This exhibition presents a selection of both historic and newly acquired abstract artworks from the permanent Waterford Art Collection. Alongside artworks can also be found archival information, newspaper cuttings, and descriptions from the artists themselves, as well as critique by a cross-section of individuals invited and interested in demystifying this still often divisive visual language.

Artworks on show by: Arthur Armstrong, Shelia Naughton, Colin Middleton, Aidan Dunne, Phoebe Donovan, Julie Cusack, Anne Yeats, Susan Connolly, Ciara Rodgers, Jonathan Wade, Susan Montgomery, Darragh Lyons, Evie Hone, John McHarg and more…

The Glucksman’s sensory-friendly mornings are designed to offer a more comfortable experience for neurodivergent visitors, people with sensory differences or disabilities, or anyone who would benefit from a calm and quiet environment.

What you can expect:

Reduced sensory input: Dimmed lights, no loud noises.

Calm atmosphere: Fewer visitors, reduced noise, and staff trained in autism awareness.

Sensory supports: Access to sensory bags with ear defenders and fidget toys.

Preparation tools: Social stories available to help you prepare and navigate.

Find out more on our website. Booking required.

The Master of Fine Art 2024-2026 Cohort invites you to the showing their final artworks in a pop-up style exhibition at the Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street. Starting on January 28th and running through February 13th, various artwork and discussions from these artists will be on display during college open hours in three different spaces – the Confessional Space, Main Lecture Theatre, and the Elevator Foyer. All are welcome to visit!

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney is delighted to present ‘The Heart of the Ocean” an exhibition by Beata Rosik.

Photography has been her passion since arriving in Ireland. While her portfolio includes landscapes from Clare and across Ireland, her greatest artistic focus is fine art portrait photography.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Clare Museum is delighted to present “Song and Dance” an art exhibition at the Clare Museum by Fiona Faulkes.
Fiona Faulkes works with oil, painting what she sees, landscapes, portraits and how she feels, abstract, conceptual.
She is also a classical pianist and music weaves through her art whether she’s painting musicians, characters from operas or her own manuscript.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff is delighted to present “Passage” by the Artist John Stokes.
Like most children John was a creative force. Like most children, that fell away as his education progressed. By the time he left school it had vanished under the stress of exam competition. Unlike many, a personal tragedy, the death of both his father and brother at the same time, opened him up again. The Creative process was the only way that he could access, to navigate through the ocean of Grief, where he found himself. Creativity is now a natural strand of his Being.

The Glucksman’s sensory-friendly mornings are designed to offer a more comfortable experience for neurodivergent visitors, people with sensory differences or disabilities, or anyone who would benefit from a calm and quiet environment.

What you can expect:

Reduced sensory input: Dimmed lights, no loud noises.

Calm atmosphere: Fewer visitors, reduced noise, and staff trained in autism awareness.

Sensory supports: Access to sensory bags with ear defenders and fidget toys.

Preparation tools: Social stories available to help you prepare and navigate.

Find out more on our website. Booking required.

Opening reception Thursday 05 February, 5.30-7.30pm.

Anna Barden was an artist who worked and lived in Cork city. She passed away unexpectedly on 31 December 2024. This commemorative exhibition is a shared initiative involving family, friends and colleagues, with key involvement from Elaine Coakley, Studio Director, Backwater Artists Group; Katherine Boucher Beug, artist, friend and mentor; and Gillian Cussen, artist and friend. Anna’s art practice encompassed drawing, painting sewing, short text pieces and ceramics. The display is built around a variety of finished works, studies and archival material spanning Anna’s career.

The Architecture of Containment brings together a body of paintings by Janet Graham with poetic responses from invited poets, addressing the physical, social, and psychological architectures through which lives were controlled and silenced in Ireland’s institutional past. The project is hosted and funded by Mill Cove Gallery and presented as a not-for-profit public event.

Once production costs are met, all proceeds from the accompanying poetry anthology will be donated to a survivors’ support group. The anthology will be available on the evening for €10.

