Highlighting the potential for architecture to stimulate tourism. Kindly supported by the RIAI. Exhibitors: left to right- Blair Stanaway, David Le Masney, Finola Reilly, Gordon Chrystal, David Power, OrlaMurphy, Michael Horan, Ciara McDonagh, Kevin Keegan, Noelle Angley, Simon Wall, Vincent Reilly, Simon Wall, Shane Meehan, Aine Gallagher. Thanks also to Westport Library, Peter Hynes, County Manager and Brian Quinn, Failte Ireland [...]
Bringing the Architectural Circus to Westport with a day of creativity, fun and exploration
Workshops, Talks & Demonstration listed below. For more details see associated Visual Art & Architecture listings. Where fee applies workshops must be pre-booked. Enjoy! Saturday 1st October 2011 “Painting With The Right Side of Your Brain” with Merovee Guerin. From 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at Old CBS School, Newport Road. Open to All - Cost €10.00 (includes [...]
“Architecture and Tourism” – Open Submission from Local Architects Westport Public Library Mayo based architects illustrate ways in which the built environment enhances our experience of a place, from the everyday to the exceptional. The ideas range from ‘looking at the over-looked” to “expanding horizons”- existing to conceptual. The exhibition shows how buildings, and their surroundings, can benefit local people [...]
An invitation to an on-the-street drawing session where we can draw streets that look the way we want them to look
Wednesday 5th October Holy Trinity Church. 1pm Admission Free Enjoy a lunch time tour of this charming local landmark in the company of Westport Historic Society (who run the Clew Bay Heritage Centre). Built between 1869 and 1872, Holy Trinity was designed by Sir Thomas Dean (other local works include Turlough House and St Mary’s Cathedral in Tuam). The talk [...]
Orla Murphy presents a talk on the Irish rural town, its morphology, character, rituals and the challenges that it faces.