Discover what’s on in the rest of Ulster for visual arts with our insider guide: explore contemporary exhibitions at Letterkenny’s Regional Cultural Centre and immersive gallery shows at Donegal’s bustling art studios; join the renowned Donegal Open Studios trail to meet local painters and sculptors in their creative spaces; hone your skills in Cavan with hands-on printmaking and ceramics workshops at Bluestacks Studios; and wander Monaghan’s sculpture trails and pop-up street-art festivals in the town centre. From curator-led tours at Cavan County Museum’s seasonal exhibits to artist-talk series in Monaghan’s Garage Studios, our roundup brings you weekly updates on gallery openings, limited-edition craft fairs, and collaborative installation projects across Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan. Perfect for collectors, creators, and culture seekers, stay ahead with early-bird tickets to specialist masterclasses and exclusive “behind-the-canvas” events. Elevate your artistic calendar today with our all-in-one “What’s On in Ulster” visual arts resource—your gateway to Ireland’s hidden creative gems.
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The Arts in Education Portal is delighted to announce the programme for our Spring Regional Day on Saturday 25 April at Garage Theatre, Monaghan. We invite teachers, artists, educators, arts managers in Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Meath, Westmeath to join us for this free event.
The programme includes presentations Learning Through Creativity: Mindful Transitions with Sally-Ann Duffy & Caroline Clarke; Waves And Wonders: A TAP+ Creative Project with Rebecca Maguire & Oonagh Gilsenan; and workshops Groovin’ Out! with Aidan Dunphy or Creativity through Circus with Maria Corcoran. Booking essential.
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The Arts in Education Portal is delighted to announce the programme for our Spring Regional Day on Saturday 25 April at Garage Theatre, Monaghan. We invite teachers, artists, educators, arts managers in Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Meath, Westmeath to join us for this free event.
The programme includes presentations Learning Through Creativity: Mindful Transitions with Sally-Ann Duffy & Caroline Clarke; Waves And Wonders: A TAP+ Creative Project with Rebecca Maguire & Oonagh Gilsenan; and workshops Groovin’ Out! with Aidan Dunphy or Creativity through Circus with Maria Corcoran. Booking essential.
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An Act of Madness is a collaboration between writer Martin Towey and photographic artist Suella Wynne, inspired by the few details known about his great-grandmother, Bridget Towey (née Flanagan), and her committal to Connaught District Lunatic Asylum in 1914. Suella’s images provide a visual context for the story, exploring Ireland’s history of mental health care, wrongful institutionalisation, and societal attitudes toward postnatal depression and mental illness.
The project aims to spark dialogue about how mental health is understood and discussed today, confronting the silence and stigma that have persisted across generations.
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The AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize bring outstanding contemporary portraiture from the National Gallery of Ireland to Letterkenny. Featuring shortlisted artists selected by an expert panel of judges, the exhibition celebrates excellence, innovation and strong local representation, while reflecting the vitality of portrait practice across Ireland today.
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An Act of Madness is a collaboration between writer Martin Towey and photographic artist Suella Wynne, inspired by the few details known about his great-grandmother, Bridget Towey (née Flanagan), and her committal to Connaught District Lunatic Asylum in 1914. Suella’s images provide a visual context for the story, exploring Ireland’s history of mental health care, wrongful institutionalisation, and societal attitudes toward postnatal depression and mental illness.
The project aims to spark dialogue about how mental health is understood and discussed today, confronting the silence and stigma that have persisted across generations.
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Exhibition continues from 16/04/2026 to 20/05/2026.
To retrofit is to modify something made in another time, adapting it to function under new conditions. In this new solo exhibition created for the Cavan Arts Festival and Townhall Arts Centre, John Rainey adopts this logic of reuse – cutting into, combining, and reworking familiar forms from the history of sculpture to reflect contemporary pressures, values, and ways of seeing.
In Retrofits, figures shift between references, forming hybrid configurations that disrupt expectations of classical sculpture. Human and animal elements merge, creating figures shaped by transition and uncertainty.
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