Exhibition to open in Claddaghduff

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

CAROLINE CANNING and Cathal O’Malley will exhibit their new paintings as part of this year’s Festival of the Sea in Cleggan-Claddaghduff.

The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday July 30 at 7pm by sculptor John Coll in the Claddaghduff Hall in Connemara.

Kenny’s and Born to host major sculpture exhibition

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

“PAINTING AND sculpture are very archaic forms. It’s the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.”

Printmaking Graduate Exhibition to be held this week

Thu, May 27, 2010

This year’s Printmaking Graduate Exhibition will be held in the Quadrangle Building Art Gallery, NUIG. The official opening is on May 28 at 8pm, doors will be open from 6pm. Siobhan Piercy artist and head of the printmaking department in the Cluain Mhuire campus of GMIT will be officially opening this year’s exhibition.

Galway Camera Club to hold charity exhibition

Thu, May 13, 2010

THE GALWAY Camera Club’s new exhibition, Images For Life, will open in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán, on Saturday at 1.30pm.

GMIT students’ exhibition opens tomorrow

Thu, May 06, 2010

SURFACE is the title of this year’s annual exhibition by the GMIT’s third year painting students and it opens tomorrow at 6pm at No 8, Lombard Street, beside Ryan’s Homestores.

Ronan Walsh to exhibit in Galway

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

THE ACCLAIMED Irish artist Ronan Walsh will be exhibiting his paintings in The Hut, 18 Market Street, from Thursday March 25.

Louise Manifold to hold debut hometown solo exhibition

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

UNNATURAL ESOTERIC, the new exhibition by Galway artist Louise Manifold opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow at 6pm and it will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in her hometown.

Unnatural Esoteric draws on mythical tales of shape-shifting and metamorphosis alongside published research on clinical lycanthropy, a rare psychiatric illness in which the subject is convinced that he/she is turning into an animal. These ideas are explored through video, photography, and sculptural installation.

AVERAGE Arts Initiative holds first Galway exhibition

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

TO LET is the title of a new exhibition from the AVERAGE Arts Initiative which opens on Thursday March 4 at 7pm in 39 Atlantic House, Prospect Hill.

Art Exhibitions

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Adrien Sourdot
Madame Pompom And The Chthonians, the debut exhibition of French artist Adrien Sourdot opens in the Galway City Library tomorrow. The Madame Pompom section features oil, pastel, ink, and watercolour works of ‘accidental figures’. The Chthonians features oil, acrylic, and plaster works. The official opening is on Friday January 15 at 8pm. It then runs until January 31.

Two exhibitions - one venue - tonight

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

SWIMMING IN Blackrock is a Galway tradition. No matter what time of year, no matter how cold (and it can be very cold), no matter the tide, no matter how rough the sea, it is something some of us must do.

Recession-busting exhibition at White Room Gallery

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

THE WHITE Room Gallery, in the Liosban Industrial Estate will tomorrow open an exhibition entitled 10x10. It will feature 10 new pieces by 10 artists, each measuring 10 inches by 10 inches, and each piece is for sale for €100.

This is an amazing opportunity to buy a piece of art by some of the most exciting artists around at an unbelievable price. At only €100 per piece of work, this is a rare chance for art lovers with a tight budget to get their hands on new and captivating work.

Exhibitions, talks, and a sale at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Nov 19, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Centre will host a serious of events next week including a performances art piece, a discussion on redeveloping Galway, and a sale of artworks.

Clarinbridge exhibition to bring viewers on a Voyage

Thu, Oct 01, 2009

VOYAGE, AN exhibition of marine photography by Fiona Belton, will be officially opened this Sunday at 4pm in Clarinbridge Antiques.

Get connected to new UHG exhibition

Thu, Sep 17, 2009

CONNECTION, AN exhibition of paintings donated to the Oncology Department at University Hospital Galway by artists from the Paint Box Studios, opens tomorrow.

New exhibitions at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is inviting people to the opening of two new exciting exhibitions at 6pm this evening.

Ceramics exhibition in An Spidéal

Thu, Sep 03, 2009

SLIDING ROCK Contemporary Ceramics based in An Spidéal craft centre will host an exhibition of work by Nanette Ledwith and Kathleen Standen.

New Kinvara exhibit

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE PROMISED Garden, a collection of new paintings by Rita Wobbe will open on Saturday at the Russell Gallery in New Quay, County Clare. Opening reception will start at 6pm with special guest Kate Thompson, award winning author, who will launch the exhibition. The show will run until September 26 and is open every day.

SMARTART 101 Exhibit gets you thinking

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

YOU COULD find an art exhibition just about anywhere in Galway, from the train station to a coffee shop. However one of the more unusual places has to be the offices of Orla Murray Financial Services which is hostomg SMARTART 101 – Social Modern Art Relevant Today and Real Tomorrow for the last four weeks. This vast body of uber modern work produced by Irish artist Raymond Burrows began over five years ago and SMARTART 101 is the culmination of his creative efforts shown as a whole. The individual elements in Ray’s work span from the year he was born to the present day. Each piece runs with its own narrative, resonating on many levels of interpretation yet all the work assimilates to form a whole.

Volvo Ocean Race Festival exhibition

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

ONE HUNDRED of the best photographs from the LookWest.ie and Pix.ie Volvo Ocean Race Festival Photo Competition will be exhibited for the weekend from tomorrow until Sunday at Merchants Hall, 1 Merchants Road. Admission is free and open to the public from 10am to 6pm each day.

The photo competition, sponsored by the Western Development Commission (WDC) and run in conjunction with photo sharing website Pix.ie, took place over the two weeks of the Volvo Ocean Race Festival and smashed the previous record of uploaded photos from an Irish event. The photo exhibition is being staged by the WDC in collaboration with Let’s Do It Galway.

Ealaíon At Lunasa - a feast of art exhibitions for August

Thu, Jul 30, 2009

ONCE THE Galway Arts Festival is over it is time for the Galway Races, which means betting, drinking, fashion, and gee-gees, but for every Galwegian who loves the races, there is a Galwegian who would prefer to do something else.

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