Art and Artists of Ireland news and blog
The Water Colour Society of Ireland’s 158th show, Ireland’s largest exhibition of watercolours opened today (Sunday 23rd September) in County Hall Dun Laoghaire. The opening was well attended with many of the artists present. More than 290 paintings in watercolour, gouache and pastels, as well as drawings and prints, will be on sale to the…
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Axis is an arts centre & community resource centre based in Ballymun, Dublin. The centre consists of a Theatre, Dance Studio, Art Room, Gallery, Music Studio, Music Rehearsal Rooms & the community resource centre consists of a Café, Creche, Conference Centre & a number of Community Development Organisations. Axis have launched their Autumn program and…
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A cross section of seven secondary schools from the Belfast area, students from The University of Ulster and Belfast Metropolitan College have been given large pieces of lino to work on for the past couple of weeks. Using the traditional relief print technique, lino cutting they have produced original artworks that will be inked up…
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The annual Luas Art Competition is now open for entries! They’re looking for the best art form using the theme ‘Luas – adding the missing link!’ This theme relates to Luas Broombridge, the planned new extension of the Luas Green Line (Brides Glen to St. Stephen’s Green) through the city centre to Broombridge. The competition…
An exhibition in which artist Bennie Reilly “continues her investigation into the oddities and intricacies of the outside world” opened last night in the Talbot Gallery, Talbot Street, Dublin 1. The artist will be giving a gallery walk through of the exhibition, talking about individual works, her practice and answering any questions on the 21st…
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