Get Together 2026 | Speed Curating Tickets
Speed Curating is for the 11th September, In-person only.
The ever popular Speed Curating returns at Get Together 2026. VAI members attending Get Together can book one on one sessions with curators.
You must be a member and have a General Admission Ticket to be able to access Speed Curating.
General Admission Tickets are: €30 for VAI members (Professional, Associate, Organisational and Friends – Strictly one per member), and TU Dublin Students; €100 for non VAI members.
How does it work?
Artists will have 10 minutes to talk about what they’re working on, or introduce the curators to their practice. This fast-paced but friendly environment offers a chance for curators to meet artists they might never have come across, or to see new bodies of work in development. Multiple exhibitions and working relationships have developed from VAI’s Speed Curating events.
Note: There is a limit of 3 appointments per service.
If you book more than 3 appointments for the same service, all of your appointments for that service will be cancelled. Your payment for those cancelled appointments will be refunded.
We are sorry if this appears harsh, but it is caused by members in previous years ignoring our instruction and impacting on other members being able to make bookings.
Book Speed Curating Below:
Anne Mullee | Mermaid Arts Centre
Anne has been the Gallery Programme Curator at Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray since 2021, also maintaining an independent practice as a curator, researcher and writer. Over the past decade she has initiated and commissioned new work from artists for over 40 projects including public art, gallery exhibitions and site-specific projects, as well as producing artist-made film. Book a slot with Anne Mulle here.
Alannah Robins | Interface Inagh
Visual artist Alannah Robins is the founder and artistic director of Interface Inagh in Connemara, where she curates a programme of residencies, exhibitions and performances at the intersections of art and ecology. A graduate of NCAD, recent exhibitions include The Land is a Sea in Waiting, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, and many more. Book a slot with Alannah Robins here.
Ben Malcolmson | Independent
Ben Malcolmson is a visual artist and curator from Belfast who is based in Dublin. His curatorial interests encompass social engagement and activism through a public-centred approach, particularly relating to education and young people. He graduated from Belfast School of Art in 2021 with a first-class honours degree in Photography with Video and completed the International Studies programme at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (2019-20). Book a slot with Ben Malcolmson here.
Brian Mac Domhnaill | Lavit Gallery
Brian Mac Domhnaill has been Director of Lavit Gallery since 2022. In this role he has developed a hybrid model of programming featuring ten sales-based exhibitions in the organisation’s main gallery and introducing a parallel programme of six non-sales-based art installations in the adjoining vaults. Book a slot with Brian Mac Domhnaill here.
Catherine Hemelryk | CCA Derry Londonderry
Catherine Hemelryk is Director of CCA Derry Londonderry, a curator and arts leader based in Northern Ireland. She has worked across the arts for over 20 years, with experience spanning Europe, programming, artist development and organisational strategy. Book a slot with Catherine Hemelryk here.
Ciara O Connell | Dunamaise Arts Centre
Ciara O Connell is CEO of Dunamaise Arts Centre and an arts leader, cultural strategist and creative producer working across festivals, theatre, music, arts centres and cultural development. She has worked across Ireland and the UK, leading creative programmes, building partnerships and delivering projects with artists, communities, funders and stakeholders. Book a slot with Ciara O Connell here.
Clodagh Assata Boyce | Independent
Clodagh Assata Boyce is a Trini-Irish anti-disciplinary cultural producer based in Dublin. Influenced by the radical traditions of Black feminist thought, their work is rooted in the politics of care and practices of refusal. Clodagh’s curatorial and artistic projects challenge extractive logics, turning instead toward opacity and interdependence as strategies of resistance. Book a slot with Clodagh Assata Boyce here.
Davey Moor | Independant
Davey Moor has worked as a curator since 2004, in a mix of independent and institutional roles, and has also written and lectured on art. Alongside the many freelance exhibitions he has produced, he was Head Curator at Monster Truck, 2008–2014; Director at Kevin Kavanagh gallery 2008–2010; Collection Manager & Registrar at the Irish State Art Collection in the OPW, 2010–2024 and Curator at the RHA 2025-2026. Book a slot with Davey Moor here.
