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Traditional Arts

We work closely with the local traditional music community to develop, promote and retain our rich musical heritage.

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Festivals

County Clare is awash with traditional music and arts festivals, celebrating the very best the county has to offer.

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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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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
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Skazz

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

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Avia Gurman Murphy

Avia Gurman Murphy is an interdisciplinary performance and visual artist living in East Clare. She is a singer, director, producer,…

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Karen J McDonnell

I grew up in Ennis and spent most of my working life in Dublin before returning to Co. Clare. I…
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Ruth Marshall

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

Rachel Maloney is an artist from Scarriff, Co. Clare, graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design, having done…
- Curator
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Emma Sams

Emma is an artist based in rural East Clare. She works primarily with young people in filmmaking and more recently…
- Voiceover Artist
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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
Larisa K Jourdan

Larisa K. Jourdan (formerly known as Larisa K. Bevillard) is a professional visual artist and alumni of the Art Institute…
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Peneleapaí

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

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

1 Project
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Kate Daly

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

2 Projects
- 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
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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Aisling Lyons

Described as ‘..the finest young Irish harpist at work today..’ (Songlines Magazine) & ‘one of traditional music’s finest musicians’ (Hot…
- Artist
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Rachel Macmanus

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

1 Project
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Ceara Conway

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

Claire Kathryn Roche is a devoted screenwriter and an Ei Electronics Junior Technician currently living in Clarecastle, Co. Clare. Claire’s…
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Aindrias Stack

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

Evolutionary ancestors. Exploring our relationship with the animal kingdom. Studying their authentic behaviour and pure expression. Current focus is on…
- 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
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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…
- 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
Tara Keegan

Tara Keegan is a Visual Artists & Participatory Artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds…
- Screenwriter
- Writer
Aisling Corristine

With screenwriting training from a scholarship to UCLA, her work has been selected and showcased at the BAFTA Rocliffe New…
- Architect
- Performance Artist
- Visual artist
Svitlana Savelieva

Svitlana Savelieva is a Ukrainian fashion designer and hatmaker, traditional Ukrainian textiles souvenirs kraftmaker, fashion and photo style-consultant and adult…
- Visual artist
- Writer
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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- Storyteller
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Tina O’ Connell

I am not not a blow in. I hail from the O’ Connell Clan, harried to hell or to Connaught,…
- 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
- 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
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- Poet
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- 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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Tara Keegan

Tara Keegan is a visual and participatory artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds a…
- Musician
- Producer
- Singer
- Writer
Oscar Blue

Oscar Blue is a singer-songwriter hailing from East Co. Clare with a passion for storytelling and transporting the listener to…
- Drama Facilitator
Lisa Joyce

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

Olena Albrekt is a Ukranian artist who fled the war in Ukraine and arrived in Kilkee in August 2022. She…
- 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…
- Curator
- Musician
- Performance Artist
- Producer
- Voiceover Artist
Clíodhna Donnellan

Clíodhna (Cli) Donnellan, native of Mountshannon, Co. Clare is an Irish traditional musician, creative arts facilitator, producer and broadcaster. Clíodhna released…

1 Project
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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
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- Musician
- Performance Artist
- Poet
- Producer
- Writer
Katie Cogan

My name is Katie Cogan and I am an artist and astrologer living in North Clare since 2021. I am…
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Qwynn

Qwynn is a native of County Clare who lives in the heart of Clare. From the moment she started reading…
- 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
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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,…
- 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
- 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…
- 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…
- Photographer
- Visual artist
Anna Kacprzak

I am a visual artist, and a project manager located in Co. Clare. I was born and raised in Wroclaw,…
- 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
- Musician
- Producer
Charles Monod

Coming from Switzerland originally, Charles Monod moved to Doolin, Co. Clare in 2006 to pursue his passion for Irish Traditional…
- Artist
Rena Casey Lewis

Rena is an artist/ photographer specialising mostly in watercolour based in Ennis, Co Clare. My art career began in 1994…
- Curator
- Musician
- Producer
- Visual artist
Simon O’Reilly

Simon O’Reilly is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, visual artist and cofounder of Hedge School Festival. His is based near…
- Dancer
- Performance Artist
Ashley O’Toole O’Toole

Ashley is an Irish dance artist and choreographer based in Ennis, Co. Clare. She holds an MA in Traditional Irish…
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Frank Golden

Frank Golden is a poet, novelist, and visual artist. He has published six books of poetry and two novels. His…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Actress
- Visual artist
Svitlana Savelieva

Hello. My name is Svitlana. I’m a designer and artist from Ukraine(Kyiv). A big part of my life has been…
- Musician
- Singer
David Hope

Clare singer-songwriter, David Hope kicked 2022 off with the two new singles, ‘Moon and back’ and ‘Whiskey Mornings’. Both singles…

1 Project
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- Curator
- Musician
- Poet
- Producer
- Singer
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- 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…
- Musician
- Producer
Philip Fogarty

Philip Fogarty is a composer, musician and sound artist originally from Crusheen, Co. Clare. He has toured his work with…

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- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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Jeremy Strozer

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

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

Tara Breen, a highly talented multi-instrumentalist from Ruan Co. Clare, has achieved All-Ireland titles on fiddle in every age category…
- 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…
- 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…
- Musician
- Singer
Jyoshna La Trobe

Jyoshna La Trobe is a NZ singer/songwriter, ethnomusicologist and co-parent. Jyoshna’s music communicates to others her life’s journey, written from…
- 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.…
- Artist
- Producer
Brian Fleming

Brian Fleming is a percussionist, cultural producer and theatre maker. A refugee from Dublin, he quarantined for years in Bell…
- Curator
- Musician
- Producer
- Singer
Nuala Kennedy

“Nuala Kennedy is a critically acclaimed and award-winning touring and recording artist. She sings, plays flute and whistle and writes…

1 Project
- 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.…
- Writer
Tracy Fahey

Tracy Fahey is an award-winning Irish author of six books. She has been a British Fantasy Award finalist in 2017,…

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