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‘Aosdána Beginnings’ wins ICAD Award

8/9/2023

‘Aosdána Beginnings’, designed by CI Studio, has been awarded a coveted bronze bell at this year’s ICAD Awards.

Aosdána expresses its sadness at the passing of writer and member Michael Viney

8/6/2023

The Arts Council has expressed its sadness at the passing of writer and Aosdána member Michael Viney.

‘Aosdána Beginnings’ by Mark Duncan

19/4/2023

The Arts Council publishes ‘Aosdána Beginnings’ by Mark Duncan, commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Aosdána in 2022. Free copies of the publication are available to the public.

Aosdána expresses its deep regret at the death of poet Maurice Scully

8/3/2023

Aosdána has expressed its sadness at the passing of poet and member Maurice Scully.

Aosdána expresses great sadness at the passing of artist and Saoi Camille Souter

3/3/2023

Camille Souter was raised in Ireland and originally trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital London, before taking up painting in the mid 1950s. Though her usually small-scale paintings appear abstract they are firmly based within reality and the everyday. Souter has exhibited extensively since the 1960s.

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Saoi Ceremony in pictures

16/2/2023

A Gallery of photographs of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s Saoi Ceremony, presided by Michael D. Higgins.

Arts Council Deputy Chair, Fearghus O Conchuir, President Michael D. Higgins, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Sabina Higgins, and Arts Council Director, Maureen Kennelly

Aosdána 41st General Assembly in Pictures

2/2/2023

A Gallery of photographs by Vincent Hoban at the 41st Aosdána General Assembly, UCD O’Reilly Hall, Dublin.

Tribute to Anthony Cronin by Anne Enright

1/2/2023

Anthony Cronin, pictured with Patrick Kavanagh, outside Davy Byrne’s pub in Dublin on the 50^th anniversary James Joyce’s Bloomsday, 16 June 1954. (NLI)

Delivered by Anne Enright to Aosdána members at the 41^st General Assembly in O’Reilly Hall, UCD, 14th November 2022.

Aosdána members contribute blogs as part of Arts Council at 70 celebrations

20/12/2022

A series of blogs from Aosdána members Ciaran O’Driscoll, Aideen Barry, Mary O’Malley, Evelyn Conlon and Bernadette Kiely have been commissioned by the Arts Council in celebration of its 70^th year, exploring creativity and collaboration.

President Michael D. Higgins presides at Saoi Ceremony for poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

17/11/2022

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins presided at a ceremony this morning, Thursday 17^th November, to mark the election of poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin as Saoi in Aosdána.

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