Clare Arts Office invites you to the launch of HeART of Gaza, an exhibition showcasing artwork made by Palestinian children, platforming their voice and experience.

The exhibition will be opened by Féile Butler,
HeART of Gaza Co-Founder on Saturday 17th January at 2pm in Súil Gallery, Ennis.

The exhibition runs from January 15th – February 19th. All Welcome.

Exhibition continues from 22/01/2026 to 20/02/2026.

PORTALS explores painting as a threshold, a space where time, perception and matter are in continual flux. Through processes of layering, erasure and return, the works evolve as sites of crossing rather than representation. Spaces expand and contract, forms dissolve and re-emerge, and time gathers in the surface of the canvas.
Drawing on multiple spatial registers, the bodily, the natural, the digital and the cosmic, van der Elsen’s paintings create layered fields where memory, sensation and perception intersect. Each work functions as a portal: an invitation to move beyond the familiar into a wider, more fluid field of experience.

Ormston House presents ‘Table Turning’, a solo exhibition by Susan MacWilliam.

Since 1997, Susan MacWilliam has had an ongoing fascination with how humans have sought to document and quantify the spirit realm. She explores the study of psychic phenomena by drawing from printed archives, scientific apparatus, and interviews with experts.

This exhibition of new work has emerged out of the cutting, stitching, and moulding of paper, felt, and clay. For MacWilliam, “the realisation of ideas and objects in the studio” is akin to “the manifestations and materialisations of the séance room”.

Ormston House is open Wednesday to Saturday, 12–6pm.

Join us at GOMA Waterford for the launch of Shapeshifting: GOMA Waterford Graduate Award Exhibition 2026 on Thursday 29 January, 6–8pm. All welcome!

Each year GOMA Waterford aims to highlight the wealth of talent graduating annually in Ireland by awarding selected graduates with an exhibition. This year’s Graduate Award Exhibition features the work of three outstanding recent graduates; Danny Foley, Tanja Novacic and Patrick Penney.

Running until Saturday 21 February 2026 | Gallery opening hours: 11am–5pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

‘Art in Motion’ Exhibition to Open at Baile Mhuire Day Centre.

Tralee Art Group is delighted to announce their latest collaborative exhibition, ‘Art in Motion’, which will be officially opened on Tuesday, June 17th at 2.30pm at Baile Mhuire Day Centre, Balloonagh, Tralee. The opening will be led by special guest Paddy Garvey, Chairperson of Baile Mhuire, and all are welcome to attend. Guests can enjoy an afternoon of art, music and refreshments in a warm and inclusive setting.

This special exhibition is the result of a unique collaboration between members of Tralee Art Group and the clients of Baile Mhuire Day Centre, showcasing the creative energy and expression of both groups. Featuring a variety of works in different media, styles and subjects, Art in Motion celebrates movement, creativity, and community spirit.

TAG is committed to enriching the cultural life of Tralee and surrounding areas. The group regularly holds exhibitions, workshops, and community projects, and has built strong relationships with local organisations—including an ongoing volunteering partnership with Baile Mhuire.

This exhibition reflects that partnership, with art created not only by TAG members but also by clients of the Day Centre who engage weekly in creative workshops facilitated by the group volunteers from Tralee Art Group. The result is a joyful and inspiring collection of artworks, each piece telling its own story of imagination, connection, and collaboration.

All are welcome to attend the opening and celebrate this uplifting display of artistic expression in our community. The exhibition will run for a year and be available to the public weekdays between 4pm and 5pm.

Ormston House presents ‘Table Turning’, a solo exhibition by Susan MacWilliam.

Since 1997, Susan MacWilliam has had an ongoing fascination with how humans have sought to document and quantify the spirit realm. She explores the study of psychic phenomena by drawing from printed archives, scientific apparatus, and interviews with experts.

This exhibition of new work has emerged out of the cutting, stitching, and moulding of paper, felt, and clay. For MacWilliam, “the realisation of ideas and objects in the studio” is akin to “the manifestations and materialisations of the séance room”.

Ormston House is open Wednesday to Saturday, 12–6pm.

