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  • Creative Ireland Programme in Clare

    Programme Area

    Creative Ireland Programme in Clare

    Clare Arts Office runs a number of projects as part of the Creative Ireland programme in County Clare.

    12 Projects

Matching People

  • Éilís Murphy
    • Visual artist

    Éilís Murphy

    I am a visual artist who draws inspiration from forgotten or lost knowledge; interspecies communication and language; hidden narratives and…

  • Ana Colomer
    • Artist
    • Puppeteer
    • Visual artist

    Ana Colomer

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

    3 Projects

  • Dee Deegan
    • Visual artist

    Dee Deegan

    Dee Deegan is a Galway based multidisciplinary Artist Teacher and owner of Galway Art Academy. Dee holds a Master’s in…

    1 Project

  • Bríd Kivneen
    • Dancer
    • Musician
    • Producer
    • Visual artist

    Bríd Kivneen

    Bríd is based in North Clare and has worked with several community music and community art projects with intercultural, women’s…

  • Jessica Curtin
    • Actor
    • Artist
    • Curator
    • Dancer
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Performance Artist

    Jessica Curtin

    Jessica is a drama facilitator and youth theatre leader. Her work focuses on using drama and ‘play’ as an instrument…

  • Little Top Stars
    • Performance Artist

    Little Top Stars

    Little Top Stars – Circus and Bubble Art with Heart We are a small, Clare-based performance company with a love…

  • Anneteresa Quinn
    • Artist
    • Photographer
    • Screenwriter
    • Visual artist
    • Writer

    Anneteresa Quinn

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

  • Diarmuid de Faoite
    • Artist
    • Producer

    Diarmuid de Faoite

    Diarmuid de Faoite is a dramatist from Ennis, County Clare. He holds a B.Sc. in Botany and a H.Dip in…

  • Michelle Fallon
    • Artist

    Michelle Fallon

    Originally from Ennis, visual artist Michelle Fallon Toft is currently based in Corofin, Co. Clare.  Her love of painting, drawing…

    1 Project

  • Ruth Wood
    • Artist
    • Visual artist

    Ruth Wood

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

    2 Projects

  • Niamh O Donnell
    • Musician
    • Singer

    Niamh O Donnell

    I am a passionate music facilitator and educator. I provide an enjoyable and comfortable environment for musical performance for all…

  • Vanessa Earl
    • Actor
    • Drama Facilitator

    Vanessa Earl

    Actor. Theatre Maker. Behaviour Coach Vanessa trained at Parisian theatre school L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq after completing a degree in Drama…

  • Balor Otherworld
    • Actor
    • Producer
    • Screenwriter
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Balor Otherworld

    Balor is a storyteller, combining Ireland’s myths and legends. He performs in schools, visitor centres, online and offers tours around…

  • Harry Guinane
    • Artist

    Harry Guinane

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

  • Kate Daly
    • Curator
    • Musician
    • Producer
    • Singer

    Kate Daly

    Kate is a singer and community group singing facilitator from Doolin, Co. Clare. She offers workshops with the aim of…

    2 Projects

  • Aindrias Stack
    • Artist
    • Curator
    • Musician
    • Poet
    • Producer
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Aindrias Stack

    Storyteller & fiddle player and cultural producer/programmer based in Clare. Artist in the community with Doolin folklore project. Munster champion…

  • Gráinne Kelleher
    • Visual artist

    Gráinne Kelleher

    Gráinne Kelleher is a self-taught artist living in Lahinch, Co Clare. Commissioned artwork holds a special place in her heart,…

    1 Project

  • Marianne Potterton
    • Curator
    • Photographer
    • Poet
    • Visual artist
    • Writer

    Marianne Potterton

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

    1 Project

  • Ciara Malone
    • Actress
    • Curator
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Musician
    • Performance Artist
    • Photographer
    • Producer
    • Screenwriter
    • Singer
    • Storyteller
    • Visual artist
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Ciara Malone

    Ciara is a a multi-disciplinary artist for over 25 years and has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her work…

