VA + Exhibitions

Memoryhouse is an exhibition intervention in response to the Derek Hill collection at the Glebe House in Donegal opening Sunday 10th of September at 3pm, and runs to Sunday 5th November. The exhibition places the works of artist Myrid Carten and collaborative artists Éiméar McClay and Cat McClay in relation to this collection. As an […]

Friday 22 September – Saturday 28 October, 2023 Grief Weaving is a solo exhibition from Donegal-based visual artist Emily Waszak that explores grief through ritual, repetition and time. Featured in this exhibition are Waszak’s “Grief Weavings”, a series of 40 automatic weavings created in the immediate aftermath of her husband’s death in April 2020, during the

Saturday 30 September – Saturday 11 November, 2023 Last chance for a dark wash is a new site-specific exhibition by artist Locky Morris. The exhibition reflects the artist’s current practice and process, with elements drawn from the video project residency at the Regional Cultural Centre (2021 – 22). Over the last two decades, Morris has

Presented in association with the National Gallery of Ireland Following on from the outstanding success of the Zurich Portrait Prize at the National Gallery of Ireland, a new nationwide portrait competition was launched to encourage children to showcase their artistic abilities. The Zurich Young Portrait Prize aims to foster and support creativity, originality and self-expression

Presented in association with the National Gallery of Ireland The annual competition showcasing contemporary portraiture is open to artists from across the island of Ireland, and Irish artists living abroad. The Zurich Portrait Prize is open to artists in all disciplines who are either resident in Ireland or Irish citizens living abroad. The aim of

An exhibition of black and white photographs featuring portraits of blues and folk musicians beginning in the 1970s. Featured in the exhibit will be blues musicians photographed in Chicago, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, East Texas and Irish traditional musicians from North Connacht and a number of places between. Born in Chicago, James Fraher currently

R2D2 – Paul Rooney and Deirdre SchoalesRecent work documenting ‘lockdown’ walks and exploring by two Letterkenny-based artists. “…that’s Reel 2, Dialog 2, and I said, ’I like that, that’s a great name. ’I wrote it down in my little book, ’Great name.’”George Lucas Deirdre Schoales (University of Ulster, BA Fine Arts) is a local artist

Brian Byrne trained in NCA and NCAD. During the 80’s and 90’s, he was a gallery artist with the Oriel gallery in Dublin.   Brian exhibited in the annual RHA and Oireachtas exhibitions, during this time. In 1999 and 2000, he had a solo show at International Visions gallery in Washington DC, and in Orla Celtic Art,

Áine Mac Giolla Bhríde objects as buoys in the life acted 15 April – 13 May 2023 Áine Mac Giolla Bríde is an Irish artist working in the field of sculpture. This marks their first solo exhibition in their hometown of Letterkenny. Their work makes manifest considerations of site and situated body via staged sculptural