Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Leitrim Sculpture Centre is a national resource for advancing the creative practice and knowledge of visual art making and its collaborative engagement with the ecologies of landscape, place and the rural.
Functioning as a testing-ground for creativity and innovation LSC encourages experimentation in the material production and display of compelling and challenging new work whilst facilitating the creative and professional advancement of the artist and art-form alongside increased public engagement in the arts.
Coastguard Cultural Centre
Enjoy a visit to the delightful Coastguard Café, Gallery and Craft Shop sitting on the clifftop overlooking the Seafront Gardens with uninterrupted panoramic views of Tramore Bay.
Visitors can enjoy relaxing at the Coastguard Café and watch the waves lap the shore of Tramore’s famous beach. The Café offers a selection of teas and coffees, delicious cakes and snacks and savoury delights such as homemade soups and freshly prepared light lunches.
Enjoy browsing the Art Gallery and Craft Shop or the latest exhibition.
The venue can also be hired for book launches, readings, musical recitals and plays. Over recent years the Coastguard Cultural Centre has held many exhibitions by local as well as national and international artists.
Ormston House
Ormston House is a meeting place for the arts in the heart of Limerick City. We opened in 2011 as a Cultural Resource Centre to create new opportunities for artists and arts workers. Our core question is: how can we support artists better? The three pillars of our programme are artistic ambition, community engagement and professional development. The Artists-in-Residence play a central role in our thinking.
Ormston House welcomes audiences seeking intimate arts experiences. Our programme is co-designed with citizens to promote access and inclusion resulting in community partnerships, multi-annual projects and cultural events that are responsive to the city and its context. We have developed a participatory model to connect local wisdom with diverse approaches to artistic practice.
Ormston House is part of the Limerick Public Participation Network and the Irish Network Against Racism. We are also active members of three international networks: Artists’ Initiatives Meetings, River Cities Platform Foundation, and Trans Europe Halles. For further information and queries, you can contact us at info@ormstonhouse.com.
Flowerfield Arts Centre
Based on the stunning Causeway Coast, Flowerfield Arts Centre is home to world-class contemporary art exhibitions, a packed creative learning programme, and great music. We strive to nurture artistic talent and provide exceptional interactive creative opportunities for all.
We want you to feel at home here at Flowerfield and we look forward to welcoming you.
Presentation Centre
The Presentation Arts Centre is a multi-use arts venue in the heart of Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford, developed and promoted by The Wexford Arts Centre & The Enniscorthy Municipal District.
Situated on the site of the former Presentation Convent, this modern new facility has been sensitively re-developed and retains all the wonderful features of the former chapel including original stained glass windows, ornate timber ceiling, original wishbone floor, decorative arches and adjoining walled garden.
The Presentation Centre has a spacious reception and catering facility, a stage area with lighting and sound, 100 ground floor moveable seats and 40 balcony seats. It also includes dressing rooms, toilets, car parking and is fully accessible.
The Presentation Centre is available and taking bookings for a wide range of arts, performance, community and corporate events. We take booking for workshops, classes, summer camps, meeting and events. Groups or individuals wishing to book or view the site, should contact Emily or Lisa on 053 92 33000 or email us at presentationcentreenniscorthy@gmail.com.
SO Fine Art Editions
SO Fine Art Editions, one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art galleries, presents exciting and dynamic original fine art prints, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass and photography by established and emerging Irish and international artists. Opened since September 2013, SO Fine Art Editions is situated on the 2nd Floor in Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, in the heart of Dublin city centre, just off Grafton Street, and close to the National Gallery, St. Stephen’s Green and Trinity College.
We stock an extensive range of works, specialising in original fine art prints such as etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, screen prints and mono prints, and also paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture and photography.
SO Fine Art Editions is a unique, must see venue for art lovers, collectors and for corporate clients looking for works of a high quality within a surprisingly moderate price range. We have an informal and friendly approach and encourage visitors to take their time and browse through all we have on display.
Catherine and her team at SO Fine Art Editions are clearly at the cutting edge and forefront of Irish art right now. Passionately championing the new generation of young homegrown Irish artists as well as showcasing the wonderful talents of the established artists who have paved the way and shone a global light on the irish art scene. Yet what makes them unique is their experience, knowledge and support for buyers and appreciators of great art. They continue to put together exhibitions that are thought provoking, challenging, inspiring and evocative.
