium for silver bowls Ulrika Sward, Stockholm, Sweden for tactile objects out of various materials Anton Farthofer, Gosing, Austria for inte­rior furniture

An exhibition of the works of all 35 craftspeople selected for the final level of the competition as well as the six prizewinners will be open to the public from 21 September - 17 October 1998 at Palais Harrach in Vienna, Austria.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full colour catalogue which will be available at the WCC-Europe office from September 1998 on.

WCC European Crafts Conference Craft Forum and Colloquium 11 and 12 July 1998, 9.30 - 18.30. Maison de la Culture (House of Culture), Namur Province 14, avenue Golenvaux, B-5000 Namur. David Comerford, the woodturner, was selected to represent Ireland by the inter­national jury.

For further information, WCC-BF, c/o Anne L E C L E R C Q , rue des Longs Pres, 3,B-7070 Mignault (Belgium), Tel: 0032 67-44 39 76, Fax: 0032 67-49 09 60.

POSITIONS SOUGHT 22 year old Degree student in Ceramics seeking work experience in a Pottery Studio. Contact Martina 064-33062, 064-44348.

TO LET Studio/Retail/Workshop property featur­ing large display windows on main Kilkenny - Urlingford - Cork route in Freshford Village.

This property extends into a garage 14ft x 14ft and loft area 50ft long and backs onto a large shed 75ft long. Would suit 1/2/3 people sharing. Details: 056-32396 or 087- 2736664.

FOR SALE 1. Toika loom (never used) 120 cms. wide. 8 shafts with all attachments (reeds, raddle, heddles rug shuttles, bob­bin winder, beam cloths) and warping mill £850. Please contact Ann King-Hall. Tel: 087 2256053.

2. Spinning wheel and carders £75. Please contact Ann King-Hall Tel: 087-2256053.

WANTED 1. Floor loom (weaving). Please contact Erin Byrne on 0508 81521 or Baltinglass, Co Wicklow.

2. Second-hand surface shearing machine (1-TS120) or any handtufting equipment. Please contact Catherina @ 056-61804.

While every care has been taken in the compilation of this Stopress, the publishers cannot accept responsibiltity for errors or ommissions. To adver­tise in Stopress please contact Nuala McGrath at the Crafts Council of Ireland. Tel. 056-61804, Fax. 056-63754.