New Luan exhibition features 32 Westmeath artists
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From left, Carmel Duffy, manager, Luan Gallery; Benjamin Stafford, guest curator; Amanda Ralph, Westmeath Artist award winner; Liam McDaniel, cathaoirleach, Westmeath County Council and Laura McCormack Arts Office, at the launch of ‘Let The Mirror Express The Room’ at the Luan Gallery. Photo: Andrea Cullen. bronteImage 2 of 3
From left, Sean Ganly; Aoife Banks, curator; Toine Siebelink, Sebastion Rolland, Chrissie Kelly; Liam McDaniel, Westmeath County Council Cathaoirleach; Martin Finnerty, Henry Yee; guest curator Benjamin Stafford; Karen Stuart-Trainor; and Carmel Duffy, manager, Luan Gallery. Photo: Andrea Cullen.Image 3 of 3
Carmel Duffy, manager; Sandra Roy and artist Paul Roy; Benjamin Stafford guest curator, Let The Mirror Express The Room, Luan Gallery.Works by 32 artists from Westmeath feature in an exhibition that is to run at the Luan Gallery in Athlone until February 2. The selection of works for ‘Let The Mirror Express The Room’, a collaboration between the Luan Gallery and the Westmeath Arts Office, was made by guest curator Benjamin Stafford, curator of Visual Art at VISUAL, Carlow.
The exhibition is part of the Westmeath Artists Awards process which aims to celebrate, showcase, and support the development of Westmeath visual artists’ practices and careers with funding support from the Arts Council of Ireland.
At the opening of the event on November 29, the winner of the Westmeath Artists Award was named as Athlone native Amanda Ralph, who will receive a Luan Gallery Visual Arts Development Award of €1,500, among other benefits, including a future exhibition slot at Luan Gallery, a studio residency at Abbey Road Artists Studios, a studio visit, and mentorship from guest curator Benjamin Stafford.
Almost 50 works by 32 artists are showcased in the exhibition, and several of the artists are exhibiting for the first time in Luan Gallery.
Westmeath artists selected for exhibition include; Nataliia Bobak, Emma O’Brien, Anne Marie Burke, Eoin Butler, Emma Carter, Richard Clarke, Mary Cosgrove, Martina Coyle, Alan Crowley, Bertille de Lestrade, Kyle Collins, Maebh Donovan, Mark Duffy, Lorraine Dunne, Trish Findlater, Olivia Finn, Paul Flaherty, Nicole Gill, Jacinta Guinan, Tina Hayes, Fiona Kelly, Hilary Kinahan, Lorraine Mimnagh, Muiris Moynihan, EL Putnam, Amanda Ralph, Paul Roy, Nóilín Shaw, Celine Sheridan, Annette Treacy, Lesley Wingfield, and Ann Wingfield.
The exhibition will continue until Sunday February 2, 2025 (seasonal closures from December 23-27 and 30-31 inclusive. Luan Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-5pm and Sundays from 12pm to 5pm.
Admittance to Luan Gallery is free, and guided tours are available to all at no cost.
• More information on the exhibition and upcoming events can be found at athloneartsandtourism.ie/luan-gallery/ and on Luan Gallery’s social channels.