Poetry… 28th-29th APRIL: POETRY DAY EVENTS IN WATERFORD 2022 26 Apr4 May Soundings Poetry Waterford Conference Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Waterford Thursday 28th & Fri 29th April 2022 Admission: Free Open to all 11 poets from all over Ireland read their…
Arts Opportunity… ARTS OPPORTUNITY – ACT WATERFORD 1 Dec26 Jan ACT Waterford is an interdisciplinary project which brings together Waterford City and County Council (WCCC) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in an exciting project funded by Creative Ireland Climate Action fund. Five different communities in…
Festival… WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2021 29 Sep26 Oct Waterford City, Thursday October 21st to Sunday 24th 2021 Thursday 21st Oct: Waterford Writers Weekend Schools Event 9:00 am. Online event. Click here for info. Explore Haiku poetry and celebrate…
Art… WINNER OF THE MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2021 ANNOUNCED 17 Sep23 Sep The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council, is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2021 is Patrick Holloway, Carrigaline, Co. Cork.…
Arts Council… DUNGARVAN – POETRY TOWN! 29 Jul22 Sep Poetry Ireland announces Dungarvan as one of 20 ‘Poetry Towns’ across Ireland The announcement was made by Poetry Ireland as part of the Poetry Town, initiative, which will see more…
Arts Office Projects… DUNGARVAN ART TRAIL – THE VERTIGO PROJECT 19 Jun30 Aug Dungarvan Town from the 7th of May to September Running from May through to September 2021, in various shop windows, the Arts Centre and Library throughout the coastal town of…
Arts Grants… GRANT: TED AND MARY O’REGAN 2021 ARTS BURSARY 6 Apr29 Apr Applications are now being invited for the seventeenth annual Ted & Mary O’Regan Arts Bursary. The Bursary was inaugurated in 2005 to honour the memory of a couple who made…
events… SPRAOI LUNCH FEST FOR DUNGARVAN 2 Dec11 Dec Award winning Waterford Spraoi will perform Lunch Fest in Dungarvan on Saturday next, December (5th). Coinciding with retail business re-openings ten Spraoi street performers plan to add a little magic,…
Arts Office Projects… MUSIC GENERATION WATERFORD NEWS 8 Apr17 Apr Music Generation Waterford has been extra busy over the last couple of weeks successfully migrating their tuition and workshops to an on-line basis. Through the use of their Facebook presence…
General… POSTPONED MODWORDS – FOUR WEEK WRITING WORKSHOP 19 Feb20 Mar Waterford Gallery Of Art - Saturdays, March 28th - April 25th 2020 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm In the lead up to Poetry Day Ireland, Modwords and Waterford Gallery Of Art…
Arts Opportunity… THE TYRONE GUTHRIE CENTRE ALLOCATION 2019 20 Jun Co. Waterford Artists supported with Residential Bursaries. The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council is pleased to announce the recipients of the bursaries to attend The Tyrone Guthrie Centre,…
General… SUMMER SOLSTICE SPOKES WITH FRANKIE GAFFNEY 13 Jun17 Jun Upstairs Phil Grimes Pub, Friday 21st June at 8pm. The 2019 Summer Solstice Spokes takes place on 21st June with special guest Frankie Gaffney who will talk about language and…
Education… MUSIC GENERATIONS’ OPEN CALL TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS 17 May Music Generation Waterford was established in January 2018 and commenced programming in September 2018. Since then we have established successful partnerships with 11 primary schools across Waterford City and County…
Arts Office Projects… TIME TO WRITE WITH LANI O’ HANLON – A THREE DAY WRITING RETREAT 16 May16 May Closing Date - 12:00pm Monday 27th May 2019 The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is offering Waterford Writers’ the opportunity to attend the Molly Keane Writers Retreat in…
events… ALZHEIMER’S TEA DAY – SO IT’S NOT FORGOTTEN! 13 May The final tally on the proceeds raised for the Alzheimer's Tea Day here in Waterford City & Co. Council was €1,162.28 (some tickets were returned unsold). We are absolutely thrilled…
Arts Grants… DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY – OPEN CALL: CREATIVE IRELAND GRANTS 2019 2 May28 May Deadline - May 24th 2019 at 4pm Creative Ireland Waterford announces Open Call grants 2019 for creative and cultural projects. Waterford City and County Council launches its Creative Ireland Open Call…
Film… WATERFORD FILM CENTRE – BECOME A MEMBER 25 Apr25 Apr Waterford Film Centre is an audio-visual arts co-op supported by Waterford City and County Council. We are dedicated to encouraging and supporting film production in the city and county. WFC…
General… POETRY DAY AT CAPPOQUIN LIBRARY 18 Apr18 Apr Carnegie Free Library, May 2nd 2019 at 7:30pm Readings by: Lismore poet Alan Murphy & Cappoquin’s own David O’Sullivan Display of poetry by local school students and the winners of…
