Bending Glass: Neon exhibition and a farewell to Havelock House

Fionnuala Doran; Johanna Leech; Michael Hanna; Stuart  Calvin; Kevin Killen; Susan Hughes; Paula Blair

Bending Glass: Neon exhibition and a farewell to Havelock House

Fionnuala Doran (Artist)
, Johanna Leech (Curator)
, Michael Hanna (Artist)
, Stuart Calvin (Artist)
, Kevin Killen (Artist)
, Susan Hughes (Artist)
, Paula Blair (Artist)

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

Bending Glass tells the story of master glass bender and neon sign maker Adrian McNevison of AM Light. This exhibition illuminates the former UTV studios with artworks made from light and archive footage from the UTV vaults.

It has been carefully crafted by Johanna Leech in collaboration with Stuart Calvin. Featuring neon artworks made by AM Light with Michael Hanna, Stuart Calvin and Johanna Leech; neon crafted by Kevin Killen; Light boxes by Susan Hughes; animation by Fionnuala Doran; interviews with Adrian McNevison and his son Chris and a written guide by Paula Blair.

Bending Glass has been instigated and organised by artist Johanna Leech in response to the Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive UTV residency programme. The exhibition is in partnership with Flax Art Studios with support from the Department for Communities. The UTV Archive in this exhibition is courtesy of the partnership project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI).

In 2018 Flax Art Studios moved to Havelock House former home of UTV on the Ormeau Road, providing studio space for over 50 artists. Flax will be leaving Havelock House at the end of March however continue to support artists in their North Street and High Street studio and project spaces.

Original language	English
Publisher	Flax Art Studios
Media of output	Drawing
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Irish commercial history
UTV studios
Belfast
Belfast history
Dublin history
Illustration
Illustration and heritage
archival activism
drawing

Type (for Non-textual outputs)

Art

Access to Document

Donnellys Sausages - A recreation of original neon signage for the internet ageSubmitted manuscript, 8.28 MBLicence: Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY)

2 Artefact

The Animals of Funningdale Woods
Doran, F. (Artist), 4 Nov 2021
Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
Catalyst Arts 1993-2018: 25 Years
Doran, F. (Artist), Driver, C. (Editor) & Leech, J. (Editor), 1 Dec 2018
Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact

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Bending Glass: Neon exhibition and a farewell to Havelock House

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The Animals of Funningdale Woods

Catalyst Arts 1993-2018: 25 Years

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