OASES: Opening on 9 November 2009 in Armagh

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NEW: photos from the opening day: click here

The exhibition "Over us All is the SElfsame Sky" (OASES) will open at 11:00 am on Monday 9 November in the Rotunda Gallery, St Patrick's Trian, Armagh with a performance of music, poetry and dance by pupils from Mount St. Catherine's Primary School, Armagh and the Armagh Rhymers. The launch coincides with the beginning of the science week in Ireland. The aim of Science Week is to promote the relevance of science, engineering and technology in our everyday lives and to demonstrate the importance of these disciplines to the future development of Irish society and to the economy.

This interdisciplinary exhibition bringing together science, education and art, contains paintings by astronomer Miruna Popescu of Armagh Observatory and artist Dara Vallely of the Armagh Rhymers, as well as work done in Astro-Art Fun workshops and the entries for the Second Cross-Border Schools Conference art competition. The launch is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. The exhibition remains open till the end of November.

Astro-Art Fun is a registered UNAWE (Universe Awareness for Young Children)  and  IYA2009 (International Year of Astronomy) project.

This is an official Science Week event.

Press release


Participant schools:

St. Dominic's High School, Santa Sabina, Sutton, Dublin

Mount St. Catherine's Primary School & Royal School, Armagh

McClintock Primary School & St Colmcille's Primary School, Omagh (astro-art fun workshops held at Omagh Library)


Sponsors:

Republic of Ireland's Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) programme and the Armagh Observatory through core funding from Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

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 International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node