Galway Arts Centre

Youth Lates returns with another night of incredible live music on November 15th 🎶

Designed for young people (ages 16–19), we have another night of Youth Lates with a fantastic lineup - whether you’re coming to perform or enjoy, this night is all about having a space to participate in Galway’s vibrant night life!

🔥 Special Guest Performance by Metanoia, a standout Galway band inspired by ’90s alternative, indie pop, post-punk, and funk, bringing catchy hooks and a powerful rhythm. Supported by Swallow Sorrow, a fresh indie trio already making waves in Galway’s music scene, delivering unique alt-edge vibes that keep the crowd wanting more.

🗓️ November 15, 7:30pm - 10pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre
ℹ️ For more info, tickets, and open mic sign-up, head to www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/youth-lates-3/

Youth Lates is led by Galway City Council in partnership with Youth Work Ireland Galway, Galway City Comhairle na nÓg, Music Generation Galway City, and Galway Arts Centre | Nuns Island Theatre. Proudly supported by Galway City Council Night-Time Economy and Creative Ireland Programme, and funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media.

Discover compelling installations now on display at Galway Arts Centre as part of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts:

✨ John Carson’s Carson Street, a humorous yet insightful mockumentary tracing the artist’s link to a Pittsburgh street sharing his name, unraveling colonial histories of place and identity.

✨ Temporary Services / Half Letter Press / Public Collectors & Breakdown Break Down Press, featuring a curated selection of publications by Marc Fisher and Brett Bloom that explore new networks, environmental issues, and the preservation of overlooked cultural archives.

✨ Lily Van Oost’s legacy, showcased through rare drawings, photographs, and personal documents that illuminate her feminist and environmental ethos from her cottage studio in Kerry’s Black Valley. Lily of the Valley, a 13-minute film by Michael Holly and Mieke Vanmechelen, reflects on Van Oost’s beliefs, with restored slides from her contributions to the Women Artists Action Group (WAAG).

📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick St Lower
🗓️ 1–17 November, as part of
⏰ Mon-Sat 10–5pm | Sun 12–5pm
🔗 Full programme available at www.tulca.ie

REMINDER Galway Arts Centre's final Artist Development workshop Creative Grant Writing with Kate Strain is on Monday, 4th November!

In this workshop curator Kate Strain will focus on how to write about your art practice for proposals, grants and funding applications. The workshop will include a presentation on how Strain approaches writing about work in development with a view to securing funding to realise projects, and how she supports artists to develop their practice, build capacity and engage with new opportunities.

This will be followed by a practical session where Strain will guide participants through application writing best practice using a draft case study.

The workshop is currently SOLD OUT however, there is a waiting list available at: www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/creative-grant-writing-with-kate-strain/

🗓️ 4 November, 4:40pm - 7:30pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre

Organised by curator and writer larlaith Ní Fheorais
Funded by Galway Culture Company

The TULCA Festival of Visual Arts opens today! Join us at Galway Arts Centre, where we’re thrilled to present works by John Carson and Michael Holly as part of the TULCA programme.

The Salvage Agency, explores the potential of art to impact contemporary ecology and environmental action. Curator Michele Horrigan notes, "Galway, on the edge of the northeast Atlantic, is a unique location for a heightened awareness of what’s at stake. Explorations of landscape, seascape and nature, public space, colonial history, political structures, the industrial complex, and folk narratives are all pertinent. These are paths taken by our collective society in shaping today’s world and a contemporary Europe. Can art create an undercurrent of improvisation and frugality, haphazard formality, and change to offer new perspectives, provocations, and empathy? From the wreckage, can art nourish a new reality?”

🗓️ 1–17 November
🔗 View the full TULCA programme at www.tulca.ie/home

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TULCA Festival of Visual Arts presents its 22nd edition, The Salvage Agency, curated by Michele Horrigan, from 1–17 November. This year’s festival unfolds across multiple Galway venues, including here at Galway Arts Centre, showcasing works by John Carson and Michael Holly.

Recognised as the west of Ireland’s key contemporary art festival, TULCA connects Galway’s art institutions, cultural spaces, and public realms in an annual celebration of compelling Irish and international art that speaks to our times.

The Salvage Agency questions the agency of art within contemporary ecology and environmental action. Curator Michele Horrigan explains, "Galway, on the edge of the northeast Atlantic, is a unique location for a heightened awareness of what’s at stake. Explorations of landscape, seascape and nature, public space, colonial history, political structures, the industrial complex, and folk narratives are all pertinent. These are paths taken by our collective society in shaping today’s world and a contemporary Europe. Can art create an undercurrent of improvisation and frugality, haphazard formality, and change to offer new perspectives, provocations, and empathy? From the wreckage, can art nourish a new reality?”

📅 1–17 November
🔗 Explore the full TULCA programme through at www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/tulca-festival-2024/ and stay tuned for exhibition highlights from Galway Arts Centre.

