Thursday, 27 August, 13:00
Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St

Crawford Art Gallery in partnership with Triskel Arts Centre presents Artists Film International 2026 (AFI) under the theme A Kind of Power. As part of AFI’26, we are delighted to Crawford Art Gallery’s selected artist Thaís Muniz sit down with Dr Eve Olney to discuss her film, The Kite Ballet.

This is a free event, no booking required.

Click here further information on AFI’26.

About Thaís Muniz 
Thaís Muniz's practice spans multiple mediums to investigate the intersections between inherited and acquired identities, memory, transit, and interior love as a methodology for radical care. 
 
Drawing from a critical engagement with the cultural geography of the places she traverses, Muniz's work is community-oriented and unfolds into collective learning processes such as workshops, performances, installations, and films. Her production also encompasses photography, celebrations, sculptures, and activations, incorporating memorabilia and symbology. Muniz proposes the reimagination of realities through refusal, dreaming, and personal magic, challenging canonical systems of belief and representation. 
 
She holds an MA in Art and Research Collaboration from IADT, Dublin. Her work has been exhibited at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, RHA Gallery, Luan Gallery, and Sirius Arts Centre (Ireland); the Fowler Museum (Los Angeles); the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bahia (Salvador); and A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro). 

About Dr Eve Olney 
Dr. Eve Olney is a researcher, consultant and mentor in sustainable creative collaborative practices. She is a founding member of Cork Community Land Trust (cclt.ie) developing social theories of learning through strategies of community building. Olney is currently enrolled in a Post Doctorate research role, at the Department of Architecture, MTU, entitled, Designing for Difference: Radical Pedagogies in third-level Design/Architecture. 

Saturday 22 August, 12pm
Cork City Library (T12V0AA)

Free/Booking essential

This National Heritage Week, celebrate Lúnasa with artist Seiko Hayase by creating a unique harvest wreath inspired by Irish and Japanese traditions. In this workshop, you'll use the Nanohana Musubi knot, symbolising strong bonds, to create a wreath inspired by Irish Lúnasa harvest knots while learning techniques to make your own Mizuhiki wreaths in the future. This workshop is free to attend but must be booked in advance. All materials provided. 

BOOKED OUT!

Wednesday 19 August, 12.30pm
Online via Zoom

Discover what secrets lie beneath the surface of artworks…

If you can’t make our in-person event, join Crawford Art Gallery’s Dr Chiara Chillè, Conservator, and Dr Micheal Waldron, Curator of Collections and Special Projects, online this Heritage Week for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the research, technology, and expertise involved in caring for and interpreting Ireland’s National Collection.

Because caring for a collection isn’t just about preserving objects—it’s about safeguarding their stories for future generations.

Free event, but booking essential.

Register for our online talk here.

This work is kindly supported by the Heritage Council under the Heritage Stewardship Grant 2026.

This is one of a series of events organised by the Crawford Art Gallery for Heritage Week. Click here to see our full programme.

Tuesday 18 August, 12.30pm
Cork City Library

Discover what secrets lie beneath the surface of artworks…

Join Crawford Art Gallery’s Dr Chiara Chillè, Conservator, and Dr Micheal Waldron, Curator of Collections and Special Projects, this Heritage Week for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the research, technology, and expertise involved in caring for and interpreting Ireland’s National Collection.

Because caring for a collection isn’t just about preserving objects—it’s about safeguarding their stories for future generations.

Free event, but booking essential. Reserve your place today.

This work is kindly supported by the Heritage Council under the Heritage Stewardship Grant 2026.

This is one of a series of events organised by the Crawford Art Gallery for Heritage Week. Click here to see our full programme.

Rituals and Traditions in Old Cork: Insights from the Crawford Art Gallery Collection

Saturday 15 Aug, 4pm
Cork City Library (T12V0AA)

Free/Open to all/No booking necessary

Join us for a special National Heritage Week talk with Angela Byrne, lecturer at University College Cork’s Department of Folklore & Ethnology as she guides us through old Cork rituals and traditions found in select works from our Collection. This event will take place at the Cork City Library. It is free to attend and no booking is necessary.

