Context
Socially-engaged practice
Matching Programme Areas
-
Programme Area
Creative Places Shannon
We will identify locations in Clare for a Creative Placemaking initiative, working with local communities to promote creativity and creative approaches to community development.
-
Programme Area
Public Art Programme
Clare County Council is the lead commissioning agent for Public Art in Clare. We operate under the National Per Cent…
Matching People
-
- Artist
- Curator
Sara Foust
-
- Visual artist
Sarah Matilda Krulder
My practice is research based, site-specific and aims to develop relationships between people and their human/ non-human environments. I use…
-
- Poet
- Visual artist
Christina Bennett
I am a multi-disciplinary artist, working in painting, making, film, writing and craft. Much of my work expresses the stories…
-
- 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…
-
- Visual artist
Sheelagh Keane
My art career has been intertwined for many years with a career in social work. I grew up in West…
-
- 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…
-
- Person
Eva Reddy
-
- Poet
- Singer
- Writer
Deirdre Devally
Deirdre Devally writes prose, poetry and songs. She was short-listed in The Fish Poetry Prize, longlisted in The Fish Short…
-
- 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.…
-
- 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…
-
- 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…
-
- 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
- Visual artist
Evelyn Sorohan
Acclaimed environmental artist recognised for creating visually stimulating, sustainably made, 3 D art works and collaborative art projects based on…
-
- 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…
-
- Producer
- Visual artist
Caitríona Sheedy
Caitríona Sheedy is a multimedia artist, creating paintings, songs, sculpture & writing on the subject of humanity, ecology & evolution.…
-
- 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…
-
- 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…
-
- Artist
- Visual artist
Tara Keegan
Tara Keegan is a visual and participatory artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds a…
-
- 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…
-
- Visual artist
Shona MacGillivray
Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist with over 20 years experience in arts and education and arts and disability Her…
-
- 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…
-
- Visual artist
Aideen Sweeney
Aideen Sweeney is a Dublin born Intuitive Artist, Creative Circle Facilitator & Intentional Creativity Teacher with a background in Art…
-
- 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.…
-
- 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,…
-
- 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
- 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…
-
- Musician
Genie Ensemble
Genie Ensemble is a newly founded strings+ ensemble based in Co Clare. Active from 2022, it is comprised of recent…
-
- Musician
- Poet
- Producer
- Singer
- Storyteller
- Writer
Amanda Jane Shannon
Singing bilingually since primary school, snatching some prestigious awards at Slógadh as part of her school choir, Amanda’s love of…
-
- 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…
-
- 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
Jackie Mc Grath
Jackie McGrath is a socially engaged artist living in Kilkee on the west coast in Co Clare. She has a…
-
- Drama Facilitator
Lisa Joyce
With a background in psychology and community development I have found drama practices to be a joyful way of creating…
-
- Curator
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Siobhan Potter
Siobhan Potter is from Clare . She works from her studio in Ballycasey House, Shannon as an artist, writer and…
-
- 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,…
-
- Musician
- Performance Artist
- Photographer
- Poet
- Producer
- Singer
- Visual artist
Avia Gurman Murphy
Avia Gurman Murphy is an interdisciplinary performance and visual artist living in East Clare. She is a singer, director, producer,…
-
- Visual artist
Frances Bermingham
Artist Biography Frances is a researcher, field and shoreworker who works in marine, heritage research and community projects. She completed…
-
- 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…
-
- 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.
-
- 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…
-
- 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
- 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…
-
- 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
- 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…
-
- Musician
- Photographer
- Singer
- Visual artist
Ursula Meany
I’m a multidisciplinary artist based in North Clare. I make cyanotypes, inspired by nature or abstract, sometimes from photographs with…
-
- 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,…
-
- 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…
-
- Dancer
Carmel McKenna
Carmel McKenna has been involved in Irish dance for fifty-five years as a dancer, coach, educator, historian, memorabilia collector and…
-
- Writer
John O’Donovan
John O’Donovan is a playwright and screenwriter originally from Clarecastle, now based in Ennis. His work is primarily concerned with…
-
- Musician
- Singer
Joan McNamara
Joan is a passionate and creative multi-instrumentalist with classical and traditional music training. She is an accomplished pianist, both directing…
-
- 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
Sam Gleeson
Sam Gleeson is a bladesmith – using both metal and woodworking techniques, and often incorporating reclaimed materials and ocean plastics,…
-
- Visual artist
Kathryna Cuschieri
I am a multi disciplinary artist living and working in Co. Clare. My primary medium is glass. I am inspired…
-
- Dancer
Maria Svensson
Maria Svensson is a dance artist based in Bodyke, East Clare, originally from Sweden. She holds a BA in Dance…
-
- 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.…
-
- 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
Éanna Byrt
Éanna Byrt, a Clare-based visual artist and educator, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Limerick…
-
- 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…
-
- 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
Lis De Fran
Lis De Fran is an Italian Artist based in Ennis Co. Clare. She has a Degree in Business Studies, a…
-
- 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…
-
- Visual artist
Negative Space Art Collective
Negative Space Collective is an artist led initiative based out of Ennis, County Clare. Negative Space is led by founding…
All Contexts
- Artists in Schools Panel
- Artist Supports
- Arts and people with disabilities
- Arts in education
- Arts in health
- Community arts
- Creative Places Shannon Panel
- Embrace Arts and Disability Panel
- Environmental art
- Festivals
- Film
- Mosaic Workshops
- Music
- Older people
- Photography
- Public art
- Residencies
- Rural arts
- Socially-engaged practice
- Street Art
- Venues
- Visual Arts
- Young people
- Youth Theatre Panel