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The leading Irish sculptor John Behan will next week unveil a special commemorative sculpture to celebrate Music for Galway’s 30th anniversary.

A new piece of sculpture which was commissioned by Westmeath County Council for the interior of the newly re developed Mullingar Town Park was installed this week.

Two top guitarists will be performing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar in the coming weeks. On Thursday September 23 at 8pm, American fingerstyle guitarist Richard Gilewitz presents his acclaimed show Acoustic Adventures, a dazzling and illuminating excursion through European, contemporary and Spanish classical works to the traditional, folk, blues, and American primitive eras. Acoustic Adventures is a journey into the past and present realm of the guitar, a sound tunnel of timeless musical history that has received standing ovations around the globe. And, boy, can he play.

Lady Million, the new, much-anticipated fragrance release by Paco Rabanne, is now available at McGorisks Pharmacy, Athlone.

On Friday September 24, 15 venues across Mayo will offer access to an amazing array of free late night culture and people can now see the full programme at www.mayococo.ie. The Mayo venues have a wonderfully diverse programme, reflecting the wealth of cultural activity our county has to offer. Opening times range from 5pm to 12am.

CAROLINE CANNING and Cathal O’Malley will exhibit their new paintings as part of this year’s Festival of the Sea in Cleggan-Claddaghduff.

CATHY DAVEY was born into a prominent musical and artistic family as her mother is a sculptor and her father is the Celtic/classical composer Shaun Davey.

A weekend course in stone carving will take place on May 8 and 9 in the lovely setting of the Castlecomer Estate Yard. The instructors will be stonecarver Aileen-Anne Brannigan and sculptor Alan Counihan.

This years’ Claremorris open art exhibition has been attracting record crowds who have been coming from far and wide to see the huge range of art on offer. This year’s exhibition features artists from Ireland and abroad. COE 08 was curated by Lizzie Carey Thomas from the Tate Gallery, London who selected 32 artists from a record number of entries.The exhibition was opened last week by Mayo’s most famous TD Beverley Flynn. According to this year’s artist in residence, sculptor Cathal Mc Carthy, the exhibition is being received very warmly on account of the rich variety of works to be seen and there is something for everybody in Claremorris this year from video to painting to sculpture and installations.

Wood carving, turning or sculpting enthusiasts or indeed craft and art work-lovers in general should not miss an exciting exhibition that is about to open in MacDonagh Junction this weekend.