An artist's book derived from the artists explorations of the harbour in Sligo and up river to Lough Gill. The work is based on the artists photography, filming, drawing and research into peoples local knowledge including walkers, residents and fishermen. 

Mackey spent much time in the Sli...

Through re-staging and re-appropriating of the 'drive-in', the artist Jesse Jones created a collective social and political space. Set in the disused industrial setting of Pigeon House, a site formerly familiar for manufacturing in Dublin's Docklands. This concept of drive-in was reminiscent of t...

Martina Coyle, an artist from the Mayo County Council artist's panel, was commissioned to produce a site responsive artwork in the Erris area. After an initial research period living and exploring Erris, Coyle returned to Mayo to spend four months in residence in the Blacksod area early in 2006. ...

Founded in 2006, Askeaton Contemporary Arts (ACA) aims to promote and provide contemporary visual art to the locale of Askeaton Co Limerick. Within this, Welcome to the Neighbourhood is an annual programme of invited international and Irish artists who live and work in the town o...

This theatre project, The Avenue was an art commission which took place in Listowel and Lixnaw, County Kerry in 2004. The play was written by playwright Christian O'Reilly and directed by theatre director Jessica Curtis. It is set in present day Listowel and is a personal story, exploring ...

A promenade performance in Dún Laoghaire Ferry Terminal, created by Ciarán Taylor with Carpet Theatre. It explored themes of departure, return and our complex relations with Britain and featured character movement with a specially devised live score performed on electric guitar, cello, v...

The project began in 2008 and centred on the housing estate of Fana Burca in Knocknacarra, Galway City. The project featured a participatory process whereby the residents of Fana Burca were invited to join the artist in learning digital video, photography, animation and web-based media, and in tu...

Ronan McCrea spent time observing the pattern of the school day, noting how carefully it was scheduled and full of creative activities. He became particularly interested in play time, in the huge release of collective energies, and very noisy and vibrantsettings, stating:

"It is a time when...

switch is an exciting new initiative which provides an accessible alternative viewing platform for contemporary visual art. In its inaugural year eight art works (lens based media) were shown simultaneously in various locations in the Nenagh town centre every evening during the last week o...

The Unit project offered an alternative way of commissioning public art projects in the town and surrounds of Portlaoise. The projects structure was designed to be supportive of thinking, making and writing. The ethos of the project was to work by mutually investing in the key pa...