BOARD

The aim of the Carlow Art Collection is to promote, archive, and support art and artists that have a connection to or wish to reach out to the Carlow region. To this end the collection promotes through educational and festival events; it archives through adding to the collection on an annual basis and recording its history; and supports art and artists by organising benefactors and grants for the creation and production of artwork. The Collection wishes to show Carlow’s community and its visitors what a vibrant and creative place Carlow is to work, live, and visit.

 

BOARD MEMBERS

 

Chair Art Mooney

Treasurer Anthony Walsh

Secretary Rosalind Murray

 

Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.