Mon 6th May
Art in An Díseart: Cruach Mhárthain: Feic ‘s Fiche (21 Views) – Dómhnal Ó Bric
DÓMHNAL Ó BRIC Seasann Cruach Mhárthain go feiceálach i measc sléibhte iarthar Duibhneach. Fiosraíonn na híomhánna an seasamh seo le leagain súl éagsúla ag féachaint ar an gceangal leis an dúthaigh máguaird. These 21 views explore its setting and standing in the region.
Art in An Díseart: Mórtas Cine – Mick Davis – Sketches and Watercolours
MICK DAVIS Sculptor Mick Davis presents a series of sketches and watercolours inspired by the people and places around him.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Ar Eite / On the Wing – Jenny McCarthy / Lynne Stratton
JENNY MCCARTHY / LYNNE STRATTON Exhibition of paintings that gracefully capture the essence of winged wonders with feature sculptures by Lynne Stratton.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): A Special Place – Ruth Carbery
RUTH CARBERY An exhibition of paintings and drawings/mixed media by Ruth Carbery.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Check Your Connections and Try Again – Laurence Jones
LAURENCE JONES Laurence uses pictures and words to capture moments of unease and absurdity that knock our civilised and ordered lives off track.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Lockdown Sanity Project – Jill Fitzgerald
JILL FITZGERALD A story of family life during the Covid Lockdown, told on a patchwork quilt.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Bring it Back Again – Blanca Quintas
BLANCA QUINTAS This exhibition explores, through different techniques, the endless possibilities of the materials that the ocean brings us back; creating anything from jewellery to ornamental and functional household objects.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Edel’s Crafty Dingle – Edel Partington
EDEL PARTINGTON Working with colourful fabrics to cheer your day, Edel creates scenes from our wild and beautiful locality, using bright and bold colours in her table runners, purses, postcards, pictures and much more.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Stained glass work – Máire Siochrú
MÁIRE SIOCHRÚ Taispeántas oibre le meáin difriúla, le híle, gloine dhaite agus dealbhóireacht sreinge san áireamh.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Creative Journeys – FET Art, Craft & Design Participants
Our end of year Art, Craft & Design exhibition incorporates wire sculpture, painting & mixed media, relief printmaking and jewellery artworks. Through many diverse mediums this exhibition celebrates the creative talents and individual ideas of those who took part in some of our Art and Craft FET programmes. We hope you enjoy the wonderful painted colours, graphic prints and wire used in ways you never thought possible.
Art in Rice House (Dingle FET – Ionad Breisoideachais an Daingin): Hotspots and Notspots – Manus Bán
MANUS BÁN “When you feel comfortable with the landscape you become part of it, just as much as the cliffs, the broken down sheds, the rushes and stones in the fields, the tourist hotspots and the behind the ditch artistic notspots. You are part of it’s soul.”
Art in An Díseart: Sa Mór thimpeallacht – Grúpa Ealaíne an Dísirt
An exhibition of paintings from the Dingle Art Group themed on the environment around us.
Art in An Díseart: “IT’S APART OF US” – Gerry Barry, Syra Larkin and Eithne O’Riordan
SYRA LARKIN, EITHNE O'RIORDAN, GERRY BARRY Three artists have come together for Féile na Bealtaine to exhibit their own work with the intention of supporting each other. In addition to the exhibition, Gerry Barry will present a video documentary of the artist at work at 12 midday on Saturday 4th in the exhibition room. This will be followed by Syra Larkin's 'There is Still Time ' slide presentation.
Slow Time with a Butterfly -An exhibition of fine art tapestries by Contemporary Tapestry Artists Ireland
Contemporary Tapestry Artists Ireland (CTA) is a group of professional tapestry weavers working in studios all over the country who come together to collaborate and exhibit their work to raise the profile of this textile medium. Slow Time with a Butterfly refers to the slow, detailed practice of tapestry weaving. The technique uses “butterflies” or bobbins of coloured yarns woven through a cotton or linen warp to create the image of the artist’s design.
Art in An Díseart: Sa Mór thimpeallacht – Anne Lundon
ANNE LUNDON Paintings from the environment around us.
díolta amach / sold out
Pas na Féile
Pas na Féile The Festival Pas entitles access to all events (except yoga events)
Mary’s Garden – A Study of Shape and Colour -Yunjee Kim
YUNJEE KIM The artist draws inspiration primarily from the natural world. Her paintings are a doorway; the product of a process of mediation on the inner world, resulting in a refined form of self-expression.
Someplace Homeplace – Rhonwen Hayes
RHONWEN HAYES This exhibition explores the themes of shelter and safety within the confines of local landscape and the people that are close to the artist.
Dingle in Colour – Pauline Culbert
PAULINE CULBERT Strolling the streets I was delighted by pattern and colour and chose just a few to attempt to represent in acrylic on canvas.
Exhibitions in Ionad na Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre: New Work in Stained Glass – Dingle Stained Glass Collective
DINGLE STAINED GLASS COLLECTIVE The exhibition showcases recent work by members of the Dingle Stained Glass Collective.
Interference – Clodagh Edwards
CLODAGH EDWARDS Heads submerged, immersed, floating, all disrupted. Pattern fields, liquids and the unseen imply a surface tension. An eerie, atmospheric collection of portraits painting in oils.
