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Lismore Castle Arts is seeking an Operations Manager to join the team. This position is a full time, permanent role. The purpose of this role is to support the Curator in running the public facing Visitor Service aspects of our operations. The role manages front of house, the visitor services team, cafe, stock, and administration…
Join us at Artmines Life Drawing, where you can unleash your inner artist and sketch live models in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Join us for an exciting and creative evening of life drawing in the basement of Artmines! Unleash your artistic skill and creativity as you sketch and capture the beauty of the live…
A friendly hard working creative person sought to work in a busy sculpture workshop in Co Monaghan. Work varies from large scale public sculpture to small prop work for tv/ film/ advertising. The candidate must be comfortable working with hand/ power tools, have basic computer skills – a high level of computer design would be…
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Public Engagement Assistant We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible and organised individual who is passionate about getting people involved in the arts and in the broad and diverse programme at Uillinn. As a dynamic self starter, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment as part of…
ONLINE EVENT!!! Do you have an area in your practice you need help with or would just like some advice on where to go next? Artists can book a Help Desk session that will be held online or on the phone. These Help Desks are free of charge for Members and Non Members. Help Desks…
ONLINE EVENT!!! Do you have an area in your practice you need help with or would just like some advice on where to go next? Artists can book a Help Desk session that will be held online or on the phone. These Help Desks are free of charge for Members and Non Members. Help Desks…
ONLINE EVENT!!! Do you have an area in your practice you need help with or would just like some advice on where to go next? Artists can book a Help Desk session that will be held online or on the phone. These Help Desks are free of charge for Members and Non Members. Help Desks…
This Visual Artists’ Café puts members of VAI in the spotlight. 6 artists will give a presentation on their work in our Show & Tell and we hope you can join us.Our Show & Tell format is informal and centred around creating a platform for our members to share information about their practice. As well…
25/05/2024 – 16/08/2024 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – ‘Land-shape Dreaming’ An exhibition of paintings by Sinéad Smyth Opening Saturday May 25th @ 7pm Continuing to August 16th Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm Echo Echo Dance Theatre, Derry. ‘We are all connected to the land. Growing up between the Inishowen Peninsula, Co. Donegal and around the border of Derry, has had a huge […]
25/05/2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Pre opening Mountshannon Arts festival Ringfenced- A durational performance and showing of new works. 4pm – The Old Schoolhouse, V94KDH4, Scariff Ringfenced – a guarantee that funds (allocated for a particular purpose) will not be spent on anything else. Also, to create a barrier around an enclosure. For the performance Rachel will create a ringfenced […]
25/05/2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – For centuries, we have tried and failed to answer the questions – what is art, what is not, and why do we bother making it? In The Upside-Down World, Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser documents his decades-long love affair with the Dutch Masters who lived and worked in the shadow of Rembrandt and Vermeer. From […]
24/05/2024 – 29/05/2024 @ – ‘Creating futures’ is the title for this year’s annual end of year exhibition in Douglas Street Campus of further education and training. It will be the 30th end of year exhibition to be held in the college. Over this time the college has developed into one of the largest centres for creative education in the […]
From the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 17 May 2024. Minister Catherine Martin T.D. has announced that she will appoint Maura McGrath as the new Chair of the Arts Council and five new members of the Board. They are: Róise Goan Gary Granville Brian Ó Gáibhín Gaby Smyth Richard Yarr The…
From the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 15 May 2024. Catherine Martin, T.D. Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has appointed Louise Donlon as the new Chair of the Culture Ireland Expert Advisory Committee. Louise replaces Kieran Hanrahan as Chair who has now completed his term. Culture Ireland…
Mary Flanagan reviews Lorraine Tuck, ‘Unusual Gestures’ at Roscommon Arts Centre. Check it out now by clicking here! Image credit: Lorraine Tuck, ‘Unusual Gestures’, 2023; images © the artist, courtesy of Photo Museum Ireland.
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet is guaranteed the most affordable and cost effective platform for publicising art events, exhibitions, arts services, artists’ materials & equipment, notices of commissions & other opportunities for artists. We print and distribute 6000 copies per issue of this 40 page newspaper throughout Ireland six times a year, ensuring that your…
