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SUMMARY:EXHIBITION: HOW TO TELL A HAWK FROM A HANDSAW: Abstract Art from the Waterford Art Collection
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition presents a selection of both historic and newly acquired abstract artworks from the permanent Waterford Art Collection. Alongside artworks can also be found archival information\, newspaper cuttings\, and descriptions from the artists themselves\, as well as critique by a cross-section of individuals invited and interested in demystifying this still often divisive visual language. \nArtworks on show by: Arthur Armstrong\, Shelia Naughton\, Colin Middleton\, Aidan Dunne\, Phoebe Donovan\, Julie Cusack\, Anne Yeats\, Susan Connolly\, Ciara Rodgers\, Jonathan Wade\, Susan Montgomery\, Darragh Lyons\, Evie Hone\, John McHarg and more… \n12 February – 20 June 2026 \nSharing & Printing\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITION: Robert Jackson\, ‘As Below so Above’ at WGOA
DESCRIPTION:Waterford Gallery of Art is delighted to present ‘as below\, so above’\, a solo exhibition of new and recent paintings by Robert Jackson. Launching 6pm on 26th February\, this free exhibition runs until 20 June 2026. \nRobert Jackson is a painter and printmaker based in Fife\, Scotland. Jackson spent his early years in Waterford and attended Newtown School and the Central Technical Institute before studying Fine Art Printmaking at the National College of Art and Design\, Dublin\, and receiving his MFA from Duncan Jordanstone College of Art and Design\, Dundee. \nHis artwork is held in private and public collections worldwide including the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland\, and Waterford Healing Arts Trust\, and the Waterford Gallery of Art. Jackson has won numerous commissions and awards and has previously exhibited work nationally and internationally including at the RHA Annual Exhibitions\, AIB National Gallery of Ireland Portrait Prize\, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition\, Royal Society of Miniature Painters\, the Scottish National Portrait Awards\, and most recently at Cahir Arts. \nThis exhibition brings together a selection of Jacksons many and distinct series of works developed over the last 15 years including miniature portraiture and skyscapes (Tiny Skies)\, fragmented dream infused landscapes (Interruption Paintings)\, meticulous lace fabric studies (Secret and Solitary Vice)\, and an incredibly ambitious new large scale work developed specifically for the exhibition\, ‘Your soul is a chosen landscape’. \nOpen Tuesday – Saturday until 20 June 2026\nLaunch\, 6pm 26th February\nAdmission free \nSharing & Printing\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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SUMMARY:‘WHERE OXLIPS AND THE NODDING VIOLET GROWS’ – JOESEPH HEFFERNAN
DESCRIPTION:‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’ | Joseph Heffernan \nExhibition dates: 9 May–6 June 2026 \nGOMA \n  \nJoseph Heffernan is an Irish artist based in Backwater Artist Studios\, Cork. Working across painting\, drawing\, text and assemblage/installation his practice is concerned with identity\, rituals\, performance and how memory is constructed. \n  \nHeffernan’s sculptural work uses found\, antique and reclaimed materials to examine how objects can carry meaning. They are often devotional in nature and question how we chose to assign significance to things in order to construct and poeticise personal narratives. These assemblages and installations provide a theatrical setting for his paintings\, drawings and texts. \n  \nHis current body of work and upcoming exhibition ‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows‘ imagines a speculative narrative dominated by a game referred to as ‘The Ceremony of the Flowers’. While the rules of this game are only alluded to they seem to be an abstract synthesis of poetry\, mathematics and esoteric knowledge that envisage the world as an abstruse place full of elaborate rituals involving obscure signs and symbols. It functions as an intercessor of sorts between the mundanity of the world and the quasi divine. In the process the work asks questions about belief and the things that we chose to put our faith in. \n  \nCurated by Aideen Quirke \n  \nImage: ‘I have looked at it so long I think is a part of my heart\, oil on linen\, 50 x 40cm\, Joseph Heffernan\, 2025 \n  \n‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’ runs at GOMA Waterford from 9 May – 6 June 2026 \n  \nRegular gallery opening hours: 11am–5pm\, Tues-Sat | Free admission \nInstagram @Josephheffernan.art Website http://www.josephheffernanartist.com \nSharing & Printing\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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SUMMARY:CREATIVE PRACTITIONER CALL OUT
DESCRIPTION:CREATIVE PRACTITIONER CALL OUT \nCreative practitioners with a broad range of creative practices\, all are welcome! \nDrama\, music\, glass maker\, visual arts\, weavers\, environmental\, archaeologists\, baker… \nWE WANT YOU!! \nClosing Date: 5th June \nSharing & Printing\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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SUMMARY:Waterford Poetry Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Arts Office\, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the Waterford Poetry Prize 2026. This competition is open to all writers currently living on the island of Ireland. This prize has emerged from the influence of the late Waterford writer Seán Dunne whose poetry continues to inspire. \nThe winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2026 will be announced at the closing event of the Waterford Writers Weekend on Sunday 25th October 2026. This year the Arts Office is pleased to welcome back the poet\, essayist and librettist\, Jessica Traynor as adjudicator. \nThere is no age limit and no entry fee for the Waterford Poetry Prize 2026. The first prize is €600. Second prize is €400 and third prize is €300. The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 14th August 2026 at 10am. \nOnline entries only will be accepted on the Waterford Submit link https://submit.link/4VE  or via this QR code. \n \nSharing & Printing\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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