Garter Lane… IN THE WILLOWS IN GARTER LANE 23 Apr2 May Garter Lane Arts Centre, Sunday May 1st, 8pm Formed in late 2011 as an acoustic trio, Waterford band In The Willows have since grown to a six piece folk band…
General… OKLAHOMA IN THE THEATRE ROYAL 19 Apr13 May Theatre Royal, Waterford - May 3rd to 7th - 8pm Following their sold out award winning production of Carousel last year, Waterford Musical Society returns with another Rodgers and Hammerstein…
Film… FILM – HUBERT BUTLER: WITNESS TO THE FUTURE 19 Apr13 May Garter Lane Arts Centre, Sun 8 May, 19.30. Documentary film about the life and works of one of Irelands greatest writers, Hubert Butler. Operating as writer and market gardener from…
Arts Office Projects… WATERFORDARTS.COM IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO DEVELOP ITS WEB PRESENCE AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES 18 Apr19 Apr WATERFORDARTS.COM IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO DEVELOP ITS WEB PRESENCE AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES waterfordarts.com is expanding into a full service website in the coming months. It will…
General LE GALAXIE AT CENTRAL ARTS 30 Mar30 Mar Central Arts, Friday 29th April, 10pm Since their debut album, Le Galaxie have replicated the scene across clubs and venues, bars and fields, tents and countries, cities and towns, parties…
Art… MEMENTO MORI 24 Feb SOMA Contemporary Gallery, 5th March, 3.pm show runs until 1st May Solo Exhibition by Breda Lynch. Breda Lynch lives and works at Currabinny, County Cork. Her work is included in…
Art… IMMERSIVE VR EDUCATION – A TALK AT SOMA 24 Feb23 Feb Soma Contemporary Gallery, March 2nd, 6pm, Tickets €5 at the door. Soma's 9Lives series of talks presents Immersive VR Education : A presentation by David Whelan, C.E.O of Immersive VR Education…
Arts Council… SEAN DUNNE YOUNG POETS’ AWARD 2016 20 Jan Closing date 12 noon Wed 16th of March. The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is currently accepting entries for the Seán Dunne Young Poets’ Award 2016 which is…
Arts Council… MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2016 8 Jan Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting entries for the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2016. The late writer lived, until…
Arts Council… WATERFORD LITERATURE MENTORING SCHEME 2016 6 Jan Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office in association with Artlinks has been running a successful literature mentoring programme for the past five years. The Arts Office is now inviting…
Art… ENTROPY AT THE ROGUE’S GALLERY! 18 Dec22 Dec The Rogue's Gallery (formerly Hive) December 18th The Rogues Gallery is a new name for one of Waterford's most exciting exhibition spaces. Based in the former News & Star building…
Art… UPDATED NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE NEW ARTS PLAN 18 Dec5 Feb Notification of Public Meetings for the Arts. The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is hosting public meetings to discuss the development of the new Waterford Arts Strategy 2016-2021.…
Arts Opportunity… FÁILTE IRELAND SMALL FESTIVALS GRANTS 1 Dec4 Dec The Fáilte Ireland Regional Festival Initiative is aimed at supporting festivals and events which drive domestic tourism and have the potential to extend the tourism season.The emphasis is on strategic…
Arts Opportunity… THREE SISTERS 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE BID SHORTLISTED! 13 Nov22 Nov Following Pre-selection presentations in Dublin on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th of November The Three Sisters European Capital of Culture 2020 bid was shortlisted along with the Limerick and Galway…
General FREE VISUAL ARTISTS CAFÉ EVENT 12 Nov18 Nov November 25th, Visual Carlow, 11am. Artlinks in partnership with VAI are pleased to hold a free Visual Artists Café event on Wednesday 25th November 2015 from 11am to 4pm in…
General… THE UNLUCKY CABIN BOY – THEATRE ROYAL MONDAY 16TH 11 Nov18 Nov Theatre Royal, Monday November 16th, 8pm. Booking: boxoffice@theatreroyal.ie In 1885, a ship sailed out of Limerick Docks with a cargo of emigrants bound for the New World. It never came back......…
General PAT MURPHY – A RETROSPECTIVE – AT GREYFRIARS MUNICIPAL GALLERY 15 Oct4 Nov Venue: Greyfriars Gallery, Greyfriars Street, Waterford ++353(0)51849983. Opening Hours: 10am till 5pmTue/Sat Exhibition running from October 16th to Saturday November 7th till 5pm Admission FREE Presented by the Imagine Festival 2015 & Greyfriars…
Spoken Word ‘A BALL OF LIGHT IN ONE’S HAND’ 17 Sep The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council presents ‘A Ball of Light in One’s Hand’ Poetry Reading with Dungarvan & West Waterford Poets and guests plus musical interludes with…
General ARTS COUNCIL DEADLINES, AWARDS, COMMISSIONS 22 Jul15 Sep Latest Arts Council Deadlines for grants August 20 Visual arts project award This award supports projects and initiatives in the field of visual arts commencing in 2016. Please note that there…