    4 Projects

  • West Murals
    • Storyteller
    • Visual artist

    West Murals

    West Murals aka Marcus O’Connor has over 15 years experience painting murals rooted from street art and the grafitti world.…

  • Helen Seago
    • Visual artist

    Helen Seago

    Helen Seago is a portrait artist based in Co. Clare, specializing in airbrush & Acrylic art. Helen studied at Slade…

  • Lynn Kenny
    • Artist
    • Visual artist

    Lynn Kenny

    A professional visual artist and facilitator for over 28 years, Lynn graduated from NCAD in Dublin with a Degree in…

  • John Lillis
    • Producer
    • Visual artist

    John Lillis

    John Lillis is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Liscannor in Co.Clare.  He works primarily in the areas of recording, music,…

  • Helen Blackhurst
    • Writer

    Helen Blackhurst

    Helen is a writer, Playback Theatre actor and drama therapist based in Mountshannon, Co. Clare. Her fiction to date explores…

  • Marie Connole
    • Artist
    • Curator
    • Visual artist

    Marie Connole

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

  • Brian Fleming
    • Artist
    • Producer

    Brian Fleming

    Brian Fleming is a percussionist, cultural producer and theatre maker. A refugee from Dublin, he quarantined for years in Bell…

  • Leigh O’Connell
    • Visual artist

    Leigh O’Connell

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

    2 Projects

  • Ceara Conway
    • Artist
    • Curator
    • Producer

    Ceara Conway

    Ceara Conway is the curator and programme coordinator for the Clare Arts Office Artists in Schools Programme and the Embrace…

  • Giselle Harvey
    • Performance Artist
    • Visual artist

    Giselle Harvey

    Giselle Harvey is an artist-maker, educator and researcher from Co. Clare who works in a range of art education, community,…

    1 Project

  • Bonnie Boyle
    • Photographer
    • Storyteller

    Bonnie Boyle

    Working in filmmaking as a creative art form and in documentary making.

  • Zara Starr Madden
    • Actress
    • Dancer
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist

    Zara Starr Madden

    Drama, Mindfulness and Movement. A co-founder of The Unlimited Dream Machine Theatre Company, Zara is an actor, singer, dancer, filmmaker,…

  • Sophie Hutchinson
    • Dancer
    • Performance Artist
    • Visual artist

    Sophie Hutchinson

    Sophie is a dance artist, performer and facilitator based in East Clare. She holds a BPA (Hons) from the Northern…

  • Maria Svensson
    • Dancer

    Maria Svensson

    Maria Svensson is a dance artist based in Bodyke, East Clare, originally from Sweden. She holds a BA in Dance…

    1 Project

  • David O Rourke
    • Curator
    • Photographer
    • Visual artist

    David O Rourke

    David studied sculpture at N.C.A.D. and Jungian psychology with art therapy and more recently a level 9 in Digital Entrepreneurship.…

    2 Projects

  • Breda Stack
    • Artist
    • Visual artist

    Breda Stack

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

  • Carmel McKenna
    • Dancer

    Carmel McKenna

    Carmel McKenna has been involved in Irish dance for fifty-five years as a dancer, coach, educator, historian, memorabilia collector and…

  • Kathryna Cuschieri
    • 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

  • Jacinta Sheerin
    • Actress
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Jacinta Sheerin

    Jacinta Sheerin graduated from the University of Ulster in Coleraine with a BA Honours Degree in Theatre in 2001 and…

  • Christina G Watkins
    • Artist
    • Curator

    Christina G Watkins

    Painter artist, qualified in Fine Art Painting Works in photography, film, digital, fine art photography, graphic design, design, printmaking, ceramics,…

  • Skazz
    • Musician

    Skazz

    Skazz are a Clare based band, formed in 2007 who are well established, playing festivals such as Cork Jazz since…

    1 Project

  • Amanda Jane Shannon
    • Artist
    • Curator
    • Musician
    • Poet
    • Producer
    • Singer
    • Visual artist
    • Writer

    Amanda Jane Shannon

    Amanda’s love of song and music and the written word is a long sublime love affair. Singing bilingually since primary…

