Gaeltacht art exhibition ready for opening night

ArtSpace Pobail Le Cheíle is officially launching their summer art exhibition at their premises in Falcarragh, with a night of art, music, wine, and cheese.

Volunteer curator, Eve Li, told Donegal Live that the exhibition is a community-run project, with all profits being invested into other community programmes. 

Local artists being exhibited include Mary Toland, Michelle Doherty, Karl Harold, Anthony Babington, and Geralyn Mulqueen. 

Opening night is on Friday, July 25, from 7pm until 9pm, and the exhibition will likely be available to view until September. 

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Eve said: “We have a seasonal exhibition, and it is our third year. They are all very successful. It is a very small gallery.

“Pobail Le Chéile is a community organisation, and Artspace Pobail Le Chéile is an extension of that, as a community artist project. 

“The Artspace is a project from Pobail Le Chéile to promote local artists who live in the Gaeltacht or elsewhere but whose work celebrates our landscapes.  

“We have had artists from the UK because they come here and paint. 

“There is always wine and music from the local artists who play traditional Irish music.

“People will love it. A lot of people come to see it, to see their own landscapes. People from Tory Island, too, because we have had artists from Tory Island as well. That is a part of the Gaeltacht. 

“It is a community organisation, so any profit that is made goes into our community projects, like services for the elderly, Irish language classes, English language classes, and we run a lot of youth programmes. “