Opening Reception Thursday 10 October, 6 – 8pm

The Workers Café transforms the Gallery at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios into a social space for discussion, learning, working, sharing skills and food from October 11th until November 2nd 2013.

The project also aims to provide the infrastructure for artists to earn money in ways which relate to their practices. The budget of the exhibition has been set aside to pay fees to artists, sourced through an open call, who deliver workshops, talks and performances. A temporary kitchen, called ‘The Hare’ after the SS Hare CWS, a relief ship which brought food to starving strikers during the 1913 lockout, will be set up to provide sustenance to local artists, workers and visitors.

The Workers Café will also feature daily workshops and participatory events run by artists. These are open to the public on a first-come-first-served basis, and cost just €5 each. Details of daily workshops will be available online and in the gallery space. A programme information sessions, clinics and discussions for artists is also planned, in collaboration with Visual Artists Ireland.

Opening hours: 11am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday

Daily events and workshops take place at 3pm or subject to announcement on www.templebargallery.com. Workshops cost €5 to attend unless otherwise advertised.

‘The Hare’

The Hare will provide sustenance to artists and gallery visitors throughout the course of Worker’s Cafe, at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios

Open:11:00-15:00 Tuesday to Saturday, with food and drinks also provided for occasional special events

Bill of Fare

The 3-in-1: a dish of dips, bread and best in season vegetables

Every day ‘The Classic 3-in-1‘ will be available, with a ‘Special 3-in-1’ changing daily

Also: Tea, coffee and sweet things.

The Hare is a project by artist Fiona Hallinan and chef Katie Sanderson, with alternating guest chefs including artists involved in Worker’s Cafe.

The Workers Café is part of a collaboration with the Limerick City Art Gallery, Belfast Exposed and the Centre for Contemporary Art Derry which events to mark the centenary of the 1913 Dublin Lock-Out.

Curated by Rayne Booth