Frank Abruzzese, originally from Philadelphia, is a father, artist, educator, and avid cook. Along with his wife Rosie O’Gorman, they are Co-Founders and Co-Directors of Cow House Studios, a progressive, artist-run school, and residency program in Rathnure, Co Wexford. Frank obtained his Bachelors Degree in Moving Image Arts from the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2000, and Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. His work has been featured in Domus magazine, was part of the 2012 Istanbul Design Biennial, and resides in the permanent collection of the Office of Public Works. He received the Emerging Photographer of the Year award from San Francisco Magazine, and as a photographer, exhibits internationally in galleries and universities.

cowhousestudios.com /frankabruzzese.com

Caolan Barron is an Irish artist from Wexford Town. Specialising in portraiture and documentary photography, he found his way to the medium by chance after winning a bet on horse and subsequently buying his first camera with the winnings. “I grew up in a pub so I’ve always been interested in people. A camera gives you a license to interact with people and places. I love that” More recently, his work includes design and creative direction as well as commercial photography.

caolanbarron.com

Billie Jean Doheny describes herself as “Feral 90’s kid, raised by wolves, horror movies, MTV and videogames equally.” She’s a Graphic Design student by day and wannabe filmmaker by night. A graduate of the Gorey School of Art, she’s currently attempting to survive third year in IT Carlow. Previously she was a content creator and coordinator for GameStop Northern Europe and Social Media, Design and Event Manager for ’WexWorlds’. Bille Jean is currently on the organisational team for ‘WhyDesign’ and an extra pair of hands for ‘Mind Over Matter’.”

@terror__billie

Bernadette Doolan is an award-winning Irish artist, living in Wexford. She is the winner of the best overall work by a non-Academician, and winner of the Irish News award for depicting Ireland today, in The Royal Ulster Academy annual exhibition. Bernadette was selected for The Ruth Borchard self-portrait Exhibition, the UK’s only public collection of self-portraits by British and Irish artists. The Ruth Borchard Collection represents the very best of twentieth-century and contemporary self-portraiture.

bernadettedoolan.com

Rosanne Lancaster is a graphic designer based in Gorey, where she divides her time between freelancing and working at CK Signs Ltd, a small design, print and signage company. She primarily works in identity design, branding and design for print. With a keen interest in design history and visual culture, this is her second year leading on the 100 Archive’s ‘In With The New’ article series.

rosannelancaster.com / 100archive.com

Brian McDonald is an award-winning and published Wexford based Digital Photographer specialising in landscape, seascape and wide-field astrophotography. He is a distinction holder with the Irish Photography Federation and the International Federation of Photographic Art.

changinglight.ie

The event is an excellent opportunity to promote business, build brand awareness, meet new people and engage with Wexford’s creative community. We would love to see you there! If you’d like to come along please register here: bit.ly/20X20WEX

Fuse:d
Fuse:d is a voluntary, not for profit, design and business network, based in the South East. Our aim is to raise the profile of design and the value that it can add to differentiate, compete, grow and inspire innovation in business and the wider community. This will be our third Wexford outing having already hosted two successful design events in recent years. ‘Good Design is Good Business’ in 2017 and ‘Designing Wexford’ in the Blue Egg Gallery for Culture Night last year.
@we_are_fused

100 Archive
The 100 Archive is an ongoing initiative to map and archive the best in Irish Graphic Design. Each year an independent panel chooses 100 significant projects from a pool of submissions, which becomes that year’s Archive Selection. The archive has partnered with Fuse:d on all our Wexford events to date and we look forward to developing this relationship in the future.
100 Archive

This event is a collaboration between Fuse:d, 100 Archive. , Lands, Pixelpod and Counterpart.