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‘The Curiosity Series’, hosted by Maeve Higgins, starts next Monday, August 22^nd with new podcast episodes every fortnight.  

Member of Aosdána and the RHA, artist Pauline Bewick was born in Northumbria in 1935 before moving to a small farm in Co. Kerry. After travelling all over Ireland and attending school in England and Wales, Pauline returned to Ireland to attend the National College of Art and Design. 

Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These has been shortlisted as one of six novels for the Booker Prize 2022. The winner will be announced on Monday, October 17th. 

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin has been elected Saoi by the members of Aosdána. Eiléan now becomes the 21^st Saoi in the history of Aosdána.

President Michael D. Higgins visited Sandycove on Friday 6^th May to unveil Imogen Stuart’s newly installed piece of public art “Stele”, at Otranto Park, Glenageary, Dublin.

The Ireland at Venice 2022 Curatorial Team, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios will present Niamh O’Malley’s Gather, at the Irish Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia 2022.

New Aosdána members, elected in 2021, gathered yesterday at the Arts Council to learn more about the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland and what it means to be a member.

The Arts Council and Local Government will jointly host its third biennial conference, Places Matter, in VISUAL, Carlow on March 24^th and 25^th.  In what will be one of the first in-person conferences to take place in over two years, the Arts Council will take a deep dive into how the Arts Council and Local Government can invest more creatively in people and places. Aosdána members Valerie Mulvin, Deirdre Kinahan & Tom de Paor both contribute as speakers or artists.   

Reading Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’

The Arts Council this year marks the 70th anniversary of its very first meeting on 25th January 1952. Throughout the year there will be a series of events and initiatives to celebrate this landmark anniversary.