Friday 31 July, 1pm
Cork Public Museum (T12V0AA)

We are delighted to announce a special collaborative event between Crawford Art Gallery and the Cork LGBT Archives at the Cork Public Museum exploring LGBTQ+ works and objects across both collections. The event will take place at Cork Public Museum and will last approximately 45 to 60 minutes. This event is free to attend, but places must be reserved in advance. Bookings open soon.

Book here through EventBrite.

Saturday 18, Saturday 25 July, 2pm
Cork Public Museum (T12V0AA)

This Pride season we are excited to collaborate with TENI, Cork Public Museum and Cork Zine Fest.

Join us in celebrating the histories and inherent creativity of LGBT+ communities in Cork.

• Relaxed, free of cost sessions will be artist-led with all materials supplied
• Explore material from Cork LGBT Archive and LGBTQ+ artworks from the Crawford Art Gallery
• Guidance in making an individual and collaborative zine 
• Open to all ages

To book a place and for more info / access needs contact:

emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie

The Cork LGBT Archive aims to gather, preserve, and share information in relation to the history of Cork's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The Cork LGBT Archive was created by Orla Egan. 

Free event, but booking required 

Saturday 6 June
3–5 years, 12 noon
6–10 years, 2pm
Cork City Library

Anchors Aweigh! For Cruinniú na nÓg, we’re excited to host two children’s workshops with a playful maritime theme at the Cork City Library! Inspired by artworks from Crawford Art Gallery’s collection which explore Cork’s rich maritime history and books in the library on similar themes, this imaginative session will allow children to create their own ships using recycled materials.

This event is free, but booking is required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Cork Public Museum (T12V0AA)

Friday 5 June, 1pm

For Cork Harbour Festival, we are delighted to announce a special collaborative event between Crawford Art Gallery and Cork Public Museum exploring maritime themes across both collections.

Join us to chat about selected artworks and objects which explore Cork’s rich maritime history.

The event will take place at Cork Public Museum and will last approximately 45 to 60 minutes.

Open to all.

May 2026

Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and ageing led by Age & Opportunity.

Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to participate with creative workshops for people with memory loss. These take place at St Finbarr’s Hospital, Bessboro Day Centre Cork and the McAuley Centre in Midleton in partnership with the Alzheimer Society Ireland. See here.

Lonradh is the gallery's dedicated art programme for older adults experiencing memory loss, their families and carers. 

‘Lonradh’ is an Irish word, which means to illuminate, (it is pronounced Lun-rah). 

This programme offers gentle, open-ended art sessions led by Artist Facilitators Gillian Cussen and Inge Van Doorslaer.

Gillian and Inge focus on the sharing of experience in the moment 

For more information on the gallery’s Lonradh programme see https://crawfordartgallery.ie/lonradh/

Contact person for the Lonradh Programme:
Emma 021 427 3697
emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie

May 2026

Throughout May the Micro Gallery at 46 Grand Parade will highlight the creative lives of older disabled artists.

Passers-by can view a selection of new artwork weekly by Crawford Supported Studio members – visible from the street – as part of Bealtaine, Ireland’s national festival celebrating arts and ageing. 

Together, these works speak to making, meaning and creativity across a lifetime — affirming that art is not defined by age or ability, but by expression, commitment, and the freedom to be seen. 

Link to the Crawford Supported Studios website.

15 - 24 May 2026

Nicola Moran is a disabled artist from East Cork and a member of Crawford Supported Studios. See Nicola’s drawings screen printed on repurposed fabric bags as part of MAF Shop Front Gallery at Bitesize, Peach Vintage & Zumi. Nicola draws curious character in pen; these pattern the pages of her notebooks with playful variations of shape and colour. To find out more about the Midleton Arts Festival, visit here.

Wednesday 22 April, 11am–12.30pm
LHQ Gallery, Library Building,
Carrigrohane Road, T12 K335

As part of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival there will be an opportunity toMeet the Artists of Crawford Supported Studios.

