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Of Interest: Archiving for Artists Workshop – Galway

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Promotional poster for a workshop hosted by the National Irish Visual Arts Library, featuring the title 'Toolkit for Artists' Archiving'. The event will take place at 126 Artist Run Gallery in Galway on Thursday, October 29, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Free tickets are available but booking is essential.

In collaboration with the 126 Artist-run Gallery, the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) will lead an afternoon workshop to talk through the new Toolkit for Artists’ Archiving. The workshop will cover the steps of self-documentation as laid out in the toolkit’s chapters and how to best use the toolkit to build your own archive.

The session is suitable for beginners and anyone interested in tracking their work or learning more about how to collect, choose, organise, and preserve their documents. The workshop will not address how to archive artwork.

Free tickets, but booking is essential: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/toolkit-workshop-126-artist-run-gallery-galway-tickets-1999390165808?aff

If you are unable to attend the workshop, there is a free downloadable toolkit on NIVAL’s website: https://www.nival.ie/resources/toolkit-for-artists-archiving/

Their Instagram: @nival_ncad @126gallery.studios

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Exhibition: For the Love of Gort – Gort Arts – Joanne Foley and Belinda Reid have artwork on display

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A promotional poster for the art exhibition 'For the Love of Gort' by Gort Arts, featuring event details, opening times, and activities including live music and a mini portrait booth, set against an illustration of buildings.
Promotional poster for the Gort Arts Members' Exhibition titled 'For the Love of Gort', featuring details about the event, including dates and location, alongside an artistic representation of trees in a woodland setting.
A framed artistic depiction of Kilmacduagh Abbey, featuring a stone tower and gothic window, set against a colourful sunset sky. The foreground includes gravestones and green grass.

Two Feltmakers Ireland members, Joanne Foley and Belinda Reid, each have artwork in the Gort Arts exhibition, ‘For the Love of Gort’.

The show runs through Sunday, the 27th of September.

Where: Michael Kennedy Pottery Studio, Boland’s Lane, Gort, Co Galway

There’s a newspaper article about the exhibition here: https://clareherald.com/living/arts/for-the-love-of-gort-art-exhibition-inspired-by-gort-and-the-burren-lowlands/

Their Instagram: @gortarts @joannefoleyart @chasing_dreams_feltart_

If you are a member of Feltmakers Ireland and have news to share about upcoming exhibitions or workshops, please email feltmakersie@gmail.com

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Open Call: OXO 2026- Outset Gallery – Co Galway

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Graphic for Outset Gallery featuring various blue and purple shapes, with repeated text stating 'OPEN CALL' prominently displayed.

The Outset Gallery has announced the return of its annual open call and large-scale group exhibition, OXO 2026 – the 5th edition of the Outset Xmas Open.

Returning this November, OXO will once again bring together a diverse selection of emerging and established artists from across Ireland and abroad, transforming their newly designed gallery into a large-scale exhibition running throughout the Christmas period and into the new year.

Application deadline: 27th of September.

For more information, see here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXzl0w9R45HX3w9v2XKbv2KnKzAr-LoTMm500m8BG5pPM9IQ/viewform

Their Instagram: @outset_gallery

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Of Interest: Feltmakers Ireland West Meetup– Making Pre-Felt with Sandra Marschall – Co Galway – THIS Sunday

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An assortment of colourful pre-felt materials arranged on a green surface, featuring various shapes and designs, with text promoting a workshop titled 'Making Pre-Felt' by Sandra Marschall at Gort Town Hall.

This Sunday, guild member Sandra Marschall will lead the Feltmakers Ireland West meetup.

We will learn about and create pre-felts.

When: Sunday, the 13th of September at 11 AM

Where: Gort Town Hall, Church Street, Gort, Co Galway, H91 E0C8

It will be a wet felting session, so please bring along the following as part of your kit:

  • Bubble wrap
  • Bowl & soap or sprayer
  • Foam roller or plastic pole
  • Towel
  • Wool for felting
  • Embellishments (yarn, cut felt, silk, etc)

For more information about Feltmakers Ireland West, a vibrant addition to our Guild, visit the website – https://feltmakersireland-west.com/

Instagram: @feltmakersirelandwest @sandraotte1973

Please note: The Dublin branch is NOT meeting this Sunday, but will meet on Sunday, the 20th of September for a Needle Felted Owl Workshop with Eva Salamon. This Sunday Session event is fully booked, but please email us to be added to the waiting list. feltmakersie@gmail.com


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Of Interest: ReStyle Ireland – Galway Sustainable Fashion Expo – Open Call

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Restyle Ireland is hosting an Open Call for all designers, makers, artists, educators, and changemakers.

Are you helping people rethink fashion through creativity, repair, reuse or traditional skills?

They’re looking for:

  • Designers
  • Artists
  • Craftspeople & Makers
  • Social Entrepreneurs
  • Workshop Facilitators & Instructors
  • Traditional Skills Practitioners
  • & More

Whether you’d like to run a workshop, give a demonstration, exhibit your work, or share your skills, they are interested in hearing from you.

