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STEVEN SPIELBERG’S classic film ET and the family comedy The Princess Bride will be screened by the Solstice Arts Group at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, this Sunday.

Mayo County Council’s EXCEL 08 is a developmental programme of arts events for teenagers and young adults across the county. The programme focuses on supporting and developing the skills of young people with specific arts interests, while also providing opportunities for young Mayo people to get involved in quality arts events during the month of November, through a number of open workshops.

Three youth organisations in the Mayo area have been awarded €23,323 through the Artist in Youth Work Residency Award run by NYCI’s Youth Arts programme. Castlebar Neighbourhood Youth Project has received €10,000 to create an indoor installation in Ballyhaunis using animation and puppetry. Youthreach Kiltimagh has been awarded €6,323 to provide young people to work with two local artists to enable the group to create a performance piece based on samba drumming and costume making for the St Patrick’s Day parade, and Louisburgh Community Project has received €7,000 to interpret the life of Granuaille by creating an installation incorporating music, puppetry, movement and multi-media.  

GALWAY ARTIST John Jennings recently received Best Animation in the 29th Cork Youth Film and Video Festival for his video Man’s First Alien Encounter.

NIKO AND The Way To The Stars, a new children’s feature animation which comes to The Eye and the Omniplex this Saturday and Sunday, was made by local Galway company Magma Films.

The cartoon films of Galway animator John Jennings have attracted more than half a million video views on the artist’s YouTube profile JohnNetSite5000.

The work of an art graduate from County Mayo has been on display at the Best in Show exhibition in the Digital Hub in Dublin all this week.

Dozens of families gathered with their children at Kilkenny Castle for a Christmas event that saw Santa Claus climb the wall of the castle on Wednesday, December 8 at 5pm.

Most people fear the sequel. And in most cases, they are right to do so. But that was until DreamWorks Animation came along.