The Arts Council has sent its congratulations to 32 Cork artists who have each been awarded a €3,000 grant to help them make new and original work during the Covid-19 crisis. The government agency for funding and developing the arts said applications from Cork artists had scored very highly. Musicians […]
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Lights on the Horizon is a literary time capsule of poetry, fiction and drama from writers across the UK and Ireland, including West Cork. Lights on the Horizoncelebratesheroes and hope during Covid-19. A collection of writing during the lockdown of 2020, reflecting a global villages’ thoughts, fears, actions and inactions […]
The West Cork Art Centre has this year created an online space to bring the Members and Friends Exhibition to the public and showcase the work of artists from across West Cork and beyond. The Members Exhibition has been running at West Cork Arts Centre for 35 years, displaying the […]
Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, has announced a further investment of €200,000 to support the provision of additional eBooks and eAudiobooks in order to meet the significant increase in demand for access to the public library online service during the COVID-19 crisis. This is in […]
In their first off-site project since the crisis began, the Glucksman is presenting the billboard project New Light, running from June 10-24, as part of the vibrant ethos of Cork Midsummer. In venturing outside after a period of confinement and isolation, we take notice of our surroundings in different ways. We […]
Writers residing in Munster are invited to enter the 2020 J G Farrell Fiction Award – an award is for the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress. The prize is a place on the West Cork Literary Festival’s online Novel with Paul McVeigh workshop. This workshop was originally due to take place as […]