Dawn Williams | Crawford Art Gallery
Dawn Williams is a curator and facilitator with over twenty years of exhibition-making experience working at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Recent projects include A Matter of Time (2024); Bodywork: New Acquisitions from IMMA and Crawford Art Gallery (2023); Corban Walker: As Far As I Can See (2022); Daphne Wright: A Quiet Mutiny (2019) and she is a curator of Artists Film International programme. Book a slot with Dawn Williams here.
Dr. Fiona Byrne | Independent
Dr Fiona Byrne is an artist, researcher and project producer working across contemporary art, craft, education and socially engaged practice. Her work focuses on developing exhibitions and collaborative cultural projects that explore materiality, place, and embodiment. She has delivered projects in museums, galleries and unconventional spaces in Ireland and internationally, most recently the Glowing Glacier Festival in Iceland. Book a slot with Dr. Fiona Byrne here.
Edel O’Reilly | The Auxiliary & Middlesborough Art Week
Edel is an Irish curator and organiser based in Teesside, working as Executive Director of The Auxiliary and Middlesbrough Art Week. Informed by a background in artist-led initiatives and collaborative production models, she has worked across Ireland, the UK and Europe. In Belfast, she was co-director at Catalyst Arts and an associate member of Array Studios. Following post-graduate studies at the Dutch Art Institute, she worked as Curator of Exhibitions at Aalto University, Finland. Book a slot with Edel O’Reilly here.
Eve Woods | Pallas Projects/Studios
Eve Woods is an artist, researcher and curator/programme producer at Pallas Projects/Studios, where she leads on the Artist-Initiated Projects and special projects. She is interested in the politics of space, power structures and soft ways of interrupting and interrogating these systems. Eve worked on projects such as ‘Staring at the Sea: Land art and reflection symposium’ and ‘Dubliners Reel’ at the 6th Biennial of Painting in Zagreb. Book a slot with Eve Woods here.
Emma Quin | Independent
Emma Quin is a curator and artist based in Belfast. She initiates projects which consider how power is distributed across society, suggesting a more equal, shared future. With a background in sociology, her work combines sociological thought and collaborative, artist-led approaches. Book a slot with Emma Quin here.
John Daly | Hillsboro Fine Art
Gallery Director John Daly has more than 30 years’ experience as a Visual Arts Writer, Consultant and Curator. He is the current Chair of the Contemporary Art Gallery Association (CAGA). John has contributed to numerous publications and seminars and his advice is regularly sought by institutions, private collections and auction houses. Book a slot with John Daly here.
Kevin Kavanagh | Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Kevin Kavanagh is a gallerist working in Dublin who has been promoting artists’ work for over 30 years. Established in 1994, the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery is a leading contemporary visual art space, designed by architect Philip Crowe, located on Chancery Lane in Dublin 8. The gallery represents both established and emerging Irish and international artists, and hosts solo and curated group shows, artists’ talks, and special performances. The gallery also participates in international art fairs and publishes books on contemporary art. Book a slot with Kevin Kavanagh here.
Luke Currall | Waterford City & County Council
Luke Currall is responsible for the care, conservation and curation of the Waterford Art Collection, the programming and running of the Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA) and exhibitions held at the Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan. Graduating from University College London with a degree in Anthropology he worked as a Stone Mason, and then Assistant Curator, at the British Museum. Book a slot with Luke Currall here.
Martina McDonald | Riverbank Arts Centre
Based in Kildare, Martina McDonald is a curator and visual artist with over 16 years’ experience in the creative sector. As curator for visual arts at Riverbank Arts Centre in Co. Kildare, Martina collaborates closely with the team to develop creative projects and exhibitions across both the McKenna and Children’s galleries. Martina brings a lifelong passion for art, engagement and participation into her curatorial practice here, striving to connect and collaborate with local and national artists. Book a slot with Martina McDonald here.
