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Teacher Artist Partnership+ Summer Course. TAP+ is running in Kilkenny Education Support Centre from Wednesday 1st to Tuesday 7th July (excluding Weekend days). For creative practitioners who wish to be considered for
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Kilkenny Artists Café– Gathering and Planning. Curated by Eamonn Maxwell Hosted by the Tea Houses and supported by Kilkenny Arts Office 10am, Saturday 25th April Back for a second year! The Kilkenny
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At One in the Tea Houses, Irish artist Eamon Colman presents a single work entitled: The Pulse and Glide of Fulmar’s Cliff, paper on aluminum, that invites an unusually sustained encounter. Made
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✨ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ✨ Meet our current artist-in-residence at the Tea Houses: Sarah Joan K. Sarah Joan K is a multi-disciplinary artist and theatre director from Kilkenny. A first-class honours graduate of
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Rothe House hosted a vibrant and uplifting International Women’s Day event featuring artist Michelle McMahon, delivered by Kilkenny County Council’s Biodiversity Office in collaboration with the Kilkenny Creative Ireland Programme Michelle shared
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Tea Houses | 14–21 March 2026 In partnership with Butler Gallery, the Tea Houses presents Reading Room: I Took a Hammer in My Hand, a week-long public reading room curated by Rachel
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From Hide to Heel (2025 – 2027) by visual artist Pauline O’Connell is a Public Arts project commissioned by Kilkenny County Council for their 2024 – 2027 programme and is supported by
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Artist Connect Mentoring is a contemporary visual art subsidised mentoring programme. Big Look in partnership with Kilkenny Arts Office is offering this online mentoring programme designed to provide subsidised access to a
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The Nore Review, Issue 2, is available to purchase online. An annual art journal that offers a small insight into art practices and artists working in Kilkenny – inviting contributors and commissioning
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Meet our current artist-in-residence, Kathryn Ashill (b. Neath, Wales), here on a short residency developing a new body of work for a 2026 exhibition! Join us for an Open Studio on Wednesday
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