  • Caitríona Sheedy
    • Producer
    • Visual artist

    Caitríona Sheedy

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

    1 Project

  • Pauline Dunleavy
    • 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…

  • Ruth Marshall
    • Poet
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Ruth Marshall

    I am a storyteller, poet and crafter, and I can offer your school or group storytelling, story-making, poetry-writing and nature…

  • Astrid Adler
    • Actress
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Musician
    • Performance Artist
    • Visual artist

    Astrid Adler

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

  • Peneleapaí
    • Actress
    • Curator
    • Dancer
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Musician
    • Performance Artist
    • Photographer
    • Poet
    • Producer
    • Singer
    • Storyteller
    • Visual artist
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Peneleapaí

    Peneleapaí is an singer songwriter, therapist, and educator. She is based in East Clare since 2002, and lived in west…

  • Sarah Fuller
    • Puppeteer
    • Storyteller
    • Visual artist

    Sarah Fuller

    Sarah is a visual artist and puppeteer and founding member of Dog and String Theatre. She holds a BA Hons…

  • Shona MacGillivray
    • Visual artist

    Shona MacGillivray

    Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist with over 20 years experience in arts and education and arts and disability Her…

  • Rachel Macmanus
    • Artist
    • Performance Artist
    • Visual artist

    Rachel Macmanus

    Rachel Macmanus is a visual artist based in Co Clare, Ireland. Her practice focuses on drawing, painting and performance art.…

    1 Project

  • Fatima Lucia
    • Dancer
    • Drama Facilitator

    Fatima Lucia

    Fatima Lucia was the first Flamenco dancer to teach in Ireland.  She trained in Spain with some of the great…

  • Fiona O Dwyer
    • Curator
    • Visual artist

    Fiona O Dwyer

    Fiona O’Dwyer is a visual artist based in Ennistymon in North Clare. She holds an Honors Degree in Fine Art/Sculpture…

  • Madge O’Callaghan
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Madge O’Callaghan

    Madge O’Callaghan is an author and poet based in Kilbane, East Clare, in the shadow of Sliabh Bernagh. She facilitates…

  • Evelyn Sorohan
    • Visual artist

    Evelyn Sorohan

    Artist Statement ‍I am an environmental artist dedicated to reimagining our relationship with the natural world in the context of…

    2 Projects

  • Dr Martina Cleary
    • Artist

    Dr Martina Cleary

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

  • Lisa Joyce
    • Drama Facilitator

    Lisa Joyce

    With a background in psychology and community development I have found drama practices to be a joyful way of creating…

  • Thomas Baker – Your Man’s Puppets
    • Puppeteer
    • Storyteller

    Thomas Baker – Your Man’s Puppets

    Thomas Baker is an artist probably best known for his work with puppetry, storytelling and improvisation. Originally from Quin, he…

    2 Projects

  • Jeremy Strozer
    • Actor
    • Musician
    • Poet
    • Producer
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Jeremy Strozer

    A neurodiverse lateral thinking Fulbright scholar, OCTOVIST (Open-minded, Creative Thinker, Optimistic, Versatile, Intelligent, Supportive, Talented), improvisational actor, coach, and teacher…

  • Siobán Fawl
    • Artist
    • Visual artist

    Siobán Fawl

    Mosaic artist Siobán Fawl has been facilitating Art & Craft Workshops in County Clare for over 15 years. She specialises…

  • Astrid Adler
    • Artist
    • Producer

    Astrid Adler

    Astrid Adler was born in Germany, lived 14 years in Holland and since 1999 in Monmore, Kilrush, Co.Clare. She has…

  • Sandra Juanes
    • Visual artist

    Sandra Juanes

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

  • Gene Clohessy
    • Visual artist

    Gene Clohessy

    Gene Clohessy is a visual artist from Limerick now living in Doonbeg, Co. Clare. Gene has had an interest and…

  • Dermott Petty
    • Actor
    • Drama Facilitator
    • Producer
    • Storyteller
    • Voiceover Artist
    • Writer

    Dermott Petty

    Dermott Petty MA is a filmmaker and writer living in Doolin, in North Clare. His recent work the play ‘2 Days…

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