TULCA 2015 promises a Seachange

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

THE 2015 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts returns to Galway city from Saturday November 14 to Sunday 29, and will feature work by more than 40 Irish and international artists.

John Behan - new exhibition at Kenny's

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"SOME OF those who already know about John Behan would think of him as without question a Dubliner. For others, after forty years there, he is a fundamental part of Galway."

Chimera - where art and science meet

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ART AND science - are they complementary disciplines or mutually exclusive? The possible meeting points between the two will be explored in The Chimera Art and Science programme and the exhibition, The Future is Here.

Paintclub 's Halloween session

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE POPUALR Paintclub event, which mix art classes with a cocktails night, returns to An Púcán, Forster Street, on Thursday October 29, for a Halloween themed evening of art.

Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE ARTISTS Jojo Hynes, Joanne Newman, and Annelie Fawke will conclude a year long exploration into collaborative exhibition making as the Triangular Brush Art Jazz Band, with a residency at the 126 Gallery on Flood Street, next week.

Exhibition to give Another View

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Paul James Kearney will provide his own particular view of Galway city in his new exhibition, Another View, which opens in the Renzo Café & Gallery, Eyre Street, this evening at 8pm.

TULCA launches education programme

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has launched a new education programme, T.Ed, looking at the changing environment, and so ties in with this year's festival theme of climate change.

The Claddagh inspires new Town Hall exhibition

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

TOMORROW NIGHT, the Town Hall Theatre bar hosts the opening of a fascinating new art exhibition, entitled Claddagh Images - Real & Imagined, by 6 Degrees West, a Galway-based collective whose members are graduates of the GMIT's art and design degree course.

Ceramic art exhibition

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

DUALITY OF Function, an exhibition featuring porcelain clay, or 'white gold' as it is also known, and three artists who work in this medium, opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow.

Paintclub's September session

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

PAINTCLUB RETURNS to An Púcán, Foster Street on Thursday September 24, and is open to both beginner and experienced painters, looking to create, enjoy a social night out and a cocktail, and develop their painting skills.

Bernie Keogh and Cathy Hughes joint exhibition

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

BERNIE KEOGH and Cathy Hughes have been friends for a long time. They were also born and reared in the west of Ireland. Both are also artists, and to mark it all, they are holding a joint exhibition.

Gormley's Fine Art opens in Galway tomorrow

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GORMLEY'S FINE Art, one of Ireland's leading art galleries, has opened in Galway at 22 High Street, and will display works by Kenneth Webb, James Brohan, John Behan, Arthur Maderson, Ian Pollock, Gordon Harris, and Eileen Meagher.

The magic of animals - on canvas

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

JEAN O’CONNOR grooms dogs professionally part-time and tends horses, and for 10 years worked with members of the US equestrian team. Little wonder then that her art focuses extensively on animals.

Galway Arts Centre autumn classes

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GALWEGIANS THINKING of taking up a new creative endeavour for the autumn should check out the upcoming classes in the Galway Art Centre, Dominick Street, which include storytelling via comics, photography, and writing poetry.

Beechmount Artists information evening

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

THE BEECHMOUNT Art Studio in Lackagh will host an information evening on Friday September 18 at 8pm about its new initiative, Beechmount Artists, a programme to develop student’s work practice with the final goal of selling work online.

Hirsute - a photo celebration of bearded Galwegians

Wed, Sep 09, 2015

NOT SINCE the days when angry young men stomped the streets, loudly declaring "The seventies will be socialist!", and their more cerebral brethren reclined on cushions in patchouli soaked rooms, stoned out of their minds to Pink Floyd and Genesis, have beards been so predominant.

Jim Kavanagh – viewing ‘The Cosmological Sublime’

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

A MAJOR new exhibition of paintings by Galway artist Jim Kavanagh is currently running at Market Street Gallery, the former Connacht Tribune printworks, entitled As I See It –The Cosmological Sublime.

Jennifer Cunningham art classes

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

THE AWARD winning Galway artist Jennifer Cunningham is taking bookings for her classes in September, which cater for all ages and ability, from beginners to advanced students who want to sell work, or are currently in third level.

Old master style student art show with Jim Kavanagh

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

The annual exhibition of Jim Kavanagh’s Art School students is currently on show at the Market Street Gallery (the old Connacht Tribune Print Works).

'The Cosmological Sublime': An exhibition of paintings by Jim Kavanagh in aid of COPE Galway

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Renowned fine artist Jim Kavanagh will exhibit his collection of cosmologically inspired works, from August 22 to September 12 at the Market Street Gallery, with proceeds from the event going towards COPE Galway.

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