Visual Arts I Went to the Woods looks at how artists have experienced and portrayed their surroundings in the course of walks, journeys and aimless wanderings. Featuring works by Irish and international artists, the exhibition explores the artist as a drifter, nomad, … Chris Clarke : I Went to The Woods
Visual Arts A native of Crosshaven, Luke Sisk draws on childhood folklore from Camden Fort Meagher as well as architectural and engineering details, to create a body of work that combines fact and fiction through the medium of glass and ceramics. Sisk’s … Luke Sisk : Pale Green Ghosts
Theatre Sacrifice at Easter, a new play by Pat McCabe (The Butcher Boy, Breakfast on Pluto, The Big Yum Yum) for 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Entitled Sacrifice at Easter, the production will take place … Mel Mercier : Sacrifice at Easter
Theatre At the Everyman Theatre till 20th February Meet the Boyles: a hilarious, drunken father; a ferociously loyal mother; a wounded son; and a daughter with “notions”. Theirs is a family beset by poverty and war but offered the tantalising promise … Julie Kelleher : Juno and the Paycock, Everyman Theatre, Cork
Music Visual Arts Sirius Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary arts organisation in the Cobh-Glanmire municipal district of east Cork. It is housed in a beautiful Italiante building that was designed by Anthony Salvin in 1854 to house the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the … Miranda Driscoll : Sirius, Cobh
Visual Arts Since moving to the United States in 1975 and taking up American citizenship, Dublin-born Sean Scully has become established as one of New York’s leading contemporary artists. East Coast Light, an early work, was exhibited in Cork in 1973 during … Tina Darb and Marc O’Sullivan : Sean Scully
Cork City Ballet in association with Cork Opera House presents Swan Lake If you’ve never seen “Swan Lake”, now’s the time! Cork City Ballet is back, and the company’s full length production of this ballet lays claim to a legacy … Alan Foley : Swan Lake, Cork City Ballet
Theatre Fresh from the success of The Pillowman, Decadent Theatre Company returns with a show the Young Vic audience voted as one of the top 3 shows of the last twenty five years. Vernon Little lives in a flea –bitten Texan … Vernon God Little
Visual Arts From Strachaire Fir by Joseph Higgins (1916) to the bronze head of her nephew Stephen Archer: Tight Head Prop (2014), Vivienne Roche RHA curates an exhibition of sculptures called Head to Head in the historic Sculpture Galleries. The exhibition will … Vivienne Roche : Head to Head at Crawford Art Gallery
Festivals Music Sounds from a Safe Harbour is a brand new festival of music, art and conversation, curated by Bryce Dessner of The National. Two years since its inception by Bryce and Cork Opera House CEO, Mary Hickson, Sounds from a Safe … Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival
Visual Arts Triskel Arts Centre was founded in 1978, and moved to its current home in Tobin Street in 1986. Triskel celebrated its Thirtieth Anniversary in 2008. As Cork’s principal Arts Centre our mission has always been to commission, present, and promote … Triskel Arts Centre
Music For the 100th anniversary of the formation of Ireland celebrated bass guitarist and composer Ronan Guilfoyle introduces a musical project to celebrate the life of his grandfather, Joe Guilfoyle, a teenage volunteer during the 1916 Rising. The finished composition will … Ronan Guilfoyle : Work in Progress
Visual Arts ‘all things considered’ is an exhibition featuring new works by forty artist members of Cork Printmakers, which will be displayed at the CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, from Thursday 3rd until the 23rd December 2015. The artists explore a wide variety … Valerie Byrne : all things considered
Music The world’s most prestigious record label ECM arrives in Cork this November to Triskel Christchurch who are proud to stage the inaugural ECM Weekend Festival from Friday 27 until Sunday 29 November. Four Concerts featuring well known artists including June … Tony Sheehan : ECM Weekend Festival
Visual Arts An exhibition of works of art influenced by dreams and the unconscious Encompassing strands of artistic expression ranging from early twentieth century Symbolism, to late twentieth century Photo-Realism, The Language of Dreams explores aspects of Irish art often overlooked in … Crawford Art Gallery : The Language of Dreams