Join in creating an event that celebrates circular fashion, creativity, and real alternatives to fast fashion and throwaway culture.

A recap of Restyle Dublin that was on the 4th of July, in Dún Laoghaire, can be seen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dah6JBxIxsl/

Expression of Interest forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1heSqgZDxHKwLtc2pE1XfW4lxikg_LQZ_fdSnO2S93D4

Their @restyle.ireland @theenvforum

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Of Interest: Feltmakers Ireland West Meet-up – Wet Felted Butterflies- Creggs, Co Galway – THIS Sunday

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This Sunday, Feltmakers Ireland West will meet up to create Wet Felted Butterflies.

Please bring the following items:

  • Spray bottle
  • Towel
  • A small piece of bubble wrap 
  • A small piece of net 
  • Merino wool

When: Sunday, the 12th of July, 2026, at 11 AM

Where: The CS Parnell Heritage Centre, Creggs, F42 X674

If you are attending, please RSVP to feltmakersirelandwest@gmail.com

@feltmakersirelandwest


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Of Interest: Galway Wool Co-op’s 6th Annual Meitheal – Co Galway

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Two sheep peering through a fence with text overlay announcing the 6th National Harvest of Irish Wool from Ireland's Native Breed called The Galway.

Save the Date: The Galway Wool Co-op will host their 6th National Harvest of Irish Wool from Ireland’s native sheep breed. This year, the Meitheal will be open to the public, and all are invited!

When: Saturday, the 18th of July, 10 AM to 12:30 PM

Where: Athenry Co-operative Livestock Mart, Prospect, Athenry, Co Galway, H65 DW74

More information about the Galway Wool Co-op on their website – https://galwaywool.ie/

Their Instagram @thegalwaywoolco_op

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Of Interest: Shearfest 2026 – Irish Wool Fashion Show – Co Galway

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Promotional poster for Shearfest 2026, featuring events such as the Provincial Sheep Shearing Championships, entertainment acts including Derek Ryan and Michael English, and activities like a jiving competition and wool expo. Located at Mountbellew Mart, Co. Galway.

SHEARFEST 2026 welcomes the Provincial Sheep Shearing Championships to Mountbellew, Co. Galway, for an unforgettable weekend of skill, excitement, and family fun.

In addition to the shearing, there will be sheepdog demonstrations, Irish dancing, a craft village, trade stands, the Queen of the Wool competition, pony rides, food trucks, alpaca walks, bouncy castles, children’s amusements, the Irish Wool Experience, a Fashion Show, an animal petting zoo, face painting, an interactive magic show, cookery demonstrations, and pedigree and rare sheep exhibits. 

Feltmakers Ireland guild member Linda Costello of @galwaylambs is helping to organise a fashion show and display of wearables made with Irish Wool. If you are interested in getting involved, contact her directly on Instagram.

When: Bank Holiday Weekend – the 30th and 31st of May, 20206

Where: Mountbellew Mart Grounds, Ballygar Road, Mountbellew, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, Ireland H53 HW98

For more information, visit their website – https://shearfest.ie/

Their Instagram @shearfestmountbellew

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Of Interest: Feltmakers Ireland West Meetup – Technology Talk – Co Galway – THIS Sunday

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Graphic promoting a technology talk by Karen Bowden on Sunday 17th May 2026 at Bru Bhride House, Tuam. Features an illustration of a laptop with lightbulb and books.

Feltmakers Ireland West‘s next Sunday Session is THIS SUNDAY, on the 17th of May 2026.

The topic of this meeting will be a talk/Q&A by Karen Bowden from Fabulous Fibres on technology and how to navigate it! 

Editor’s Note: This meeting was originally scheduled for April but needed to be changed. Also, we hope to have Karen bring this topic to a future Dublin Sunday Session, as we all could use a little more information on this confusing subject.

Time: 11 AM

Where: Bru Bhride House, Tuam, H54 EY24

For more information about Feltmakers Ireland West, a vibrant addition to our Guild, visit the website – https://feltmakersireland-west.com/

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Of Interest: Inishbofin Island Creatives Exhibition and Arts Festival – This Weekend

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Promotional poster for the Island Creatives Exhibition, detailing the launch event on 1st May 2026 at Dolphin Hotel. Lists various craft professionals participating and invites all to attend. Includes decorative borders and logos.
A promotional poster for the Inishbofin Arts Festival, scheduled for 1st to 3rd May 2026, featuring a blue background with images of clouds and a castle silhouette. The poster includes details of musical acts and theatre performances.

Inishbofin Island is hosting an arts festival this weekend. Amongst the several textile-related activities is an exhibition that includes the work of Feltmakers Ireland guild member Audrey Murray.

Where: The exhibition is at the Dolphin Hotel, Middlequarter, Inishbofin, Co. Galway

When: From Friday, the 1st of May, until Sunday, the 3rd of May.

For more information about the Inishbofin Arts Festival – https://inishbofinexperiences.ie/events/inishbofin-arts-festival-2026

Audrey’s Instagram – @audrey.murray.art

@inishbofinartsfestival @inishbofincraftgroup

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