The Annual Wexford Lions Club Exhibition will official open in the lower and upper galleries at Wexford Arts Centre on Saturday 17th January at 2pm. This exhibition will be officially opened by guest adjudicator, Fine Art Painter Oonagh Latchford.

The Annual Wexford Lions Club Exhibition celebrates local talent and offers a platform for artists who are at various stages of their careers as well as those with an interest in art who wish to see their work realised within a gallery context. For this reason, it is an important show within the Wexford Arts Centre’s visual arts programme. The Exhibition will be on view from Saturday 10th January – 5th February 2026.

The Annual Wexford Lions Club Exhibition celebrates local talent and offers a platform for artists who are at various stages of their careers as well as those with an interest in art who wish to see their work realised within a gallery context. For this reason, it is an important show within the Wexford Arts Centre’s visual art programme.

The adjudicator, Oonagh Latchford, holds a BA (hons) in Art. Originally from Dublin, she now lives and works in Wexford. She is a current artist in residence in Westgate Visual Art Studios. She has recently been shortlisted for the John Richardson French Residency Award. An exhibition of shortlisted work will take place in Hambly & Hambly in March 2025. She was recipient of an Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award 2021, Artlinks bursary 2018 and County Wexford Arts Department’s Tyrone Guthrie award 2014. She has been awarded primary school residencies under the auspices of the Living Arts Project in 2014, 2106, 2017 and in 2018. (Other awards can be seen in the artist CV/Exhibition listing section) In addition to her studio practice, she works as a lead facilitator within County Wexford Arts Department Arts Ability programme.

ADULT AWARD WINNERS 2026

Selected by Fine Art Painter, Oonagh Latchford
Sponsored by: Light & Shadow Wexford, Helen McLean, Spectrum Art & Framing, Wexford County Council, and Wexford Lions Club.

Overall: Sean Fitzpatrick, The Boy and the Jade Hour, Oil on Board.
Merit 1: Patricia Gallagher, Slow Day at Sea, Oil on Canvas
Merit 2: Sheila Kissane, Under the Surface, Oil on Canvas
Merit 3: Adrian Twomey, 4%Dutch, Oil on Canvas
Bio-diversity 1: Elaine Sommers Cashen, Spring Clover, Charcoal on Board
Bio-diversity 2: Catriona Brady, Feathered Friends, Watercolour on Board
Helen McLean Art Award: Jane Prendergast, Flahavans, Acrylic on Canvas

CHILDREN’S AWARDS WINNERS:

Sponsored by: Light & Shadow Wexford, Helen McLean, Spectrum Art & Framing, and Wexford Lions Club.