Show in Wesport, Co. Mayo / by Pat Byrne

I haven’t posted in a long while, mostly because with lockdowns there hadn’t been much happening and now I a week late with this one, but I have a solo show at Custom House Studios in Westport that opened to the public on June 3rd. That runs until June 27th and is titled From Under the Hill, there was no open event due to the restrictions so the gallery installed the work and opened it’s doors. I was delighted to hear back from Custom House Studios, it’s a place I love showing and it was nice to kick things off fairly quickly after the easing of lockdown.

'Used to be Everywhere', Oil on Canvas, 52cm x 39cm, 2020, Pat Byrne.jpg

During the lockdown I started The Bit of Gallery Podcast, on the show I chatted with artists either with rural backgrounds or artists who are based in rural Ireland, it ran for 12 episodes and came to a bit of a halt because with the lockdown lifting there were a few things coming up that meant I just hadn’t time to juggle them all, including the show in Westport, Crinniú na nÓg, going back to my part time job and also getting accepted onto the Azure Dementia Inclusive Training. I’m hoping to get it back up and going in the next few weeks.

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