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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

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- Visual artist
Éilís Murphy

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

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

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

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

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

Working in filmmaking as a creative art form and in documentary making.
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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
- 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
- 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…
- Dancer
Carmel McKenna

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

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

1 Project
- 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…
- 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
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- Visual artist
Shona MacGillivray

Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist with over 20 years experience in arts and education and arts and disability Her…
- 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
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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
- 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…
- Drama Facilitator
Lisa Joyce

With a background in psychology and community development I have found drama practices to be a joyful way of creating…
- 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
- 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…
- Artist
- Visual artist
Siobán Fawl

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

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

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