Terry Smith - the art of a legendary busker

Tue, Aug 24, 2021

GALWEGIANS OF a certain age will remember. A trip to the Claddagh Palace cinema was not complete without seeing him. Flat cap, long hair, and guitar in hand, singing folk songs.

Megs Morley appointed head of visual art at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

THE CURATOR, public art commissioner, educator and editor, Megs Morley, has been appointed as the new head of visual art at the Galway Arts Centre.

New exhibition from Olga Magliocco

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

ICE MELTING into water, thermodynamics, motion, and constant change - these are the ideas behind Entropy, a new exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse.

A lifelong love affair with colour

Tue, Aug 10, 2021

A 68-year relationship between an artist and a gallery is rare, but that is how long the painter Kenneth Webb and Kenny’s have been working together.

Exhibition depicts south Galway landscapes of the mind

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

OF LAND, Sea, and Mind, a new exhibition of oil paintings by Patrick Kenneally, and inspired by the mind’s adaptation to the lockdown restrictions, and our absence from the landscape as a result, opens this weekend in Kinvara.

New exhibition from leading Galway women artists

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

AIMSITHE (discovered) is the third Exhibition of Summer 2021 from Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme and will feature the work of County Galway artists collective AKIN.

Thoughts of home at new Kinvara exhibition

Thu, Jul 22, 2021

HOME, THE new exhibition from County Galway artist and children's book author, Terri Kelleher, opens at the Kinvara Courthouse on Friday July 23.

New studio space for artists to open in the city

Thu, Jul 22, 2021

BARTON STUDIOS, a new studio space for artists in Galway is set to open on St Francis Street, and a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help equip and run the premises.

Art inspired by the landscape and history of Oughterard

Thu, Jul 15, 2021

CUIMHNÍ, AN exhibition of paintings and prints by artists Leah Beggs and Kathleen Furey, opens tomorrow at the Courthouse, Oughterard.

Outdoor exhibition and theatre show on Inis Óirr

Tue, Jul 13, 2021

AN CRIÚ Collective - the artists group which works with large arts and theatre organisations in Galway - will open their first outdoor exhibition on Inis Oírr, this Saturday, July 17, at 3.30pm.

Engage Art Studios’ weekly exhibitions

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

ENGAGE ART Studios is marking its re-opening with the ‘Summer Weekly Showcase’, a weekly series of visual art exhibitions.

Kenny Gallery re-opens with exhibition by Luke McMullan

Thu, Jul 08, 2021

THE KENNY Gallery’s first major exhibition since the onset of the Covid pandemic opens tomorrow - A Constant State of Motion by the Irish artist, Luke McMullan.

STIMULI - a new exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse

Thu, Jul 01, 2021

STIMULI, THE first exhibition of the Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme summer exhibitions programme, opens on Friday July 2.

See a ‘window wonderland’ in Galway’s libraries

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

A ‘window wonderland’ has been created in the windows of the three libraries in Galway city - on Augustine Street, in Ballybane, and in Westside.

From stone forts to the revolution - Galway’s story in one place

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

PERSONAL BELONGINGS of IRA volunteer Seamus Quirk and Fr Michael Griffin; Bronze Age artefacts from Dún Aonghasa; the myths of the River Corrib; and an exploration of Gaelic Ireland - there is a wealth of local and Irish history to be experienced at the Galway City Museum.

Taking time to observe the birds

Mon, Jun 07, 2021

THROUGHOUT THE Covid-19 pandemic, and the unprecedented demands and strain it has put on health workers, one woman found respite through watching birdlife.

Exhibition to explore Irish women’s fight for bodily autonomy

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

LITTLE MORE than two years on from the State’s historic vote to repeal the controversial 8th Amendment, a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre will examine societal and religious attempts to suppress reproductive rights in Ireland.

JUMP ST-ART - KAVA returns with an exhibition of short films

Thu, May 27, 2021

JUMP ST-ART, a visual arts event to mark the re-opening of the Kinvara Courthouse art gallery space, takes place this weekend and next.

Lockdown with family inspires award winning photo exhibition

Thu, May 20, 2021

BRIGHT COLOURS, kitsch, a nostalgia for the least worst aspects of 1980s Ireland, and parents doing things not normally expected of parents - this is the new exhibition from Galway photographer, Enda Burke.

Artist Residency announced for Jackie Clarke Museum Decade Of Centenaries

Thu, May 13, 2021

Mayo County Council’s Arts Service in partnership with the Jackie Clarke Museum, is delighted to announce the recipient of the Decade of Centenaries Artist Residency.

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