Artist Brian Duggan and curator Helen Carey will host a talk on “Everything can be done in principle” this talk will be followed by a tour of the newly commissioned piece, there will also be roller-skating and a screening of the directors cut of the film ‘Heaven’s Gate’  NB The film’s duration is approx 3hrs [...]

In an invitation to inhabit a story from 122 years ago of the Cattlemen’s invasion of Wyoming, Brian Duggan’s ‘Everything can be done, in principle’ evokes Heaven’s Gate (a film made by Michael Cimino in 1980) through place, costume and activity—transporting VISUAL Carlow visitors into a timber and canvas barn at America’s 19th century mid [...]

Anthony Lyttle is Eigse’s 2012 selected ’059′ artist   Anthony Lyttle will create an immersive space within the gallery by making a series of large scale drawings and inter-related smaller works on paper. Central to these drawings is the physical process of making, which involves the endless repetition of the same mark and the ensuing rhythmic energy of [...]

Alice Beresford is an artist who uses photography as her medium, but strives to use alternative processes with which to show it. Her most recent works are printed onto aluminium and used neon lighting to frame and illuminate.   These six works are all rooted in Americana, her images lifted from streetscapes encountered during travels [...]

The title ‘Civilizing the Wilderness’ is a broad curatorial theme for the Éigse 2012 Open Submission, which will be exhibited in the Studio Gallery in VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art  from Saturday 9th June-Sunday 26th August 2012.  The Éigse Award of €3000 will be presented for the ‘most outstanding work in any medium’ at the [...]

Reflections One of the longest-running and well-supported Artist’s groups in Ireland (est. 1973), the Barrow Valley Painters Group of Painters, comprising some 35 artists, will this year occupy a very special venue for their annual exhibition: the Theatre in the Town Hall, restored, repainted and resplendent.   This exhibition will unveil some 90 new works [...]

Carlow Photographic Society, established in 2003, has some 80 members, ranging from the highly experienced to the complete novice. This annual showcase of the Society’s finest talent will feature a diverse collection of new photographic works exploring our landscape, our people and our lives, and will be exhibited in the wonderfully reworked George Bernard Shaw [...]

In a hotly anticipated unveiling of artworks by ‘Nine Stones’ in the mesmerizing Deighton Hall, this is going to be an unusual treat for the more intrepid art lover … and more curious foodie.   The Nine Stones Artists was formed in 2004.  Its members are professional artists most of whom are based in the [...]

The Carlow Art Collection is a highly prized collection held in trust for the people of Carlow and its visitors and boasts the work of many internationally acclaimed artists.   Artists included in the collection are Peter Howson-England, Iain McColl-Scotland, Dick Joynt-Ireland, Hans Tyrrestrup-Denmark, Hughie O’Donoghue-England/Ireland, David Blackburn-England, Paul Schneider- Germany, Barbara Rae-Scotland, Vanessa Gardiner-England, [...]