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Anne Murray is an Irish and American artist and poet working in many different mediums. Anne’s poems focus on her experiences in different countries working on projects about identity and nationality
‘I’ll be your mirror’Brian HegartyAshford gallery Sept 2016Statement‘My current work appropriates used vinyl record sleeves to create new visual and contextual possibilities derived form their original design intent .This exhibition ‘I’ll be your mirror’ is a response to our cut
An audio visual exhibition by
Mark Templeton & Kyle Armstrong ( Canada )
30 sept – 14 nov 2015
Droichead Arts Centre
Presented by thirty three – 45
“Rapidly we approach the final phase of the EXTENSIONS of man –
From 2011 to 2014, I co-curated many exhibitions and events with local arts initiative ‘Nexus Arts’.‘ I see collaboration and my other extra curricular artistic pursuits as a really healthy part to my practice – like most artists i tend
This touring exhibition, shown both in Droichead Arts Centre and Galway Arts Centre, included six artists who encapsulate these ideas of identity in varying ways. They embrace the figurative traditions of the past and use them as a springboard for
A 12 hour concert with bed-and-breakfast included!An absurd idea? Maybe?A unique experience? Definitely!2014’s Drogheda Arts Festival saw the Irish premiere of a ‘Sleep Concert’ by Steven Stapleton the legendary avant garde musician best know under his guise as NURSE WITH
‘Insight – Insound’ was a one-day screening of audio-visual art. The event took place in Barlow House, one of the sites of Droichead Arts Centre.The premise of this exhibition was to showcase the work of artists/ filmmakers in which equal
GapFill: More Beauty, More Happiness was a solo exhibition by Alan Magee presented together with Highlanes Gallery. Opened on Culture Night, this show proposed a site-specific installation in The Old Schoolhouse along with some of Magee’s sculptural works.GapFill: More Beauty,
Internationally renowned Italian artist Erica il Cane was brought to Drogheda for the Drogheda Arts Festival to create a large mural that now envelops the outer-walls of the Droichead Arts Centre. The mural was painted over the course of the
‘THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW…..’Stefan Riebel’s dedication pieces series consists of a number of textual propositions realized as modest poetic interventions that are at once poignant, ironic and whimsical.These statements presented on windows, in shopping centres, on
Concrete AbstractionsArtist Dee Walsh a solo exhibition ‘Concrete Abstractions’ featured a selection of her most recent large scale paintings and drawings and was held in a pop up space on Drogheda’s West street. It was Walsh’s first solo exhibit in
As a closing event for the retrospective exhibition ‘Lost for words’ by Gee Vaucher, a performance night was hosted of poetry and music by ‘Crass’ founder Penny Rimbaud and musician Louise Elliott.Penny Rimbaud is a writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician
A 40 year retrospective of Gee Vaucher, the iconic visual artist and former member/artist of the legendary Anarcho Punk Band ‘Crass’. This was Gee’s first ever solo exhibition in Ireland. Complementing the exhibition there was a screening of the film
I don’t know where I amDrogheda artists Adrian+Shane have been working together since 1998. Using paint, collage, stencils, photos and video their practice is a mixture of playfullness and social commentary. Much of their work includes self-portraiture.The exhibition titled ‘I
This project was part of an initiative that would see the re-use of the empty commercial units in Drogheda’s town centre allowing allowed artists to create a dialogue with the town itself through site specific works. Artist David Booth created