Meet the artist Rosaleen Moore, who will outline her memory-palace approach to drawing, inviting participants to draw a special place from memory or a photograph.

Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Drop in event/ No booking required.

For further information contact: emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie

Crawford Supported Studios is a collaborative project anchored by MTU Crawford College of Art & Design and Crawford Art Gallery, with support from Cork City Council.

Access information

Getting there
The LHQ Gallery is located at the Library Building on Carrigrohane Road in Cork  (T12 K335). 
It is accessible on foot and by public transport, with city buses servicing the Western Road/Cork County Hall area. 

Options include buses traveling towards Cork University Hospital (CUH), Munster Technological University (MTU), or Ballincollig (Buses 205, 208, 220) which pass near the area. 

Parking
Free parking onsite 
Disabled parking space directly in front of building and more parking spaces behind the building

Wheelchair access 
The venue is wheelchair accessible, and there are lifts to each floor
The entrance to the venue has an automatic door

Accessible toilet
The venue has toilets
Disabled Toilet on each floor

Quiet space
Quiet space and seating available in onsite library

Relaxed exhibition space
You may come and go as you please, move around and talk in the exhibition space

Contact
If you have questions about accessibility, please contact arts@corkcoco.ie
Arts Service main line: +353 21 434 6210

6 March – 15 May 2026
LHQ Gallery

Crawford Supported Studios and Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery present This is Ireland, a vibrant group exhibition of artists working within supported studio settings. Running from 6 March - 15 May 2026, the exhibition features the work of 16 disabled artists and offers a powerful perspective that challenges stereotypes.

The exhibiting artists include: Judit Bakos, Ailbhe Barrett, Angela Burchill, Yvonne Condon, David Connolly, Bríd Heffernan, Eoin O’Brion, John Keating, Mary Rose Marshall, Rosaleen Moore, Nicola Moran, Stephen Murray, Íde Ní Shúilleabháin, Tom O’Sullivan, Marie Sexton, and Katie Whelan. All have developed their practice through Crawford Supported Studios which provides a sustained creative art space through technical, artistic support, access and networks.

This is Ireland opens on Friday, 6 of March and runs until Friday, 15 May at LHQ Gallery. There will be a programme of events as part of the Lifelong Learning Festival in conjunction with this exhibition (click here for more information).

LHQ Gallery is open Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm, except for public holidays. LHQ Gallery is managed by the Library and Arts Service at Cork County Council, supported by the Arts Council. Crawford Supported Studios is a partnership between MTU Crawford College of Art & Design and Crawford Art Gallery, with support from Cork City Council Arts Office.

Access information

Getting there
The LHQ Gallery is located at the Library Building on Carrigrohane Road in Cork  (T12 K335). 
It is accessible on foot and by public transport, with city buses servicing the Western Road/Cork County Hall area. 

Options include buses traveling towards Cork University Hospital (CUH), Munster Technological University (MTU), or Ballincollig (Buses 205, 208, 220) which pass near the area. 

Parking
Free parking onsite 
Disabled parking space directly in front of building and more parking spaces behind the building

Wheelchair access 
The venue is wheelchair accessible, and there are lifts to each floor
The entrance to the venue has an automatic door

Accessible toilet
The venue has toilets
Disabled Toilet on each floor

Quiet space
Quiet space and seating available in onsite library

Relaxed exhibition space
You may come and go as you please, move around and talk in the exhibition space

Contact
If you have questions about accessibility, please contact arts@corkcoco.ie
Arts Service main line: +353 21 434 6210

Thursday 23 April, 11am – 1pm
MTU Crawford College of Art & Design,
46 Grand Parade Campus, Cork City, T12 VN56

Meet members of Crawford Supported Studios and visit their art studio. Explore an exciting selection of fresh artwork by disabled artists.

Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Drop in event/ No booking required.

For further information contact: emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie

Crawford Supported Studios is a collaborative project anchored by MTU Crawford College of Art & Design and Crawford Art Gallery, with support from Cork City Council.