2014 THEME DECIDED & NEW MEMBER

We had a productive Group 8 meeting last night and confirmed our theme for our 2014 annual exhibition: Garbally. It is the local big house (built by Lord Clancarty in the 17th century) and is now a boys' school. It has beautiful grounds and lots of history. We will be brainstorming and creating over the next few months to come up with gorgeous art and writing for our exhibition in March.

We also welcomed ceramicist Walter Coughlan, who runs the Kilconnell Art Space, on board. You can view some of Walter's beautiful works on the YouTube video above. Walter arrived at the meeting in his vintage Mustang. A fabulous car that had us all in swoons.

We have plans for a Culture Night exhibition too, on 20th September in Tosnú Art Gallery in Ballinasloe - so stay tuned for that.

Group 8 Reconvenes

We had our first Group 8 meeting of the new 'term' last night at Tosnú Art Gallery and we enjoyed discussing what we plan to do next. Lots of ideas for venues, events and collaborations were tossed about.

We are hoping to host a poetry reading in the town in late November with guest writers from Galway and Dublin, then in the New Year we will begin our collaborative work for our new, exciting exhibition, which will take place next March.

Watch this space!