Louth Café: Artist & Curator Networking Event (23 Oct)

In-person event

Artists in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan are invited to attend a day of ideas and information exchange with presentations and artist talks.

This event will be held at Creative Spark Dundalk (11am – 4pm) and includes tea and coffee from 10.30am and a networking lunch.

Part One 11am – 3pm

Artist’s Guide to funding Applications

Grants, bursaries, residencies, per cent for art commissions, project proposals… where to begin to build a successful plan.

Workshop Presenter Biography:

Dr Marianne O’Kane Boal is a well-known curator and writer on art and architecture. She has written extensively on these subjects over the past 25 years.  She writes for the Irish Arts Review, Circa, Perspective, Living Design, Visual Artists Newsletter and Architecture Ireland. She has curated over 50 exhibitions in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Marianne completed her PhD in Social Research at Atlantic Technological University Sligo in 2023. She is President of the Irish Section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and Expert Advisor on Art for the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment in Northern Ireland. She has been delivering webinars and professional development workshops for Visual Artists Ireland for over fifteen years since 2009 on curating, creative proposals, presenting work, writing about practice and public art. Her research interests include art, architecture, children’s literature, the sociology of food and childhood studies. She has presented at conferences in Zurich, Prague, Chile, Belfast and Dublin.

Part Two 3pm – 4pm

Artist’s Talk with Kathy Tynan: Establishing my career.

Join Dublin-based artist Kathy Tynan as she shares insights into building and sustaining a career as a visual artist. Drawing from her experience as both a practicing painter and lecturer at TUD and NCAD, Tynan will discuss pathways into exhibitions, representation, and residencies, as well as the realities of navigating the contemporary art world.

Artist Talk Presenter Biography:

Kathy Tynan is an artist based in Dublin and a lecturer in TUD and NCAD. She is a resident artist at the Dún Laoghaire Baths Studios and is represented by Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Meantime’ (2024) and ‘Soft Fascination’ (2022) Kevin Kavanagh; ‘Keep some steady friends around’ (2022) Dunamaise Arts Centre; and ‘Luminous Twitch’ (2019) The LAB Gallery. Recent group exhibitions include ‘Faigh Amach’ (2025) TBG+S; and ‘The Golden Fleece Award: 21 Years’ (2022) Solstice Arts Centre.

This event is being supported by Creative Spark which has subsidised places for County Louth based artists.

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