Tag Archives: Children’s Events

Win tickets to The Magic Cube for kids at Kilkenny Arts Festival

  By Niamh | August 5, 2010 - 9:30 am | Competitions, Kids, The Arts, The Culch
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The visual art strand of the Kilkenny Arts Festival was curated this year by Oliver Dowling, an independent contemporary visual art specialist with comprehensive experience representing Irish artists, galleries and public institutions, offering particular expertise in curating exhibitions, advising on policy and forming collections. Oliver talks here to Ken McGuire about the artists and installations that will take part in various locations at the 2010 Kilkenny Arts Festival

Kilkenny Arts Festival 6 - 15 August 2010

  By Niamh | July 21, 2010 - 10:30 am | Events, Music, Performance Art, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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The Kilkenny Arts Festival is due to start on 6th August next in Kilkenny, marking the beginning of a 10 day festival of Bertie Bassetts - All Sorts! This is the 37th year of the festival and the maturity of the festival shows in the numerous, wide-ranging and quality acts they have lined up for 2010. To make things easier, the festival has been separated into 9 different strands - that’s nine varieties of ways in which you can be entertained! Wired - a musical exploration. According to curator Matthew Nolan, this strand features one of the best live acts performing in Ireland at the moment, And So I Watch You From Afar.