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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250906T110000
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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/griefs-current-shape-ciara-oconnor-at-
 the-garter-lane-arts-centre
SUMMARY:Grief's Current Shape | Ciara O’Connor at the Garter Lane Arts Ce
 ntre
DESCRIPTION:Grief’s Current Shape – a new thread based exhibition by Ci
 ara O’Connor“If I do leave you\, I will have passed on to you somethin
 g of myself\; you will be a different person because of knowing me\; it’
 s inescapable.”-Edna O’Brien\nGrief has seeped into my bones and I sus
 pect it will never leave. But it is so much more than sorrow and despair. 
 It is an ever changing expression of love. We loved them and they loved us
 . For me\, sometimes that love is a rush of warmth when I look down at my 
 hands and see hers.\nSometimes it’s a stab of regret for the hurtful thi
 ng I said to him. Sometimes it’s a crumble to the floor when I am overco
 me by the loss and cruelty of it all. But sometimes now\, as the waves of 
 sadness move further and further apart\, it is bountiful gratitude for eve
 rything it has taught me.\nGrief’s Current Shape is an exploration of th
 e various stages of grief\, and a personal attempt to lean into it all.\nA
 bout CiaraCiara O’Connor is a Kerry based visual artist who works primar
 ily with textiles and free motion embroidery. Her work is figurative and d
 eals with themes of identity\, feminism\, trauma and recovery. She is inte
 rested in pushing the boundaries of traditional techniques to tell contemp
 orary stories.\nSince returning to her practice in 2019 she has been selec
 ted for 15 group shows\, including Following Threads in Crawford Art Galle
 ry\, and RUA and RSA Annuals. She had her first solo show in Garter Lane A
 rts Centre\, 2022\, and has featured in FAIRE\, Image Magazine\, The Irish
  Examiner\, The Kerryman\, and VAN Jan/Feb 2024. Her second solo show open
 s from Sept 6 in Garter Lane Arts Centre.\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Munster
LOCATION:Garter Lane Arts Centre\, Garter Lane Arts Centre\, 22a O’Connel
 l Street\, Waterford\, X91 DX57\, Ireland
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