Dean Kelly’s first solo show, modus operandi?, opens this Friday in Kenny’s Gallery, Galway. I’ve known Dean since college in ’94, and I’ve watched his work develop. I think he’s on the cusp of becoming an important painter and I also think he’s going to be a big seller (his graduation show sold out in … Read more
Galway based artist collective ARTISIT? are hosting the following events this week: Thursday 2nd | 7pm | G126 / Unit 11, Ballybane Ind Est, Tuam Rd, Galway, Ireland Kevin Gaffney Friday 3rd | 7pm | 8 Bowling Green Dee Mc Donnell / Zulaikha Engelbrecht Friday 3rd | 9pm | 2 Henry Street Will Robinson / … Read more
There’s a nice interview with my friend Kate O’Callaghan, one of the driving forces behind the Inishowen Gospel Choir on the Inishindie blog.
I got a tour of new Galway venue the Galway Social Space last week. It’s quite impressive- they’ve taken over the old family home at the back of Griffin’s bakery on Middle Street, directly opposite an Taibhearc. It’s a community space available to groups for workshops and meetings. It’s completely voluntarily run. They’re still in … Read more
Photo owned by danksy (cc) Anthony Baggett, the developer of my lovely Darkwater WP theme, has had one of his themes ripped off by none other than Gordon Brown, Prime Minister. If you look at the bottom of my blog you’ll see a link to Anthony’s website. This is part of the Creative Commons 3.0 … Read more
Photo owned by Conor Lawless (cc) Two Galway-related blogs I’ve only just come across are the Moore Group‘s and Julian Gough‘s. They’ve both been around for a while by the looks of it but I only found the Moore Group’s one from a trackback on Damien‘s, which led me to Julian’s. Both subscribed to now. … Read more