Clare Arts

• 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…

• Artist

Negative Space Art Collective

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

• Artist
• Photographer
• Poet
• Visual artist
• Writer

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…

• 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
• 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…

• Visual artist

Jackie Askew

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

• 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…

• Curator
• Visual artist

Moran Been-noon

Moran Been-noon is a Dublin-based visual artist and independent curator. As an artist she predominantly makes moving image installations, with…

• Visual artist

Samuel Walsh

Although born in Wimbledon, London in 1951 of Irish parents: his mother from Limerick, his father from Ennis; Walsh spent…

• Poet
• Writer

Grace Wells

Grace Wells is an eco-poet and environmental writer. She is based in Ennistymon, in West Clare. Her work is primarily…

• Artist
• Producer

John Lillis

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

• 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.

• Artist
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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…

• 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…

• Musician
• Producer
• Storyteller
• Visual artist

Amanda Jane Shannon

Amanda has been singing bilingually since primary school, snatching some prestigious awards at Slógadh as part of her school choir,…

• 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
• 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…

• 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

Shona MacGillivray

Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist based in Gort Co.Galway who has worked extensively with Clare Arts Office

• Artist
• Curator

Sara Foust

• Artist
• Curator
• Producer

Nuala Kennedy

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

• Poet
• Voiceover Artist
• Writer

Karen J McDonnell

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

• Photographer
• Visual artist

Robert Downey

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

• Writer

Tracy Fahey

Dr. Tracy Fahey is an author based in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. Her fiction is primarily concerned with folklore, uncanny, liminal…

• Musician

Fiona Linnane

Fiona Linnane is a composer, originally from Cratloe, specialising in opera and vocal music. She holds a MA in Music…

• Artist

Ann McBride

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

• Dancer
• Drama Facilitator

Sophie Hutchinson

Sophie is a contemporary dance artist and facilitator newly based in East Clare, orginally from Waterford City. A graduate of…

• Artist

Tara Keegan

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

• Musician
• Producer

Chris Wood

Chris Wood is an artist based in Ennistymon, Co. Clare. He works primarily with music and composes mainly for guitar.…

• Artist

Michelle Fallon

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

• 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.

• 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…

• 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,…

• Visual artist

Olivia Henchy

Olivia Henchy is a visual artist based in Sixmilebridge Co. Clare. She holds a BA honours degree in Graphic Design…

• Artist
• Producer

Caitríona Sheedy

Caitríona Sheedy is a multimedia artist based in north County Clare.  She has a BA in Design & Visual Communications…

• Visual artist

Mary Fahy

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

• 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…