Issued June 27th 2008
TEXACO PAINTINGS TO FEATURE IN WATERFORD GARTER LANE SPROG FESTIVAL
DUBLIN, IRELAND 27 June 2008 - Waterford’s Garter Lane Arts Centre on O'Connell Street, Waterford will be the venue for an exhibition of paintings from the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007 Texaco Children’s Art Competitions.
Beginning on Friday 4 July and continuing until Saturday 30 August 2008, the exhibition will be officially opened by the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD on 28 July and will coincide with the Garter Lane Children's Festival.
Entitled the SprOg Festival, it is designed as a pre-Spraoi for the under eight year olds in which the emphasis will be on fun and lively entertainment. Held in the week prior to the Waterford Spraoi festival, this children’s event will feature entertainment and educational events for children aged 5 and older and their families. With two shows a day, workshops and exhibitions, the festival is described as ‘a wonderful exploration of work for children presented in a fun and safe environment’.
Further information on Garter Lane is available at www.garterlane.ie.
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Notes to editors
- Texaco is a Chevron company brand. Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business across the globe. The company's success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of approximately 59,000 employees who operate across the energy spectrum. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and other energy products; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops and commercializes the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and other renewables. Chevron is based in San Ramon, California. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
- There are approximately 230 Texaco-branded service stations in Ireland and more than 1,300 across Europe. Chevron (Ireland) Limited also provides aviation refueling services at Dublin and Shannon Airports, has an extensive commercial and industrial fuels and lubricants business and holds an equity stake in four fuel storage facilities in the Republic of Ireland. For more information, visit www.texaco.ie.
- For further information about the Texaco Children’s Art Competition, contact Don Hall/Maeve Barry, Hall PR on 01 660 9377 (office), 087-2552699 (mobile) or email pr@hallpr.ie. For more information on Chevron (Ireland) Ltd, contact Daniel Schraibman on +44 207 719 4459 or email danielschraibman@chevron.com.
- Texaco's community activities in Ireland include its long running support for the Texaco Children's Art Competition as well as the long-established Texaco Sportstars Awards and the recently introduced Texaco Sportstars Bursary programme.