Tag: Art Exhibitions

Exhibition: ‘Symbols of Ireland’ – Annual Feltmakers Ireland Show – Phoenix Park Visitor Centre

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Poster for Feltmakers Ireland's annual exhibition - 2025 - 'Symbols of Ireland' at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. Sabina Higgins will launch show on the 2nd of March at 3 PM. The SHow runs Wednesdays through Sundays, from the 5th to the 30th of March.
The Poster for Feltmakers Ireland’s group exhibition in March.

Feltmakers Ireland is delighted to present ‘Symbols of Ireland’, a group exhibition celebrating the country’s rich cultural heritage through the art of felt. Sabina Higgins will officially launch* the exhibition on Sunday, the 2nd of March, at 3 PM.

This showcase explores Ireland’s iconic imagery and deep-rooted traditions through the versatile medium of wool—ranging from imported Merino fibre to locally raised Irish wool. Featuring an array of techniques, including wet felting and needle felting, members of Feltmakers Ireland have created striking three-dimensional sculptures, wall art, and wearable pieces, each offering a unique interpretation of Irish symbolism.

The exhibition runs from Wednesday, the 5th of March, to Sunday, the 30th of March 30th, 2025, at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre Gallery. Please note: the Centre is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. (This may change if there is an increase in staffing. We will know more by the middle of the month).

The gallery is conveniently accessible by Dublin Bus number 99 and is located within the historic Phoenix Park. For further details, including maps and directions to the park, visit https://www.phoenixpark.ie/directions.

The artwork featured on the exhibition poster is ‘Brigid’s Legacy’ by Jane Fox.

*Provisional upon her schedule.

Feltmakers Ireland is a guild member of the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI).

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Exhibition: Timelines – Growth and Catastrophe – Cork

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‘Timelines Growth and Catastrophe’ is a collaboration between eight contemporary Irish tapestry weavers. It showcases one large tapestry and eight individual works. The artists are the following: Muriel Beckett, Tish Canniffe, Pascale De Coninck, Frances Crowe, Lorna Donlon, Terry Dunne, Catherine Ryan, and Heather Underwood.

Where: LHQ Gallery, County Library, County Hall, Cork.

The exhibition continues until 28th February 2025.

Their Instagram – @timelines_tapestry

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Open Call: Don’t Be Absurd – Art Exhibition in USA – The CAMP Gallery

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The Contemporary Art Modern Project Gallery (CAMP Gallery) invites fibre artists to submit proposals for the 7th edition of their annual exhibition, ‘Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don’t be Absurd’.

“The exhibition will explore absurdism, referencing Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Jose Saramago and/or Samuel Beckett. Artists will apply the ideas and concepts in these works to our modern world, through which industry and politics are still and often dehumanised. Sub-topics include but are not limited to childhood in industrial societies, sexuality, gender, women’s rights, and education. We asked artists to create circular fibre works to symbolize the continuation of hope in our present experience as we strive to overcome a certain sense of nothingness.” – the gallery’s website.

They ask that artists submit a proposal first, detailing how their piece complements the chosen text, with an accompanying sketch and/or render. Please do not make any pieces before notice of acceptance.

The exhibition is in North Miami, Florida (USA) and runs from the 10th of October – the 20th of December 2025.

Last day to submit proposals for large-scale work – March 15, 2025
Last day to submit proposals – April 15, 2025

For more information, visit the gallery’s website – https://thecampgallery.com/news/38-open-call-don-t-be-absurd-the-contemporary-art-modern-project-is-officially-accepting/

@threadsofsocialdiscourse @thecampgallery

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Exhibition: Helena Mc Guinness – The Journey – Solo Show – Ballyfermot Library – Dublin

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Feltmakers Ireland guild member Helena Mc Guinness is presenting a solo exhibition of her multidisciplinary work at the Ballyfermot Library Gallery in Dublin. The exhibition, titled ‘The Journey,’ reflects her creative path, which began at the age of nine when she sold her first three knitted garments. Over the years, Mc Guinness has explored a variety of artistic media, now coming full circle as she returns to working with wool.

