The RCC has one of the finest art white cube galleries in Ireland. The exhibition policy is deliberately broad and audience centred.

The main aim is to offer local people and visitors a variety of high-quality arts experiences that are likely to be of interest to them. The RCC is also committed to exploring issues of local and wider interest through the medium of the exhibition.

This context-specific approach is manifested in a commitment to commissioning and showing high-quality work from locally connected artists and art projects and in the wide variety of media and disciplines featured, including contemporary art, craft, design, architecture, education, social history, disability, and health.

The centre curates and commissions new exhibitions and selects touring exhibitions and exhibition proposals that are consistent with this audience centred philosophy.

The RCC has three main exhibition spaces: Gallery 1 on the first floor, the Foyer Gallery and Gallery 2 on the ground floor. Gallery 1 caters primarily for national/international group exhibitions and major solo shows. The ground floor Foyer Gallery and Gallery 2 cater mainly for emerging artists of promise, small-scale solo shows and community and education art exhibitions.

The RCC has a strong focus on developing online exhibition projects. It continuously works with leading digital media cultural practitioners to explore new innovative methods of creating and presenting contemporary artworks.