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For Irish Portrait Artist and tutor Alan Keane (65) the restrictions of lockdown may have kept him behind closed doors but they also were the keys to open up an exciting new adventure into the world of media and presentation. “Just when it seemed the world was closing in especially on older citizens like myself”…
It’s Strange to be Here (April 17-30, 2021) is the end of year Burren College of Art MFA GRADUATE EXHIBITION featuring work by Brittany Baldwin, Shannon Castor, Ellen Ferrier, Letitia Hill, Aisling Jelinski, Sam Kahn. The exhibition will be accompanied by a live, virtual discussion with the artists, moderated by Dr. Aine Phillips, on Monday,…
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The show entitled ‘Families like us’ will be a lockdown show, held in a pop-up gallery space in Stillorgan Shopping Centre and Roisín will be painting live in the shop, behind closed doors. The venue is essentially a glass box (Kiosk) that allows viewers to stroll around 360 to view the work safely from outside….
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John Nolan has been a practising artist for 40 years. I interviewed him in 2011 after he had started giving art classes in his studio: A Celebration of Colour – John Nolan . The classes could accommodate 10 students. Each class would last two hours. With the onset of the pandemic, John took all the…
Some of Ireland’s leading contemporary and up-and-coming artists including Eamonn Doyle, Maser, Alice Fitzgerald, Colin Martin and Lola Donoghue – have donated work to the D8 Refugee Community Sponsorship Christmas ArtRaiser. This unique fundraiser supports the imminent resettlement of a family from a war-torn country into a new home in Dublin 8. Bids are emailed to…
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