What Do You See When You Look At Me?, an exhibition developed in partnership with the Burren College of Art and the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s National Programme. This exhibition comprises some 20 artworks from the IMMA Collection specifically curated for children and explores ideas around representation, both in the form of portraiture and in less conventional ways, posing questions about how we view ourselves and others. Artists featured include John Doherty, David Godbold, Brian Duggan, Robert Ballagh, Louis le Brocquy, Andrew Folan, James Hanley, John Kindness, Nevan Lahart, Alice Maher, Caroline McCarthy, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan and Martin Parr. Continues until 2 June 2012. Admission is free. www.burrencollege.ie | www.imma.ie

The main exhibition for 2012 is a solo show by Hans Josephsohn, which opens on 12 May and continues until 30 September. Staged in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth and Kesselhaus Josephsohn, the exhibition will feature works dating from 1950 to 2011, specially selected for Lismore including pieces in the gallery and the historic Castle Gardens. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to enjoy key works from an internationally important artist.

Josephsohn, now in his 90s, is a highly regarded artist and his practice continues to inform and inspire contemporary artists. This will be his first solo exhibition in Ireland and his first institutional exhibition since 2008. In the past decade there have been major solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt. Throughout the summer there will be a programme of events involving cultural commentators and a specially commissioned publication will be published in summer 2012. www.lismorecastlearts.ie

11 May – 7 June | Opening Friday 11th May at 8 pm by Siobhán Mulcahy, Arts Officer County Clare |
‘Liens’ (ties, bonds, connections) is an evolution of the work done by the French artist Pauline Turmel and the Irish artist Finola Graham for their exhibition Cross-Currents in the ‘Centre Culturel Irlandais’Paris in 2011. The Paris exhibition was the result of a process of exchange of ideas and of place that took place over a period of three years, between the two artists of different worlds, nationalities and generations. Every three months from 2007 to 2010  Turmel came to Co. Clare to work in Graham’s studio and the surrounding area, while Graham went to Paris and worked in Turmel’s studio there | www.ennistymoncourthousegallery.blogspot.com

11 May – 7 June 2012 | Opening Friday 11th May at 8 pm by Siobhán Mulcahy, Arts Officer County Clare | At the Red Couch Space, Courthouse Gallery | ‘Don’t be frightened, it’s just Quantum Logic – an exhibition by Barry Foley -C.G.I (computer generated imagery) watercolour & ink | Barry Foley is a native of Tipperary town but is now based in the Burren, Co Clare. In this exhibition Barry explores intriguing questions about science and scientific exploration.  “Not since Victorian times science and scientific exploration have captured the public’s attention, nor has it been more controversial. The world is at a juncture; Global Warming, Economic and Cultural disaffection. Has scientific evolution contributed to the situation we now find ourselves in? Can science bridge these gaps and aid in the solution to such problems?” | www.ennistymoncourthousegallery.blogspot.com

11th May – 13th May | Opening 6.30pm 11th May | Bealtaine Festival 2012 | Art & Craft Fair : art, craft, photography, digital photography, poetry, short stories and more | www.tramore.ie/coastguardstation

May 10 – June 2 2012 | Opening Thursday, May 10 at 7:00pm | 6 lombard Street, Waterford City | ‘Covered’; a solo exhibition by Jill Bouchier. Jill Bouchier is a Waterford based artist who studied painting at Chelsea School of Art. Her forthcoming exhibition will include geometric paintings and textile pieces. Jill’s work incorporates fabrics and found materials such as envelopes, blankets, buttons and textile samples. These everyday materials are transformed to create collages and sewn pieces that explore pattern and the associative power of fabrics that are reminiscent of traditional quilts. Her paintings fascinate through their cool elegance. In recent works, the exploration of textile processes and the aesthetics of design has become increasingly central to her practice | www.somacontemporary.com 

Saturday the 12th of May | 11.00am | Cost E 7.00 | Fairbrook House Gardens & Museum of Contemporary Figurative Art Kilmeaden, Co.Waterford are hosting two special tours as part of the Waterford trail programme. A guided tour through the special Fairbrook gardens, an artwork itself, laid out between the ruins of the former Fairbrook Mill. As well as a guided tour in the museum with the unique Fairbrook Art Collection. For bookings T: 051 384657 | E: art@airbrook-house.com | www.fairbrook-house.com

13 May 2012 – 9 June 2012 | Opening 12th May 3 – 5pm | Newtown Castle and College Courtyard, Burren College of art , Ballyvaughan | ‘Beacon’ and ‘I Spy’ : An installation in Newtown Castle also I Spy a series of small objects hidden in the College Courtyard which is aimed at a younger audience. This is in conjunction with IMMA’s outreach project for young children | www.patriciamckenna.ie

5 May – 31 May | Opening 5 May at 6pm | New Quay, Burren Co. Clare | This May Bank Holiday week end the Russell Gallery is launching an exhibition of paintings called ‘Burren in Bloom’ part of the events of the Ballyvaughan annual May Festival. The show will be opened by Brian Mooney, author and Burren connoisseur. This is collection of work by Manus Walsh, Gordon D’Arcy, Hilary Molloy, Leueen Hill & Patricia Kavanagh that will celebrate the arrival of spring in the Burren: paintings and botanical drawings will come together for an inspiring insight of this unique and dramatic landscape with its mountains, the rocks, the sea, its flowers and the wild life. All the artists involved are local and share a deep understanding of the environment of the Burren and their competent artistic merits are well known in the area and beyond. Further info : www.russellgallery.net | T: 065-7078185.

4 May – 1 June 2012 | Opening 3 May 7pm | Greenlane Gallery, Dingle, Co. Kerry | ‘Hot Plate/Pláta Te’ | Meitheal Eitseála is a group of printmakers based in West Kerry. Meitheal Eitseála have gone from strength to strength since their first exhibition last year. Working from the studio of Niall Naessens, Hot Plate/ Pláta Te, showcases a collection of prints that celebrate and explore a variety of etching techniques. Invited to join them this year are printmakers James McCreary, Stephen Lawlor, John Graham and Lars Nyberg. Joining them will be Púca Press with a series of lino cuts by Dominique Libe, Hans Blank and Marijke van Wijk | www.dingleprintstudio.wordpress.com