Culture Night 2017

2017 was the 25th anniversary of the Carlow Art Collection. To celebrate Catherine Marshall gave a talk on Carlow’s best know artistic son Frank O’Meara. The talk titled ‘Frank O’Meara and the Celtic Twilight’ was held in Cobden Hall in Carlow College. Music on the night was provided by ‘Ye Vagabonds’. We also unveiled our latest acquisition to the Collection by Enda Bowe. Photos of the event can be viewed in the Archive in Catalogues & Photos.

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.