Sonas- Laura Barry
LAURA BARRY Laura’s newest collection of paintings is called Sonas, meaning happiness in the Irish language, and focuses on the places that have brought some of the most contented, memorable moments and milestones to Laura throughout her life so far.
Exhibitions in Ionad na Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre: Hetty Lawlor
HETTY LAWLOR Portrait artist Hetty is exhibiting some of her work, her portraiture reflects her interest in wildlife and animals as well as people.
Exhibitions in Ionad na Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre: Ben Dearnley – Stories in Stone
BEN DEARNLEY International sculpture Ben Dearnley will be exhibiting his latest work, Carraig an Ghiorria, the Hare's Rock – scéalta bhéaloideais a mhaireann fós faoi ghiorria na hÉireann beo sa tírdhreacht timpeall orainn, gan aon athrú, agus i gcló, Carraig an Ghiorria ag Seán Mac an tSitihgh (Ponc Press).
Myths and Magic – Ann Reilly
ANN REILLY The artist explores archetypes, which are accessed from the collective unconsciousness through meditation and dreams.
Overlooked – Pat and Tony Owen
PAT & TONY OWEN Exhibition to highlight what lies abandoned in fields and on road sides and to see the possibilities for potential future use.
Circles – Abe Boland
ABE BOLAND In this exhibition the artist explores the circle in the context of a universal symbol, each piece begins as a circle drawn on the canvas.
Pobal Fungie
Chaith Seán Ó Mainnín mórchuid ama ag glacadh pictiúr i mBéal Chuan an Daingin idir na blianta 1988 agus 1992 agus, fearacht na mílte cuairteoir eile, é faoi dhraíocht ag groíúlacht na deilfe Fungie. Is ón tréimhse seo a thagann a leabhar, Ireland’s Friendly Dolphin. Sa taispeántas seo “Pobal Fungie” caitear súil siar ar Fungie agus a chairde ó na blianta 1988-1992. Tourist Office Hours - Closed on Sunday.
Make Space – Art Meditation Workshop with Elouise Flannery
ELOUISE FLANNERY A guided workshop that merges mindfulness with the art-making process. Discover the power of intentional space in fostering inspiration and let your imagination flourish in a workshop designed to nourish both the mind and the artist within.
Open Trad Session led by Niamh Varian- Barry
Bring your instruments for an open session led by Niamh Varian-Barry. For musicians of mixed levels, part-take and enjoy a tune. Multi-instrumentalist Niamh Varian-Barry is a musician and composer from Cork with a unique and individual style. Her powerful vocals have been praised world-wide and she is a trained viola and fiddle player.
Yoga with Danielle
Ranganna Ioga oiriunach do gach duine. Please bring your own mat, cushion and blanket if you have them. Costas: €12 per class or €20 for both Booking direct with Daniele on 087-6692792
Aisteóirí Aisteacha Dramaí na nóg le Micheál Ó Cinnéide
Bíodh do mhála pacáilte agus ná dein dearmad ar an scuab fiacal!
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Ceol Taoide
Be transported by the poetry of Luisa Castro and Dairena Ní Chinnéide accompanied by the haunting music of Su Garrido Pombo.
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The Lost Mountaineers
Did explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine conquer Mount Everest's summit almost three decades before Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's historic ascent in 1953?
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Trá Phaidín
Cork via Connemara 7-piece band, Trá Pháidín, are a largely instrumental band with roots in Irish trad, post rock and jazz improvisation.
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The Voice Behind the Veil with Dr. Kevin Power
Ar Slí Na Fírinne/On the Path of Truth
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Puppet-making workshop – Théâtre de l’Heure Bleue – Laura Elands
LAURA ELANDS Puppet-making workshop: Laura will introduce you to the making of puppets from cardboard and masking tape. With simple materials anyone can find at home, you will let your creativity run free to create a creature that you will then learn to breathe life into with some professional manipulation techniques! FREE EVENT BUT RESERVATION NEEDED.
Scothscéalta – bi-lingual reading of the Stories of Padraig Ó Conaire le Diarmuid de Faoite
Diarmuid de Faoite’s translation brings, for the first time ever, this seminal collection into the world of English literature while Arlen House’s bilingual publication, with fascinating introductions by Dr. Pádraigín Riggs and Brendan McGowan, offers both easy access and equal pleasure to readers in either language into the universality of this greatly loved author.
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Cuas
Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich (accordion,vocals), Nicole Ní Dhubhshláine (concertina, flute), Niamh Varian- Barry (fiddle, viola, vocals), and Kyle Macaulay (guitar, bouzouki) came together in early 2023 to form CUAS, a collective that performs and celebrates the wild and diverse musical traditions of West Kerry. Inspired by the emotive songs and the vibrant dance traditions of the area, the group positions the intrinsic link between listener and performer at the heart of the performance.
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Cór Pobal an Daingin / Dingle Community Choir
Tá Cór Pobail an Daingin ar an bhfód anois le nach mór 3 bliana agus é ag dul ó neart go neart. Come along and sing along to hear many pop songs which you will recognise immediately.
Cat Dowling
Her dark cinematic pop, achingly intimate vocals together with her raw live presence will grip you from the outset.