
Artists announced for new residency programme focusing on air quality and pollution
Galway Arts Centre, in conjunction with Galway City Council, announced the awarding of three art commissions under an innovative new artist-in-residence programme. The programme supports artists to engage with the communities of Galway City’s Westside and to creatively respond to scientific research on air quality and climate conducted by local citizens and climate scientists from the University of Galway.

New exhibition at Goethe-Institut explores the future of plastics
Explore the future of plastics in ‘With or Without You’, a new multimedia art exhibition that reflects on the life, death, and afterlife of synthetic materials, examining our complex relationship with them. Running at the Goethe-Institut in Dublin from 8th November to 7th December 2024, the exhibition features work by four international artists who participated in the Glenkeen Garden Residencies in West Cork.

Nature and climate change at centre of new art exhibition at Goethe-Institut
The impact of environmental pollution on plants and the effects of climate change on coastal wildlife are at the centre of ‘Disquieting Frequencies’, a new multimedia art exhibition, which opened at the Goethe-Institut Irland on 7th March 2024. Presented jointly by the Goethe-Institut and the Crespo Foundation, the exhibition marks the start of ‘The Glenkeen Variations’, a series of art exhibitions at the Goethe-Institut, which features the work of ten international artists who have participated in the Glenkeen Garden Residencies, an artist-in-residence programme in West Cork.

Goethe-Institut issues open call for Studio Quantum artist-in-residence programme
The Goethe-Institut Irland has issued an open call for applications for its international Studio Quantum artist-in-residence programme. Artists based in Ireland and seven additional participating countries are invited to submit their applications to take part in the programme before the application deadline on 11th February 2024.

Goethe-Institut launches new artist-in-residence programme focused on emerging quantum technologies
The Goethe-Institut Irland has launched Studio Quantum, a new international artist-in-residence programme and event series, which explores emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art. Run by the Goethe-Institut in partnership with Trinity College Dublin, CONNECT – the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications, Trinity Quantum Alliance, Project Arts Centre, and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, the residency programme and accompanying event series are designed to explore the future impact of quantum technologies.