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February 2026

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Kathryn Ashill Artist in Residence Open Studio

February 13, 2026
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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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Your Voice Matters Programme 2026

February 12, 2026
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Following on from the success of the previous three years, our fourth and final programme continues to support the professional development of writers across the county of Kilkenny. In 2026, we’ve added

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Ceceila Graham & Niamh Seana Meehan Residency at the Teahouse

February 12, 2026
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A research and development residency with artist Niamh Seana Meehan and practitioner Cecelia Graham at the Tea Houses, 28 January to 2 February 2026. “Our short residency in Kilkenny unfolded through warmth,

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Sewing Seeds- A Seasonal Making Project

February 9, 2026
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As part of Kilkenny Arts Office’s community arts and climate action 2025 programme we continue to deliver projects as part of our Waste Not Want Not programme. This programme is a natural

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Kilkenny County Council Arts Office – Open Call for Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet 2026 & Poetry Workshop

February 9, 2026
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Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the annual call for submissions for the twenty‑sixth issue of the Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet. We invite Kilkenny‑based poets, or poets born in Kilkenny,

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Teacher Artist Partnership+ Summer Course. TAP+ i 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 selection for participation in TAP+ Summer Course and subsequent TAP+ Residencies in the 2026/27 School year. All creative practitioners who complete the TAP+ Summer Course will be on the Local and National Register of TAP+ Trained Creative Practitioners and will be eligible to be offered a BLAST in school Residency. They will also have the opportunity to apply for Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Programme ArtEd. For full details visit www.kilkennyarts office.ie
The Tea Houses is delighted to invite you to the l The Tea Houses is delighted to invite you to the launch of Bernadette Kiely's new book, BERNADETTE KIELY: We Look at the World Once... Selected Works and Words 2015–2025, on Saturday 11 April from 3.00pn to 5.00pm at no.1 Bateman Quay. Kiely is a Kilkenny-based artist and Aosdána member, known for her powerful portrayals of the fragility of the natural world. The book will be launched by Dr. Ciara Healy of Limerick School of Art and Design, and the afternoon will include readings, a short film screening and light refreshments. Signed copies will be available on the day. #kilkennyartist#kilkenny#kilkennycountycouncil
Kilkenny Artists Café- Gathering and Planning. Cur 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 Artists Café is an initiative aimed at creating an informal space for artists to come together and discuss issues, discover new approaches and meet other artists, over a cuppa! These sessions will take place in the Tea Houses on the last Saturday of each month, with a theme for each meet up. For the first session we will gather and plan, both individually and collectively, how we want the Café to run this summer. The Café is limited to 15 people each time so please book your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/kilkenny-artists-cafe-tickets-1986889587241 #kilkenny#kilkennyartists#kilkennycountycoincil#
'One' by @Eamon_colman The Tea Houses | 1st-9th Ap 'One' by @Eamon_colman The Tea Houses | 1st-9th April The Tea Houses is delighted to exhibit One, opening today, where Irish artist Eamon Colman presents a single work on paper. 'One' is about slow looking and a reflection on how we might re-engage with the world in a period of fast scrolling. This exhibition offers something increasingly rare: the possibility of simply staying, looking and allowing time to do its work. Visitors are invited to sit in Colman's studio chair in front of the painting, creating a quiet but deliberate invitation to sit, pause and look. Curated by Shane Gallagher & Shannon Carroll as part of the Spring & Summer Programme at The Tea Houses. Presented as part of the Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Programme Weekday opening times: 12:30–2:30 & 5:30–7:30pm. Saturday opening time: 11:00 am-4:30 pm Artist talk: Saturday 4th April at 3pm. Closed Easter Sunday 5th & Monday 6th April. #painting #slowlooking #slowlook #eamoncolman
