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Cruinniú na nÓg

An annual national event aimed at children, young people and families.
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Decade of Centenaries Commissions 2021

Decade of Centenaries Arts Project Awards In 2021 and 2022 Clare County Council commissioned a number of artists to commemorate…
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Decade of Centenaries Commissions 2022

In 2021 and 2022 Clare County Council commissioned a number of artists to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries Funded by…

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Joanna Gammell

Joanna Gammell is a visual artist who predominantly paints in oils. Joanna is based in Sixmilebridge in Co. Clare. She…
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Janet Buell

I’m American, and have lived in Corofin, Clare since 2013. I paint almost exclusively with pastels. The medium caught my…
- Visual artist
Mary Fahy

Originally from Galway, Mary Fahy is a visual artist and art teacher living in Ennistymon, North Clare. She studied fine…
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David O Rourke

David studied sculpture at N.C.A.D. and more recently Jungian psychology with art therapy. He has been a practicing artist for…

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Carmel T Madigan

Carmel T. Madigan has been developing her arts practice since 2000. In 2020, she developed a 20 year virtual retrospective…
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Christopher Banahan

I am a portrait painter, who uses multi media techniques; gold leaf, fresco, acrylic, oil, watercolour painting, cracking varnish effect,…
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Robert Downey

Robert Downey is a visual artist based in Co. Clare. He has a studio based practice, initially based at the…

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Helen Lowe

Artist Helen Lowe, lives in Quin, Co.Clare. She is a visual artist with many paintings sold worldwide. Helen Lowes’ paintings…

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Sara Foust
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Shona MacGillivray

Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist with over 20 years experience in arts and education and arts and disability Her…
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Julia Rice O’Dea

I love to tell stories, be it with a paintbrush, pen or camera. A handful of penned and illustrated children’s…
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Katja Wittmer

Katja Wittmer is a visual artist originally from Germany who has been living in Ennis Co. Clare since 2007. She…
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Astrid Adler

Astrid Adler is based in Monmore, Kilrush, Co.Clare. She has a third level degree in Art and Philosophy from St.…
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Éanna Byrt

Éanna Byrt, a Clare-based visual artist and educator, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Limerick…
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Dorothy Ledwith

Dorothy Ledwith is a visual artist living in Ennis, Co. Clare. The style of her artwork is representational with a palette of muted tones.
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Dr Martina Cleary

Dr. Martina Cleary is a multi-media visual artist, based in north Clare. She gained a BFA from the Crawford College…
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Ruth Wood

Ruth Wood is a visual artist based in West Clare. She is a graduate from the Limerick School of Art…

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Isabelle Gaborit

I am a professional visual artist ( BA hons ) who was born in La Rochelle in the south west…
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Deirdre Grimes

My work is inspired by my home county of Clare, the countryside, the stone my home is made of, the…
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Marie Connole

Marie Connole has exhibited at the Irish Arts Center New York USA, National Gallery of Ireland, EVA International and the…
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Negative Space Art Collective

Negative Space Collective is an artist led initiative based out of Ennis, County Clare. Negative Space is led by founding…

1 Project
- Visual artist
Joseph Kelly

Joseph Kelly is a visual artist based in Co Clare. His works are mainly landscape based. He creates works of…

1 Project
- Visual artist
Olivia Henchy

Olivia Henchy is a visual mixed media artist from Co. Clare. Her work is at the intersection between landscape and…
- Visual artist
Eilish Tuite

Eilish Tuite is an artist working in Clare. She received her MA and BA from Limerick School of Art and…

1 Project
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Christina Bennett

I am a multi-disciplinary artist, working in painting, making, film, writing and craft. Much of my work expresses the stories…
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Tara Keegan

Tara Keegan is a Visual Artists & Participatory Artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds…
- Visual artist
Sandra Juanes

Born in Valencia, Spain, Sandra moved to Doolin in Co. Clare in 2015 after years visiting as a tourist. She…
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Bridget Henning

Bridget is an East Clare/Ireland based artist and has been drawing and painting since she was about 13 years old.…
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Rita Linney

Rita Linney is a visual artist living and working in Cree, West Clare. She originates from Yorkshire, England. Her work…
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Ana Colomer

Ana Colomer is a visual artist based in Ennis Co. Clare. Ana works as a community artist and arts educator.…

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Ronan McMahon

Self taught artist and photographer living in Ennis, Co. Clare.
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Antje McInerney

I am German born and moved to Ireland in 1990 and have lived in Ennis since then. I was married…
- Visual artist
Larisa K Bevillard

Larisa is a professional visual artist and alumni of the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.…
- Visual artist
Sheelagh Keane

My art career has been intertwined for many years with a career in social work. I grew up in West…
- Visual artist
Leigh O’Connell O’Connell

