Event: Ciara O’Connor and Cristín Leach in conversation at Garter Lane Arts Centre
Date: 9th October (Thursday)
Time: 11.30 am
Duration: 45 minutes/1 hour
Fee: Free
Venue: Garter Lane Theatre
Booking: Details below
Link: https://garterlane.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173662831/events
Website link: https://garterlane.ie/events/c-p-d-ciara-oconnor-in-conversation-with-cristin-leach/
About Ciara O’Connor
Ciara O’Connor is a Kerry-based visual artist who works primarily with textiles and free-motion embroidery. Her work is figurative and deals with themes of identity, feminism, trauma and recovery. She is interested in pushing the boundaries of traditional techniques to tell contemporary stories.
Since returning to her practice in 2019 she has been selected for 15 group shows, including Following Threads in Crawford Art Gallery, and RUA and RSA Annuals. She had her first solo show in Garter Lane Arts Centre, 2022, and has featured in FAIRE, Image Magazine, The Irish Examiner, The Kerryman, and VAN Jan/Feb 2024. Her second solo show opens from Sept 6 in Garter Lane Arts Centre.
You can view more of Ciara’s work on her Instagram.
About Cristín Leach
Cristín Leach is a leading Irish art critic, author and broadcaster whose critically acclaimed memoir Negative Space was published in 2022. A writer for The Sunday Times Ireland for 20 years, her short fiction, essays, journalism, collaborative and hybrid texts have been widely published, including in Winter Papers, The Mersey Review, Irish Arts Review, Irish Writers Handbook, competition anthologies and artist books, and broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.
About the Event
Join Ciara and Cristín as they discuss Ciara O’Connor’s new thread-based exhibition “Grief’s Current Shape” in Garter Lane Arts Centre.
How to Book:
Simply follow the link: https://garterlane.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173659305
Please make sure to book enough tickets for both students and teachers attending.