Ireland’s oldest film festival and Cork’s flagship cultural happening, the Cork Film Festival lights up and delights the Rebel City in November. In 2015 the Festival celebrates its 60th Edition, taking place 6-15 November. Its log line is ‘Films. Music. … James Mullighan : Cork Film Festival
Visual Arts CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, 2 – 24 October 2015 An exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Thurloe Conolly. Thurloe Conolly’s paintings are not narratives, and not representational in the commonly understood sense of the word; but through the signs … Nicola Carragher : Thurloe Conolly, recent works 2005 – 2015
Visual Arts According to Dr. Gary Kielhofner, ‘Interests are what one finds enjoyable or satisfying to do. Interests reveal themselves both as the enjoyment of doing something and as a preference for doing certain things over others. Interests can infuse life with … Jennings Gallery Cork : Interest – Infusing Life with Meaning
Music Taking place in various venues in Cork City, the renowned, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival features over 1,000 musicians in dozens of performances at 70 venues citywide with over 95% of music sessions free of entry charges – and is … The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival : 23 – 25 October 2015
Music The Cork Folk Festival 2nd-5th October is an annual music event that takes place in Ireland’s southern capital, Cork. The 36 year old festival is emerging as one of the most important folk & traditional music events in Ireland and … Cork Folk Festival : 1-4 October
Literature Patrick Cotter introduces this year’s Cork International Short Story Festival (formerly the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival) featuring: readings, public interviews and seminars. The 16th annual Cork International Story Festival will take place on 22 – 26 September, 2015 … Cork International Short Story Festival : 22 – 26 September, 2015
Visual Arts David O’Brien, the Programme Manager at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork talks to us about the importance of the National Sculpture Factory, the way it supports artists and their upcoming exhibitions. The National Sculpture Factory (NSF) is an organisation … Dobz O’Brian : National Sculpture Factory
Visual Arts Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, … Cork County : Culture Night
Theatre Michael Twomey, the lead actor in The Outgoing Tide talks to us about his upcoming performance in this exciting play presented by Everyman Theatre Company. The Outgoing Tide is an engrossing and powerful drama about a typical American family. Written with a … Michael Twomey : The Outgoing Tide
Books WELCOME TO Ó BHÉAL – FÁILTE GO DTÍ Ó BHÉAL Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of … O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork
Literature Welcome to Ó Bhéal – Fáilte go dtí Ó Bhéal Welcome to Ó Bhéal, Cork’s weekly poetry event. Featuring guest poets, a poetry challenge and later open-mic, Ó Bhéal has become a prominent, thriving feature in the cultural landscape of … O’Bheal : Weekly Poetry Night in Cork
Visual Arts BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS: Contemporary Art and Mathematical Data Boolean Expressions explores the ways in which artists use mathematical concepts and systems in their work. The exhibition commemorates the legacy of George Boole, the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen’s College Cork and … Glucksman Gallery : BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS
Visual Arts Since moving to the United States in 1975 and taking up American citizenship, Dublin-born Sean Scully has become established as one of New York’s leading contemporary artists. East Coast Light, an early work, was exhibited in Cork in 1973 during … Tina Darb and Marc O’Sullivan : Sean Scully
Visual Arts “Boole’s system of logic is but one of many proofs of genius and patience combined. … That the symbolic processes of algebra, invented as tools of numerical calculation, should be competent to express every act of thought, and to furnish … Marie Foley : Aesthetic Logic
Festivals Cork Midsummer Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival that uses the city as its backdrop and inspiration. It provides high-quality arts events, both national and international, for audiences of all ages. Its programme provides opportunities for significant public participation … Cork Midsummer Festival 2015