PLACES ARE FILLING UP FAST. LIMITED SPACES AVAILAB PLACES ARE FILLING UP FAST. LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE ON OUR WONDERFUL SEWING SEEDS PROGRAMME. BOOKING ESSENTIAL #communityarts #climateaction #circularliving @artscouncilireland @kilkennycoco
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted t Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the annual call for submissions for the twenty‑sixth issue of the Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet. We invite Kilkenny-based poets, or poets born in Kilkenny, to submit poems for consideration. The aim of the Broadsheet remains to provide a strong platform for local writers and to support the vibrant poetry community within the county. We are thrilled to have Jane Robinson as this year’s editor. Last year, over seventy writers answered the call for submissions, sending in 133 poems for consideration, with twenty‑five poems selected for publication. Full details and download the application form at: https://kilkennyartsoffice.ie/kilkenny-county-council-arts-office-open-call-for-kilkenny-poetry-broadsheet-2026-poetry-workshop/
‘From Hide to Heel’ part of Kilkenny County Counci ‘From Hide to Heel’ part of Kilkenny County Councils Public Arts Programme, is a social practice public art film project (due Spring 2027) that explores and celebrates the intertwined industrial, agricultural, and craft histories of Kilkenny City, County and region, told through the story of a single, everyday object – the shoe. ✨ Upcoming Free Events 📍 Join Professor Mary E. Daly, Emeritus Professor of History at University College Dublin (UCD), for her presentation in response to the project themes: ‘Irish women’s working lives in town and country from the 1930s.’ 🗓 11 April | ⏰ 2–4pm 📍 The Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle, R95 YRK1 & 📍 Join Emma Gilleece, Architectural Historian, for her presentation in response to the project themes: ‘Form, Function and Footwear: State Ambition and the Industrial Modernism of Kilkenny’ with a factory tour. 🗓 25 April | ⏰ 2–4pm 📍 Padmore & Barnes (The Boot Factory), Wolfe Tone Street, R95 C1WP With a special thanks to the Roberts family for their support. 🎟 Free events but booking required — via Eventbrite or visit kilkennyartsoffice.ie 🎥 Please note: events will be filmed. @kilkennycountycouncil @kilkennyartsoffice @housing.localgov.heritage #publicarts #percentforarts #community #20242027programmekilkenny
Contemporary Visual Art Subsidised Mentoring Progr Contemporary Visual Art Subsidised Mentoring Programme. Kilkenny Arts Office in partnership with Big Look is offering this online mentoring programme designed to provide subsidised access to a mentoring programme in contemporary painting and drawing practice to artists living and working within the Kilkenny County Council administrative area. This mentoring programme will provide a framework and set of tools for artists to reflect on their existing painting practice and find new opportunities to develop and refine a cohesive vision for their work. Between 6-8 participants will join the programme working together online with an in-person session hosted by the Arts Office in Kilkenny in April and June. This programme is suitable both for new applicants as well as for applicants who availed of the programme last year, who can demonstrate the potential to build on top of the outocme of their prior participation. For those applicants who availed of the programme last year, please note, that the programme will follow a new structure and topics – see below for more. There will be an information session about the mentoring programme on 12th March at 5.30pm. Attendance of this is mandatory if you are intending to apply for this opportunity. Visit www.kilkennyartsoffice.ie for full details. #kilkenny#kilkennyartists#Kilkennyarts#kilkennycountycouncil#kilkenny
Kilkenny Arts Office in partnership with Big Look Kilkenny Arts Office in partnership with Big Look is offering this online mentoring programme designed to provide subsidised access to a mentoring programme in contemporary painting and drawing practice to artists living and working within Kilkenny. This programme is suitable both for new applicants as well as for applicants who availed of the programme last year, who can demonstrate the potential to build on top of the outocome of their prior participation. There will be an information session about the mentoring programme on 12th March at 5.30pm. Attendance of this is mandatory if you are intending to apply for this opportunity. For full details & to book onto the information session visit www.kilkennyartsoffice.ie #kilkenny#kilkennyarts#kilkennyartists#artscouncil#kilkennycountycouncil