Marysia Więckiewicz | Project Arts Centre
Marysia Więckiewicz (she/her) is a curator & art writer. She has organised numerous exhibitions & projects in Ireland & abroad with various institutions & local authorities, including Wyspa Institute of Art, The Hugh Lane Gallery, The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Temple Bar Gallery + Studios & Wexford Arts Centre. She has worked in curatorial roles at The Hugh Lane & IMMA. She was the founding director & curator of Berlin Opticians Gallery. Book a slot with Marysia Więckiewicz here.
Michael Hill | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Michael Hill is Programme Curator at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, and one half of the curatorial team (with Clíodhna Shaffrey) that represented Ireland at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022, and Irish Tour 2023, with artist Niamh O’Malley. He has curated exhibitions at Interface, Inagh; Weatherproof, Chicago; The Model, Sligo; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; and Pallas Projects, Dublin. Book a slot with Michael Hill here.
Niamh Darling | The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Niamh Darling is a Dublin-based curator. Her curatorial practice is concerned with the political narratives that sustain precarity under late capitalism. She recently curated Incubator (2026), a group exhibition by artists in residence at Fire Station Artists’ Studios and curated of ‘Living Conditions’ at The Douglas Hyde in 2025. Book a slot with Niamh Darling here.
Rachel Be-Yun Wang | Gasworks, London
Rachel Be-Yun Wang is currently Assistant Curator at Gasworks, a leading non-profit arts organisation based in south London. Previously the Asymmetry Curatorial Research Fellow at Chisenhale Gallery (2023–25), Rachel has worked on the commissions of Rory Pilgrim, Alia Farid, and Dan Guthrie, amongst others, and edited award-winning artist’s books, including titles by Bruno Zhu and Joshua Leon. Book a slot with Rachel Be-Yun Wang here.
Ruth Dorber | Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire
Ruth Dorber is a curator and writer. She is currently Curator at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, where she oversees the residency, events, and commissioning programmes. Current research interests include support structures and hosting, the maintenance of small-scale, community supported infrastructure for the visual and performing arts, and practices involving publishing and printed matter. Book a slot with Ruth Dorber here.
Séamus McCormack | New Contemporaries, London
Séamus McCormack is a London-based curator. As Senior Curator, New Contemporaries, he supports early-career artists through exhibitions, public programmes and artist development, curating exhibitions at South London Gallery, ICA, Camden Arts Centre and across the UK including Leeds, Plymouth, Blackpool and Hull. Previously, he held curatorial roles at Whitechapel Gallery and IMMA. In 2021, he founded Commonage Projects. Book a slot with Séamus McCormack here.
Toby Smith | Belfast Photo Festival
Toby is a Director at the Belfast Photo Festival with over 18 years’ experience in the photography sector with a specific emphasis on positive social and environmental impact – especially innovation in public engagement around the environment and widening participation in lens based photography. Toby graduated from the Ma Photography course at London College of Communication. Book a slot with Toby Smith here.
Tom McLean | Independent
Tom McLean is an independent curator, artist and cultural producer based in Galway. Over the past decade, he has developed and delivered exhibitions, artist development programmes and public events across institutional and artist-led contexts. His curatorial experience includes producing exhibitions and public programmes with 126 Artist-Run Gallery, Galway Arts Centre and Outset Gallery. Book a slot with Tom McLean here.
Viviana Checchia | Metal – Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
Viviana Checchia is a curator, programmer, and researcher active internationally, and currently Director of Metal – Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. She has recently moved from her role as Director of Void Art Centre in Derry, where she and the Void team created a living practice of Social Permaculture. Viviana is also Co-Director of ‘Vessel’, an international curatorial platform based in Puglia, South of Italy. Book a slot with Viviana Checchia here.
Judith Carlton | Southwark Park Galleries, London
Judith Carlton is Director at Southwark Park Galleries, a non-profit contemporary art gallery, ACE NPO and educational charity est. in 1984 which spans two venues in the heart of Southwark Park, in South East London.
Former Deputy Director, Matt’s Gallery, London and Gallery Manager at Cubitt Gallery & Studios, London, she has held previous positions at the Serpentine Galleries, London; The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; and various Artist/Studio Assistance Roles. Book a slot with Judith Carlton here.