Running from May through to September 2021, in various shop windows, the Arts Centre and Library throughout the coastal town, Dungarvan Art Trail is delighted to present The Vertigo Project by internationally acclaimed, locally based, dye transfer printer and artist Jean Curran. The Dungarvan Art Trail, conceived by...
Art & Literature
Local artist brings joy through painting in Izmir
Local artist brings joy through painting in Izmir
Ben Hennessy’s residency a huge success Catherine Power Waterford woman Anne O’Rorke set up TIAFI (Team International Assistance for Integration) in 2016, a non-profit Community Centre in Izmir, to respond and offer support to the vast number of Refugees fleeing war-torn Syria. The centre offers a support desk, free...
The Speech of Elementals
The Speech of Elementals
James Horan and Denis Lynch Virtual Exhibition from April 7th. The Speech of Elementals is an exhibition brought to you virtually by local artist James Horan and Denis Lynch. The exhibition link will be available and posted at 2.30pm on the 7th of April. James graduated with a Masters degree in Aesthetics and the...
Paper Lanterns: A new vital literary resource for teen and YA literature
Paper Lanterns: A new vital literary resource for teen and YA literature
Deirdre Power Paper Lanterns Journal for Teen and YA (young adult) literature launched last year, in the most unlikely of circumstances. The journal aims to publish four times a year and seeks to promote teen literature and teen voices. Paper Lanterns was born from a desire to address the lack of printed journals in...
Going Home to Wyoming – John Ennis
Going Home to Wyoming – John Ennis
Liam Murphy The Book Hub Publishing Group have produced another milestone in the diverse and inspirational literary career of John Ennis with, Going Home To Wyoming (Later Selected Poems 2000 – 2020). The work John Ennis has done as a poet and educator (Head Of Humanities at WIT) has marked him out as a...
Resurgence 25X For The Arts Webinar
Resurgence 25X For The Arts Webinar
(Wednesday 7th April, 11am) Building on the extraordinary success of the initial Resurgence 25X event in association with Waterford Chamber of Commerce earlier this year, ATPO and Theatre Royal Waterford will present a webinar dedicated to a vibrant recovery for the arts from COVID-19 on 7th April. Resurgence 25X for...
John Bermingham: All That Can Be
John Bermingham: All That Can Be
Jordan Norris When John Bermingham left his job in HR in 2014, little did he know that six years later – he would have achieved some of the things he has. A renowned photographer, digital visual artist and video maker, there is little that Bermingham cannot turn his hand to – in fact, some might even...
Running From the Shadows
Running From the Shadows
A story of childhood abuse and how one woman faced her past, and ran towards her future By Stephanie Hickey In Running from the Shadows Stephanie Hickey tells, in her own words, how she survived abuse at the hands of a trusted family member and of how running, a simple physical activity helped her achieve...
Your Library – Take a Closer Look
Your Library – Take a Closer Look
A new national advertising campaign is asking everyone to take a closer look at what their local authority library has to offer.Waterford Libraries and all public libraries around the country are joining in the campaign, which is running for the next four weeks across radio, cinema, TV on demand, digital and social....
Onwards and upwards in 2020
Onwards and upwards in 2020
Stephanie Louise Art If 2019 is anything to go by Waterford artist Stephanie Louise Furlong is in for another busy and successful year. Having taken a couple of weeks to recover from the hectic pre-Christmas schedule, Stephanie is busy preparation for her next exhibition in Finders Keepers, Little Patrick St in...
Clodagh Beresford Dunne awarded the Clarissa Luard Award for Emerging Writers
Clodagh Beresford Dunne awarded the Clarissa Luard Award for Emerging Writers
Waterford poet Clodagh Beresford Dunne has been awarded the Clarissa Luard Award for Emerging Writers. Unveiled last Tuesday night in the splendid surroundings of Royal Institute of British Architects, London, the prestigious David Cohen Prize for Literature, 2019 was awarded to Edna O’Brien.Often seen as a precursor...
Rock Face Art Exhibition at UHW
Rock Face Art Exhibition at UHW
‘Rock Face’, an exhibition by Adrian Crellin, has opened on the Staff Art Wall at University Hospital Waterford (UHW). Featuring an eclectic collection of hag stones found on beach walks in County Waterford, ‘Rock Face’ continues until 20 December.The Staff Art Wall is managed by Waterford Healing Arts Trust and aims...
