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SUMMARY:Poetry Day Waterford 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Waxed Lemon presents Poetry Day Waterford 2026 \nA day full of free events across the city. \n \nThe Sound of Poetry\nPoets and musicians perform iconic poems and the music they inspired\n1pm\, Waterford Gallery of Art \nPoetry Workshop\nPoetry Workshop with Lani O’Hanlon\n2-4pm\, Waterford Gallery of Art \nBealtaine Dusk Chorus\nGuest reading by poet Mary Howlett\n6pm\, Carrickpherish Library \nHome: A Poetry Reading\nWith poets Mark Roper\, Lani O’Hanlon and Cliodhna Bhreathnach\n9.30pm\, GOMA \nTullys Open Mic\nA special Poetry Day open mic\n7pm\, Tully’s Bar \nHome at Christchurch\nWayne Power presents an evening of poetry and music\n8pm\, Christchurch Cathedral \nFree Admission to all events. \nKindly supported by the Arts Office of Waterford City & Council \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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LOCATION:Waterford
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SUMMARY:Audio-Described Tour: Joseph Heffernan | ‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’
DESCRIPTION:Join us at GOMA Waterford on Thursday 28 May from 11.00am–12.30pm for a special audio descriptive tour of ‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’\, a solo exhibition of work by Joseph Heffernan at GOMA Waterford\, led by the exhibition’s curator Aideen Quirke. This tour takes place as part of the 2026 Bealtaine Festival\, Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and ageing. \n  \nAudio descriptive tours are designed to make art accessible to everyone. In this tour\, Aideen will guide visitors through the exhibition with rich\, detailed verbal descriptions of the works\, bringing the visual world of the show into vivid focus for visitors who are blind\, have low vision\, or are experiencing difficulties with their vision. \n  \nAs well as describing the works themselves\, the tour will offer insight into their artistic and thematic significance\, providing a deeper understanding of Heffernan’s layered and symbol-rich practice. \n  \nAideen Quirke is independent curator and artist from Co Tipperary\, based in Cork City. \n  \nAll welcome | Free admission \n‘𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀’ 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 – 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 \nAbout Joseph Heffernan: \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. \nGOMA website: ‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’ | Joseph Heffernan \nJoseph Heffernan website \nJoseph Heffernan Instagram \n  \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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LOCATION:GOMA\, 6 Lombard St\,\, Waterford\,\, Waterford\, X91 F2XP\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Goma Gallery of Modern Art,Talk
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