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PhD Research Exhibition 2024

February 1-23, 2024

FADWA BOUZIANE

HELLE HELSNER

JD WHITMAN

JOSEPH HENDEL

KAT COPE

KATERINA GRIBKOFF

LEA FARRELL

LING LIU

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 6-8pm

PhD Symposium 11:00am February 7

Lecture Hall and on Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting

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Passcode: 947062

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

 

 

 

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Qi Chen & Robbie E. Lawrence

PhD exhibition

January 11-26, 2024

Opening Reception 

Thursday, January 11, 6-8pm

Gallery Hours

Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

contact@burrencollege.ie

+353 65 7077200

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Meandering / Materiality

Interim MFA Exhibition

Erin Besch

Phoebe Tohl

December 9, 2023 – January 5, 2024

Opening Reception:

Saturday, December 9th 6-8pm

Gallery Hours – Mon-Fri – 9:30am-5:00pm

Please note: Gallery will be closed from December 21-January 2

contact@burrencollege.ie

065 7077200

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Pothos

Chloe teets

MA in Studio Art Exhibition

December 9, 2023 – January 5, 2024

Opening Reception:

Saturday, December 9th 6-8pm

Gallery Hours – Mon-Fri – 9:30am-5:00pm

Please note: Gallery will be closed from December 21-January 2

contact@burrencollege.ie

065 7077200

 

 

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East West Fiddles – November 25 Concert

Saturday, November 25, 8pm

Lecture Hall | Burren College of Art

Featuring:

Manus McGuire

Mareka Naito

Garry O’Briain

Admission €15

Online ticket sales are now closed

Any available tickets may be purchased at the event this evening

Existing ticket holders will be on the list at the door

contact@burrencollege.ie

T: +353 (0)65 7077200

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Réaltbhuíonta

October 26 – November 24, 2023
The Gallery | Burren College of Art

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 26, 6.00 – 8.00pm

 

Miriam de Búrca

Tom Flanagan

Eileen Hutton

Conor McGrady

Áine Phillips

Ruby Wallis

 

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 657077200

Image: Ruby Wallis, Ultraviolet Palm, 123ncm × 123cm, 2023, cyanotype print, stretched cotton bed sheet on pine stretcher 

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Hostile Territory

(Between inside and out)

Works from 2015–present by Ashley Hunt

Burren Annual Exhibition 2023

 

September 14 – October 20 2023

Opening Reception : Thurs Sept 14 from 6-8pm

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

 

Hostile Territory (Between inside and out)

Burren Annual Symposium 2023

Wednesday, September 13, 2.00 – 5.00pm

 

 

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 (0)65 7077200

 

 

The Burren Annual is supported by funding from the Arts Office at Clare County Council.

 

 

 

 

 

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Tá Dóchas sa Dúchas’

Community Climate Action Programme

Exploring Language as a Resource for Sustainability

Friday 22nd September 2023

Newtown Castle, Burren College of Art

 

You are warmly invited to join a creative gathering at the ReSource centre at the Burren College of Art (BCA) on Friday 22nd September to explore how we can access and share the rich reservoir of ecological wisdom which is carried in the Irish language and tradition.

Register HERE

contact@burrencollege.ie | T: +353 65 7077200

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Growth in the Ecotone

MA in Art & Ecology degree exhibition

 

DeAnna Boyer

Veronika Constantinou

 

August 17-September 8, 2023

Opening Reception | Thursday | August 17 | 6-8pm

 

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | H91 DX2N

Gallery Hours | Mon-Fri | 9:30am-5:00pm

 

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

 

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Continuum

new work by Yevhen Svitlychnyi

July 10-15, 2023

Opening Reception: Monday, July 10, 5-7pm

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co, Clare  H91 H299

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 (0)65 7077200

 

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Gallery closed for Summer Break

The Gallery will reopen for a short exhibition from July 10.  Please check back for further updates.

