February 27 – March 27, 2020

Paintings by Trudi van der Elsen

The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday | February 27, 2020 | 6-8pm

Gallery Hours : Monday-Friday | 9:30am-5:00pm

We regret to say that due to Covid-19 protocols currently in place in Ireland, the remainder of this exhibition is cancelled.  Thank you for your support.

Burren College of Art is pleased to host an exhibition of paintings by Clare-based artist, Trudi van der Elsen, which analyses digitization as a source for new abstraction in painting.

The exhibition will open on Thursday, February 27, with opening remarks at 6:45pm by Úna McCarthy, Director/Curator at Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Contact: Lisa Newman T: (0)65 7077200 e:lisa@burrencollege.ie

Practice Based Research at Burren College of Art

Qi Chen | Tanya de Paor | Kelly Klaasmeyer | Robbie Lawrence

January 30 – February 21, 2020

The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle

Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare | H91 H299

Opening Reception: Thursday | January 30 | 6.00 – 8.00 PM

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday | 9:30am – 5:00pm

Chetan Bhakuni | A.S. Dutton | Nell O’Leary | Jet Rodriguez 

December 7, 2019 – January 24, 2020
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY | DECEMBER 7, 2019 | 6-8pm

Gallery hours:

Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Please note that the Gallery will be closed over the holiday break from December 23 – January 2

Tara Carroll, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín,

Siobhán O’Callaghan, Blaine O’Donnell

October 24 – November 22, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 6 – 8 PM

Opening remarks at 6:45 by Simon Fennessy Corcoran of Gallery 126

The Gallery | Burren College of Art

Gallery Hours:

Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Image: Tara Carroll

SORIAH

Sunday | October 13 | 2019

Khoomei (Throat singing) Workshop | 2-5pm 

€50 (includes ticket to evening concert) | Places limited to 20

Click HERE to reserve your place in the workshop

Concert | 8pm in the Lecture Hall

Tickets | €12 in advance | €15 on the door

Tickets purchased HERE

Sean Cotter, Gary Robinson and Thomas Brezing

September 12 – October 18, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 6 – 8 PM

The Gallery | Burren College of Art

Gallery Hours:

Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Please note: The Gallery will be closed for a private event for the dates of September 19 and 20, and will reopen the following Monday, September 23.

THE BURREN ANNUAL 2019

Saeri Kiritani and Dario Solman: Far From Home / The Way of the Heart

June 20 – September 6, 2019
The Gallery | Burren College of Art

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY JUNE 20 | 6 – 8 PM 

GALLERY HOURS

Monday – Friday 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM

Please Note: The Gallery will be Closed August 26 – 29, 2019

East Meets West

Paintings by Anne Korff

May 16 – June 14 | 2019

The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday | May 16, 2019 | 6-8pm

Opening remarks by John Behan at 6:45pm

Gallery Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday

12:00pm – 5:00pm Saturdays

Image: Loss and Hope by Anne Korff

MFA Exhibition

Perrin Duncan | Katie Kramer | Morgan Madison | Kaitlynn Webster

April 13 – 26, 2019
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY | APRIL 13, 2019 | 6-8pm

Burren College of Art is pleased to host the MFA Exhibition, Periphery, along with the Study Abroad undergraduate end-of-year exhibition and postgraduate Open Studios.

Works will be exhibited by graduating year MFA students Perrin Duncan, Katie Kramer, Morgan Madison and Kaitlynn Webster.

In Periphery, the Burren College of Art’s 2019 Master of Fine Arts graduates will exhibit notions of the natural environment, time, meditation, and the collective. This diverse exhibition offers a culmination of two years of these students’ work, created on the periphery of the Burren.

The exhibition will be opened by author, Claire-Louise Bennett.

One by One till Many are Heard

Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8pm

Lecture Hall | Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

Admission: €10

“One by One till Many are Heard”

What happens when you take radio storytelling into a live setting where the audience creates the musical score? Using looping technology and recorded words from their residency in Ireland, Kelley Libby and Wes Swing, in association with the HearSay International Audio Festival, present an interactive experiment in sound, storytelling, and collective interpretation.

Tickets can be purchased online HERE

Watching A Cow Die From Natural Causes

pages from an unfinished comic by Malcy Duff

February 28 – March 29 | 2019

The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY | February 28, 2019 | 6-8pm

Burren College of Art is pleased to host an exhibition of work by Scottish comic artist, Malcy Duff.  There will also be a launch of a new comic book by Duff at the Opening Reception.