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Coming Together by Staying Apart: Paul, Gavin and Sophie Brennan exhibition finished

Coming Together by Staying Apart is an exhibition of photographs taken by local Ballina family Paul, Gavin and Sophie Brennan. During the first lockdown (between March and July) they walked the streets of Ballina while many of us stayed home to keep our loved ones and most vulnerable safe, and saw the changes Covid had wrought on our town first hand. This exhibition shows, in images and words, how powerful those changes have been – images of isolation, fragments of hope, the contrast of bleakness and colour. Now, as we gather once more, we can take courage and move forward ...

10:00

Line & Place exhibition finished

Line & Place is an exhibition of contemporary drawing featuring the work of five Mayo artists – Conor O’Grady, Nuala Clarke, Gus Lynott, Val McLoughlin and Úna Morris. The artworks in this exhibition offer interpretations of ‘drawing’ in the broadest sense. Rather than thinking of drawing as a means to an end (i.e. a painting), these artists offer finished pieces that investigate mark-making using a range of unusual tools and materials alongside – or instead of – the more traditional pen, pencil and brush. Ideas of ‘place’ have been central to many artists’ work throughout time. And these ideas ...

16:02

Made in a Day 2 exhibition finished

Made in a Day 2: September 2020Ballina Arts Centre asks artists to take part in Made in a Day 2, an opportunity for artists to participatein an exciting visual arts Happening at Ballina Arts Centre.Artists are invited to come to the building and make a piece of work which will then go forward forconsideration for an exhibition which will open on Culture Night (Friday 18 th September).Saturday 12th September will be the ‘Making Day’, and the building will be at the disposal of theparticipating artists, from 10am to 6pm. All the relevant facilities of the building will be available toartists on ...

12:00

Looking and Living - Cruinniú na nÓg 2020 exhibition finished

A series of visual art workshops recently took place with a group of young artists in Mayo, using online platforms, facilitated by artist Alice Dixon. The participants varied in age (from 4 - 16 years old). There are three groups of young people in total, one of which are a group of young people who are members of Down Syndrome Mayo.What has shone through this process is the collaborative nature of visual art, and how it can be a medium that creates a very special shared experience even when taking place through an online platform. With Visual Art being so subjective ...

16:00

Fiona Cawley: A Shared Space exhibition finished

Official Opening: Saturday 7th March @ 4pm Artist Fiona Cawley’s Solo Show 'A Shared Space' presents a series of paintings exploring themes such as human and animal relationships, their coexistence and the impact of the man-made on the environment. Through the intertwining of expressive painting and dramatic subject matter the artist paints fictional scenes based on memory and the imagination depicting interiors and landscapes populated by creatures such as birds in flight, running deer and the female figure. Originally a native of Ballina the artist now lives and works full time as a painter in Co. Galway. Runs until 29th August. ...

17:00

Beyond Drawing: Group Exhibition exhibition finished

Official Opening: Thursday 5th March, at 5pm Beyond Drawing is a celebration of contemporary drawing, exploring how artists use drawing to examine themes including identity, place and memory, pushing the boundaries of the medium further than ever before.The Artists featured in the exhibition are: Marleen Kappe, Romy Muijrers, Marisa Rappard (all from the Netherlands); and Kiera O’Toole, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Felicity Clear (all from Ireland). Beyond Drawing is curated by Dutch artist Arno Kramer (from the Netherlands), who curated Human Chain, a drawing exhibition with Ballina Arts Centre, in 2017. This collaboration is part on ongoing relationship between Arno and Ballina ...

15:00

Together Now exhibition finished

Together Now (in Ballina Civic Offices) is an exhibition of painting, drawing, installation and sculpture by artists from the Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT), in Callan, Co. Kilkenny and artists from very different practice contexts from all over Ireland, who have been working together in residencies and other forms of engagement since 2014. The work on show has been made as a result of their collaborations and conversations, involving performance, installation and a variety of media from film and video to very un-traditional interpretations of traditional media such as painting and sculpture. The exhibition is curated by Catherine Marshall and runs ...

14:00

Force of Habit by Jim Mulroy exhibition finished

Jim’s background in Graffiti Art inspires him to paint many of his abstract pieces using the same strong colours, flourishes and techniques that you might see in a graffiti mural. He creates art as it makes him feel happy and finds it good for his 'headspace', thus his work expresses and celebrates the positive vibe and energy that strong, bright colours bring. As there’s so much darkness and despair in the world at the moment, Jim creates vibrant paintings that aim to give people ‘a lift’ when they view them! He uses a mix of spray paint, acrylic paint, household ...

20:00

Doubt by Shane Clyne exhibition finished

Mayo-based painter Shane Clyne’s exhibition of new paintings opens at the Ballina Arts Centre this January. Titled Doubt, the exhibition explores the presence of uncertainty in both our everyday lives and, more crucially, in the artistic process. Through a series of paintings, Clyne demonstrates that by embracing doubt and its correlative fears we open the door to the creation of something new. Without risk, the artistic work becomes too familiar. By surrendering to doubt during the creative process, we allow ourselves to unconsciously edit and deliver a finished piece that is inherently new. Runs until 29th February. Admission: Free. All ...

20:00

Mayo Artists Show 2019 exhibition finished

Official opening on Friday 6th December: Linenhall Arts Centre at 6pm, Ballina Arts Centre at 8pm. The Mayo Artists Show is back for 2019! This year the Mayo Artists Show will take place over two venues, with Ballina Arts Centre joining forces with the Linenhall Arts Centre once again. Open to artists from, or living in, Mayo over the age of 18, the show presents a cornucopia of work in all manner of media and offers a fascinating snapshot of the breadth of visual arts practice in the county. And with something for all tastes (and prices), this might just ...