The Arts Council has announced the appointment of Aosdána and Tosciareacht member Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028. The Laureateship has previously been held by Aosdána members Colm Tóibín (2022 – 2024), Sebastian Barry (2018-2021) and the inaugural Laureate, Anne Enright (2015-2018).
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Aosdána has expressed its sadness at the death of sculptor and Aosdána member Michael Warren.
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The Board of the Arts Council has announced, with deep regret, that Maureen Kennelly will step down as Director of the Arts Council in June.
Born in Dublin in 1935, Michael Kane has been considered one of Ireland’s finest and most innovative artists.
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Born in Dublin in 1944, Paul Durcan studied Archaeology and Medieval History at University College Cork. His first solo collection of poetry, O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor, won the Patrick Kavanagh Award in 1975.
Born in Dublin, Alice Hanratty studied painting and printmaking at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin and the Hornsey College of Art in London. She worked and travelled in East Africa for several years before returning to Ireland.
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Members of Aosdána gathered in the beautiful Vernon Studio at Royal Irish Academy of Music for the 2nd Aosdána Open Forum on April 23rd, 2025
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Aosdána will hold its 2nd Open Forum on Wednesday, 23rd April, 2025 at the Vernon Studio, Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM).