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See or Seem, Dream within a Dream

MFA in Art & Ecology Graduate Exhibition

April 15-28, 2023

Lindsay LeBlanc

Catherine McDonald

Amelia Rafle

Opening Reception:
Saturday, April 15 from 5pm-7pm
Opening Remarks by Rosie O’Reilly
Also showing:
Post Baccalaureate exhibition
From April 15-20 only – MA/MFA 1 Exhibition and
Undergraduate Exhibitions:
Wreck the Gaff and Carrying Capacity

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm

contact@burrencollege.ie | 065 7077200

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Re-cover

PhD Research Exhibition 2023

January 19-February 24 2023

Fadwa Bouziane | Qi Chen | Kat Cope |  Kate Collyer | Katerina Gribkoff | Joseph Hendel | Kelly Klaasmeyer  Robbie Lawrence | Ling Liu

Opening Reception | Thursday, January 19 | 6-8pm

Gallery Hours | Mon-Fri | 9:30am-5:00pm

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

 

 

 

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Protopia

MFA in Art & Ecology Interim Exhibition

Lindsay LeBlanc

Catherine McDonald

Amelia Rafle

December 10, 2022-January 13, 2023

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 10 | 6-8pm

Gallery Hours

Sunday | December 11 | 10am-5pm

Mon-Fri | 9:30am-5:00pm

Gallery will be closed from December 22, reopening January 3

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

 

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Therianthropic

Claire Mcgeehan

MA in Art & Ecology Graduate Exhibition

December 10, 2022-January 13, 2023

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 10 | 6-8pm

Gallery Hours

Sunday | December 11 | 10am-5pm

Mon-Fri | 9:30am-5:00pm

Gallery will be closed from December 22, reopening January 3

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

 

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Autarcheum

cdx-foto

November 3-25 | 2022

Opening Reception | November 3 | 6-8pm

 

Gallery Hours

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

 

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare | H91 H299

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

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Fables for a Reconstruction

Tanya de Paor

PhD Exhibition

September 15 – October 28, 2022

Opening Reception: September 15, 6-8pm

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5:00pm

 

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare | H91 H299

contact@burrencollege.ie

+353 65 7077200

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(is)land

ma degree exhibition

dia thomas

aster reem david

brandon lomax

 

august 18-september 9 | 2022

opening reception | thursday | august 18 | 6-8pm

opening remarks by maeve stone

 

burren college of art | ballyvaughan | H91 DX2N

gallery hours | mon-fri | 9:30am-5:00pm

 

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 65 7077200

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The Burren – Ukrainian Chronicles: 2022

new work by Yevhen Svitlychnyi

July 28-August 5, 2022

Thursday, July 28: 

5:00-6:00pm Artist Talk

6:00-7:00pm Opening Reception

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co, Clare  H91 H299

contact@burrencollege.ie | +353 (0)65 7077200

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Inner Development Goals Summit 2022

Friday, April 29

9:00am-5:00pm CET/8:00am-4:00pm GMT

To reserve a ticket to join us in person on the Burren College of Art campus please click HERE

To book your place online, please visit:

https://idg-2022.confetti.events/.

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Burren Annual Exhibition 2022

No Man’s Land

new work by Hugh Pocock

June 20-July 22, 2022

Opening Reception, Thursday, June 23, 6-8pm

Symposium: No Man’s Land: Art & The Rights of Nature
Friday, June 24, 5-7pm

BURREN COLLEGE OF ART | BALLYVAUGHAN | CO. CLARE

contact@burrencollege.ie  065 7077200

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

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T i e d

mfa exhibition

april 16-29, 2022

ELIZABETH BLEYNAT

TIFFANI LOVE

FRANCINE MARQUIS

OPENING RECEPTION | SATURDAY, APRIL 16 | 5-7PM

Also showing from April 16-21 in MFA and Barn Studios:
Post Baccalaureate | MA/MFA 1 Exhibition
i t e r a t i o n s | Undergraduate Exhibition

