Galway artist wins RDS Printmaking Award

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

GALWAY ARTIST and GMIT graduate Patrick Augustus Furey has won the RDS Printmaking Award in recognition of excellence.

‘The nooks and crannies of the human condition’

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

WHERE DO you start when representing the human figure? This is the question six artists explore in a new exhibitionin the Galway Arts Centre.

Fringe festival exhibitions

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THE GALWAY Fringe continues into this weekend so there is still time to check out a number of the visual arts exhibitions taking place as part of the festival.

Exploring the hidden world of infant bereavement

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THE TRAGIC and painful loss of an infant will be explored in a new exhibition, The Amulet, by artist Marie Brett and a number of bereaved parents, which launches in Galway.

The art of anaesthetics

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

SOME YEARS ago, the artist Karen Conway received a present of an anaesthetic textbook by Minnitt and Gillies from 1948, and she found in it a source of inspiration.

Charity art auction on Thursday

Tue, Jul 22, 2014

A CHARITY art auction, featuring work by emerging artists, and to raise funds for Team Hope’s Christmas Shoe Box Appeal, takes place on Thursday.

Palestinian artists exhibit at Galway City Museum

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

“THIS EXHIBITION is a very important artistic event through which we hope to provide an authentic picture of cultural life in Gaza.”

Luke McMullen exhibition @ Kenny’s

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

HUNTER S Thompson, Johnny Cash, George Bernard Shaw, and half of Angelina Jolie’s head all appear in the new exhibition by former graffiti artist Luke McMullan.

Festival exhibitions in UHG

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

TODAY SEES the launch of two exhibitions in UHG, one by Aoife Price, the other by Suzanne Wawra, and both are part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Liam O’Callaghan and looking at things anew

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

LIAM O’CALLAGHAN’S new exhibition, If and then....(again) seeks to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and encourage viewers to look anew at themselves and the world.

Bourke and Murphy at Norman Villa

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

AN EXPANSE of commonage bordering the house and studio of artists Brian Bourke and Jay Murphy provided the inspiration for their new exhibition.

Attractive, Bold and Beautiful

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

ATTRACTIVE, BOLD, and Beautiful, the third annual Galway Bay Galleries Fringe Festival exhibition, opens this weekend and features work by three female artists.

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.

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