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The Custom House Studios in Westport is offering artists an opportunity to use their studio space for 2014 and 2015.

The Custom House Studios at Westport quay and Westport Arts Festival will present exhibition of paintings by Pat Harris and Linda Ruttelynck which opens on Friday October 4 at 7.30pm and runs until Sunday October 27. Pat Harris was born in Dublin in 1953 and studied at the National College of Art and Design from 1973 to 1978 and at The National Higher Institute of Fine Art Antwerp, graduating in 1981. In 2008 he was awarded a PhD in fine art by the University of Antwerp. He has exhibited widely in Europe and he lives in Belgium and teaches painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Linda Ruttelynck teaches drawing and graphics at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. She has shown her work at numerous venues across Europe and in the USA. In addition to being included in various private collections her work is also represented in the public collections of the Belgian state, Province of Antwerp, the Prentenkabinet, and the Mercatorcollection Antwerp, Boyle Civic Collection, and Ballinglen Arts Foundation.

The Custom House Studios are now inviting submissions for exhibitions and use of studio space for 2014 and 2015. The studios complex houses seven artists studios, a printmaking studio and two exhibition galleries. These facilities are housed in a historic restored Customs House building on the Quay in Westport, on a prominent waterfront street. The studios are located upstairs, overlooking the harbour. All studios have daylight and 24 hour access. The main gallery is located on street level with good daylight. The second gallery is located upstairs and has good daylight. The galleries enjoy high visitor numbers.

Custom House Studios is now inviting submissions for exhibitions and use of studio space for 2012 and 2013. Submissions are due by September 30 2011.