Visual artist, performer and facilitator Tom Campbell will be WAS Artist in Residence for the month leading up to and during Ballydehob Jazz Festival. Tom will create work inspired by the Ballydehob Jazz Festival programme and facilitate papier maché creative workshops for the local community in Ballydehob. Tom Campbell will revisit his project ‘Musical Animals’ […]
Working Artists Studios are pleased to present the work of Tom Campbell in our latest exhibition. The exhibition opens on Friday the 22nd of April at 6pm. Cork based artist Tom Campbell has been artist in residence at Working Artist Studios since the beginning of April. The exhibition will showcase his drawings, paintings and […]
This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to catch Tom performing, including his popular Clay Head Show! This was a performance that originated as part of an art college experiment and has since become a show that has toured many festivals across Europe. The show consists of Tom putting a 20kg lump of clay on his head […]
FRAGILE ISLAND Catherine Weld 14 May - 11 June 2022 Opening night: Friday 13 May, 5pm Catherine has produced a lovely newspaper with her work and information about her practice - read it below! FRAGILE ISLAND is an on-going body of drawings and paintings by West Cork based artist Catherine Weld. It explores […]
Join the team at Working Artist Studios in Ballydehob and create a sculptural window installation for Criunniú na nÓg! In this workshop for children and young people, ‘It takes a child to raise a village’ - as a play on the old adage 'It takes a village to raise a child' -, we will use recycled, repurposed […]
PHOTOGRAPHING THE MUSIC Oliver Nares 18 June - 8 July 2022 Opening night: Friday 17 June, 6pm This body of work came out of documenting the work of a "collective" of free improvising musicians who met once a month to explore music-making. A wide assortment of instrumentalists were involved and nothing was planning beforehand. […]
An evening of storytelling & theatre written & hosted by Karen Minihan, based on her best-selling new book. A pass-the-hat gig. Book via Eventbrite: Extraordinary, Ordinary Women: Untold Story LIVE! with Karen Minihan Tickets, Thu 30 Jun 2022 at 18:00 | Eventbrite Recently published, the book Extraordinary, Ordinary Women: Untold Story (by Karen […]
We are delighted to offer you the chance to attend a workshop given by sculptor, Denis O Connor at WAS. Denis will lead a workshop in Sculpture Construction working with sustainable / recycled materials. The workshop will include: Demonstration by the artist Handling of materials Constructing a sculptural form and Discussion It will take place on Weds 10th Aug. […]
We are also happy to announce that, due to demand, Denis will give a final talk on his work and practice, with particular reference to his current exhibition, In Our Time, on Fri.12th Aug. at 5.00pm. Please let us know is you wish to attend as space is limited.
We are delighted to be welcoming poet, artist, dancer, Rosie Leak for Culture Night 2022. There will be a poetry reading by Rosie and guests at 5.00pm to launch an exhibition of her paintings. Just as I Am is a new exhibition by artist, dancer and poet Rosie Leak from the U.K. These vibrant paintings […]