I enjoy community work, so I am used to using whatever medium is needed for the particular project at hand.…
- Visual artist
Jackie Askew

Jackie Askew is a visual artist based in Ennistymon Co. Clare since 1998. She makes abstract paintings, drawings and collages…
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Marianne Potterton

Marianne Potterton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Doolin, North Clare. She has a 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine…

1 Project
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Carmel Madigan

Carmel T. Madigan is a professional visual artist, original from the Bridges of Ross, Loophead. She holds a 2.1 Honours…

1 Project
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Ailish Malone

Ailish Malone is a self taught abstract landscape artist working in acrylics and mixed media. Ailish is inspired by the…
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Breda Stack

My name is Breda Stack. I’m from Limerick and now live in Co. Clare. Although I hadn’t painted since Leaving…
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Anneteresa Quinn

I am a visual artist and qualified art teacher. My practice is evolving as a multidisciplinary one where I am…
- Visual artist
Doreen Drennan

Doreen Drennan is a visual artist based between Lisdoonvarna and Doolin and originally from Achill Island Co. Mayo. She has…
- Visual artist
Kathryna Cuschieri

I am a multi disciplinary artist living and working in Co. Clare. My primary medium is glass. I am inspired…

1 Project
- Visual artist
Gerry O’Mahony

Gerry O’Mahony is a graduate of LSAD Limerick. He has lived in Ireland, Israel and Malawi. He was a member…
- Visual artist
Matthew Mitchell

The work embodies the landscape through his unique process of collecting, processing and incorporating the local ochres as a ‘ground’.…
- Visual artist
Lis De Fran

Lis De Fran is an Italian Artist based in Ennis Co. Clare. She has a Degree in Business Studies, a…
- Visual artist
Pauline Dunleavy

An artist with over 23 years experience. I’m a member of Kilrush Art Group and every year we exhibit in…
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Nathalie El Baba

Nathalie El Baba is a visual artist based in Scariff, East Clare, originally from Beirut, Lebanon. She is a graduate of GMIT, with a BA in Art and Design - Fine Art Painting.
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Jennifer Donohue

Jennifer Donohue is a multimedia artist and writer living and working in Ennis, County Clare. Her work centres on expressing…
- Artist
Rena Casey Lewis

Rena is an artist/ photographer specialising mostly in watercolour based in Ennis, Co Clare. My art career began in 1994…
- Producer
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Caitríona Sheedy

Caitríona Sheedy is a multimedia artist, creating paintings, songs, sculpture & writing on the subject of humanity, ecology & evolution.…

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Jole Bortoli

Jole Bortoli was born and grew up in Italy where she trained as a visual artist. She attended the Art…
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Harry Guinane

Irish artist and Ennis native Harry Guinane is best known for his people and animal portraits & murals. On completing…
- Visual artist
Aine Rynne

Aine Rynne is an artist based in Miltown Malbay, West Clare. She has a BA in Film and TV from…
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Andrew Newland

Andrew Newland is an artist based at his studio in Sheeaun, Kilmaley, Co. Clare. He trained in the UK, initially…
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Evelyn Sorohan

Acclaimed environmental artist recognised for creating visually stimulating, sustainably made, 3 D art works and collaborative art projects based on…

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Nagy Anita

Resident in Ireland since 2017, a Hungarian blood with an Irish heart. I speak 3 languages: Hungarian, Italian and English.…
- Visual artist
Jane Seymour

In 1994 Jane moved to rural Co. Clare, Ireland, where she built a house and studio, and applied herself to…
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Rachel Macmanus

Rachel Macmanus is a visual artist based in Co Clare, Ireland. Her practice has two intertwined areas of focus-drawing and…

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Ann McBride

Ann McBride is an artist, illustrator and ceramic designer. A native of Co Clare, she is based in Stonehall, Newmarket…
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Siobain O’Brien Art

Siobain O’Brien is based in Kilfenora, Co. Clare. She holds a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design from Staffordshire University (2003).…
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Grace O’Brien

From Limerick but living in Co. Clare, Grace rediscovered her passion for artistic expression in 2021 and delved into learning…

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Horse 1 and 2

It is a quirky and hidden spot; once we’d heard the history we decided to paint the doors with horses.
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Maid of Erin

A contemporary depiction of the Maid of Erin.
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The Tree of Life

A symbolic tree with various species of animals and insects in Ireland classed as being under threat of extinction.
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Don’t Tell Me To Smile + Not As Tough As I Act by Negative Space Art Collective

This piece is for the teenage girls who are inheriting a broken planet and the teenage boys who are trying to fit in and get by.
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Paddy the pigeon

Paddy the pigeon, looking for crumbs on Lifford Road, Ennis.
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An Garda

This traffic electrical box is situated at the edge of the River Fergus. We appreciate the Gardaí and the work they do, so we painted a tribute.

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