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COVID-19 VAI Status
Our physical offices are closed in Dublin and Belfast, but we are continuing to deliver our Advocacy, Advice, Lifelong Learning, and Information Provision online, by email, or in the case of the Visual Artists News Sheet either online or delivered by post to all members.
Our mainline number can be used to make contact as normal, and all of our email addresses and online forms are still being monitored and responded to. We recommend compliance at all times to Government advice and continue to be the voice of artists to the government and funding bodies during this time. You can find out more about our online events in the VAI Events section, and through the eBulletins which are still operating twice weekly. We are delivering regular networking and information events as part of our wider learning and skills programme. These also include online Help Desks which are supported by our Help Line which is still operating.
Latest Updates
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Studio Vacancy | The Courthouse Gallery and Studios
A subsidised studio space for a visual artist now available at The Courthouse Gallery and Studios in Ennistymon, Co Clare. Heat, light and broadband are included in the monthly fee of €100, payable in advance on the 1st of each month. Please note that rent is currently subsidized to €100 and is contingent on continued…
Open Call | ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund, Business to Arts
The ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund is an all-island Arts Fund which aligns with ESB’s ‘Brighter Future’ purpose by promoting environmental sustainability in diverse and ambitious ways. It will support the Irish arts community by funding or commissioning artists / groups of artists or arts organisations to create new work during a period of unprecedented…
Open Call | Strategic Arts Projects 2022, Wicklow County Council
We are delighted to announce the annual strategic projects awards for 2022, which closes on Friday 30th July 2021. The Arts Office invites applications from artists, national resource organisations, individual curators, and / or artist collectives to propose projects which will nurture practice, enhance connectivity, generate new perspectives and nurture new voices within County Wicklow,…
Open Call | Decade of Centenaries 2021, Wicklow County Council
In association with the Department of Tourism, Culture Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Wicklow County Council wishes to develop a programme of commemorative events to mark the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries, from 2021 to 2023. Beginning in the current year, 2021, the overall programme will have a common set of broad themes…
VAI Webinar | eCommerce for Artists (with Shopify) (29 July)
Event: eCommerce for Artists (with Shopify) Format: Webinar (Online via zoom) Date: Thursday 29th July, 2021 Time: 11am (1hr webinar) Description: This webinar will consist of one 45 minute presentation that will take a closer look at the essentials of artist eCommerce best practice within the industry. The 45 minute presentation will be followed by a 15minute general…
VAI Webinar | Emerging Online/Digital Trends For Artists (27 July)
This webinar aims to explore emerging online/digital trends and sales avenues for artists. On the day three artists will speak on their own work and experiences; Gary Shaw, Frances Ryan & TBC. Book HERE. Tickets: Ards & North Down based artist: Free VAI Members: €5 Non member / general public: €10 This event is supported…
VAI Webinar | Artist talk with Elaine Hoey (3 August)
Event: Webinar: Artist Talk with.. Elaine Hoey Format: Webinar (Online via zoom) Date: Tuesday 3rd August, 2021 Time: 3pm Elaine Hoey- Bio Elaine Hoey works mainly creating interactive based installations, appropriating contemporary digital art practices and aesthetics to explore the politics of digital humanity and our evolving relationship with the screen. She describes her process…
Online Clinic | Artist Insurance – A how to guide (Co. Cavan based artists only) (28 July)
Event: Artist Insurance – A how to guide Format: Clinics (Online via zoom) Date: Wednesday 28th July, 2021 Time: 1pm -> 5pm (Eight 20min 1-on-1 clinic sessions for 8 different Co. Cavan based artists) This clinic is aimed at artists who attended the morning webinar – Artist Insurance – A how to guide – and…
P A L I M P S E S T | Group Show at Five Lamps Arts Festival 2021
03/07/2021 – 31/07/2021 @ – very year the Five Lamps Arts Festival lights up the arts in Dublin’s North Inner City at the beginning of Spring with loads of events happening during a week in various venues around the area. This year we have a hybrid edition with online and in-person events, following the HSE guidelines. In CHQ Buildings the […]
Sculpture Exhibition | Sallyanne Morgan at The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
15/08/2021 @ 12:00 am – Sallyanne returned to Ireland in 2019 after 17 years abroad and is currently finding her artistic feet as a sculptor in Bettystown, Co. Meath. She began working in glass fiber reinforced cement (GFRC) after college as an alternative to ceramics. The cement is either directly applied to armature and ferrous materials or is cast from clay. Included sometimes are other materials such as marble dust; engraved […]
non-appétit | Mary O’Leary at Muine Bheag Arts
14/08/2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Muine Bheag Arts is delighted to present, non-appétit, a pop-up culinary experience led by artist Mary O’Leary. This event will explore thought-provoking Irish seaweed recipes, based on a satirical Irish seaweed cookbook. This is a free event. Book your ticket here. Mary O’Leary is a visual artist based in Ireland who recently graduated with a […]
The Bleach Field | Eileen McCarthy at South Tipperary Arts Centre
14/08/2021 – 26/08/2021 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Eileen McCarthy is an abstract interdisciplinary Contemporary Irish artist and a member of Visual Artists Ireland. She holds a B.A Fine Art Painting., (Hons) from Limerick School of Art and Design she is a post-graduate (Hons) of UCC which is evident throughout her artwork. Eileen is a native of Tipperary her passion for art lies […]
July 23, 2021
Award winning Grafton Architects announced as principal design consultants of the €29m Crawford Art Gallery redevelopment project
From the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D. and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D today announced that the contract for the design for the redevelopment at the historic Crawford Art Gallery has been awarded to Grafton Architects. The overall plan provides…
July 23, 2021
CCA Derry~Londonderry shortlisted for £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021
CCA Derry~Londonderry has been selected as one of the five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021, the world’s largest museum prize. The Centre for Contemporary Art has been exhibiting emerging artists from Northern Ireland alongside international peers since 1992. Today CCA creates opportunities for audiences to experience ambitious, experimental and engaging contemporary…
July 23, 2021
VAI Summer Gallery Guide 2021
To mark the much-anticipated reopening of galleries, museums and art centres, we have compiled a Summer Gallery Guide to inform audiences about forthcoming exhibitions happening in July and August across Ireland and Northern Ireland. These exhibition details have been collated based on organisational websites and correspondence. All information was correct at the time of writing;…
July 23, 2021
Out Now – July/August 2021 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s summer issue has just been despatched to arts organisations and VAI members nationwide, while the digital version is now available for subscribers in the members’ area of the VAI website. To mark the much-anticipated reopening of galleries, museums and art centres, we have compiled a Summer Gallery Guide to inform visual art audiences about…