EXTENDING A WELCOME TO VISITING ARTISTS
09February2021February 9, 2021
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EXTENDING A WELCOME TO VISITING ARTISTS

As Áras Éanna celebrates its 21st year as an arts centre in 2021, we are set to expand our Artists in Residence programme. Over two decades now, it has been part of the culture of our Gaeltacht island that artists come and live among the people of Inis Oirr, taking inspiration from the island, its landscape, and people. And now Dara McGee, our Artistic Director, believes the time is right to expand our Artists in Residence programme throughout the year. “The island offers inspiration, it is a place where you can go and wander, contemplate, breathe, take in the beautiful...

A CALL OUT FOR YOUR ARAS EANNA MEMORIES!
28January2021January 28, 2021
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A CALL OUT FOR YOUR ARAS EANNA MEMORIES!

Did you know that Áras Éanna Ionad Ealaíne Inis Oírr is set to celebrate its 21st birthday in 2021? We have hosted an amazing array of artists, musicians, performers, and shows since 2000 and we are looking for your favourite memories from the most westerly arts centre in all of Europe! And now we want to hear back from artists who spent time here, any memories you have of your time among the island’s people, or the project you worked on. As we celebrate our 21st year, we also want to look back at the unique history of our beautiful...

A MAGIC CHIMNEY ON THE ISLAND
17December2020December 17, 2020
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A MAGIC CHIMNEY ON THE ISLAND

  There was great excitement in Inis Oirr this week when the biggest parcel in history arrived to the island. Santa Claus was unable to visit the Halla Mor in person this year because of social distancing, but he met up with the children of the island beside a new chimney which nobody had seen before. Our postman Máirtín announced that the biggest parcel in history had landed on the island. Inside was a letter from Santa Claus and … a Magic Chimney! He knew that every boy and girl on Inis Oirr had been good this year. And he...

INIS OIRR GOES ‘NATIONWIDE’
10December2020December 10, 2020
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INIS OIRR GOES ‘NATIONWIDE’

The stunning exhibition of photographs of Inis Oirr during the first lockdown by Cormac Coyne is featured on ‘Nationwide’ on RTEOne television this Friday (7pm). The photos were hosted online by Aras Eanna Ionad Ealaíone when arts centres across the country were closed and attracted interest from all across the globe. One lady even contacted him by letter from Tennessee to thank Cormac for the beauty of his photos at a time when people could not travel far from home. Reporter Anne Cassin and a cameraman came to Inis Oirr to interview Cormac at his home and the local school,...

THE CARTOONS ARE BACK
07December2020December 8, 2020
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THE CARTOONS ARE BACK

Tá taispeántas cartún in Aras Eanna athoscailte ó Mháirt go Satharn (12 meánlae go 3 in) go dtí an Nollaig. B’éigean na taispeántais ‘Tarraing E i nGaelige’ agus ‘Grace Gifford’ a dhúnadh nuair a tháinig na srianta Leibhéal 5 i bhfeidhm an mhí seo caite. Chomh maith le cartúin ón laoch réabhlóideach Éireannach Grace Gifford, tá cuid de na cartúnaí nua-aimseartha is fearr in Éirinn le feiceáil, lena n-áirítear Tom Mathews, Aengus Collins, Donal Casey, and Allan Cavanagh. Bhí na cartúin mar chuid d’Fhéile Cartúin na Gaillimhe i mí Dheireadh Fómhair. Buail isteach chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar ealaín na...

23November2020November 23, 2020
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INIS OIRR TO BECOME A MECCA FOR ARTISTS

Street and circus artists from all over Europe got to hear about a new project to build a unique artistic residency on the beautiful Gaeltacht island of Inis Oirr during an international seminar which took place online recently. Artists attending the Fresh Street #4 conference, which was originally supposed to take place in Turin, Italy, heard Dara McGee of Áras Éanna Ionad Ealaíne and Lucy Medlycott of the ISACS (Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle) Network talk about their love of the island and the inspiration it gives to visiting artists. “It’s the most westerly arts centre in all of...

21October2020October 22, 2020
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ACROBATS AIM FOR INIS OIRR!

A recent call out for street artists and performers to take time out on the beautiful island of Inis Oirr in partnership with Aras Eanna has had a huge response from all across Ireland. The Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network (ISACS) were taken aback by the huge interest among performers in the chance to enjoy a month-long residency on the smallest of the Aran Islands in association with Aras Eanna Ionad Ealaiona. An acrobatic hand to hand performance company, Cikada Circus, were selected for the first month long residency on the island this month. Led by Henrik Gard,...

02October2020October 2, 2020
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TWO CARTOON EXHIBITIONS AT ARAS EANNA

Not many people realise that there is a very healthy culture of producing cartoons in Irish throughout the country and this year Aras Eanna, Inis Oírr, is delighted to host an exhibition of some of the best of them. This is the first year that the Galway Cartoon Festival is moving outside the city and we are delighted to host comic strips, illustrations, and topical cartoons by a selection of Irish artists. The festival held its first exhibition of Irish language cartoons in 2019 and this year it hosts two, as there is also an exhibition at the Galway 2020...

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