O’Connell’s sculptural work often evokes states of becoming and transformation, reflecting her long-standing fascination between the organic and geometric in the natural world. This way of working melds irregularity and flow to the precise and mathematical, emblematic of a human relationship to nature.

Her attentive process is of happenstance: a responsiveness to a materials behaviour and chance occurrences that are worked through and feel not imposed but discovered. Through careful observation of the everyday landscape in her Cork home, O’Connell’s practice instills curiosity and an unexpected sense of discovery and awareness.

Exhibition continues from 05/12/2025 to 28/02/2026.

The Hunt Open Submission exhibition highlights the museum’s commitment to supporting living artists and creating a dynamic dialogue between our historic collection and today’s vibrant creative voices.

Visitors can enjoy a vibrant mix of painting, sculpture, mixed media, ceramic, and digital art. Featured artists include established Limerick painters Robert Ryan and Tom Prendergast, emerging talents such as Tina O’Connell and Heather Hughes, RHA member Blaise Smith and the iconic Robert Ballagh, alongside many other remarkable contributors from across Ireland’s artistic community.

Exhibition continues from 14/11/2025 to 30/04/2026.

Winter Sun is a moving-image work by Cork artist Elinor O’Donovan.

The work is a preserved piece of a warm Cork summer, saved for the months when it is most needed. Taking as its inspiration the iconic view from the top of Patrick’s Hill at Bells Field, the video work is a looping film depicting Corkonians sharing a moment of togetherness, connected by their mutual appreciation for a setting summer sun.

Projection-Mapping: Lightscape Studios
3D Artist: Bassam Issa Al-Sabah
Cinematography: Jack Desmond

Part of Island City – Cork’s Urban Sculpture Trail

Exhibition continues from 09/01/2026 to 27/02/2026.

Peter Nash is an artist living and working in Cork who works across visual art disciplines including sculpture, print, drawing and animation. In his solo show at LHQ Gallery titled, “All This For Nothing”, Nash explores pre-internet sources of knowledge and methods of communication. echanical bird sculptures call out to each other across the gallery, establishing territories and communicating through a tangle of wires and electronic circuitry. “All This For Nothing” opens on Friday 9th January and runs until 27th February at LHQ Gallery. An opening reception will take place on 9th January from 6pm, all are welcome to attend.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff is delighted to present “Passage” by the Artist John Stokes.
Like most children John was a creative force. Like most children, that fell away as his education progressed. By the time he left school it had vanished under the stress of exam competition. Unlike many, a personal tragedy, the death of both his father and brother at the same time, opened him up again. The Creative process was the only way that he could access, to navigate through the ocean of Grief, where he found himself. Creativity is now a natural strand of his Being.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Clare Museum is delighted to present “Song and Dance” an art exhibition at the Clare Museum by Fiona Faulkes.
Fiona Faulkes works with oil, painting what she sees, landscapes, portraits and how she feels, abstract, conceptual.
She is also a classical pianist and music weaves through her art whether she’s painting musicians, characters from operas or her own manuscript.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney is delighted to present ‘The Heart of the Ocean” an exhibition by Beata Rosik.

Photography has been her passion since arriving in Ireland. While her portfolio includes landscapes from Clare and across Ireland, her greatest artistic focus is fine art portrait photography.

Exhibition continues from 09/01/2026 to 28/02/2026.

Síomha Callanan’s work is inherently linked to her surroundings and, having lived in Cork City, much of her work to date consists of various projects and explorations of the city centre and its peripheries. For this residency and exhibition she has a specific project in mind. Her aim is to walk every street on the island on which Cork City centre stands and take photos of what she encounters.

She’ll use the Triskel Sample Project Space as a base from which to go out into the city and make the work. She’ll also use it to test ways of presenting her work for the culminating exhibition.

Clare Arts Office invites you to the launch of HeART of Gaza, an exhibition showcasing artwork made by Palestinian children, platforming their voice and experience.

The exhibition will be opened by Féile Butler,
HeART of Gaza Co-Founder on Saturday 17th January at 2pm in Súil Gallery, Ennis.