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm

contact@burrencollege.ie | 065 7077200

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Hedges 篱笆

Interim PhD Exhibition

Qi Chen | Kate Collyer | Katerina Gribkoff | Joseph Hendel | Robbie Lawrence | Ling Liu

January 27-February 25 2022

Gallery open to the public from February 1

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri – 9:30am-5:00pm

Please observe covid safety protocols when visiting the Gallery

PhD Symposium February 9 11:00am-12:30pm GMT

Discussant : Dr. EL Putnam, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway

Please join the symposium through the Zoom link below on February 9:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81776647692?pwd=RU02ckJnbTkzM2pCRzRnTFdKa3R3UT09

Meeting ID: 817 7664 7692
Passcode: 816458

 

contact@burrencollege.ie

+353 65 7077200

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Déan Cúram / take care

MFA Interim Exhibition

Elizabeth Bleynat | Tiffani Love | Francine Marquis

December 11, 2021 – January 21, 2022

Gallery Hours: Sunday: December 12 – 10am-5pm

Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:00pm

Note: The Gallery will be closed for the holidays from December 20 and reopening on January 4

ATTENDANCE SUBJECT TO COVID REGULATIONS.

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

Also showing:

Wild With Foam and Glitter – Undergraduate Study Abroad Exhibition – December 11-16, 2021

If I Were Ewe – Installation by Verneri Salonen and PhoebeTohl –  December 11 – 16, 2021

Postgraduate Open Studios – December 11-16, 2021

 

Contact: Lisa Newman, lisa@burrencollege.ie or +353 (0)65 7077200

 

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A Sisyphean Task

Work by PhD Students from Burren College of Art

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

 Art Gallery, NUI Galway Quadrangle

Exhibition Run: November 15 – November 26

11.00am – 4.00pm, Monday – Saturday

contact@burrencollege.ie

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I Trust the Quiet

new work by Cecilia Danell

October 28-November 26, 2021

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 28 6-8pm

7pm – Artist’s Conversation with Kevin Kavanagh

Gallery Hours:

9:30am-5:00pm Mon-Fri

 

Please observe current covid safety guidelines when entering the gallery.

contact@burrencollege.ie

065 7077200

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Lightly, Lightly

BCA Faculty Art Exhibition

September 14 – October 22, 2021

Gordon D’Arcy

Miriam de Búrca

Frank Golden

Eileen Hutton

Timothy Emlyn Jones

Conor McGrady

Áine Phillips

Ruby Wallis

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It’s Strange to be Here

MFA Graduate Exhibition 2021

Brittany Baldwin | Shannon Castor | Ellen Ferrier

Letitia Hill | Aisling Jelinski | Sam Kahn

Public Viewing – May 10-14, 2021

Gallery hours: 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday

Following current government guidelines, we are pleased to announce that we are able to open this exhibition for public viewing from May 10-14, 2021.  Please do follow safety protocols, including the wearing of face masks in the gallery, and using hand sanitizing stations.  Attendance is limited to 15 at a time.

Contact: Lisa Newman, lisa@burrencollege.ie

+353 65 7077200

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Zoom OuT

Zoom OuT: BCA PhD Symposium 2021

Wednesday, March 10, 11.00 am – 12.30 pm

Presenters:

Qi Chen

Kat Cope

Tanya dePaor
Kelly Klaasmeyer

Robbie Lawrence
Ling Liu

 

The event will be moderated by BCA faculty: Dean, Conor McGrady and Dr. Áine Phillips.

 

Discussant:

Rod Stoneman, Emeritus Professor, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway

 

Topic: PhD Symposium 2021

Time: Mar 10, 2021 11:00 AM Dublin

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89830630341?pwd=UlhydXNDVUVPWVFaclE3MG1sNUhRQT09

Meeting ID: 898 3063 0341

Passcode: 466068

 

Contact: Lisa Newman  lisa@burrencollege.ie

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tairseach / threshold

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.

