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Current Exhibitions The Earagail Arts Festival will run from July 10th to July 20th with a variety of concerts, exhibitions and theatrical productions to suit all ages in towns and outdoor venues in North and West Donegal - see Earagail Arts Festival for programme details. There will be an Art exhibition in Dungloe in the TOP filling station, Gweedore Road, Dungloe running from Sunday July 27th until Sunday August 3rd, 2008. The exibition will feature works by Gay O' Toole, Kevin Gallagher, Heidi Nyungen, among others. The official opening of the exhibition will take place on Saturday 26th July at 6.30p.m. 100% proceeds go to the artists. Ardara Artist Stephen Bennett.net is currently exhibiting at the Dame St Gallery, Dame St., Dublin 2. Art Classes for Beginners will commence in Volt House, Raphoe. Anyone interested in the above please telephone the Volt House, Raphoe on 9173966 to leave your name and telephone number. Ross Fine Art in Ramelton is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Basil Blackshaw; Cheryl Bleakley; Deborah Brown; Eamon Colman; Jacinta Feeney; Mike Fitzharris Lucian Freud; Derek Hill; Norah McGuinness; Colin Middleton; Trudie Mooney; Tony O'Malley; Dan O'Neill; Janet Ross; Sean Scully and Wolfram Stumpf. For further information email Ross Fine Art. As part of the O'Dochartaigh Clan Reunion an art exhibition will be staged at the reunion registration office at Bank Place, Carndonagh from 1st July – 10th July. Artists exhibiting include Sharon McDaid, Maire Mullan, Barbara Allen, Seoirse O’Dochartaigh, Jim Whitehead, Lida Bulf, Fiona Doherty and Rosemarie Whitehead. This exhibition will be a commemoration to the last great Gaelic chieftain Cahir Rua O’ Dogherty.  Turf Stack & Mt. Earagail by Johnny Gallagher Gweebarra based photographer Johnny Gallagher has launched a new website for his landscape photographs of Donegal. See jjimages.net. Donegal artist Ian Gordon is currently exhibiting in a Solo Show at the Bad Art Gallery, Dublin. Click here to view exhibition. Ian Gordon is also exhibiting new paintings at his studio in Dunlewey. See Ian's work at AshLemon. Killybegs Artist Kevin Sharkey is currently exhibiting at the at the Sharkey Gallery, 15, Clifford Street, Mayfair, London W1. Sharkey's work can also be seen online at Kevin Sharkey.com. Tory painters Patsy Dan and Rory Rodgers are currently holding an exhibition in the Bistro at Arnolds Hotel, Dunfanaghy. The Glebe House And Gallery, Churchill is open 11.00am to 18.30pm Saturday to Thursday and Closed Fridays. Last Admission 5.30pm. The Glebe House and Gallery is a Regency house set in woodland gardens beside Lake Gartan. The Glebe is decorated with William Morris Wallpaper and textiles and has Islamic and Japanese art. The Derek Hill permanent collection includes 300 works by leading 20th century artists, including Picasso and Kokosha, as well as Irish and Italian artists. Exhibitions are shown in the adjoining gallery. Access to the house is by guided tour only. There is access to the ground floor of the Gallery for people with disabilities. There are tearooms on this level. Guide dogs permitted. Parking 200 meters from Gallery. Videos in English relating to the house are shown in the coffee shop. For further information email Glebe Gallery or Telephone (+00353) 74 9137071. Access to the house is by guided tour only. The Ferguson Gallery, Ramelton exhibits works by Markey Robinson, Louis Le Broquy, Séan McSweeney and Tony O'Malley, among others. The Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday. The Ardara Heritage Centre contains an Art Gallery and Craft exhibition space and is open Monday to Friday. Glencolmcille based artist Kenneth King is exhibiting online at The King Studio. Sharon McDaid, Textile Artist and Designer, exhibits her work at Donagh Design on the Malin Road, Carndonagh is open all year round. Sharon specialises in mixed media works and hand printed accessories in silks and velvets inspired by Celtic mythology. This page contains material © copyright to the artists. If you are a Donegal based artist or crafts person email Donegal County.com with your website address or where and when you are exhibiting and we will list the details here. Donegal County.com recommends these art books about Donegal. Tory Island Images by Martine Franck. These photographs are very natural and unposed, illustrating the ease with which this world famous photographer integrated into Tory life. Recommended. Donegal Highlands by Liam Ronayne & Pat Cowley This beautiful book contains stories about Donegal by County Librarian, Liam Ronayne, and reproductions of colour paintings of well known scenes in North West Donegal by Pat Crowley. An excellent present for anyone interested in Donegal. Check our Bookshop for other titles of Donegal interest. |
 West End village, Tory Island by James Dixon [oil on board, 56 x 78 cm]. Dixon (1887-1970) is one of the painters on exhibit at the Earagail Arts Festival which takes place 10th-20th July. The Dixon exhibition at the Regional Cultural Centre continues until August 30th. Donegal's Public Art A new website devoted to public artworks in Donegal has been launched. Donegal County Council’s Public Art Programme has been active since 1990 and to date over forty commissions have been awarded and delivered in the capital construction of Roads, Housing, Water, Environment & Emergency Services, Libraries and Fire stations. See Donegal's Public Art. Moville Pottery produces hand thrown stoneware exclusively designed and manufactured in Moville. Each piece is individually finished and decorated, using traditional hand sponging techniques. Moville Pottery is open 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Stone Sculptor Redmond Herrity is exhibiting at the Letterkenny Sculpture Centre. We often receive emails asking about the 'Dancing figures at the Lifford/Strabane border'. The artist responsible for the giant sculpture is Maurice Harron and images of his works can be seen on his new website - Maurice Harron.com. Kim Sharkey exhibits her pottery at Ionad Cois Locha, Dunlewey from now to October 10.30am to 6.00pm.  3 birds in Donegal Granite by sculptor Mary McGinty who is based in Burtonport The public are welcome to come and watch the potter Kim Sharkey produce her hand thrown work in her studio in Dunlewey. Saothar Ealaíne is an Arts Group based in Gortahork which regularly works with school children in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Contact Annjo Carr. Tullyarvan Mill Buncrana hosts exhibitons of local artists. Email Tullyarvan Mill for details. Donegal based artist Aoife Vallely a has launched a new website. see her work at Aoife Vallely. Taipéis Gael, the Glencolmcille based Tapestry workshop, is currently holding an exhibition of work by local weavers, Margaret Cummingham, Máire McGinely and Dermot Cannon. Convoy based Morgan Ferriter has a new studio in the Convoy Woollen Mills and has launched a new website - see Morgan Ferriter.  Shop Street, Galway by Morgan Ferriter who is based in Convoy |