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Anyone with an address in the county was allowed to submit three works for their consideration, and 14 artists were chosen to exhibit. &#8220;I wanted it to be inclusive,&#8221; said Rennie, noting that they didn&#8217;t ask whether artists were professional or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result is an exhibition centred around the theme of hope: &#8220;There&#8217;s variety, between paintings, and a big sculpture, there&#8217;s printworks,&#8221; noted Rennie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>The exhibition is located in Barry Hall in Carlow College, and is open from 11-6pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41544,"template":"","class_list":["post-41543","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOPE - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local Arts Practitioner Rennie Buenting, working with curator Tony Strickland, presents an exhibition of Carlow-based visual artists during the 2026 Carlow Arts Festival.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/hope\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOPE - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local Arts Practitioner Rennie Buenting, working with curator Tony Strickland, presents an exhibition of Carlow-based visual artists during the 2026 Carlow Arts Festival. 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