When: The exhibition runs from the 4th to the 28th of February, with the official opening on Saturday, the 8th, from 2 to 4 PM. Feltmakers are warmly invited to attend!

Where: Ballyfermot Library, Art Space 1 – Ballyfermot Rd, Kylemore, Dublin, D10 WV02.

For more information on the venue’s hours, visit the website – https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/libraries/find-library/leabharlann-bhaile-formaid

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Exhibition: Karena Ryan has Art in Group Show -The Hague (Netherlands)

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Feltmakers Ireland member Karena Ryan‘s piece, ‘Redemption in Red,’ has been selected for the ‘Bloodroot’ group exhibition. Over 100 female Irish artists explore themes of human relationships and belonging through their work. The Hamilton Gallery and the Embassy of Ireland, Netherlands, present the exhibition. It opens at the Pulchri Studio, in their Klinkenberg Galleries in The Hague (Netherlands), on the 22nd of January and runs until February 5th. It celebrates women, creativity, and Lá Fhéile Bríde (Bridgid’s Day).

The exhibition is inspired by the poetry of Annemarie Ní Churreáin, who selected four powerful poems from her debut collection ‘Bloodroot’.

Six Ways to Wash Your Hands (Ayliffe, 1978) for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation
Bog Medicine
Sisters
Market Prayer

‘Redemption in Red’, symbolises a deeply personal act of redemption and remembrance. The hand-embroidered portrait of Karena Ryan’s daughter celebrates her innocence, hope, and the freedom to begin life with love and dignity—something denied to the children in the nearby Tuam Mother and Baby Home. As a mother, she seeks to give comfort and solace to the mothers of the institutions who mourn, honouring their pain and loss.

“The act of hand stitching is meditative and embodies care and compassion, a contrast to the neglect the children and mothers endured. The red thread is a symbol of connection, love, and remembrance. It represents the bond between mother and child and the shared humanity that connects us to those who suffered in the Mother and Baby Homes.” – Karena Ryan, artist.

To see the pieces and read the poetry, visit the Hamilton Gallery’s website – https://hamiltongallery.ie/bloodroot-la-fheile-bride-2025-the-hague

Instagram links: @karenaryantextiles @hamilton.gallery @pulchristudio @irelandinnl @annemarienichurreain

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Exhibition: Lenore Tawney & Toshiko Takaezu – London – Show Closes Saturday

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Lenore Tawney & Toshiko Takaezu: A Remarkable Friendship - photograph of installation in gallery.

We’re sorry for posting this one at the last minute, as it closes on Saturday, but this art exhibition looks inspiring. Online sources are filled with excellent pictures and information if you cannot instantly travel to London in Dr Who’s TARDIS.

The Alison Jacques Gallery presents ‘Lenore Tawney & Toshiko Takaezu: A Remarkable Friendship’, which is a two-person exhibition dedicated to the work and 50-year friendship of Lenore Tawney (1907-2007) and Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011).

According to Tawney’s website, her “career as an artist did not begin in earnest until the age of fifty.”

For more information, see the gallery’s website – https://alisonjacques.com/exhibitions/lenore-tawney-toshiko-takaezua-remarkable-friendship

Lenore Tawney’s website – https://lenoretawney.org/

If you cannot make it to the show, textile artist Kim Winter has an excellent review post with many photographs of the installation in the gallery! https://kimwinter.co.uk/2025/01/09/lenore-tawney-toshiko-takaezu-a-remarkable-friendship

Kim is a former feltmaker, who now focuses on basketry. She has a long-running and informative blog that is worth following.

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2 Exhibitions: Olga de Amaral & Chiharu Shiota Shows – Paris

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Travelling to Paris this winter? Two art exhibitions may be of interest.

