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A Year in Review: Moving, Growing, Fighting

Until 15th March @ Galway Arts Centre

Bog Cottage began as a formalised response to art making in the west of Ireland. Born from a yearning for queer community and spaces, Bog Cottage first started as friends hanging out making clay, friends doing DIY and opening a cafe. Since then Bog Cottage has transformed into an art making and community building tool, connecting artists who want to share skills, knowledge and resources.

In their statement Bog Cottage said “Being honest, we really struggled to make art this year with the genocide in Palestine live streamed to our phone. Every day a new more unfathomable horror. Making art about imagined queer utopias feels indulgent, frivolous, naive, privileged.”

Next Wave: A Graduate Showcase

Until March 16th @ Outset Gallery

Next Wave presents the work of eight graduates selected from the 2024 Graduate Open Call, representing Ireland’s leading art colleges. The exhibition showcases a diverse range of disciplines—including painting, sculpture, printmaking, and photography—exploring themes of identity, memory, environment, and the intersections of digital and physical spaces through varied techniques and materials. Highlighting the interplay between traditional and contemporary approaches, the works range from abstract interpretations to detailed representational works. The artists employ experimental processes, repurposed materials, and new media to challenge artistic boundaries and engage audiences in fresh perspectives.

Now is all there was

Until February 23rd @ Oughterard Courthouse

An Exhibition by Renske Boef – an exploration of the past, the present and the effect of old photographs on our memory through painting

M.Fest

27th February to 2nd March @ Multiple Locations

M.FEST Galway is a multidisciplinary arts festival that explores themes of menstruation, gender, and women’s health through art, movement, and community. Founded by Elena Juzgado, a visual artist and community worker from Madrid, this festival is led by volunteers. Alongside Aoife Delany Reade (Druid Fuel Residency 2025), Elena brought M.FEST 2023 to life, and since then, the festival has grown in both popularity and significance each year. M.FEST celebrates local artists, amplifies feminist and LGBTQI+ voices, fosters connection among individuals, and honors the experiences of women and queer folks both in Ireland & internationally.

Harmony

28th February to 9th March @ Kava Kinvara

The annual members exhibition at the Courthouse Gallery Kinvara – Every year, KAVA members are invited to showcase two pieces of artwork in response to a theme, this years theme is ‘Harmony’

Cultures – an exhibtion by university of Galway Photography Society

March 5th to March 28th @ Quadrangle Gallery

This years theme is all about CULTURE: the clashing, co-existing and blending of different cultures and the creation of ones own identity out of it. Asking questions like what is your relationship with your culture, Or with the culture of others and how do you celebrate your culture and identity?