Arts Office Projects… PROFESSIONAL 2 DAY BLACKMAGIC ‘URSA’ FILM TRAINING WORKSHOP JULY 24 & 25 13 Jul24 Jul Waterford Arts Services has procured the highly rated 4K Blackmagic Ursa Camera for filmwork. In association with FilmLAB we are running a 2 day hands-on intensive Camera course designed to…
Arts Office Projects… ARTISTS! DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE? 22 Jun5 Aug In a bid to win the title of European Capital of Culture for Ireland in 2020 the three counties of Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford have formed an alliance under the…
Arts Office Projects… ‘HOOKED’ PREMIERE FOR WATERFORD! 6 Jan2 Feb Central Arts, 123a Parade Quay, Waterford. Tuesday, January 27th @ 8pm (€12 preview), Wednesday, January 28th to Friday, January 30th @ 8pm (€15) & Saturday, January 31st @ 6pm (€15) Evil Little…
Arts Office Projects… TRAINING: WATERFORD NEW ARTS GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS 9 Dec17 Dec OILIÚINT: PROISÉAS IARRATAIS DO DHEONTAIS NUA EALAÍON PHORT LÁIRGE (Cliceáil Link) Waterford City & County Council has organised training sessions for the new online arts grants application process. The application process…
Arts Office Projects… SOMA (SCG) CHRISTMAS SHOW OPEN 6 Dec21 Dec Until; December 20th. Opening times Wednesday - Saturday 1pm - 5:30pm. SCG is happy to announce this years Christmas Holiday Exhibition including artists from Soma Studios, Hive Emerging Studios, Skapari…
Arts Office Projects… RUTH AHERN, ARTIST, MOTHER, WIFE AND FIERCE SOCCER ACE 4 Dec4 Dec Ruth was one of the first wave of professional young artists I met when I came to Waterford. She had a great glint in her eye, a dazzling smile and…
Arts Office Projects… THE ARTS OFFICER’S ANNUAL BRIEFING 17 Nov21 Dec Greyfriars Municipal Gallery 17.30 - 19.30 December 18th. Do you want to know what's on the arts books for 2015, or the state of the arts or what's happening with…
Arts Office Projects… KENNY MORRIS AT HIVE GALLERY, WATERFORD 15 Nov30 Nov Pearl Diver: Kenny Morris’s solo exhibition continues in Hive Emerging Gallery at 25 Michael Street, Waterford until November 29. Morris’s exhibition is a dramatic return to form by the enigmatic…
Arts Office Projects… WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 8th WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL 7 Nov15 Nov The winners of the Waterford Film Festival were announced on Sunday night (November 9) with the 1st prize going to They Call Me The Kid, director Mark Tehnusko, written by…
Arts Office Projects… MEMORIAL TO ‘THE BOY SOLDIER’ UNVEILED IN WATERFORD 28 Oct7 Nov A memorial to “The Boy Soldier”, Private John Condon, was unveiled at a special ceremony on Sunday May 18th with both Mayors of the City and County in attendance. Despite…
Arts Office Projects… PATRICK MORRISON RETROSPECTIVE AT GREYFRIARS 10 Oct15 Nov Greyfriars Municipal Gallery,October 16 to November 18 A major retrospective of the work of the late Patrick Morrison takes place in Greyfriars Municipal Gallery as parts of this year's Imagine…
Arts Opportunity… ARTS COUNCIL DEADLINES, AWARDS, COMMISSIONS 7 Oct21 Oct The Arts Council's web page changed recently. They have streamlined the application process for grants, and following a review of procedures, have re-categorized a number of areas that they previously…
Arts Office Projects… CULTURE NIGHT WATERFORD EXPLORE – EXPERIENCE – ENJOY 16 Sep7 Oct Friday September 19th from 6pm – late. Culture Night is a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure in Waterford City and County and across all Cities and Counties in Ireland.…
Arts Office Projects… WATERFORD GHOST STORY FESTIVAL UPDATE 13 Sep8 Oct The Ghost Story festival would like to thank everyone who has helped us with stories, information and offers of work. Unfortunately we are going to have to postpone the festival…
Arts Office Projects… ANTHONY HAYES AT SOMA CONTEMPORARY GALLERY 5 Sep7 Oct [(being) DIGITAL REVERIE] is the name of the solo show by Dungarvan based Artist Anthony Hayes at Soma Contemporary Gallery, Waterford. Born in Wimbledon, England to Irish parents, Tony studied…
Arts Office Projects… PAINTED CITY TO RETURNS TO GREYFRIARS! 20 Aug8 Sep Due to popular demand Painted City has returned to Greyfriars Municipal Gallery. Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm - Admission FREE The exhibition, featuring views of Waterford, is now also…
Film… SEPTEMBER IN THE THEATRE ROYAL 19 Aug16 Sep As the summer slowly fades into autumn and the days get a little bit shorter and chillier - the Theatre Royal has plenty for you to go and see on…
Arts Office Projects… DUNGARVAN TOWN HALL THEATRE PUBLIC MEETING 18 Aug8 Sep Your Theatre Your say… Waterford City and County Council invite you to get involved with the future of Dungarvan’s very own Theatre. We want to hear what you want to…
