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What Lies Beneath: Kealfadda Bridge

  Niall MacMonagle April 24 2017  Even before you set foot in Manhattan, the grid allows you to plan ahead: see you at 81st and Fifth. Bingo! In Molly McCloskey’s marvellous new novel When Light is Like Water, we read: “The only good thing about Preethina was that it was the one city in the Read More…

Culture Night – 16 September 2016

The Open Window Gallery is pleased to display its group show of paintings, sculpture and ceramics.   As accompaniment, we have a live jazz performance by guitarists Gerry Lynch and Daniel Soro.   We also have the live sketching of Patrick Brocklebank, who will make quick portraits of visitors on request.   Join us for Read More…

Hares on the March – a visit

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We’re delighted this year to showcase two Golden Hares in the Jack and Jill Foundation’s charity drive — “Hares on the March”, one by John Shinnors and the other by Neil Shawcross.  They’ll be in the gallery for three weeks before they leap to live auction at The Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St in Dublin.

Jack and Jill Foundation. Hares on the March. November 2015
Shinare by John Shinnors
Jack and Jill Foundation. Hares on the March. November 2015
Jazz by Neil Shawcross

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re very proud that five of our gallery artists were chosen to embellish hares for the charity drive.  Two of them were awarded a Golden Hare status.   One Golden Hare is by Thomas Banahan:

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Hare-Boutin by Thomas Banahan with Deirdre Irvine

And the other is by Jennifer Kingston:

Jack and Jill Foundation. Hares on the March. November 2015
Pepita the Dancing Hare by Jennifer Kingston

Our evening to welcome the hares by John Shinnors and Neil Shawcross to the gallery had a great festive air. So much so that we forgot to take a photograph of the merry throng. Just the hares. We’d love you to drop by to visit them. IMG_3326 IMG_3327

Autumn Collection-Alan Boyle and John Brennan

The opening of our Autumn Collection exhibition – works by John Brennan and Alan Boyle – attracted a good crowd on this stormy Thursday night. The show runs from the 12th through the 21st of November, so do find your way in to The Open Window Gallery before then. Here are some photos of the Read More…

Boyle and Brennan – Autumn Collection

Come join us for the opening of our exhibition of ceramic work by Alan Boyle and paintings by John Brennan. The opening reception on Thursday, 12th November is from 6.30-8.30 pm. Come join us for a glass of wine and a preview of these wonderful new works. We look forward to greeting you at The Read More…

Artist of the Week – John McNulty

John McNulty was born in Dublin in 1949.  He studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin for three years.  John worked in Switzerland at the Centre Genevois de la Gravure  (1979) and at the Atelier of master printer Raymond Mayer in Lausanne.  Following that European sojourn, he joined The Graphic Studio Read More…

Artist of the Week – Gay O’Neill

Gay O’Neill is our feature artist this week. You’ll see her work in our window and just inside the gallery door. Please do come in to see her work in the real. Gay was born in Ireland and educated in Dublin and Switzerland. She studied at the Natonal College of art before joining the graphics Read More…

Anthony O’Brien – Winner of “Established Ceramics” Award

Anthony O’Brien, one of our treasured ceramic artists, is the winner of the “Established Ceramics Category” this year at the RDS National Craft Awards.  It is particularly significant to win in 2015 as this is the Year of Irish Design.  O’Brien won the award with a beautiful ash-glazed stoneware dish, entitled “Four Ravens, Four Raptors”. Read More…