An exhibition which marks 30 years since the Local Authorities embarked on providing for the arts locally, featuring 30 artists and 30 places.

At the heart of all this work are artists, and featuring in the exhibition are renowned artists such as Tony O’Malley, Alice Maher, Robert Ballagh, John Kindness, Norah McGuiness, Sean McSweeney, Seán Lynch and John Shinnors, Seán Cotter, Anne Cleary|Denis Connolly, Cora Cummins, Padraig Cunningham, Micky Donnelly, Naomi Draper, Lisa Fingleton, Jan Voster, Ronnie Hughes, Frances Leach, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Jane McCormack & Tom Conaty, Roisín McGuigan, Theo McNab, Tadgh McSweeney, Julie Merriman, John Minihan, Gary Robinson, Constance Short, David Stephenson, Patric Stevenson,  curated by Muireann Ní Chonaill, Laois Arts Officer.

 “.. arts officers went quietly about their work, not heads of smart new venues, not curators of major festivals, not heads of glamorous collections but the real harbingers of the kind of change that empowers and transforms a society.”

Catherine Marshall formerly of IMMA writes in the accompanying catalogue