The Nore Review, Issue 2, is available to purchase 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 new writing to capture the vitality of the arts in this place and at this time. This issue includes writing from Kate Fahey, Tara McGinn in response to the work of Saturio Alonso, Sara Muthi giving an overview of Brown Mountain Diamond’s recent RURAL LIFE 1.0 project and Róisín Power Hackett reflects on the 25 year anniversary of KCAT. Purchase online via PayPal, €4.50 incl. postage, please leave a note with name and address. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thenorereviewcountry.x=IE&locale.x=en_US. Also available to purchase in the Butler Gallery shop. Edited by Rachel Botha. Design by Cóilín O’Connell. [Cover image by Amelia Caulfield, featuring artist Sinéad Fahey.) Kindly funded by Kilkenny Arts Office and the Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council, Ireland.
DEADLINE REMINDER! Performing Arts Forum is delig DEADLINE REMINDER! Performing Arts Forum is delighted to be working with Kilkenny County Council Arts Office to offer one bursary for Theatre Arts practitioners based in the Kilkenny County area to attend the Performing Arts Forum Gathering in Belfast on 26 and 27 May 2026. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS: MONDAY 5PM 2nd MARCH 2026 Visit the following link for full details: https://kilkennyartsoffice.ie/performing-arts-forum-belfast-gathering-kilkenny-arts-office-ticket-bursary/
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR Artist Connect Bursa APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR Artist Connect Bursary for Spring 2026 The aim of the bursary is to enable artists to create opportunities for themselves and other artists across art forms to come together to network, build relationships, share knowledge and skills. For full details visit: https://kilkennyartsoffice.ie/artist-connect-bursary.../ Closing date for applications is March 2nd at 4pm
Help bring this year’s Bookville Book to life! You Help bring this year’s Bookville Book to life! You can design, illustrate, and create the content on your own, or combine your talents with a partner and apply together. For full details and brief visit www.kilkennyartsoffice.ie #kilkennyartists #bookville #kilkenny
Find more information about the programme and how Find more information about the programme and how to book for the info session visit www.kilkennyartsoffice.ie #kilkennyarts #kilkennywriters #kilkennyartists
SEWING SEEDS Details of the Winter season are here SEWING SEEDS Details of the Winter season are here.... places are limited on this wonderful seasons of making so book early to avoid disappointment @kilkennycoco @artscouncilireland
SEWING SEEDS A four season creative journey explo SEWING SEEDS A four season creative journey exploring circular design, textile waste, and community action. Each season is led by a different artist, guiding you through making, mending, upcycling, and connecting with local eco groups. Join one block—or all four—and grow your skills sustainably Booking details: email ann.carroll@kilkennycoco.ie SUBSIDISED COST 1 SEASON €50 / 2 SEASONS € 90 3 SEASONS €120 / 4 SEASONS €150 @aranameliamurph @lynn_haughton_ @jeniroddy @artscouncilireland @kilkennycoco For full details visit the Sewing Seeds post on the Arts Office Blog: https://kilkennyartsoffice.ie/sewing-seeds-a-seasonal-making-project/
KILKENNY POETRY BROADSHEET ISSUE 2026 Kilkenny Co KILKENNY POETRY BROADSHEET ISSUE 2026 Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the annual call for submissions for the twenty‑sixth issue of the Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet. We invite Kilkenny-based poets, or poets born in Kilkenny, to submit poems for consideration. The aim of the Broadsheet remains to provide a strong platform for local writers and to support the vibrant poetry community within the county. We are thrilled to have Jane Robinson as this year’s editor. Last year, over seventy writers answered the call for submissions, sending in 133 poems for consideration, with twenty‑five poems selected for publication. Full details and download the application form at: https://kilkennyartsoffice.ie/kilkenny-county-council-arts-office-open-call-for-kilkenny-poetry-broadsheet-2026-poetry-workshop/
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Wednesday 11th February at 5pm in St Canice's Neig Wednesday 11th February at 5pm in St Canice's Neighbourhood Hall Join a relaxed community event with conversations about art, research & health with researchers from UCD and the Cut From the Same Cloth tapestry - a powerful artwork by award-winning artist Lorna Donlon that celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of people across Ireland today. Attendees will hear about health topics that affect everyday life and see how people’s experiences can shape research. There will be time for people to chat, ask questions, and share their own views in a relaxed and informal setting.
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