Olga de Amaral Exhibition

Olga de Amaral poster for exhibition

The Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain hosts the first significant European retrospective of Olga de Amaral, a pivotal artist in the Colombian art scene and Fibre Art movement. The exhibition features nearly 80 works from the 1960s to the present, including many pieces never before exhibited outside Colombia. In addition to the artist’s celebrated gold leaf creations, the showcase highlights her early textile experiments and monumental works.

The exhibition runs until the 16th of March, 2025.

On the Foundation’s Instagram, there are several interviews about de Amaral’s work with the curator, Marie Perennès – https://www.instagram.com/fondationcartier/

For more information, visit the Foundation’s website – https://www.fondationcartier.com/en/exhibitions/olga-de-amaral

Chiharu Shiota Exhibition

Chiaru Shiota poster for exhibition

Chiharu Shiota is internationally celebrated for her monumental installations crafted from intricate networks of interwoven wool threads. These expansive creations often incorporate everyday objects, immersing viewers in a majestic, dreamlike journey.

Jointly organized with the Grand Palais and Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, this exhibition is the most extensive presentation of Shiota’s work ever held in France. Spanning over 1,200 square meters, it provides an immersive sensory experience. The exhibition offers a comprehensive exploration of Shiota’s artistic journey, which has evolved over two decades. It features seven large-scale installations, including sculptures, photographs, drawings, performance videos, and archival materials related to her staging projects.

The show runs until the 19th of March, 2025.

For more information, visit the Grand Palace website – https://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/evenement/chiharu-shiota

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Of Interest: ‘Let’s Talk Fiber’ – Instagram Live – 5:30 PM IST

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Let's Talk Fiber - Instagram Live on Friday, the 20th of December at 5:30 PM, Irish Time. With Carrie Scott and Danielle Krysa.

The CAMP Gallery in Miami is hosting a live chat, ‘Let’s Talk Fiber,’ between art historian and curator Carrie Scott and artist and writer Danielle Krysa (of ‘The Jealous Curator’) as part of the gallery’s mission to celebrate and elevate fibre/textile arts through exhibitions and meaningful conversations.

Tune in LIVE TODAY, this Friday, 12/20, at 12:30 PM EST on Instagram. (That is 5:30 PM Dublin Time!)

Here is a link to the gallery’s Instagram page – https://www.instagram.com/thecampgallery/

Editor’s Note: The actual chat has been recorded and can now be on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/p/DDz4QyERBxE/


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Open Call: RHA Annual Exhibition Accepting Submissions

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The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) Annual Exhibition is accepting submissions for next year’s 195th RHA Annual Exhibition. It is Ireland’s largest and longest-running open submission exhibition, and it will be open to the public from Monday, the 26th of May, to Sunday, the 3rd of August, with free admission at all times.

Open to all artists working in painting, drawing, print, sculpture, photography and architecture – the RHA Annual attracts a large public and critical audience.

Editor’s Note: there is a recap of last year’s exhibition of the few pieces which included textile materials – https://feltmakersireland.com/2024/07/30/exhibition-final-week-of-the-rha-annual-show/

Entry deadline: 23rd February, 2025.

For more information, visit the RHA website – https://rhagallery.ie/rha-annual/

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Of Interest: Two Textiles Exhibitions are the Topic of RTE’s ARENA – Wednesday

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  • Element15 – ‘Roots’
  • Textile Journey Collective – ‘Beyond Chaos’

The subject of two textile exhibitions is scheduled to be the topic of an upcoming ARENA program. The collaborative exhibition ‘ROOTS’ by the artists’ group Element15 & poet Jane Clarke, and The Textile Journey Collective’s ‘Beyond Chaos‘ exhibition are scheduled to be on RTE1’s radio program, ARENA, this coming Wednesday, December 4th.

ARENA runs from 7 to 8 PM, and one can listen to the replay afterwards – https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/arena/

Here is the direct link to the episode – https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22469791/


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