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Coming Full Circle

In 1975, world renowned sculptor Richard Long created “A Circle in Ireland” on Doolin Point at The Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare. Over the years the stone circle has fallen into disrepair. Burren College of Art students and staff collaborated with Galway 2020, Clare Arts Office and Creative Ireland to restore the circle during a performative event that was filmed on location during February 2021.

“Coming Full Circle”, the film of the event was premiered on Galway 2020’s online platform and Clare County Council Arts Office’s website in the summer of 2021 and has since been selected for screening at international Film Festivals:

Toronto 4th Multinational Film Festival, Ontario Canada, 23 – 28 September 2021

https://torontomulticulturalfilmfestival.com/

 

Cucalorus 27th Annual FIlm Festival, Wilmington North Carolina, 10 – 14 November 2021

https://www.cucalorus.org/festival/

 

Roma Shorts Film Festival, Rome Italy, December 2021

https://www.romashortfilmfest.com/

Images: Burren College of Art students performing Coming Full Circle February 2021, photographs by Tom Flanagan

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Ag Samhlú Athruithe

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

 

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MFA GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2020

presence out of place

MFA GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2020

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

September 24 – October 9 | 2020

OCTOBER 6 UPDATE: THE GALLERY IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES

The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan

Presence out of Place brings together the work of graduating Burren College of Art MFA students Chetan Bhakuni, A.S. Dutton, Nell O’Leary and
Jenette (Jet) Rodriguez.

This exhibition was scheduled to take place in April 2020, though due to COVID-19 has now been rescheduled to September when we hope to welcome audiences to the BCA Gallery to experience their work in person.

Contact: Lisa Newman lisa@burrencollege.ie

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Notes From a Digital Sea

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

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New Artistic Research

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

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Forced Perspective – MFA Interim Exhibition

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

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CAOL ÁIT – Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Exhibition

 

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

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Soriah | Tuvan throat singing concert and workshop

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

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The Consequence of Memory and Pulse

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.

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Burren Annual – Saeri Kiritani and Dario Solman

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

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Anne Korff – East Meets West

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

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Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival 2019

Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival

Saturday | June 22 | 2019 

8pm-Midnight

 

Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

 

Admission: €12 in advance, €15 at the door. Children under 12 FREE

TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

Food and beverage available for purchase.

Costume and Summery dress encouraged!

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Periphery – MFA Exhibition 2019

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.

 

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Concert – Wes Swing and Kelley Libby

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

 

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Malcy Duff

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.

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INTERPLAY – Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Exhibition

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

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Strange Bedfellows – PhD|MFA Interim Exhibition 2018

December 8, 2018 – January 18, 2019
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY | DECEMBER 8, 2018  6-8pm

Tanya de Paor | Kelly Klaasmeyer

Perrin Duncan | Katie Kramer | Morgan Madison | Kaitlynn Webster

 

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

In Strange Bedfellows, six artists from Ireland, United States and Canada will be presenting works-in-progress on a variety of different perspectives and themes such as the environment, narratives, and painterly abstraction.

Works will be exhibited by second year MFA students Perrin Duncan, Katie Kramer, Morgan Madison and Kaitlynn Webster. Tanya de Paor and Kelly Klaasmeyer are current PhD students and will be showing work reflecting their research practice.

The exhibition will be opened by Michaële Cutaya who is a writer, researcher and editor on art living in County Galway.

Contact: Lisa Newman at lisa@burrencollege.ie or +353 (0)65 7077200

 

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IN REGARD OF THE DISREGARDED

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.

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FOR HERE THERE IS NO PLACE

Recent drawings and paintings by

TIMOTHY EMLYN JONES

13th September to 19th October 2018

Opening Reception, 6 – 8pm Thursday 13th September 2018

The exhibition will be opened by the composer Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

The opening will feature the premiere performance of For Here There Is No Place, a composition for sarode and electronics by Matthew Noone, inspired by a painting by Timothy Emlyn Jones.

