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Exhibition - Asterisms

Amie Siegel

20 Sep 2024 - 19 Jan 2025

Quietly Dispelling the Dark colour giclee photographic print 110 x 130 cm 2021 Mary Mc Intyre

Exhibition - Quietly Dispelling the Dark

Colm Tóibín selects from the Art Council collection

20 Sep 2024 - 19 Jan 2025

Christopher Mahon research image 2024 Scanned film photograph Courtest the artist

Exhibition - Sincere, or what you will

Christopher Mahon

20 Sep 2024 - 19 Jan 2025

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Cinema - Green Border

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called "green border" between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.

Tuesday 8th October 2024

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David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

David is back with another hilarious show and yes, he is bringing his tiny keyboard along for the ride!!

Friday 11th October 2024

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Sean Keane Live in Concert 2024

Sean is delighted to return to VISUAL and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre after his sell out performance last October.

Saturday 12th October 2024

Art & Ideas

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What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike

Mosab Abu Toha

A poem by Mosab Abu Toha, originally published in the New York Review of Books, and republished here with the kind permission of the author.

We Start Together and Change Again

Emma Dwyer

A Response to Ulla von Brandenberg’s Under Water Ball by arts writer Emma Dwyer

Hearth Songs, Curtain Calls: Come Sit By Me

Sinéad Gleeson

Author and artist Sinéad Gleeson responds to Artworks 2024: Behind the Curtain.

News

VISUAL Turns 15: Celebrating the Energy of a Creative Teen

VISUAL is celebrating its 15th birthday—a milestone that marks its transformation into a sprightly, fun-loving teenager.

2024/2025 South East Venue Network (SEVN) Artist Bursary awarded to Carlow visual artist

The South East Venues Network SEVN are delighted to announce artist Chloe Brenan as the recipient of the 2024/2025 South East Venue Network (SEVN) Artist Bursary Award.

Open Call for Volunteers

VISUAL Carlow seeks enthusiastic volunteers to join its team!