Galway Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the final workshop as part of our Artist Development Series organised by curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais: Creative Grant Writing with Kate Strain

In this workshop curator Kate Strain will focus on how to write about your art practice for proposals, grants and funding applications. The workshop will include a presentation on how Strain approaches writing about work in development with a view to securing funding to realise projects, and how she supports artists to develop their practice, build capacity and engage with new opportunities.

This will be followed by a practical session where Strain will guide participants through application writing best practice using a draft case study.

Kate Strain is a contemporary art curator and founding director of Kunstverein Aughrim in County Wicklow. From 2016 to 2021, she served as Artistic Director of Grazer Kunstverein in Austria, commissioning solo exhibitions and collaborative projects by major international artists. She co-founded the Department of Ultimology, a research body focused on studying what is dead or dying, and collaborates with Rachael Gilbourne in the curatorial practice RGKSKSRG. Strain has also worked as Acting Curator at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, and regularly lectures on curatorial practice, art history, and contemporary art at international institutions.

🗓️ 4 November, 4:40pm - 7:30pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre
🎟️ Free – Booking Essential at: www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/creative-grant-writing-with-kate-strain/

Funded by Galway Culture Company

Youth Lates is back on October 25th!

After a fantastic first night, Youth Lates is back for another night of live music and an open mic, designed by young people, for young people (ages 16-19). Whether you’re stepping up to perform or coming along to enjoy, it’s not to be missed!

🔥 Special Guest Performance by Adore, a garage punk band blending surf, disco, and pop influences with a killer sound Supported by Moonlight Eclipse, a young rock band from Athenry!

🗓️ October 25, 7:30pm - 10pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre
ℹ️ For more info, tickets and open mic sign up head to www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/youth-lates-2/

Youth Lates led by Galway City Council in partnership with Youth Work Ireland Galway, Galway City Comhairle na nÓg, Music Generation Galway City, and Galway Arts Centre | Nuns Island Theatre is a pilot project running from October to December 2024. This initiative offers young people a safe and engaging space to participate in Galway’s vibrant night-time economy. Youth Lates is proudly supported by Galway City Council Night-Time Economy and Galway City Council Creative Ireland Programme. This initiative is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Artist Laura Angell with Adam Stoneman from Creative Ireland Galway City during a visit to Little Monsters!

There are only two days left to catch this incredible exhibition at Galway Arts Centre.

Laura Angell’s vibrant textile works explore the complexities of success, failure, and the need for approval in an increasingly digital world. Her bold use of materials like embroidery and crochet invites us to reflect on the pressures we face while offering a playful message of self-acceptance.

📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick St
🗓️ Exhibition runs until 21 October

⏰ Opening Hours ⏰
Mon-Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sun: 12pm - 5pm

We've had so much fun seeing all the creative emoji artworks made by visitors to Little Monsters, part of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children at Galway Arts Centre this year!

This ever growing wall of emojis has been an incredible way for attendees to express themselves and contribute to the exhibition. From smiles to silly faces, each piece adds a unique touch to the exhibition.

If you haven’t already, come visit and add your own emoji creation over the weekend! 😀😍😱😇

📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick St
🗓️ Exhibition runs until 21st October

⏰ Opening Hours ⏰
Mon-Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sun: 12pm - 5pm

Little Monsters at Galway Arts Centre
❗️Closed Wednesday 16 October❗️
Now open until Monday 21 October

Due to essential maintenance work by ESB on Dominick street, Galway Arts Centre will be closed for one day on Wednesday 16 October. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Little Monsters will reopen on Thursday 17 October and will be open until Monday 21 October.

⏰ Opening hours ⏰
Tue 10am - 5pm
Wed CLOSED
Thu 10am - 5pm
Fri 10am - 5pm
Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 12pm - 5pm
Mon 10am - 5pm

We are delighted to announce our next instalment of Disquiet Nights Late-Night Series this November with RÓIS ✨

Hailing from Fermanagh, RÓIS (pronounced RAW-sh) is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist who breathes new life into a forgotten Ireland. Her genre-bending sound blends elements of folk, sean-nós, electronics, and jazz harmony, transporting listeners into a captivating sound world where the ancient meets the new.

Expect twists and turns of tempo and genre, and moments of sheer magic, as she conducts the energy of the room. This is a place where the ancient meets the new. RÓIS’ ethereal voice has been compared to the likes of Björk, Meredith Monk and Hatis Noit. It is a vocal style rooted in traditional sean-nós singing, as she summons the dead and forgotten, with ancient ‘keenin songs. With RÓIS’ performances, the old and the new are enmeshed, alongside encapsulating visuals, in the hope of creating good art. Leading audiences into a realm of mysticism and creating a space for introspection, these live experiences are completely unique.

📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre.
🗓️ 8 November
⏰ 10PM

🔗 Get your tickets at www.galwayartscentre.ie

Disquiet Nights is curated by Megs Morley and Produced by Black Gate Galway. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media through the Late Night Events Scheme.

