‘Make’, a symposium on ‘making’ in art, technology and science, is at the CIT Cork School of Music on March 7.

I spent some time in Boston in my late twenties. America prides itself on its multiculturalism, but I would hardly be the first to remark that the country has a habit of reducing everything to a certain sameness.

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Books, newspapers, catalogues, personal writings — artist Colin O’Connor uses all manner of paper to create his artworks. Cut into crisp shapes, stacked and rolled to make patterns, the end results have a signature style.

MUSIC NEWS: Singer, opera composer and champion of African music, Damon Albarn can now add radio presenter to his list of talents.

Maud Cotter is one of Ireland’s most accomplished artists.

Carl Dixon on how Cork Craft Month showcases local talent and initiative

Vincent Cassel in La Haine, the film that made his name and which is as provocative today as it was in 1995.

CHRIS Marker’s La Jetée was one of the first films made with still rather than moving images.

Legendary photographer Terry O’Neill was at CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery last night for the launch of his first exhibition in Cork.

MUSIC NEWS: Lupe Fiasco is a brave man.

Legendary photographer Terry O’Neill will present a major exhibition of his work in Cork in January.

Every week Esther N McCarthy picks her top three interiors sites.

What I do: I’m a graphic designer, photographer and web designer

MUSIC NEWS: Cork music fans got some good news earlier in the week when it was announced that the Savoy will at last re-open on Oct 19.

What I do: 2012 has been good. I finished art college last year expecting to have to work in an unrelated field, but ended up working in a gallery and as a freelance arts writer.

Ireland’s blighted socio-economic landscape is interpreted by four artists in a fascinating new exhibition, says Carl Dixon

Exhibition at CIT Wandesford Quay contrasts classical realist drawing with contemporary practices,says Carl Dixon