Internationally-renowned artist, Gottfried Helnwein, launched the Waterford Fringe Festival at his castle at Kilsheelan, Co...
Art & Literature
Review: Lismore Castle Arts
Review: Lismore Castle Arts
The mix for the summer exhibition at Lismore Castle Arts had a lot going for it in the planning stages. Get a top-class curator,...
Review: Dungarvan Arts
Review: Dungarvan Arts
There is a mixed bag feeling about the summer art on show in Dungarvan in the selection of work. The Old Market House Arts...
Review: Kilkenny Arts Festival
Review: Kilkenny Arts Festival
Now in its 35th year, Kilkenny Arts Festival has lost none of its style, quirkiness or its magical power to wow and surprise....
Review: Art On Board
Review: Art On Board
As part of a collaborative project between Artsweave and Stena Line, they have opened a fine exhibition on board the Stena...
Review: Waterford Live Art
Review: Waterford Live Art
On a wet and windswept Friday evening, Martin Cullen T.D., Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism opened Waterford Live Art at...
Review: Pearse Hutchinson
Review: Pearse Hutchinson
The Gallery Press are helping one of the grand old poets of Ireland celebrate and commemorate his eightieth birthday with a fine...
Review: Wilde About Art
Review: Wilde About Art
The John Clancy Gallery in Ring seems to do a lot of promotion for the area as well as for her artists. This summer the Wilde...
Review: Mayo Writers’ Festival
Review: Mayo Writers’ Festival
Sometimes you get to thinking about Waterford arts events and how do they measure up to similar festivals elsewhere. So, with...
Review: WIT Degree Show 2008
Review: WIT Degree Show 2008
It was a balmy summer’s evening for the WIT Degree show and I had the honour to meet Tony Ryan at the opening. Tony taught...
Review: Sanctuary
Review: Sanctuary
In conjunction with a conference in Waterford about Domestic Violence, COSC, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic,...
Review: Lorna Shaughnessy
Review: Lorna Shaughnessy
Salmon Poetry have just launched a collection of the work of Belfast-born poet, Lorna Shaughnessy, a lecturer in Spanish at NUI...