We're thrilled to welcome Baboró Arts Festival for Children back this year with two incredible performances at Galway Arts Centre's Nuns Island Theatre!

GRACE
🗓️ 12 – 15 October
Presented by Graffiti Theatre Company and Once Off Productions, Grace is a powerful new production by Jody O’Neill that takes audiences into the multisensory world of a young girl navigating grief. Grace communicates without words, but when her father passes away, she must find new ways to express herself. This moving story explores love, loss, and how we connect without language.

Kish Kush
🗓️ 16 – 20 October
A playful performance by Teatro Distinto, Kish Kush is perfect for young children! Two characters, divided by a paper wall, slowly learn to connect through shadow games, objects, and various languages. As the wall between them crumbles, their journey from solitude to friendship unfolds.

Don’t miss these enchanting performances as part of the festival’s lineup!

🎟️ Tickets available at www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/kish-kush/

It was an honour to host the ATU MA in Creative Practice exhibition at Galway Arts Centre again this year. Titled The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, the exhibition was brilliantly curated by Soňa Šmédková.

We had the pleasure of showcasing inspiring works from seven exceptional students, each offering the public a chance to engage with a diverse range of art forms spanning ceramics, drawing, photography, animation, multimedia installations, and interactive AI-generated imagery.

We’d like to extend our best wishes to these artists in their future endeavours and we can't wait to see what they accomplish next!

Don't miss the opening of Laura Angell’s vibrant new exhibition, , at Galway Arts Centre this Friday as part of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children!

We invite you to the official opening at 6pm, where all are welcome, especially children! Little Monsters is a bright, bold, and colourful exhibition featuring textile tapestries and 3D shapes that explore themes of success, failure, and the need for approval in a digital world.

The exhibition will be officially opened by Adam Stoneman, Creative Communities Engagement Officer at Galway City Council.

🗓️ Opening on Friday, 11 October at 6pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street
🗓️ Exhibition runs from 11–20 October

Galway Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the next workshop as part of our Artist Development Series organised by curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais: Socially Engaged Practice with Joselle Ntumba.

We look forward to welcoming artist and cultural programmer Joselle Ntumba for this hands-on workshop where Joselle will share her unique approach to curating and developing socially engaged practices. Drawing on her experience with projects like Éireann and I (a digital repository documenting Black migrant life in Ireland), she will present her methods for ethically working with communities to co-create meaningful projects.

The second half of the workshop will be a practical session, where participants will design their own socially engaged project, focusing on key stakeholders, ethical concerns, and effective methodologies.

Joselle Ntumba is a black cultural programmer. Her work centres on autonomous modes of black cultural production, community learning, and research. Informed by black feminist thought, her work seeks to create sites of rupture that allow for generative possibilities of seeing and subverting systems of enclosure that permeate her ways of being. She is currently working on Eireann and I, an archive of black migrant life and Sistren Space, an educational hub and curatorial platform. Éireann and I is a digital repository which documents the lives of Black migrants in Ireland. Éireann and I is also a migrant memory project, programming events and discussions about community archives, memory work, and agency and autonomy within the public record. It is co-developed by curator and researcher, Beulah Ezeugo and cultural programmer Joselle Ntumba.

🗓️ 21 October, 4:40pm - 7:30pm
📍 Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre
🎟️ Free – Booking Essential at: www.eventbrite.ie/e/galway-arts-centre-artist-development-workshop-socially-engaged-practice-tickets-1031188531657?aff=oddtdtcreator

Funded by Galway Culture Company

Artist Spotlight for : Laura Angell

Meet Laura Angell, a British artist based in Galway, whose multidisciplinary installations captivate audiences with their depth and craftsmanship. Using handmade objects (primarily textiles), Laura crafts narratives that explore themes of failure, success, status, and anxiety, exploring society’s psychological concerns.

Laura’s work dives deep into the value of 'women's work', examining both traditional crafts viewpoint and in a wider context. Her work employs a range of techniques including tapestry, embroidery, felting, crochet and manipulated machine knitting.

Little Monsters runs from 11 - 20 October as part of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children!

⏰ Monday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm. Sunday 12pm - 5pm.
📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street

The installation has begun for the Little Monsters exhibition at Galway Arts Centre this October, as part of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children! ✨

Soňa and Emma are hard at work ensuring every detail is just right, and we can’t wait to see all the final touches come together this week.

Little Monsters is a bright, bold, and colorful exhibition featuring textile tapestries and 3D shapes, exploring success and failure, as well as our need for approval and love in an increasingly digital world.

Join us for the official opening on Friday, 11th October at 6pm, with guest speaker Adam Stoneman from Creative Ireland Galway City. Family-friendly and all are welcome!

ℹ️ Audio Described Touch Tour on Sunday, 20th October at 11:00.
🗓️ Exhibition runs from 11 - 20 October
📍 Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street

Find out more about Laura Angell here: www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/little-monsters/