Art exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

M’ÁIT DHÚCHAIS - My Native Place, an art exhibition on the theme of emigration and the Connemara landscape, opens in Oughterard this evening at 8pm.

Pádraic Reaney’s Crazy Jane at Coole Park

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

TO MARK the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, artists Pádraic Reaney is hosting an exhibition of some of his graphic work based on Yeats’s Crazy Jane poems.

Follow the literature inspired art trail around town

Wed, Apr 15, 2015

AN ART trail, in and around the city’s ‘Latin Quarter’, opens tomorrow [April 16] to coincide with this month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Exhibition inspired by Marconi’s transmitter

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

A FIELD trip to the Marconi radio station in Derrigimlagh, Clifden, has inspired a new exhibition, You Are Here, which opens this evening [Thursday April 2] in the Galway Arts Centre.

Back Alleys on the Arts Corridor

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

THE ARTS Corridor at University Hospital Galway is currently full of Back Alleys, giving glimpses into childhood freedoms and childhood environments that are rapidly disappearing.

Denise Hogan art classes

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

AWARD-WINNING Galway artist and teacher Denise Hogan is taking bookings for her weekly art classes and upcoming art workshops.

Jennifer Cunningham art classes

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

ONE OF Galway’s leading artists, Jennifer Cunningham, holds her popular painting and drawing classes this month and in May.

Barbara Jennings rolls out The Golden Ball

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

This Saturday, March 21 , a new art exhibition opens at the Town Hall bar featuring the work of Barbara Jennings. The show features works in paper, mixed media and bronze.

An exhibition inspired by Twitter

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SOME 500 million Tweets are sent every day, but what would happens if these microblogs were translated into sound? This is a question answered in a new exhibition.

Vibe, an installation by Cian McLysaght, involving a custom-constructed Vibe machine, is currently running at the 126 Gallery, Commerce House, Flood Street.

Paintings of wine and women

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

ARTIST RUTH Cadden, recently featured in the Galway Advertiser with her article on her ‘Classical women in Penney’s underwear’ paintings, has an exhibition about to open.

New exhibition from Angeline Cooke

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ANGELINE COOKE, a founder member of the Irish Kidney Association, will hold an exhibition of her paintings, Looking West, in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Reg Gordon - new exhibition, new website

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

ONE OF Galway’s leading photographers, Reg Gordon, launches his new website and new exhibition in the Town Hall Theatre gallery this Saturday at 3pm.

Exhibition to examine affect of direct provision system

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

ASYLUM ARCHIVE, a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre, will examine the Direct Provision system in Ireland and the effect on the people who go through it.

From city to wasteland in one animation

Wed, Feb 11, 2015

JOURNEY THROUGH a series of modernist buildings on your way to a construction site intended for people who will be alive thousands of years in the future, but will not understand any languages we speak today.

PLASTIK Festival

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

THE INAUGURAL PLASTIK Festival of artists moving images and experimental film, which will run across three weekends in February, opens in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday.

Art class at Galway City Museum

Thu, Feb 05, 2015

LIMERICK BASED artist Maurice Quillinan will deliver a one-day masterclass in the museum this Saturday from 10.30am. The course is designed for students and full-time/part-time artists or those with an interest in gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding into how a painting is made.

The graphic novels that are also an art exhibition

Wed, Feb 04, 2015

THE CREATION of a graphic novel, from the initial idea, to storyboard stage, to the finished product, available for people to read online, forms Before You Fade Away, a new exhibition which opens this weekend in the Galway Arts Centre.

Galway Arts Centre to host films by Gareth Kennedy

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

THE MOST comprehensive presentation to date of the work of Gareth Kennedy, the award winning Irish artist, who co-represented Ireland at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009, opens this week in Galway.

New exhibition from Arja Sweeney

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

SPIRIT OF Nature II - Beauty of Life, the second solo exhibition by Galway based artist Arja Sweeney, opens in the Renzo’s Cafe, Eyre Street, next week.