Women of Notes - Mná na Nótaí

05/10/2017

You still have time to check out the show in Drumcondra!
Just pop into the library in St Pats College (a few steps off the main road, into the new shiny glass building).

23/09/2017

Massive thanks to Orla and all the staff at the Cregan Library DCU for hosting our exhibition. It was a tremendous success and such a great venue that we've decided to leave the show in place for a few more weeks!
Rosa Nutty played an amazing set, make sure you check her out at Hard Working Class Heroes next weekend. Claire Beck ended up giving an impromptu DJ workshop!! Thanks Claire!!
Shout out to Niall, Lar and Martin Byrne for being all round legends and helping us hang!

Phase TWO of Women Of Notes is now officially launched, so watch this space for more celebrations of Women in the Irish music industry!

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30/08/2017

Date for your diary!
Make sure to keep the 22nd of September free. It's Culture Night and we're having a bash.
There'll be cocktails, live music, lots of craic and of course, some very cool photos to feast your eyes on... all in the gorgeous surroundings of St Pat's College in Drumcondra.
We'll announce the special guests very shortly!
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03/08/2017

We have some very exciting news to share soon, especially exciting if you didn't catch the exhibition the first time around, doubly exciting if you love Irish music and think Women are AMAZING! x

08/03/2017

Exhibition is hung and the has never looked better, covered in amazing Irish Female Musicians! The Kaleidoscope night tonight is gonna be whopper! 📸

10/10/2016

Massive thanks to Hard Working Class Heroes for allowing us to exhibit our show at this years festival! It was so warmly received and a great opportunity for true music lovers and industry pros to catch a glimpse of all our deadly female music superstars! 🤘🏻😘

05/10/2016

Nearly there! make sure to pop into the Chocolate Factory during Hard Working Class Heroes to see the exhibition!

01/10/2016

We're delighted to announce that "Women of Notes - Mná na Nótaí" exhibition will be displayed at this years Hard Working Class Heroes festival.

You can catch it in Chocolate Factory Dublin Creative Community (Just off North King Street, around the back of Cineworld-ish)
for free, just pop in Thurs/Fri/Sat!

While you're there you can also catch some FREE workshops, some FREE awesome panel discussions and some FREE band speed sessions.

Every year HWCH's invites the top music industry professionals from across the world to come and talk at their conventions. A&R reps from major labels, editors of famous music magazines, Artist managers.... and every year it's FREE for everyone (including budding musicians) to come and attend. Just think about how much the web summit etc charged for this! So please, if you're looking to improve your networking skills, or get your band on the right track have a look at the website and pop along.

Ruth (the photographer behind the exhibition) shall be joining Nialler9's panel discussion on "How Music Works For You" on Thursday at 4pm!

30/03/2016

Video from the launch of Women Of Notes - Mná Na Nótaí

http://www.womenofnotes.ie

Live performance by Saint Sister http://www.saintsisterband.com/
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A new photography and narrative series celebrating some of Ireland’s most prominent and successful female musicians.

The exhibition, entitled ‘Women of Notes / Mna ná Notaí’, launched on Saturday 5th March 2016 in Thirty Four Lennox Street, Dublin 2 and is the latest collaboration from music photographer Ruth Medjber (Ruthless Imagery Photography) and music and pop culture journalist Louise Bruton.

The year-long project, which coincides with International Women’s Day 2016, unveiled its first exhibition, ‘The Musicians’ featuring prominent Irish musicians including Mary Black, Lisa Hannigan, queens of the live circuit like MayKay from Fight Like Apes, SOAK, Heathers, sisters Loah and Feather, Sorcha from Sleep Thieves, as well as Wyvern Lingo, Saint Sister, Joniiiiiiiii, Sinéad White and more.

Each portrait is a creative expression of the artist’s personal style and individuality, meaning that every image featured in the exhibition has a different aesthetic. Their stories are displayed alongside each portrait and detail their individual journeys, anecdotes and thoughts about the industry. As the series progresses, Ruth and Louise will continue to meet, interview and photograph different women from every corner of the music industry.

Speaking about the project, Ruth Medjber said, “We want people who come to Woman of Notes/ Mna ná Notaí to recognise that women working in the music industry are some of the most hard-working and creative people in Ireland. There is an ongoing dialogue about the absence of females in the creative arts: from female voices on air to festival line-up announcements and radio playlists. There is a noticeable absence of female musicians being celebrated at a professional level and we want to showcase the phenomenal women in the creative industries in Ireland.”

Over the next 12 months, producers, promoters, DJs, radio presenters and all women behind the scenes in the industry will feature in the series, culminating in a large gallery exhibition in March 2017 with the capacity to tour throughout Ireland and the world, showcasing in art galleries, schools and universities.

30/03/2016

Images and Text from Part One of the series Women Of Notes - Mná Na Nótaí. A photographic and narrative series featuring prominent, female Irish musicians and music industry professionals. Created by photographer Ruth Medjber and journalist Louise Bruton. www.womenofnotes.ie

29/03/2016

The deadly Richie McCormack is in Newstalk 106-108 fm, playing some Sleep Thieves and chatting to Ruth & Lou about the project! Tune in now or catch it later on podcast! http://www.newstalk.com/Tonight-on-The-Tom-Dunne-Show-44438

It's Richie McCormack sitting in for Tom on tonight's show. On account of the Bank Holiday, Sue Murphy will be in studio tonight instead with her selection of this week's best on the box. This...

22/03/2016

Saying goodbye to today! We've LOVED exhibiting in this space. Pop in for coffee folks, it's amazing! X