MFA Interim Exhibition

Brittany Baldwin | Shannon Castor | Ellen Ferrier

Letitia Hill | Aisling Jelinski | Sam Kahn

January 4-15, 2021

(UPDATE: Due to Level 5 restrictions in place fron December 31, 2020 – February 1, 2021, this exhibition will not be open to the public.)

Tairseach, the Irish word for threshold, indicates a point of convergence and crossing over. Here in the heart of the Burren, land meets sea, past meets present, and mind meets body. It is in this place that six artists came together: Brittany Baldwin, Shannon Castor, Ellen Ferrier, Letitia Hill, Aisling Jelinski, and Sam Kahn.

The permeability of boundaries is exemplified by the threshold – that thin veil between ‘here’ and ‘there’. Including themes of mind and body, place and space, and temporality and materiality, tairseach / threshold explores the merging of six diverse practices through the lens of the Burren.

august 20-september 11, 2020

burren college of art Gallery

Opening Reception | Thursday | August 20 | 6-8pm

Please wear masks and observe safety measures and social distancing within the gallery.

Visualizar a Mudança

Visualizando Cambio

تصور التغيير

Visualizing Change

Joana Alarcão

Duaa Bilbeisi 

Herminia Ayala Reyes

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

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

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

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

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

January 31 – February 21, 2019
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY | JANUARY 31, 2019 | 6-8pm

Burren College of Art is pleased to host Interplay, an exhibition of work by our 2018 Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award recipients: Conor Coady, Phoebe McDonogh, Matthew Mitchell, and Olivia Normile.

Interplay features a display of each artist’s explorations and pursuits of the multidimensional facets around their direct environment. Through the extraction of hidden qualities and processes in physical responses, these actions result in the creation of a collective visual dialogue and language.

The Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award is an annual award offered by the Burren College of Art in conjunction with artist-led gallery G126 in Galway. Each year four emerging Irish artists are selected from an open submission and given the opportunity for a focused period of producing work during a one month residency at BCA. This group of artists then work collaboratively with G126 to produce a large scale show that takes place in both galleries at a later date. EIARA started in 2014 during the Burren College of Art’s 20 year celebrations, and was conceived as a way of discovering and supporting emerging talent in Ireland’s contemporary art scene.

Contact: Lisa Newman lisa@burrencollege.ie or +353 65 7077200

Top Image : Phoebe McDonogh

October 25 – November 23 | 2018

Opening Reception | Thursday, October 25 | 6-8pm

Opening remarks by Frank Golden

IN REGARD OF THE DISREGARDED

A Dutch Perspective on Remainder, Scrap and Traces

Els Mikx | Ank Lauvenberg | Willem van Goor

In Regard of the Disregarded brings together the work of three Dutch artists Els Mikx, Ank Lauvenberg, and Willem van Goor – long-time residents in the West of Ireland, where the relatively isolated communities and environments in which they live have informed their collective work over the last twenty years.

      EVENING CONCERT

Joe Henry, Lisa Hannigan and Glen Hansard

Saturday | October 13 | 8pm (doors 7:30pm)

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

SOLD OUT

SONGWRITING  MASTERCLASS

Led by Joe Henry, Lisa Hannigan and Glen Hansard

Saturday, October 13 from 11am – 3pm

Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare | Ireland

Fee €120 (includes evening concert) – limit 25 places

SOLD OUT

THIN PLACES

MFA/MA Graduate Exhibition 2018

The Gallery, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
14^th April – 27^th April, 2018
Opening reception: Saturday, 14^th April  6pm-8pm

Burren College of Art is pleased to host the 2018 MFA/MA graduate exhibition opening on Saturday, 14^th  April at  6pm. In THIN PLACES, MFA Melissa Cayford explores how the external environment affects the body through her innovative, mixed-media studio practice. Additionally, the Post Baccalaureate, MFA 1 Exhibition and the end of year Undergraduate Exhibition will run concurrently with the Graduate Exhibition.

THE BURREN ANNUAL 2018

The Celtic Image | Sir Sidney Nolan OM, RA

June 21 – July 20, 2018
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare 

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 6 – 8 PM

 SYMPOSIUM: Friday, June 22
The Lecture Hall |Burren College of Art

9:30am-3:30pm

FREE and OPEN to ALL

Please RSVP to reserve your place: lisa@burrencollege.ie

The Burren Annual is supported by funding from Clare County Council.

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

LIVE PERFORMANCE: THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 6 – 8 PM

EXHIBITION/INSTALLATION: MARCH 1 – 29, 2018

Burren College of Art is pleased to host a live art performance and installation, ‘Breath and Blood’, by Irish artists, Alastair MacLennan and Sandra Corrigan Breathnach.  The performance will take place in the Gallery from 6pm onward on Thursday, March 1 and the installation will continue in the Gallery and Newtown Castle from March 1-29.

‘Breath and Blood’ is an exhibition/installation of drawings, video, sound and live art performance, looking at the cyclical nature of life and regeneration that occurs within it.  The audience is invited to view this as a possible aspect of mind, where nurturing growth and new energies can allow one to expand and renew one’s awareness of being.

December 9, 2017 – January 23, 2018

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2017 | 6-8pm

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

Shadows of the Earth
Paintings and Drawings by Patsy Connolly

November 2 – December 1, 2017
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, November 2, 6 – 8 PM

June 22 – July 28, 2017
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 6 – 8 PM

DOING WHAT WE ARE TOLD MAKES US FREE
MAY 4 – JUNE 16, 2017

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

OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, MAY 4, 6:00pm-8:00pm

The Burren Annual

The 2^nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale: Folk Art Rising 1916-2016

June 30 – August 5

Burren College of Art

Opening Reception & Performances Thursday, June 30, 6.00 – 9.00 PM

Symposium Friday, July 1, 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM

Terrain (En) Actions Saturday, July 2, 10.00 AM

Burren College of Art is pleased to announce The 2^nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale as this year’s Burren Annual exhibition. The 2^nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale will bring together over 30 international artists and collectives including special guests and NSK founding members, IRWIN.