Animals, colour, and vibrant canvasses

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

CHRISTIANITY, ZOOLOGY, and painting combine in the work of artist Jin Yong, whose latest exhibition is currently on display in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

Red Bird Youth Collective seeks new members

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

RED BIRD Youth Collective, the visual arts group for 15 to 24 year olds, is seeking new members for its latest project - creating a body of work with Galway artist Marielle MacLeman, using Nuns Island as a starting point.

TULCA 2019 festival seeks volunteers

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

TULCA FESTIVAL of Visual Arts is accepting applications for its 2019 Volunteer Programme. The festival, curated by Kerry Guinan, runs from November 1 to 17 in numerous venues across Galway city and county.

Art exhibition inspired by turf cutting controversy

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

THE CONTROVERSY over the right to cut turf against the need to protect the natural environment has inspired MÓIN, an exhibition by Bernie Dignam, which is currently running at the Station House Hotel, Clifden, as part of the Clifden Arts Festival.

An onsite exhibition at Thoor Ballylee

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

YEATS' TOWER at Thoor Ballylee, near Gort, is the setting for an exhibition and literary event, The Roots Of Your Refuge, where eight Galway poets, writers, and visual artists explore the theme of sanctuary.

Making coffee into an artwork

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

MOST PEOPLE enjoy drinking a cup of coffee. Some people go a bit far and declare that it is not a beverage, but an experience. Then there is Croatian artist Mateja Šmic.

Karen Conway awarded CÚRAM commission art-science project for city's east side

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

A NEW community art-science project for the east side community in Galway city has been commissioned by CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices, based at NUI Galway, together with Galway City Arts Office.

From Galway street scenes to abstract art

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THE ARTIST Colette McDonagh is currently exhibiting her latest works, which include Galway street scenes, portraits, landscapes, and works inspired by abstract art, in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Exhibition on Galway's Big Houses

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition of Galway's Big Houses - the estates of the landed gentry in Ireland - will be on display at NUI Galway from August 19 to 24 as part of Heritage Week.

Hush - women in solitude

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

HUSH, A new collection of portrait paintings of women in solitude, by the Galway artist Aine Doherty, opens this Saturday at 5pm in The Secret Garden cafe, William Street West.

Expanding Horizons in Oughterard

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

HORIZONS, THE fourth and final exhibition of the Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme summer arts events, opens tomorrow at 7pm in the Oughterard Courthouse.

Kinvara - as seen by Declan O’Rourke's grandfather

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

AN EXHIBITION of paintings, depicting life in Kinvara and south Galway in the 1930s, by Michael Killeen, the grandfather of the acclaimed singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke, opens tomorrow [Friday August 2].

Stories, drawings, and recycling

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

FACETS, AN exhibition featuring work by Athenry based artists Mary Ryan, Vincent Godfrey-Glynn and Patricia Fahy, and the writer Trish Bourke, is running at The Portershed.

NARRATIVES exhibition opens in Oughterard

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

NARRATIVES, A mixed media exhibition of work by Lorraine Cleary, Bernie Dignam, Ann McBride, Aideen Monaghan, Eva O’Donovan, Catherine Patrickson, and Gala Tomasso, opens in Oughterard tomorrow.

Kathleen Furey exhibition

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

REVISIT, AN exhibition by Kathleen Furey, where the artist explores loss, memory and moments of realisation via her hometown of Galway, is running at the Town Hall Theatre bar.

GIAF 19 visual arts exhibitions

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

EIGHT VERY different visual arts exhibitions, in six different locations - including at the new temporary new gallery space near William Street - run throughout the Galway International Arts Festival, and admission to all is free.

Kinvara's kaleidoscopic exhibition

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

A KALEIDOSCOPE of colour, form, and styles will be on display at the Courthouse Gallery in Kinvara, for the, appropriately named, Kaleidoscope exhibition featuring work by Lily Johnston and James Dorrian.

Galway Art Club annual exhibition 2019

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

GALWAY ART Club's Annual Exhibition for 2019 is currently running at St Patrick's School, Lombard Street.

Joe Hogan - the willow man

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

"I BECAME a basketmaker because I was attracted to the idea of growing my own willow and being involved in the whole process from harvesting willow through to making a basket."

Landscape, as seen by Blaise Drummond

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

CHAGRIN FALLS, an exhibition of new work by Blaise Drummond, comprised primarily of landscape paintings, is running at the Engage Art Studios gallery, Churchfields, Salthill.

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