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New Kilkenny exhibition explores chaos of times we live in

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2021 0

Kilkenny Arts Office has announced a new solo exhibition of work by the leading Irish installation artist, Helen Mac Mahon. The exhibition, Prima Materia, will be open to the public from September 17 to October 10. Prima Materia has been curated and designed to be viewed through the gallery windows and online. It will be […]

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Series of special concerts arranged across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2021 0

After over 15 months, music is coming back to Kilkenny with an initiative to showcase some of the county’s finest musicians. ‘September Sounds,’ being hosted by Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office and the Watergate Theatre will bring established and new or emerging local artists to the stage through three days of live music this September. The […]

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Sit and knit: Kilkenny challenge can be sew good for your mental health

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2021 0

Kilkenny Arts Office is calling all ‘knitters’ throughout Kilkenny to participate in a challenge with a twist. This month, as part of its community art project ‘Knitted Together 2′, people are being encouraged to to take “10 minutes to relax and enjoy the mindful, calming effects of knitting”. The take-ten challenge aims to encourage

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Poetry in motion: Now Kilkenny’s poets will answer your call

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2021 0

Members of the public now have the opportunity to listed to some of the finest examples of local poetry. A new ‘dial-a-poem’ selection of aural works from Kilkenny poets is now available to the public through an innovative project that was devised during the pandemic. Kilkenny County Council Arts Office’s Poetry Phone has just announced […]

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A good yarn: Kilkenny knitters to make blankets for charities

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2021 0

A project to create  blankets for charities in Kilkenny and Africa is calling out for local volunteers to get their needles out. Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office is looking for volunteers around the county to knit or crochet squares for the Elkana Charity in South Africa as part of ‘Knitted Together II’. In 2020, the […]

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Kilkenny arts groups to draw down over €1m in funding

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2021 0

More than €1 million has been set aside this year for Kilkenny art events and projects by the Arts Council of Ireland. Five organisations in Kilkenny are to benefit from a total of €1,053,837 in grants as part of the Art Council’s Strategic Funding for the coming year. The  Government has made an increased grant […]

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Culture Night returns to Kilkenny: Events to attract global audience online

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2020 0

Culture Night returns to Kilkenny this month. And, given the times we live in, this year will be an innovative mixture of online and in-person events. This year’s Culture Night will take place on Friday, September 18. And this year organisers hope not only to attract locals to the events – in accordance with social […]

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Young and gifted and Cat: Talented Kilkenny writer and musician to feature on own podcast for RTE

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

A young Killkenny musician and writer is set to feature on a RTÉ Radio Series which looks into the lives of people in the creative world. Joshua Cullen, a 17-year-old Kilkenny native will feature on “My Creative Life,” an RTÉjr and RTÉ Radio 1 series of short radio pieces about the creative world of young […]

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Kilkenny artists’ exhibition attacking consumerism launches in Vienna

By Kilkenny Now 25th November 2019 0

A pair of Kilkenny-based artists are opening an exhibition, mainly created from waste material, in one of a European capital’s premier galleries. Liselott Olofsson and Larry Fogg’s “Material Earth” exhibition is being held in Vienna, Austria and will run until December 15. Liselott Olofsson, a ceramics artist, and Larry Fogg, a painter and sculptor, are […]

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Up-and-coming Kilkenny writers to be mentored by Ireland’s best authors

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO Kilkenny writers with the potential to create great works of literature have been selected to receive professional mentoring. Local writers Orla Mackey and Billy Fenton have been selected by Words Ireland to receive professional mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice. Just 21 writers […]