New Irish Works series 2023-24:
Pauline Rowan at The Library Project

Launch 6pm Thursday 30th March

PhotoIreland presents Under a Vaulted Sky by Irish artist Pauline Rowan. This is the third exhibition in the New Irish Works series.

Pauline Rowan received a distinction for her MFA in Photography from Ulster University in 2019. Since graduating Rowan has been invited by Paul Seawright and Peter Richards to exhibit in Dissolving Histories – New Narratives, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. Rowan was awarded an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary in both 2020 and 2021. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.

Rowan explores sanctuary, as well as home, through landscapes, settlements and our underpinned relationships with belonging and abandonment. With a background in Fine Art and Film, her predominately lens based works incorporate documentary as well as collaborative and performative elements. Rowan is interested in layers of history in place, family and society, systems of defensive and offensive tactics used upon land, home and ritual.

Tsundoku Art Book Fair: the call for participants is now open

First launched in July 2011, this edition sees the return of Ireland’s first art book fair now renamed Tsundoku. The fair returns with an expanded programme to present publications by a range of Irish and international publishers and individuals seeking to represent practices from all continents. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage directly with the visiting publishers, be inspired by the rich variety of publications available, and attend publishing workshops and talks. Read the full details and how to participate now online.

PhotoIreland Festival 2023: Call for Open Programme

The call for proposals for the PhotoIreland Festival 2023 Open Programme is now open. Participation in the programme is free.

If you are planning an event during, or running into, July or August 2023 related to Photography or Visual Culture happening anywhere in Ireland, then join the festival celebrations! We welcome submissions from individuals and organisations of all possible formats for events such as exhibitions, installations, performances, screenings, talks, workshops, etc., whether in real life or virtual.

PhotoIreland Festival 2023: Call for Volunteers

PhotoIreland Festival 2023 launches 30th June and runs until the end of August. We are now looking for enthusiastic and reliable volunteers to join the festival team. If you have an interest in contemporary art, curation, festivals, event management, and want to learn from behind the scenes of an exciting arts organisation, we want to hear from you!

Do you know what PhotoIreland does?

PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.

Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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