MIXED media artist Paul Delaney’s solo exhibition ‘Hypographic’ is Cork Vision Centre’s first event of 2014.

SCIENCE and art don’t always make the easiest bedfellows. However, when photographer Mick Mackey travelled to the sub-Antarctic island of Bird Island for a 30-month stint as a field biologist he was able to utilise his eye for detail to capture images that are not only technically proficient, but also vibrant, occasionally quirky and highly evocative.

Texaco Children’s Art Competition, Cork Vision Centre

NOW in its third year, the Dare Media Underground Short Film Festival, in Cork, runs from Aug 10-17.

Trying to fathom how the mind can create order is what drives artist, Bill Griffin, whose exhibition, A Song for Deirdre, is showing at the Cork Vision Centre until Jul 23.

Seven educators have returned to the studio to create work for Turning the Tables, says Tina O’Sullivan

DIT Furniture Design Graduate Orla Reynolds on her piece "As if from nowhere"…featured in the IDI Graduate Design Awards.

MUSIC NEWS: While no Irish dates have been announced yet, the Stone Roses have confirmed they’ll be gigging into next year, and have lined up shows for London’s Finsbury Park on Jun 7-8, and Glasgow Green on Jun 15.

MUSIC NEWS: While the London Olympics opening ceremony received a generally favourable response, there were a few grumbles about the musical component of the extravaganza.

What I do: Paint in oils. Lately I’ve been writing plays and acting (of sorts)

Jiri Sliva credits his success to a series of chance meetings, says Tina O’Sullivan

IN weather more likely to make one sing the blues, the world renowned Guinness Cork Jazz Festival got into its swing in venues across the city yesterday.

THE president praised the organisers of the country’s biggest Irish language and cultural festival last night for continuing to make it modern and relevant.

RECENTLY I visited the ‘Inheritance’ exhibition on famous people associated with Cork at the Cork Vision Centre, North Main Street. It was excellent, particularly the sketches by Kevin Sanquest and others.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese will tomorrow open the country’s biggest Irish language and cultural festival.

FOR five days Cork has been alive to the sound of music as more than 4,000 choristers took to the stage, pew, platform and even the streets to bring the beauty of choral singing to the city.

ARCHITECTS must strive for higher standards and place people at the centre of their work, a leading civic figure said at the weekend.

THE Cabinet will this morning clear the way for the Crawford Gallery to receive State funding as it meets in Cork to mark the city’s year as European Capital of Culture.

IRELAND was once described by WB Yeats as "the Hungary of the West". A century on, sculptor Maria Lugossy also believes there are many similarities between the two countries.

A collection of unique personalised coffins featuring a canal boat, a sledge, a skateboard and a box kite is to go on display in Cork.