VA + Exhibitions

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

“I hope that my readings of particular terrains, although naturally couched in terms of human scales, those of my own limbs, eyes, breath etc., are suffused by an awareness of almost inconceivably greater and unimaginably smaller physical dimensions, not to mention those of the flowery fields and terrible cliffs of dreams.” – Tim Robinsoni Over

Opening Saturday 14th January, 7pm Franck Saucian was born in Martigues, France, in 1970. He studied painting throughout the 1990s in Marseille before moving to County Donegal in 2000. Little Pieces of the Self runs in RCC Gallery 2 until Saturday 11th February. “I have always had the desire to create. Through the years I

Opening Party – Saturday 21st January, 6.30pm.Exhibition continues until Saturday 11th March. The enigmatic landscape art of Ian Gordon. London-born artist Ian Gordon has lived in Gweedore for forty years, slowly developing a two track homage to the west coast landscape.  His own Land Art ‘ burying pieces of embroidery out in the wilderness ‘ and plein air painting to document

“Paths and tracks made over time by the wishes and feet of walkers especially those paths that run contrary to design or planning – free will ways”Robert McFarlane Artist Statement:“There is something that the sea has, or does, or is, that forever attracts the human spirit. It is the ultimate shapeshifter, always different – grey,

A selection of stunning black and white photographs showcasing perspectives of Donegal, taken from Michael Sugrue’s forthcoming book ‘Hidden Donegal’.

  “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his paintings” – Henry Ward Beecher Veronica Maguire is a very talented artist based in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.  Her work is diverse; contemporary, landscape or abstract. She is always inspired by nature and the incredible scenery of Donegal. Mostly

We hosted an intense workshop with 6th years from across Donegal and curated an exhibition with artworks from the Arts Council Collection in Gallery 2. Lots of chats about art, wrote a curatorial manifesto, learnt about art writing, installed an exhibition, wrote the exhibition text, designed the handout and created marketing content… in just two days! Thank