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Dundalk artist Adrienne Finnerty has work on show in The Drawing Box, a touring exhibition curated by Diane Henshaw, the arts officer for Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, which is now on view virtually from the Galway Arts Centre.
Adrienne, who is now based in Barna, Co Galway, was instrumental in getting the exhibition to the City of the Tribes, after it opened in December in Fermanagh and before it travels to global venues.
The Drawing Box Facebook group was created in 2012 by John Crabtree, Andrew Crane, Patil Rajendra, and Diane Henshaw, with the idea of linking Irish and International artists who had an interest in contemporary drawing and global networking.
7 min read Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. KATHRYN MILIGAN S book has taken a different approach
Art can show us familiar things in such striking ways that we may always carry a little extra with us afterwards. Parisian neighbourhood bistros make me feel all louchely Impressionist, while lonely late-night cafes on New York street corners bring out an Edward-Hopper spirit.
Itâs possible that romance plays a part. Lowry doesnât quite compel my fascination with the north of England and Hogarth doesnât drive me to, or from, gin in London, but I had always thought that Dublin saved her inspiration for writers. Now, a new book casts a fresh eye on the artists who made the city their subject.