Dunlavin Arts Festival hosts art
exhibitions in three different galleries in the town, the Market House
Gallery, the Blue Door Gallery, and the Old Schoolhouse Gallery.
All profits from commissions go towards community projects in the arts.
Market
House Gallery
The principal gallery of the
Arts Festival exhibits invited pieces from professional
artists, showing paintings, prints and sculptures by well-known artists
from both
Ireland and abroad.
The Market House is an elegant 18th
building and is the focal point of the Dunlavin. Normally, the
building serves as
the local library and courthouse.
The "student" gallery of the Arts
Festival has proven to be one of the most popular in recent years, and
exhibits invited pieces by students and recent graduates of art
colleges in Ireland. In previous years, this gallery has shown an
eclectic mix of paintings, prints,
sculptures and video installations.
The Blue Door Gallery occupies rooms in one of Dunlavin's terraced
houses, directly facing the Market House Gallery. Normally, the
building is in use as the local station for An Garda Síochána.
Blue Door
Gallery
Old
Schoolhouse Gallery
The largest gallery of the
Arts Festival exhibits work that has been submitted by local emergent
artists, and shows hundreds of paintings, prints and sculptures every
year.
The Old SchoolhouseGallery was
formerly the
local Church of Ireland primary school, and is kindly lent out each
year to host the emerging artist exhibition. The Old Schoolhouse
Gallery is located beside the Market House Gallery.
Any questions about the galleries can be
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