TRADE is a collaborative visual arts programme between Leitrim and Roscommon County Councils providing knowledge, resources and opportunities for visual artists within Leitrim and Roscommon to engage internationally. Rather than considering ‘rural’ as ‘isolationary’, TRADE emphasises that art is a global construct and encourages a freeflow of ideas and opportunities both for local artists to engage internationally as well as for international artists to participate locally.
TRADE consists of two elements which occur on alternate years – a residential programme and a seminar event which originally developed from the Artist As Traveller seminar
| TRADE 2004 |
Seminar - King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon |
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| TRADE 2005 |
Seminar - The Dock, Carrick on Shannon |
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TRADE 2006 |
Under the residential programme Trade 2006 , artists Alfredo Jaar and Rebecca Fortnum each worked with a group of five artists from the two counties. Additionally two other local artists participated in international residencies in Lebanon and India sponsored by TRADE. The Alfredo Jaar residency culminated in the project AFTER (www.after.ie). |
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| TRADE 2007 |
Seminar - King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon |
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| TRADE 2008 |
Similar to 2006, TRADE 2008 will consist of two residencies serving ten artists from Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. One of the international artists will be Janek Simon who featured at TRADE 2007. The other has yet to be confirmed. If you are a practicing based in these counties and are interested in taking part in this programme, please contact us. |
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