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.

TULCA seeks artists for 2014 festival

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts is inviting artists to submit their work for consideration for this year’s festival which runs from November 7 to 23.

Submission is open to artists from Ireland and abroad working in any visual art practice and in design (graphic, furniture, textile, and domestic scale industrial design), architecture, crafts, web-based work, and social media as an artform.

Game of Thrones Exhibition to return to Northern Ireland next month

Thu, May 08, 2014

Tickets for the highly anticipated HBO Game of Thrones Exhibition, which returns to Northern Ireland from June 11 to 15, are available from today.

126 Gallery fundraiser

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A FUNDRAISER for the 126 Gallery will take place tomorrow, with an event at 8pm in the gallery, and at 9.30pm in Club DeBurgos.

Drawing and painting workshop

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will host a class on the fundamentals of contemporary drawing and painting at Cregal Art, Monivea Road.

TULCA announce curator for 2014 festival

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

AISLING PRIOR, a co-founder of the Galway Film Centre, has been appointed as curator of the 2014 TULCA Festival of Visual Art, which runs from November 7 to 23.

Lucite Fall and mineral processes

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

LUCITE FALL is the moment when crystal and acrylic bind. It is the name of a remote outcrop overlooking the Opinnagau River in Canada.

It is also the title of a new exhibition by Irish artist Carl Giffney, which opens at the Galway Arts Centre this evening at 6pm.

Róisín Dubh Art and Craft Market

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

THE RÓISÍN Dubh Art and Craft Market returns this Saturday from 1pm to 6pm and will feature 24 stalls over two floors.

The market is a platform for local artists and craftspeople to showcase their talents and is devoted to handmade good quality art fashion, photography, textiles, woodcraft, jewellery, ceramics, and crafts, with 24 stalls over two floors.