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29th May 2025

Age Range
All ages

Venue
The Garden Studio,

Address
Butler Gallery, Evans’ Home, John’s Quay, Kilkenny
John’s Quay
Kilkenny
R95 YX3F

Reassembling Histories: Kilkenny’s Female Woodworkers

Join artist Jan McCullough for an Open Studio event in Butler Gallery’s Garden Studio. Jan is developing sculptural and photographic works for large-scale installations. During her residency, she has engaged in research, conversations and archive visits, including the Kilkenny Design Workshops archive at NIVAL, Dublin. Her research explores the legacy of female woodworkers in Kilkenny, fostering new community connections.

About the Artist: Jan McCullough, from Northern Ireland, explores construction, fabrication, and DIY, creating sculptural installations, interventions and photographs. Her exhibitions include The Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (2024); NOUA, Bodø, Norway (2023); The Complex, Dublin (2023); PS², Belfast (2022); Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2022); Freelands Gallery, London (2021); and more. She has been Artist-in-Residence at IMMA, Dublin and Light Work, Syracuse, NY (2020-2021). Awards include the Making and Momentum Artist Prize, Ireland (2022) and nominations for The Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize, Austria (2023).

Supported by Creative Ireland and Kilkenny County Council. 

Free ticketed event. Limited capacity, book your place.

https://www.janmccullough.co.uk

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