– Yusuf, Tanzania, 2017
We ship worldwide and offer advice on all aspects of collecting, purchasing, storage, transport, hanging, framing, and tax efficiency in the acquisition of art.
Exhibitions are held five or six times a year showcasing a wide variety of mediums.
Toradh2 Gallery
Located in the newly renovated Kells Heritage Centre, the Toradh 2 Gallery, coupled with the interactive Boyne Valley heritage display and the proposed upstairs ‘artists’ hub’ arena, is a key addition to the cultural landscape of the county.
Meath County Council Arts Office operates 2 visual art gallery spaces in County Meath; The Toradh Gallery in Ashbourne and the Toradh2 Gallery in Kells. These spaces combined host the Meath County Council Toradh Art Programme.
This programme helps support artists’ professional development while presenting the citizens of and visitors to County Meath with a calendar of diverse and engaging visual art exhibitions and events.
The Toradh Art Programme is devised through a combination of invited submissions, open calls and competition. The Toradh Art Programme is managed and curated by Meath County Council Arts Office and serves as a visual art showcase for Meath County.
Engage Gallery
Engage is a dynamic professional visual arts organisation of 30 members. It is an integral part of the Galway visual arts scene. Our artists work locally, nationally and Internationally. Engage is constantly evolving to provide the best service to our members and by extension the wider artistic community.Engage has adopted best practice examples in its operations and policies. Engage strives to offer the best value for money for to our members and develop a sustainable model. Engage Art Studios is the largest studio group in Galway city, with 6 studios located in Francis St in the heart of the City and a further 7 located a short walk away in our new premises in Churchfields, Lower Salthill.
Founded in 2004, Engage supports contemporary artists in a professional environment. Engage is supported by the Arts Council and the Galway City Council. Engage provides an atmosphere of creativity, production, inspiration and opportunity for working artists in the Galway area. The uniquestudio Engage strives to promote our artists via feedback, an information network, exhibitions, publicity and involvement with other Galway arts organisations. As well as aiming to promote the studios as acentre for visual artists. Engage is aware of its role in keeping artists in Galway and the west, thus we prioritise ambitious, young, professional and emerging artists when reviewing applicants. There are 13 private studios (separate locking doors) and a fully equipped office and digital suite. Both buildings are safe and well lit. Studios range in size from 80 to 260 sq. feet. Engage also offers Orbital membership, which allows access to our facilities and to exhibitions.
Engage Art Studios has been managed by Grace Mitchell since 2012. A native of Cork, Grace moved to Galway in 2004 to study Fine art Print Making in CCAM. Shortly after graduation she took up the position of administrator in Lorg Printmakers (later renamed Galway Print Studio) In 2011 Grace returned to education to get a MA in Arts, Policy and Practice from NUI Galway. Grace was a founder member of Adapt Galway and served a director of 126 Artist-run Gallery from 2014-2015.
Studio 12
Founded in 1990 by graduates of the Crawford College of Art and Design, Backwater Artists Group is the largest purpose built artists studios (28 in total – 22 Painting / Mixed Media, 6 Sculpture) in the region and it houses an established artist-led studio group, now in its 28th year. Located in Cork City Centre, we share our premises with Cork Printmakers.
We provide well maintained, safe, secure, accessible, heated studio space for Artists with security of tenure and 24 hour access. We cater for professional Artists from the emerging to the more established. Studios are clean, warm, well ventilated with ample natural light and cater appropriately to Artists needs.
Backwater caters for forty artists at present. Our artists work in many different disciplines including Sculpture, Painting, Photography, New Media, Installation, Performance, Print, Ceramics and Stained Glass. We are an artist-run organisation with an artist-led Board of Directors who are dedicated to improving the working conditions and support structures for visual artists and to this end we provide access to computer, framing and photography facilities, all of which are necessary to the establishment of a professional art practice. In keeping with our ethos we award two six-month Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursaries to graduates of the Crawford College annually to assist them in the transition from student to professional artist.