How will you spend Culture Night? Culture Night takes place on Friday, 20th September with a bumper programme of events taking place throughout the county – music, dance, visual art, literature, exhibitions, theatre & craft. Find out what’s happening near you at www.culturenight.ie #CultureNight2024
Meath County Council Arts Office presents ‘Echoes of the Land’ This major exhibition of new works by Fiona McKenna takes us on a journey through county Meath and the Irish countryside. Fiona’s collection of vibrant and uplifting landscape paintings is a celebration of colour and nature. Her paintings capture special...
TORADH 2 GALLERY, Kells Courthouse Tourism & Cultural Hub This latest, major exhibition of new works by Syd Bluett, features challenging hand-drawn and hand-painted phrases on semi-architectural backgrounds. The intention behind the works is: simply to intrigue and entertain. Presented by Meath County Council Arts Office in association with Kells...
This year’s Type Trail launch takes place on 27th June, as it once again turns the streets of Kells into a canvas of Type. Kells Type Trail brings together a wide range of artforms highlighting the unique heritage of lettering as a form of communication. Each year one word is...
Hinterland are delighted to announce their programme for Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts. Join them in Kells, Co. Meath for over 50 different events running from 27 - 30 June for yet another weekend of literature, laughter, debate, art, music, ideas and reflection – mingling with some of the...
39 writers have been awarded a place on the Irish Writers Centre National Mentoring Programme 2024! Congratulations to local Meath writer, Geraldine Walsh, who has been selected by the Irish Writers Centre to receive professional literary mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice...
Meath Arts Office are pleased to announce the launch of the MEATH CULTURE NIGHT 2024 EVENT GRANT SCHEME. Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts, taking place on Friday 20th September 2024. This award supports artists, venues and local arts/cultural organisations who...
Join award-winning poet Jim McElroy in conversation and performance. This relaxed evening will feature poetry readings and reflections on his chapbook We Are The Weather, his poem Hoor and the war-themed series Troubled. Bealtaine Festival 2024 presented by Meath Arts Office and Kells library. Kells Library Thursday 16th May 7.00pm...
Announcing a wonderful opportunity for artists and creative practitioners of all disciplines to broaden their practice through Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) professional development and in-school residency programme. Closing date for expression of interest Friday 7th June 2024.Develop creative partnerships with teachers and children. Receive funded training and residencies that bring...
Celebrating Bealtine 2024, Meath Arts Office are delighted to announce The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award in partnership with Louth County Council Arts Office. Two artists (one based in Meath, and one based in Louth) will receive a funded week-long residency in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre including...