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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/the-air-we-share-group-exhibition
SUMMARY:The Air We Share | Group exhibition at Galway Arts Centre
DESCRIPTION:Galway Arts Centre is pleased to announce 'The Air We Share'\, 
 a major group exhibition of works developed through a year-long artist res
 idency programme\, exploring air quality\, climate\, and our shared enviro
 nment through artistic collaboration and community engagement in Galway. \
 n\n‘The Air We Share’ brings together the work of artists Christopher 
 Steenson\, Leon Butler and the artist collective a place of their own (Sam
  Vardy and Paula McCloskey) who\, over the last nine months have worked wi
 th scientists\, residents\, and community groups to creatively respond to 
 real-world air pollution research and lived experience in Westside\, Galwa
 y aiming to deepen public understanding of air and its critical role in ou
 r shared environment. \n\nThe exhibition will be officially opened on Satu
 rday 16 August 2025 at 2pm by Deputy Mayor of Galway City Alan Cheevers wi
 th guest speaker Annie Fletcher\, Director of the Irish Museum of Modern A
 rt. All are welcome to attend.\n\n‘The Air We Share’ brings together a
  consortium of local partners\, which is led by Galway City Council and in
 cludes Galway Arts Centre\, the University of Galway’s Centre for Creati
 ve Technologies\, the Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies and the
  Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics\, Westside Resource Centre\, and Ga
 lway Culture Company. \n\nThe resulting works featured in the exhibition i
 nclude\; Leon Butler’s 'Phosphene' a project that transforms real-time a
 ir quality data into sculptural and digital forms\, inviting community mem
 bers to co-design how environmental data is experienced and interpreted\, 
 Christopher Steenson’s 'Where does the body end' reflects on air polluti
 on and breath through sound walks\, writing\, and workshops\, linking live
  data with personal and collective experience and 'a place of their own' (
 Paula McCloskey & Sam Vardy) 'The 9 Freedoms for the Air' a speculative\, 
 collaborative artwork imagining future air rights\, developed through part
 icipatory workshops with residents\, scientists\, and legal experts.\n\nTh
 e exhibition will be on view from 16 August to 21 September 2025\, with a 
 programme of talks\, guided tours\, and public events taking place through
 out its duration. Please see https://www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/thur
 sday-evenings-at-galway-arts-centre/ for more info.\n\nA very special than
 ks to collaborators Karena Ryan\, Alena Postnikova\, Gary Stewart and to t
 he participants The Red Bird Youth Collective  & all the members of the We
 stside Community who brought their collaborative creativity to the project
 s. \n\n‘The Air We Share’ is a recipient of the Creative Climate Actio
 n Fund\, an initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme\, funded by the D
 epartment of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media in col
 laboration with the Department of the Environment\, Climate and Communicat
 ions. \n\nFor more information please visit www.theairweshare.ie
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CATEGORIES:Connaught - Galway,Exhibition
LOCATION:Galway Arts Centre\, 47 Lower Dominick Street\, Galway\, Galway\, 
 Ireland
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