Context
Community arts
Matching Programme Areas
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Programme Area
Arts in Education
An annual scheme in which primary schools can avail of an arts day or a longer term project with an artist.
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Creative Places
We will identify locations in Clare for a Creative Placemaking initiative, working with local communities to promote creativity and creative approaches to community development.
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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.
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Arts in a rural context
We work with numerous local, national and international artists and organisations exploring arts in a rural context.
Matching People
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- Musician
Kate Daly
Kate Daly is a singer and community musician. In 2021 she graduated with an M.A. from the Irish World Academy…
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Tracy Fahey
Dr. Tracy Fahey is an author based in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. She holds a PhD in the Gothic from Mary…
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- Artist
Harry Guinane
Irish artist and Ennis native Harry Guinane is best known for his people and animal portraits & murals. On completing…
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- Artist
Mel White Maximillist Art
Mel White (1978) is based in Mountshannon, Co.Clare. She is a self taught artist. She takes most of her inspiration…
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Michelle Fallon
Originally from Ennis, visual artist Michelle Fallon Toft is currently based in Corofin, Co. Clare. Her love of painting, drawing…
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- Artist
Tara Keegan
Tara Keegan is a Visual Artists & Participatory Artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds…
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- Artist
Shona MacGillivray
Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist based in Gort Co.Galway who has worked extensively with Clare Arts Office
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- Visual artist
Sioban Fawl
Sioban Fawl is based near Ennis, Co Clare. She holds a Certificate in arts and disability from the Crawford, Cork,…
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- 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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- 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…
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- Artist
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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- Actress
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Zara Starr Madden
A co-founder of The Unlimited Dream Machine Theatre Company, Zara is an actor, singer, dancer, filmmaker, theatre maker and director.…
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- Artist
Ana Colomer
Ana Colomer is a visual artist and arts educator based in Ennis, Co. Clare. She has a bachelor’s degree in…
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Sara Foust
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- Artist
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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…
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- Artist
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Marianne Slevin
Marianne Slevin is a multidisciplinary artist based in Doolin, North Clare. She has a 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine…
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- Musician
Fiona Linnane
Fiona Linnane is a composer, originally from Cratloe, specialising in opera and vocal music. She holds a MA in Music…
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Christina G Watkins
Painter artist, qualified in Fine Art Painting Works in photography, film, digital, fine art photography, graphic design, design, printmaking, ceramics,…
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- Person
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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Astrid Adler
Astrid Adler was born in Germany, lived 14 years in Holland and since 1999 in Monmore, Kilrush, Co.Clare. She has…
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Sophie Hutchinson
Sophie is a contemporary dance artist with training and experience in somatic movement practices. Originally from Waterford city, she has…
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- 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…
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- Visual artist
Jackie Mc Grath
Jackie McGrath is a socially engaged artist living in Kilkee on the west coast in Co Clare. She has a…
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- Artist
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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- Visual artist
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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- Writer
Ruairí McKiernan
Ruairí McKiernan is a Lahinch-based writer, community facilitator, creative producer, and host of the Creative Souls of Clare podcast. His…
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- Artist
- Producer
Caitríona Sheedy
Caitríona Sheedy is a multimedia artist based in north County Clare. She has a BA in Design & Visual Communications…
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- 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…
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- Actress
- Drama Facilitator
- Producer
- Storyteller
- Writer
Dermott Petty
Dermott Petty MA is a filmmaker and writer living in Doolin, in North Clare.
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- Artist
- Curator
Marie Connole
Marie Connole is a Clare Artist and Teacher whose research-based art explores folklore, history and storytelling. Qualifications include an MFA…
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- Dancer
Maria Svensson
Maria Svensson is a dance artist based in Bodyke, East Clare, originally from Sweden. She holds a BA in Dance…
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- Actress
- Producer
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
Eilís Haden-Storrie
Eilís Haden-Storrie worked for 20 years in both the peace and broadcasting sector and has put together numerous European-Union-funded films, publications, educational packages and peace programmes for museums and councils across Northern Ireland.
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- Artist
- 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…
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- Drama Facilitator
- Writer
Helen Blackhurst
Helen is a writer, drama facilitator and drama therapist based in Mountshannon, Co. Clare. Her fiction to date explores displacement…
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- 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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- Curator
- Visual artist
Martina Hynan
Martina Hynan is a socially engaged artist, curator, birth activist and researcher based in Ennis, Co. Clare. For more than…