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This Monday evening is the first project review meeting of the year. Should be an interesting session to see what projects people have chosen to work on over the year. Bound to be good diversity and some interesting initiatives.

2019 Annual Subscription

The annual subscription for 2019 of €90 is now due. Please ensure that you pay by 28th February 2019. Payment can be made by PayPal at https://offshoot.ie/subs or by cash/cheque at the door.

OffShoot Exhibition 2019 - 7th May until 17th June

The club exhibition will be in Deansgrange Library again this year. All members, new and old, may submit up to 2 images for the exhibition and we guarantee to display at least one, depending on the number of entries. When choosing your images you need to be mindful that the exhibition is in a family library. The space in the library has been restricted, so get your images in early to avoid disappointment!

Images may be submitted from now up to 7th April.

The file name for your images must include 'Exhibition-Your Name-Image Title' and they must be submitted at https://www.dropbox.com/request/WZMztBkvMuVfPCV7uC3C.

Your pictures will all be mounted and framed in a white frame 21x17ins. The cost will be 30 Euro each. This is a very special price for the exhibition only.

There will be a party in the Grange Pub on the night of the opening and all members and guests will be welcome.

NB. Images will only be accepted from paid up 2019 members.

Any queries?

Dave 086 173 1166

Tony 086 236 2828

Is He Irish by Mike Smith

Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society/pool/with/25203048077/.

There’s also a link from the OffShoot home page.

23rd February
Club Outing – Sunset at Sally Gap

25th February
Club Meeting – Project #1 Review

4th March
Club Meeting – Weather and Photography (Evelyn Cusack)

11th March
Club Meeting – Iñaki Hernandez-Lasa: Fine Art Fellowship from RPS Panel / Competition #2 Hand-In

12th March
Club Outing – Dublin Zoo

18th March
No Meeting

25th March
Competition #2 Judging

Keep an eye on your email and the What's On (click here) section on the website for updates.

The first project hand in will be on 18th February, with the first review session on 25th February.

Leica 0-series no. 122 became the most expensive camera in the world when it was sold at auction in March last year. How much did it sell for?

A. €1 million

B. €2.4 million

C. €5.2 million

D. €900,000

Answer at the bottom of the Newsletter.

Life Framer Photography Prize

Life Framer is a photography award that sources and showcases outstanding work from amateur to established artists. Every Edition we run 12 monthly calls for entries, each overseen by a world-renowned photographer or industry professional. Details at https://www.life-framer.com.

[In]Visible: Irish Women Artists from the Archives

National Gallery

To 28 February 2019

Room 11 | Free admission

Letters, scrapbooks, photographs, and art materials will shed light on the education, career and recognition of artists such as Mary Swanzy, Sarah Purser, Mainie Jellett, Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and Evie Hone. The exhibition showcases archival material related to Irish women artists, drawn from the collection of the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art, marking the start of the digitisation project Source—an ambitious three-year project to catalogue the Gallery’s archive and library collections relating to Irish art and make them accessible online.

Field Notes from the Border # 1

Gallery of Photography.

7 March – 7 April 2019.

Field Notes from the Border presents new work by contemporary artists working along the border in Ireland. A series of cross border exhibitions and engagement programmes curated by Gallery of Photography will respond to the anxiety raised by the prospect of the imposition of a hard border and the unfolding events brought about by Brexit.