The Annual End of Year Art and Design Exhibition will take place from Friday May 24th – Tuesday May 28th from 10am to 4pm (except Sunday May 26th). The opening reception will take place at GTI at 7pm on Thursday 23rd May at 7pm. Guest speaker will be Meadhbh McNutt artist, writer and co-director at 126 Gallery.
via Art and Design Exhibition | www.gti.ie
Inquisitive Hares – Donnacha Cahill Exhibition
Inquisitive Hares is the title of this exhibition by the Athenry artist Donnacha Cahill, and which is running in the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and Performance, NUI Galway.
The exhibition will run until the 18th May 2019. It is open 12-6pm.
via Advertiser.ie – What are those Inquisitive Hares up to now?
Interesting art initiative from chef and food industry powerhouse JP McMahon here in Galway:
Tartare Café + Wine Bar is launching a monthly event, Wine & Design, which will explore the creative connection between food and the arts.
On the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Tartare Café + Wine Bar will host a local artist or designer, providing them with a platform to discuss their work, their inspirations, and what it means to be an artist in Galway.
Future artists include Macnas’ Noeline Kavanagh, artist Finbar247, photographer Anita Murphy, stylist Zania Koppe, Elena Santos of Just Art It, Sandra Lovern of Lovern Leather Goods, and TULCA’s Kerry Guinan.
The events are free but booking is recommended. To book call (091) 567 803 or email food@tartaregalway.ie.
via Wine and Design at Tartare | FFT.ie
Earth Matters is the title of an exhibition from 13 Kinvara Area Visual Arts artists, which is currently running at the village courthouse, and which focuses on climate change. The exhibiting artists are Petra Breathnach, Fiona Cawley, Patsy Connolly, Belinda Fair, Pam Fleming, Mavis Gormally, Antoinette Hensey, Meriel Lloyd, Regina O’Dea, Julia O’Keefe, Diane Reid, Patricia Timmons, and Darryl Vance.
The event takes place at 8:00 pm on Tuesday the 9th of April in the Liquor Lounge, upstairs in the Dáil Bar – the venue where we held our hugely enjoyable brochure launch last year. You’ll be able to bid on a range of framed prints by some of the greatest Irish cartoonists, including Tom Mathews, and from around the world.
via Galway Cartoon Festival – A Celebration of the Funny Drawing
This is a retirement present I did for the Very Reverend Patrick Towers, Rector of St Nicholas’ Church Galway.