Maurice Walsh exhibition at Renzo Gallery

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

POST-APOCALYPTIC Ireland, Alice in Wonderland, and 19th century, Galway form the inspirations for an exhibition of new work by Galway artist Maurice Walsh.

Music On The Water

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

MUSIC ON The Water is an art exhibition, a concert, and a public talk, all talking place in the Galway City Museum.

All Aboard for a Kinvara art exhibition

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, ceramics, and sculpture by Kinvara based artists opens in the south Galway village tomorrow.

Glenn Gibson's new Sculpture exhibition

Thu, Jul 03, 2014

SEEMINGLY SOLID Things, a sculpture exhibition by local artist Glenn Gibson opens on Friday July 4 at 6pm in the Town Hall Theatre gallery and bar.

Margaret Clayton exhibition in Renzo Café

Thu, Jun 19, 2014

INTO THE West, an exhibition of oil paintings by Margaret Clayton, is currently on show at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Colours Fringe Festival programme launch

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE 2014 Colours Fringe Festival programme launch takes place in The Cottage Bar, Lower Salthill, tomorrow at 7.30pm.

Writer and storyteller Rab Swannock Fulton will launch the festival, which runs from July 1 to 8. The theme of this year’s festival, which features theatre, music, performance, workshops, visual art, and film, is ‘to whom it may concern’.

Become a TULCA patron

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has launched a number of patron packages for those interested in supporting the arts.

According to TULCA producer Kate Howard, the festival, as a non-profit organisation, relies on the contributions of individuals, corporations, and foundations. “Each contribution makes a difference no matter how small and every patron will be acknowledged for their support of the visual arts in Galway,” she said.

Welcome to The End Of The World

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE END of the world takes place in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, tomorrow evening. It has been foretold, there is no going back. It will happen.

Get drawing with the Urban Sketchers

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

SKETCHING GROUPS are an increasingly popular way for amateur artists and people interested in drawing to meet and explore their shared love of paper, pen, and line.

Artists in school scheme

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

THE GALWAY County Council Arts Office is seeking submissions of applications for its Artist in School Scheme.

The scheme is open to all primary schools in the county council area and artists of any discipline may apply.

A bio-scientific approach to art

Thu, May 29, 2014

WORKS BY artists exploring bio-sciences will be displayed alongside industrial medical devices in the exhibition Chimera: art of exploration.

Galway meets art - today

Thu, May 29, 2014

GALWAY MEETS Art, a new venture designed to introduce people to the visual arts and as a way for artists to engage with the public, will be launched this evening at 6pm.

The launch takes place in The Kitchen café, Galway City Museum, and the first exhibition in what is planned as a monthly series, is Anything Can Be Everything, by Doolin-based painter Marianne Slevin.

POD - a place to dream

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE POD, a “mobile daydreaming facility for young people” is touring County Galway, and will be in Coole Park this Sunday, and Silver Strand Beach on Saturday May 31.

Galway Workshop Festival

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE LATEST addition to the city’s festival roster is the Galway Workshop Festival which takes place this Saturday and Sunday.

Kawaii, ne? - Isn’t it cute?

Thu, May 22, 2014

‘KAWAII, NE?’ is Japanese for ‘Isn’t it cute?’ and the title of a new exhibition inspired by Japanese popular culture.

GMIT hosts art graduate exhibition

Thu, May 22, 2014

GMIT will be hosting its graduate art show in the Cluain Mhuire Centre for Creative Arts and Media, from Saturday May 31 until Saturday June 7.

Nuclear soundpainting dance

Thu, May 15, 2014

JAPANESE BUTHO dance and the phenomenon of soundpainting combine in XP1 Nuclear Power, the debut show from the Galway Soundpainting Orchestra.

XP1 Nuclear Power takes place in the Town Hall Theatre studio on Monday May 19 at 8.30pm and in the Nuns Island Theatre on Friday June 20 at 8.30pm.

New exhibition from Laura Vecchi Forde

Thu, May 15, 2014

FOR MORE than 30 years Laura Vecchi Forde taught Italian at NUI Galway, but for longer than that she has been an artist.

Paul James Kearney exhibition

Thu, May 15, 2014

PAUL JAMES Kearney, a final year student in GMIT, is currently hosting a solo exhibition in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

GMIT students exhibition

Thu, May 08, 2014

CERAMICS AND sculptures by GMIT students go on display in Traces Remain, an exhibition at the Fairgreen Building, from tomorrow.

The exhibition features new work by 27 students from the GMIT‘s Centre for Creative Arts and Media, studying for a BA art and design.

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