Tarraing é i nGaeilge launching 7 October at 7pm

Tarraing é i nGaeilge launching 7 October at 7pm

Galway Cartoon Festival This is our fifth year welcoming the Galway Cartoon Festival. Although the festival is spread out over Galway city, each year we host the exhibition ‘Tarraing é i nGaeilge’, a fantastic array of all styles of cartoons as Gaeilge. Many National and International cartoonists visit Inis Oírr and mingle in the shops and pubs encouraging people to draw and even doing caricatures for the public for free. As part of Áras Éanna’s partnership with the Galway Cartoon Festival we welcome a cartoonist to spend 4 weeks on an artist residency. Joey Mason from Los Angeles was the...

Cuirt Cheoil na mBan – 4-6 October

Cuirt Cheoil na mBan – 4-6 October

Cúirt Cheoil na mBan – A traditional Irish music festival celebrating women and non-binary singers, dancers and musicians for the communities of Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin. 4th, 5th & 6th October 2024 What began as a one-off event for Culture Night in 2022, Cúirt Cheoil na mBan has now grown into a 3-day festival that happens at the end of the tourist season on two of the Aran Islands. This Irish language festival puts a focus on women and non-binary Traditional Irish musicians and aims to revive the traditional social nights that people would have hosted in their homes long ago....

AUCTION BODHRÁN@ÁRAS ÉANNA

AUCTION BODHRÁN@ÁRAS ÉANNA

Áras Éanna’s summer exhibition celebrates the bodhrán. ‘Craiceann’ the bodhrán summer school celebrated it’s 21st edition this year. Áras Éanna has hosted Craiceann every year and to celebrate it’s 21st birthday they have curated a wonderful diverse exhibition of the humble bodhrán. Twenty musicians who happen to be extremely talented visual artists received a specially commissioned canvas skinned bodhrán which was made by the very talented Bill Wright. Each artist had the freedom to express themselves by creating an artwork on the canvas. Each bodhrán is handmade using canvas for decoration purposes only and has a diameter of 18”. All...

Press release re BODHRÁN @ Áras Éanna. Exhibition

Press release re BODHRÁN @ Áras Éanna. Exhibition

‘Craiceann’, Inis Oírr’s bodhrán summer school has celebrated its’ 21st birthday with its’ annual gathering which was held from the 24th – 28th June. Since its’ foundation Craiceann has been held at Áras Éanna Arts Centre on beautiful Inis Oírr. Bodhrán players, from beginners to advanced, participate in classes, workshops, concerts and events and of course the legendary sessions each evening in the local hotels and pubs. Participants travel from the all over the world to attend this very special summer school. Áras Éanna arts centre, as a celebration of the Craiceann bodhrán summer school, commissioned Bill Wright to make...

Áras Éanna Open Call 2025

Áras Éanna Arts Centre Open Call 2025 Áras Éanna Ionad Ealaíne is the most westerly arts centre in Europe, located on the small Gaeltacht island of Inis Oírr in Co Galway. The centre supports artists through its Artist in Residence programme. We offer artists the time and space to develop their practice and show new work in the unique environment of this island, which has a population of just over 300 people. Áras Éanna have been welcoming artists on residencies to Inis Oírr for over twenty years. Inis Oírr is a spectacular island on the west coast of Ireland’s Atlantic...

Open call for Galway County artists to apply for May residency at Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr

Open call for Galway County artists to apply for May residency at Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr

Áras Éanna and Galway County Arts Office are delighted to announce an open call for Galway County artists to apply for a residency in May. Áras Éanna is the most westerly arts centre in Europe, located on the small Gaeltacht island of Inis Oírr in Co. Galway. The centre supports artists through its Artist in Residence programme. We offer artists the time and space to develop their practice and show new work in the unique environment of this island, which has a population of just under 300 people. Galway County Council is the leading agency engaged in local arts development...

Invitation to Tender for an Independent External Evaluation

Áras Éanna is seeking tenders from suitably qualified individuals or organisations to carry out an independent external evaluation on the pilot programme: AIR on the Edge – Artist International Residency Programme. More info here: https://aras-eanna.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/External-Evaluator-Call-out.docx  

AIR on the Edge

AIR on the Edge

Open Call: AIR on the Edge is a one-month international artist residency exchange between Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands and Serbia. It focuses on artists’ professional development, creating opportunities to engage with rural communities and connect with host organisations, communities, nature, heritage and cultural landscapes of a variety of rural places and cities. Creative professionals living or working in County Galway (Ireland), Fryslan (The Netherlands, Novi Sad (Serbia), Pirkanmaa (Finland) or Ringkøbing-Skjern (Denmark) are eligible and invited to apply for one of ten artistic residencies that will be awarded. Ten artists, two from each country, will be awarded a residency,...

Open call for artists to apply for residencies for 2024

Open call for artists to apply for residencies for 2024

Áras Éanna is delighted to announce an open call for artists to apply for residencies for 2024. Áras Éanna is the most westerly arts centre in Europe, located on the small Gaeltacht island of Inis OÍrr in Co Galway. The centre supports artists through its Artist in Residence programme. We offer artists the time and space to develop their practice and show new work in the unique environment of this island, which has a population of just under 300 people. We welcome applications from artists to come and live and work on Inis Oírr. We provide up to ten residencies...

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