Meath Arts Office are delighted to present the MAMU Workshop & Gathering Series, which aims to provide an opportunity for Meath artists & creatives to learn new skills that enhance their practice, while gathering with their peers in an informal & inviting setting. The first workshop in the series is...

26th March – 28th May 2025 ‘Melting, Moving, Mesmerising’ This latest exhibition of new work by Navan based artist Mary Clarke explores the themes of climate change and the environment. Mary’s collection of vibrant, layered and abstracted images confronts the viewer, both subtly and directly, in an effort to provoke...

Meath County Council are seeking an Expression of Interest for a Creative Associate/Print Studio Technician to set up, develop and deliver a creative, engaging, imaginative, collaborative and inclusive outreach, educational and artistic programme at Kells Printing Works. For further information and details please email procurement@meathcoco.ie Closing date for receipt of...

Meath County Council’s Arts Office is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 Arts Grants, Awards and Bursaries Schemes

Meath County Council Arts Office, in partnership with the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris, is pleased to announce: the 2025/2026 artist’s residency bursary. Continuing their partnership for a sixth year, Centre Culturel Irlandais and Meath County Council Arts Office will work together to support an individual artist from Meath to spend...

Meath County Council Arts Office presents ‘Tempest (50 nights in a Dublin Hotel)’ by artist and musician Steve Wickham. This collection of 20 paintings were made or begun in a Dublin hotel ‘The REZz’ during the run of Deirdre Kinahan’s play Tempesta, in the Glass Mask Theatre on Dawson Street...

Meath County Council Arts Office presents ‘Hoor’ An exhibition of poetry and illustration Featuring the work of Belfast poet Jim McElroy, winner of the MCC Cultural Services Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award 2020 and winner of the International Book and Pamphlet award 2021, and Kells born, Berlin based illustrator Ann Kiernan...

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...

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Arts Office Newsletter.

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...