The exhibition runs from January 15th – February 19th. All Welcome.

Exhibition continues from 22/01/2026 to 20/02/2026.

PORTALS explores painting as a threshold, a space where time, perception and matter are in continual flux. Through processes of layering, erasure and return, the works evolve as sites of crossing rather than representation. Spaces expand and contract, forms dissolve and re-emerge, and time gathers in the surface of the canvas.
Drawing on multiple spatial registers, the bodily, the natural, the digital and the cosmic, van der Elsen’s paintings create layered fields where memory, sensation and perception intersect. Each work functions as a portal: an invitation to move beyond the familiar into a wider, more fluid field of experience.

The Master of Fine Art 2024-2026 Cohort invites you to the showing their final artworks in a pop-up style exhibition at the Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street. Starting on January 28th and running through February 13th, various artwork and discussions from these artists will be on display during college open hours in three different spaces – the Confessional Space, Main Lecture Theatre, and the Elevator Foyer. All are welcome to visit!

Join us at GOMA Waterford for the launch of Shapeshifting: GOMA Waterford Graduate Award Exhibition 2026 on Thursday 29 January, 6–8pm. All welcome!

Each year GOMA Waterford aims to highlight the wealth of talent graduating annually in Ireland by awarding selected graduates with an exhibition. This year’s Graduate Award Exhibition features the work of three outstanding recent graduates; Danny Foley, Tanja Novacic and Patrick Penney.

Running until Saturday 21 February 2026 | Gallery opening hours: 11am–5pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

The Architecture of Containment brings together a body of paintings by Janet Graham with poetic responses from invited poets, addressing the physical, social, and psychological architectures through which lives were controlled and silenced in Ireland’s institutional past. The project is hosted and funded by Mill Cove Gallery and presented as a not-for-profit public event.

Once production costs are met, all proceeds from the accompanying poetry anthology will be donated to a survivors’ support group. The anthology will be available on the evening for €10.

Exhibition continues from 30/01/2026 to 05/04/2026.

This is the last iteration of the exhibition, Clann Miotlantach / Mythlantics following its presentation at Sirius Arts Centre, Galway Arts Centre, and Highlanes Gallery.

Alice explores expressions of both personal and broader historical and cultural narratives informed by their lived experience as a person with Irish and Sierra Leonean heritage. They practice across sculpture, expanded painting, digital collage, film, and performance, and use clay, found and collected images and objects, reclaimed and repurposed furniture, and memorabilia and heirlooms.

Opening reception Thursday 05 February, 5.30-7.30pm.

Anna Barden was an artist who worked and lived in Cork city. She passed away unexpectedly on 31 December 2024. This commemorative exhibition is a shared initiative involving family, friends and colleagues, with key involvement from Elaine Coakley, Studio Director, Backwater Artists Group; Katherine Boucher Beug, artist, friend and mentor; and Gillian Cussen, artist and friend. Anna’s art practice encompassed drawing, painting sewing, short text pieces and ceramics. The display is built around a variety of finished works, studies and archival material spanning Anna’s career.

“Sunlight on my lover’s elbow, sunlight in the kettle’s steam” brings together three artists from the same family: Grace Wallis, Sarah Fuller/Wallis and Ruby Wallis. Working across painting, drawing, print, installation and lens-based media, the exhibition explores place, time and embodied experience. Grace presents fictional landscapes shaped by memory and emotional transition; Sarah documents suspended moments of waiting and movement through sketchbooks; Ruby’s films and prints examine walking, night-time space and how environments shape feeling and behaviour.

This exhibition by STAC’s 2025 Artist in Residence, Zoe Velthuysen, explores how migration and place shape identity, drawing from the artist’s own experience of moving from Australia to Tipperary.

Motivated by the internal and often quiet ways in which place interacts with identity, Velthuysen’s work engages with how surroundings, systems, and social dynamics leave their mark on a person over time, asking: what happens when the contours of a new place meet the inner workings of a migrant?

STAC’s Tipperary Artist in Residence Award is supported by the Tipperary Arts Office and the Arts Council of Ireland.