General… CITIZENS’ DIALOGUE AT DUNHILL: REVITALISING RURAL IRELAND 13 Apr Dunhill Ecopark, Ballyphilip, Waterford. Monday 13 May 2019 7:00pm – 9:00pm Citizens’ Dialogue: Revitalising Rural Ireland - Empowering Communities through Social Enterprise The Europe Direct, Waterford Information Centre in partnership…
Arts Opportunity… DESIGN CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! BY WIT STUDENTS 8 Apr Sixteen students from Waterford Institute of Technology's year 4 BA (Hons) Design and Visual Communication put forward entries for the Waterford Cultural Quarter Design Challenge Competition. The results of which were on display…
General… THE WATERFORD INTERNATIONAL PIANO DAY 2019 27 Mar30 Mar Waterford International Piano Day March 29th 2019 with Emotion in Motion Waterford for the third consecutive year joins the world wide Piano Day events on the 88th day of the…
Arts Council… WATERFORD ARTLINKS BURSARIES AWARDED 22 Feb11 Mar The Artlinks partnership of local authorities Arts Offices in Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford has awarded over €60,000 to artists in the South East. Supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle…
Festival… WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS 2018 7 Dec19 Dec The 12th Waterford Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday ( 2nd Dec) to a packed house and was a great success! Filmmakers, writers and guests traveled from USA, UK, Europe…
Arts Office Projects… WINNERS OF THE WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE 2018 24 Nov25 Nov The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council announced the winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2018 at the launch event of the Waterford Writers Weekend at the Imagine…
General… WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2018 26 Oct1 Nov Waterford City, Friday Oct 26th to Sunday Oct 28th Waterford Writers Weekend celebrates the art and the craft of writing. This festival, devised and funded by the Library and Arts…
Festival… WELL FESTIVAL 2018 17 Sep Monday 8th of Sept to Sat 13th Oct 2018 Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing has just announced its programme for 2018, taking place Monday 8 to Saturday 13 October,…
Arts Council… SUMMER SING OUT HITS WATERFORD! 27 Jul1 Aug Garter Lane, Monday July 30th to August 1st, 11am to 3pm and ALL over the City! Experiencing Waterford City SprÓg Festival with Music Generation Waterford in a whole new way…
Art… 4TH ANNUAL SUMMER COLLECTION @ GALLERY 20TEN 17 Jul Gallery 20ten, 13th July to 8th September 2018, Wednesday to Saturday 1pm to 5pm Gallery 20ten presents their 4th annual summer collection. This exhibition features artists: Michaela Back, Blawnin Clancy,…
Arts Council… SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARTS PROGRAMME 2018/2019 3 Jul3 Jul The closing date for receipt of submissions is 12 noon on Monday 23rd July 2018. Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is now accepting expressions of interest from groups…
Arts Opportunity… GLOBAL INTEREST FOR THE 12TH WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL 28 Jun Fri 30th Nov to Sun 2nd Dec 2018 The 12th Waterford Film Festival is currently open for submissions! Since opening for Films and Scripts in April, the festival has all…
Arts Council… ANNE O’LEARY WINS MOLLY KEANE CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 2018 19 Jun25 Jun Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce that the winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2018 is Anne O’ Leary from Glanmire, Co.…
General… TEEN VOCAL CAMP 2018 31 May Blackwater Community College, June 27 - 29, 11am to 3pm daily. Music Generation Waterford invites teenagers to get involved in an exciting three day popular vocal camp from June 27th…
Arts Council… DANCE, ENVIRONMENT & THE OUTDOORS WORKSHOP 15 May15 May Garter Lane Arts Centre, 26th May 2018, 10-2pm Price: €15 Come & join the new Waterford Dance Artist-in-Residence Dee Grant in an inspiring professional development workshop experience for dancers &…
Arts Office Projects… TRADITIONAL ARTS BURSARY AVAILABLE FOR WATERFORD 17 Apr17 Apr The Closing Date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Monday 14th May 2018. Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance is an internationally accredited…
events… PIANO DAY 2018 13 Mar Various venues, Waterford City, 29th and 30th of March Piano Day 2018 - 88 Keys for Two Days Waterford joins worldwide Piano Day celebrations held on the 88th day of…
Art… CREATIVE IDENTITIES 18 Oct18 Oct Garter Lane Arts Centre, Monday 23rd Oct - 7:30pm to 9pm ‘Creative Identities’ has been developed in collaboration with Garter Lane Arts Centre and is partnered by IDI, (Institute of designers in Ireland),…
Arts Office Projects… FOCUS GROUP MEETING FOR MUSIC GENERATION THIS THURSDAY IN DUNGARVAN 24 Apr1 May Do you think music education is good for Children? Do you want every child to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument? Would you like to see music tuition…