Please note: The gallery will be open 14th September to 19th October 2018, 10am – 5pm, Monday – Friday, except 20th-21st September when the gallery will be closed to the public for a private seminar.

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Concert and Songwriting Masterclass with Joe Henry, Lisa Hannigan, and Glen Hansard

      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

 

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Burren Connection | Early Marks | Keith Payne

BURREN CONNECTION 

Early Marks | Keith Payne

July 26 – September 7, 2018

PLEASE NOTE: The Gallery will be closed from Mon 27/8 – Thurs 30/8 and reopening on Friday the 31 at 9:00am.

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

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 6 – 8 PM

Opening remarks by Louise Janvier

 

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THIN PLACES – MFA/MA Graduate Exhibition 2018

THIN PLACES

MFA/MA Graduate Exhibition 2018

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

Burren College of Art is pleased to host the 2018 MFA/MA graduate exhibition opening on Saturday, 14th  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.

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NSK STATE RESERVE: CRISIS CURRENCY

May 17 – June 15, 2018

Opening Reception Thursday, May 17, 6.00 – 8.00 PM

The Gallery | Burren College of Art

Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

 

Burren College of Art is pleased to announce NSK State Reserve: Crisis Currency. The exhibition will feature works by NSK State Reserve (Charles Lewis & david K. Thompson), NSK citizens, and members of IRWIN, one of the founding groups of the Neue Slowenische Kunst collective.

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Burren Annual | The Celtic Image | Sir Sidney Nolan OM, RA

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.

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Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival

Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival

 

Saturday | June 23 | 2017 

8pm-Midnight

 

Burren College of Art

Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

 

Admission: €12 in advance, €15 at the door. Children under 12 FREE

Purchase tickets online HERE

PLEASE NOTE: ADVANCED TICKETS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AFTER 5PM ON JUNE 23, BUT WE WILL HAVE TICKETS ON THE DOOR FOR €15.

Food and beverage available for purchase.

Costume and Summery dress encouraged!

 

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Breath and Blood | Alastair MacLennan and Sandra Corrigan Breathnach

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.

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Barnacle | 4th Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Exhibition

February 1 – February 23, 2018
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, February 1, 6 – 8 PM

Burren College of Art is pleased to host Barnacle– a joint exhibition between the Burren College of Art and Gallery 126 featuring work by recipients of the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award in September of 2017.

The exhibition will be opened by Clare-based writer and artist, David Donohue.

Barnacle features the work of the four recipients of the Award: Ciarán Doyle, Laura McMorrow, Helena Gouveia Monteiro and Sarah Wren Wilson. Last October, these four artists took up a month’s residence in the Burren College of Art and the village of Ballyvaughan.

 

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Interfaces | PhD/MFA Interim Exhibition

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

 

 

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Hats in the Belfry

September 28 – October 27 | 2017

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

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, September 28, 6 – 8 PM

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Shadows of the Earth

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

Mira Cantor
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On Edge – Paintings and Drawings by Mira Cantor

August 10 – September 30, 2017

OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, August 10 | 6-8pm

FREE and open to ALL

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Susan Giles Interiors | Jeff Carter occupier_castle

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

OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 6 – 8 PM

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Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival

23rd June 2017 | 8pm – Midnight

Admission: €10

Blazing bonfires, food, wine, song, story, and more await you in the courtyard of Newtown Castle to celebrate St John’s Eve bonfire night!

Steven Stapleton
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Steven Stapleton | Exibition & Sleep Concert

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

Angel Cray
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CO-LATERAL: MFA/MA Graduate Exhibition 2017

April 15 – 28, 2017

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

OPENING RECEPTION April 15, 6-8pm

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Burren Annual | The 2nd NSK Folk Art Biennale | Folk Art Rising 1916-2016

The Burren Annual

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