Pauline Flynn Riband showing in Damer House Gallery Roscrea
The current exhibition on display in Damer House Gallery is by the visual artist and poet Pauline Flynn. The exhibition is entitled Riband and the suite of paintings were inspired by a few military medal ribbons which Pauline saw in the Limerick Museum back in 2019. Over time, and through a process of investigation, the […]
Cork International Film Festival announces deadlines for two creative initiatives – IGNITE Documentary Talent Development Programme & Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award
Applications have opened for Year Four of the IGNITE Documentary Talent Development Programme, supporting cross-border documentary production,and the Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award 2024, aimed at supporting recent fine art graduates. IGNITE, the successful and innovative collaboration between Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) and Docs Ireland, Belfast, is a talent development programme directed towards emerging Irish and […]
Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School, Cloughjordan, Sept. 20-24, 2023
‘And now the poet heart is calling too’ from The Golden Joy Thomas MacDonagh The first Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School takes place from 20-24 September 2023 in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary and aims to be one of the highlights of the Museum’s 10th anniversary programme. Advance tickets are on sale now. The Thomas MacDonagh Hedge […]
Damer House Gallery re-opens with Mark Joyce ‘Bending Light’
Damer House Gallery, Roscrea has re-opened after a three-year closure while conservation work was carried out on Damer House by the OPW. The gallery was delighted to welcome Mark Joyce with his work ’Bending Light’ as the first exhibition of this year. Joyce’s work explores the phenomenological strangeness of physical light. The official opening took […]
Minister Catherine Martin announces €2.7 million to support the promotion of Irish arts globally
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., announced funding of almost €2.7 million by Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2023. The funding is to support Irish artists, arts organisations and Irish cultural centres abroad to present events covering circus, dance, film, literature, music, theatre […]
Call for Entries for Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2023
The countdown is on for entries to the Fresh International Film Festival 2023 Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Could you be the next Fresh Film alumni to be Oscar nominated? Deadline for entries: Friday January 20, 2023 Entry details and forms here: Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2023 For almost three decades, Ireland’s Fresh […]
New report highlights positive health and wellbeing impacts of arts and creativity in later life
Arts and creativity has an important role to play in health and wellbeing in later life and can help improve physical, psychological, and social health and wellbeing in older adults, a new report published by the Institute of Public Health (IPH) has found. The report, ‘Arts and Creativity in Later Life: Implications for Public Health […]
Bealtaine Festival brings arts celebrations to nursing homes this Friday
Nursing homes will be celebrating the creative talents of residents this coming Friday, 21st May, through the inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day. The initiative is part of Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival and is taking place in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland. Nursing home residents have been busy creating artworks to display as […]
Calling artists and community arts organisations to apply for funding
The second round of the Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, in partnership with Business to Arts, has been launched with a call for artists and arts organisations to apply for funding. The all-island Begin Together Arts Fund will make a total of €1 million in arts funding available over three years, awarded to projects that […]
Creative Climate Action fund launched by Minister Catherine Martin
Today Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD launched Creative Climate Action on behalf of the Creative Ireland Programme in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. This new fund invites local authorities and creative practitioners to put their skills of engagement to the cultural challenge of […]