John Jennings' Q.R.KEY exhibition

Wed, Jan 18, 2017

QR CODES - the little black and white boxes on the bottom of adverts and billboards - are a common sight, but while they are mostly an advertising tool, one Galway artist uses them for his art.

Art classes with Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

THE AWARD winning Galway based artist Jennifer Cunningham will hold a new season of her popular arts classes which start on Monday January 16.

Red Bird Youth Arts Collective seeks new members

Mon, Jan 09, 2017

GALWEGIANS AGED between 15 and 23 and who are interested in either filmmaking, or a drawing and hip hop collaboration, should check out the new projects from the Red Bird Youth Collective.

Galway/Mayo moods at The Kenny Gallery

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

MOODS, MEMORIES, and Mayo, a new exhibition of works by Paul Guilfoyle, features, despite its title, landscapes from Galway, Down, and Laois, as well as Mayo.

Breda Fox exhibition

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

GALWAY ARTIST Breda Fox is hosting an exhibition of her oil paintings in Pearla na Mara, Lower Fairhill Road, just off Dominick Street, with the official launch on Sunday December 11 from 5pm to 7pm.

Pat Flannery to hold first solo exhibition

Thu, Dec 01, 2016

GALWAY ARTIST Pat Flannery will hold her debut solo exhibition, Full Circle, in the Renzo Gallery Café, Eyre Square, this month and running into the New Year.

An artists's view of the Nile Lodge area

Thu, Dec 01, 2016

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD around the Nile Lodge and Fr Griffin Road area is the subject of a new exhibition by the Galway artist Melanie McDonagh.

Artist Elena Dova - at the crossroads of three cities

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

ITALIAN ARTIST Elena Dova is currently exhibiting her striking new paintings at the Town Hall Theatre bar in a show, Crosbhóthar, that imaginatively blends the three cities in her life; Turin, Rome, and Galway.

Margaretta D’Arcy's journey to the future

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

“YOU MANIACS! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!” wails Charlton Heston's character George Taylor in that powerful and unforgettable closing shot of 1968's Planet Of The Apes.

New exhibition from artist Clodagh Kidd

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

CLAREGALWAY ARTIST Clodagh Kidd returns to the Providence Market Kitchen on the corner of Abbeygate and Augustine streets, with an exhibition of recent work.

Rita Duffy’s historico-satirical Souvenir Shop

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

TOMORROW, THE artist Rita Duffy’s inspired, witty, and thought-provoking exhibition/installation The Souvenir Shop, opens its doors in Number 9 Henry Street, in Galway’s historic West End.

Jim McKee exhibition at Ballybane Library

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

A SELECTION is the title of a new exhibition by the County Tyrone born, Clare based artist and singer-songwriter Jim McKee, featuring works ranging from landscapes to the 1916 Rising.

Evie Gaughan exhibition

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

GALWAY ARTIST Evie Gaughan's new exhibition, Flower Child, a collection of vibrant and whimsical works, is currently running at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

The art of 1916

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

THE ULSTER Protestant who rejected unionism in favour of Irish nationalism, and how Irish artists have interpreted the Easter Rising and WWI, will be the subject of public talks at the Galway City Museum.

TULCA 2016 opens next week

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CITIES ARE dying. Even as more and more of people live in cities, and are dependent on them for their livelihoods, cities are becoming too expensive to live in, where the productive urban economy has disappeared.

Mary Geeleher exhibition at UHG

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

MARY GEELEHER, a former nurse in University Hospital Galway, is once more at the hospital, not as staff, but as an exhibiting artist, with her show, Symphony of Colour, featuring new and recent works.

Aida Wilde to exhibit at Design Galway

Thu, Oct 20, 2016

LONDON-BASED artist Aida Wilde, who has been a professional screen printer for 16 years, building a hand-printed clothing company ‘Brag’ and setting up a boutique and print studio in London, will exhibit at the Design Galway 2016 festival.

No easy answers as TULCA explores 'the city'

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

WHAT HAS gone wrong with our cities? And what are we going to do about it? These two questions will be explored in TULCA 2016, Galway's annual visual arts festival, and audiences can expect the answers to be unsettling.

Exhibition of an artist's year on Salthill prom

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

FOR THE past year, August 2015 to Aug 2016, I have been painting on the Prom in Salthill, in all types of weather, at all times of day and at night. My motivation was to capture images of the Prom not often represented in the various media, but at the same time real and in the moment.

New art classes from Denise Hogan

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

AWARD-WINNING Galway artist Denise Hogan is holding a new term of weekly art classes and one-day workshops in Roscam, starting the week of September 12.

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