Artists undertake solar powered expedition to spark climate action through the arts
Thu, May 19, 2022
The Eco Showboat Mayfly expedition is a four-month arts voyage from Limerick to Enniskillen on the Mayfly, the flagship of the Eco Showboat project, and the first solar electric boat to make this journey. The project is the brain child of artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, aka School of Looking.
This Eco Sunday, May 22, the Eco Showboat Mayfly will be moored at Portumna Castle Harbour in Portumna, County Galway for an afternoon of fascinating waterside events.
Read more ...Music as science — Galway Early Music Festival is back
Wed, May 18, 2022
One of the cornerstones of the Galway cultural season, The Galway Early Music Festival – “Musica et Scientia”, May 27-29, is live and hybrid in 2022 with a dazzling programme featuring music and the stars, the harmony of the planets in their orbits, the music of mathematics and geometry, music in art, and the music at the heart of the Universe.
Read more ...Return of the uke
Wed, May 11, 2022
The Galway Uke Fest is back — Showcasing unique and exciting talent from the Irish ukulele scene, the festival will run from May 20 to May 22.
Role of electronic communication studied in Declan Clarke's The Last Broadcast
Wed, Apr 20, 2022
Declan Clarke’s solo exhibition The Last Broadcast opens on 29th April at Galway Arts Centre. A special screening of the exhibition’s central work What Are the Wild Waves Saying? takes place in Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns Island Theatre at 5pm, followed by Q+A with the artist in conversation with author Emilie Pine- author of the bestseller Notes to Self and Professor of Modern Drama at UCD.
Read more ...An ill wind blows good for a songwriter
Wed, Apr 13, 2022
As we headed out of the pandemic and into global unease due to the Ukrainian tragedy, the season of Lent took on fresh significance for me this year. I made my usual token gesture of giving up a few titbits like desserts and alcohol, with the mixed motive of pruning myself into physical shape.
Read more ...Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last
Wed, Apr 06, 2022
Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.
Paper Boat weaves together history, mythology and current events to tell a story of human endurance, inspired by the diverse communities who engage with the cultural and spiritual hub that is St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway.
Read more ...Seamount College students host art exhibition
Thu, Mar 24, 2022
LEAVING CERT cycle students at Seamount College will be hosting an exhibition of their artwork at the Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara.
Read more ...Rukmini Kelkar exhibition
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
THE ART of Rukmini Kelkar draws on both her Indian heritage and her time here in Ireland, as Galway will see at her latest exhibition in Renzo Café, Eyre Street.
Read more ...Galway artist wins prestigious 2022 Hennessy Craig Award
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
GALWAY ARTIST, Cecilia Danell, has been announced by the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts as the winner of the 2022 Hennessy Craig Award.
Read more ...African-Irish artists are GAC’s new artists in residence
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
TWO WOMEN, one of Congolese heritage, the other a member of the Igbo people of West Africa, have been appointed as artists in residence at the Galway Arts Centre.
Read more ...Phyllis Del Vecchio at The Kenny Gallery
Wed, Mar 02, 2022
THE 55th Kenny Gallery annual exhibitions schedule begins this Friday, March 4, with the opening of the latest exhibition from leading Irish watercolourists, Phyllis Del Vecchio.
Read more ...Paint and a pint - Paintclub returns
Thu, Feb 17, 2022
FANCY PAINTING a pint of Guinness while drinking a pint of Guinness? Paintclub - the social art club - is back, hosting painting sessions in a bar.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre to launch 2022 visual arts programme
Tue, Feb 01, 2022
FRIDAY WILL see the launch of the Galway Arts Centre’s 2022 visual arts programme, Entangled Histories, the first under its new director/curator Megs Morley.
Read more ...New exhibition from Anne Korff
Tue, Dec 21, 2021
MEDITATIONS - ROSES Of Hope, the new exhibition from Anne Korff is on display at The Courthouse, Kinvara, throughout Christmas.
Read more ...Aoife Welby exhibition
Thu, Dec 16, 2021
CONNEMARA, and the wild Atlantic coastline, are the inspirations behind the works in a new exhibition from the Galway artist, Aoife Welby.
Read more ...Red Bird Youth Collective seeks new members
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
RED BIRD Youth Collective, the Galway youth-led visual art collective, is seeking new members, aged between 15 and 24.
Read more ...Three exhibitions open today at Galway Arts Centre
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
TODAY SEES the launch of three solo exhibitions at the Galway Arts Centre: Black Milk by Japanese artist, Miho Ohtsubo; and two shows by Irish artists - Lúthchleasa by Mícheál Ó Catháin and Currency Exchange by Kevin Gaynor.
Read more ...A Spanish view on the west of Ireland
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
SPANISH ARTIST Elena Moreno explores the rugged landscapes of the West of Ireland, where she has lived for close to a decade, through her atmospheric paintings.
Read more ...The Earth Dies Screaming
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
THE EARTH Dies Screaming, the new exhibition from Galway artist, Austin Ivers, opens tomorrow, Friday December 3, at the 126 Artist-Run Gallery & Studios.
Read more ...Lace Matrix - Headford lace sculpture causes ‘surprise and delight’
Thu, Nov 25, 2021
THE HERITAGE of bobbin lacemaking, unique to the Headford area, has been celebrated in a dramatic manner, through the creation of the impressive Lace Matrix sculpture in the north Galway town.
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