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An Odd Job

A job centre for artists of all ages

5 June - 31 August 2025

No Other Land Still 02

CINEMA - No Other Land

Proceeds from this screening go to UNICEF Gaza Emergency Appeal.

Thursday 19th June 2025

Queer art Club

Queer Art Club Workshops

10th, 17th & 24th June 2025

Art & Ideas

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The Lumpies

Erica Van Horn

Responding to Deirdre O'Mahoney's exhibition Between A Rock and A Hard Place, artist and writer Erica Van Horn presents a diaristic text reflecting upon landscape, infrastructure, and living in rural Ireland.

Kingdom

Irenosen Okojie

Written in response to Dominique White's exhibition Cinders of the Wreck, author Irenosen Okojie presents a specially-commissioned piece of speculative fiction, giving an powerful imagined history to the sculptural assemblages on show at VISUAL.

All this will feel impossible soon

Sophia Al-Maria

In this text, the artist, writer and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria responds to Amie Siegel’s video installation Asterisms. The text is written in the style of a voiceover, taking its cue from Werner Herzog’s 1992 documentary on the burning oil fields of Kuwait, Lessons of Darkness.

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Open Call for Volunteers

VISUAL Carlow seeks enthusiastic volunteers to join its team! Come along to our open evening on Tuesday 3 June from 6.45pm – 8pm to learn about the exhibitions and find out more about volunteering at VISUAL. Meet the staff and other volunteers over tea and coffee. All welcome!