Kilkenny Arts Festival – Visual Arts
David Beattie
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
An artist who encourages a sense of curiosity and exploration in his act of displacing quotidian objects.
Nick Miller
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
In this multimedia piece Nick Miller draws our attention to the tradition of the reclining nude in art.
Ann Craven
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Ann Craven is a compelling New York-based artist whose work focuses on recurring subject matter such as flowers, birds and the moon.
Jacco Olivier
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Jacco Olivier fuses painting and filmmaking, continually reworking his paintings with generous, casual brushstrokes and photographing each stage of their development
Michael Thomas Murphy
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Michael Thomas Murphy’s work is multidimensional and multi-layered incorporating many materials.
Maria McKinney
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Maria McKinney is concerned with ideas of boredom and escapism and works with familiar objects and materials.
Liam O’Callaghan
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Muniments Room, Kilkenny Castle
Playful – even satirical – installations, sculptures and photographs exposing the methods or mechanics in their construction.
Strand 2 – Rachel Dickson & Alison Lowry
Fri 5th Aug – Mon 5th Sep
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office presents this joint exhibition of ceramics and glass from two emerging Irish makers: Rachel Dickson and Alison Lowry.
Strand 2 – We Are All in This Together
Fri 5th Aug – Fri 19th Aug
Exhibiting artists: Maeve Coulter, Sylvia Hemmingway, Emma Hogan, Alé Mercado and Aiseling Noone.
Strand 2 – Ian Burns
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 9th Oct
Ian Burns’s sculptures and installations investigate the expectations of art viewing with wry humor and audience engaging invention.
Brunch with the Artists
Sat 6th Aug
Join the artists for a free, informal brunch with special guests including curator Hugh Mulholland, art critic Gemma Tipton and journalist John Waters.
This event is free but ticketed.
Celebration of the Year of Craft
Sun 7th Aug
Join us for a glass of wine in the company of festival musicians and writers.
Living Colour: Film Screening
Mon 8th Aug
Living Colour is a documentary film exploring the world of an extraordinary artists’ collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.
Supreme Criticism
Fri 12th Aug
Young Critics panel discussion
Other Selections – Commonage
Sat 23rd Jul – Sun 14th Aug
Situated in historic locations in Callan, COMMONAGE 2011 includes temporary built structures by artists, designers and architects.
Other Selections – The Workhouse Test
Sat 23rd Jul – Sun 14th Aug
The Workhouse Test presents a collaborative exhibition that aims to establish links with international art spaces
Other Selections – Jerpoint Studio
Thu 4th Aug – Wed 31st Aug
This group exhibition showcases the work of several ‘hot glass divas’, both up-and-coming artists and internationally-renowned names
Other Selections – Ross Stewart & Andrew Ludick
Thu 4th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
An exhibition of work by ceramicist Andrew Ludick and painter Ross Stewart
Other Selections – KCAT – The Empty Heat of Neanderthal Man
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
An exhibition of recent sculpture work by five studio artists, comprising a range of materials such as stone, clay, wood, and mixed media
Other Selections – Made in Kilkenny
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
This year’s exhibition – A Maker’s Journey: from inspiration to creation – traces the process of design, exploring the different elements each craftsperson takes into consideration to produce a finished piece
Other Selections – Ceann
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Ceann 2011 offers a visual feast in the historic setting of Shankill Castle
Other Selections – Lucy McKenna
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
This installation in Kilkenny Castle Park explores the darker side of the human psyche
Other Selections – KCAT – Mary Cody
Fri 5th Aug – Fri 12th Aug
Sky, Stones, Sea features work inspired by famous beauty spots in the Irish landscape
![Other Selections - Daithi O hUallachain [David Holohan]](http://www.kilkennyarts.ie/content/images/sized/daithi_ohuallachain_02-220x120.jpg)
Other Selections – Daithi O hUallachain [David Holohan]
Fri 5th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Kitchen Corridor – Kilkenny Castle
An exhibition of Daithi’s recent paintings, full of light and vibrancy
Other Selections – Niall Harkin
Sat 6th Aug – Tue 16th Aug
This exhibition, Votive Offerings, presents the fruits of two years’ work with sheet bronze
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Brendan Brennan
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Clive Nunn
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Kirsty O’Keeffe
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Nicola Brown
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Trini Kenny
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Grennan Mill Craft School – Maire Gartland
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media
Other Selections – Blackbird Gallery
Sat 6th Aug – Sun 14th Aug
The Blackbird Gallery presents a selection of works by three emerging artists