New exhibition from Richard Hearns

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

RICHARD HEARNS, described by the Sunday Independent as "one of contemporary Irish art's best kept secrets" whose "star is in the ascendant" will exhibit his paintings in Anton’s Cafe, Fr Griffin Road.

Drawing classes at GTI

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

GALWEGIANS WHOSE New Year resolutions include learning how to draw, or improving their drawing techniques, should check out the three different classes starting next week in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road.

What's happening at Galway Arts Centre in 2016

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

AS 2015 draws to a close, the Galway Arts Centre is gearing up for another year of exhibitions, education programmes, and events, with the current exhibition, Unbounded, running until January 16, featuring sculptural work by Ruth E Lyons and Angela Fulcher.

New exhibition at Renzo Café

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

AND THEY Flew IV, the annual exhibition by students of Galway artist Denise Hogan, opens in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street, this Saturday at 7.30pm and runs until January 10.

Athenry art exhibition

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

EPHEMERA, THE title of a new exhibition of works by Athenry based artists, opens in the offices of Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins, in Athenry, on Friday December 11.

Artists Unbounded at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

INTERPRETING A work of art is a highly subjective and personal process, one which may even be limitless, and there are sometimes no end to how various media and materials can be manipulated to create artworks.

Kenny's celebrate a milestone with a major exhibition

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

THE KENNY Gallery and Bookshop has reached its 75th year in business and to mark this platinum milestone, it hosts an exhibition, celebrating through 75 different objects, the fascinating history of this family-owned Galway institution.

Galwegians take a photographic look at Germany

Mon, Nov 23, 2015

GERMANY, OR rather, its Chancellor Angela Merkel and finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, have had plenty to say about, and dictate to, Ireland in recent years, but what have the Irish to say about Germany?

Galway Arts Centre art and Christmas craft classes

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

THE GALWAY Arts Centre will hold art classes for children and teenagers, and Christmas craft-making workshops at the centre on Dominick Street.

Margaret O'Dowd and Patricia Comer exhibition

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

A SHOWCASE of work by Galway artists Margaret O'Dowd and Patricia Comer takes place in The Ardilaun hotel, Taylor's Hill, this Sunday from 12 noon to 6pm.

New venue for Paintclub

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

PAINTCLUB, GALWAY'S popular monthly art class/social evening event takes place in 56 Central, Shop Street, on Friday November 27 from 7.45pm.

TULCA 2015’s inspirational flood of art and activism

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

TOMORROW EVENING, at the former Connacht Printworks in Market Street, sees the opening of the 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, which ushers out the city’s year-long programme of cultural jamborees in high style. As well as exhibitions, TULCA also hosts talks, debates, film screenings, and numerous events primed to trigger debate and spark palaver.

Free parking periods for TULCA festival

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE GALWAY City Council will provide a period of ‘grace’ from parking charges for visitors to TULCA Festival Gallery in the former Connacht Print Works, Market Street.

Shipwrecked Dreams - food, music, art

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

ASIAN FOOD, music, visual arts, and a land of tropical beach, will be experienced at Shipwrecked Dreams, an event taking place tomorrow eventing at the Galway Arts Centre, on Dominick Street.

TULCA 2015 promises a Seachange

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

THE 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts returns to Galway city from Saturday November 14 to Sunday 29, and will feature work by more than 40 Irish and international artists.

John Behan - new exhibition at Kenny's

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"SOME OF those who already know about John Behan would think of him as without question a Dubliner. For others, after forty years there, he is a fundamental part of Galway."

Chimera - where art and science meet

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ART AND science - are they complementary disciplines or mutually exclusive? The possible meeting points between the two will be explored in The Chimera Art and Science programme and the exhibition, The Future is Here.

Paintclub 's Halloween session

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE POPUALR Paintclub event, which mix art classes with a cocktails night, returns to An Púcán, Forster Street, on Thursday October 29, for a Halloween themed evening of art.

Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE ARTISTS Jojo Hynes, Joanne Newman, and Annelie Fawke will conclude a year long exploration into collaborative exhibition making as the Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band, with a residency at the 126 Gallery on Flood Street, next week.

Exhibition to give Another View

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will provide his own particular view of Galway city in his new exhibition, Another View, which opens in the Renzo Café & Gallery, Eyre Street, this evening at 8pm.

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