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Would you like to learn more about the how artist Maeve Clancy put together her exhibition and graphic novel on the life and work of Kathleen Lonsdale? Click play on the video below to hear Maeve talk about the research and creative process behind it all! A big thank you to Richard of Darn Skippy for recording and editing the …
Riverbank Arts Centre are delighted to celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 with a selection of free events on Saturday 10 June. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland, and these events are supported by Kildare County Council. Family Drumming Workshop with Jabba Jabba Jembe Auditorium, 10am Enjoy the energy of Group drumming in a friendly Group environment …
Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to once again partner with June Fest for their 2023 festival. Now in its eleventh year June Fest continues to celebrate and promote local music, arts, culture, nature, heritage and history by hosting events in and around Newbridge. Here’s a (small!) selection of events happening around Newbridge for June Fest: PopUpArt Newbridge Whitewater Shopping Centre Thursday …
Join artist Maeve Clancy as she hosts a CPD day between Riverbank Arts Centre and Newbridge Library where participants will learn how to make a mini-comic, receive an introduction to biographical comics and make their own. Partnering with Kildare County Libraries, this training looks to use techniques from the Kathleen Lonsdale exhibition & book and apply them to any school …
For the past two weeks performer and theatre-maker Emma Finegan has been resident in the boardroom at Riverbank Arts Centre, an opportunity which she has been using to create new work. Emma explains what she has been working on: “Over the past two weeks, I have been researching a new autobiographical work inspired by the Curragh where I grew up. With …
For National Poetry Day 2023 LIVE Network has partnered with Dedalus Press and Bloodaxe Books UK, to present poetry from two amazing poets, who have short readings of their work featured today on the LIVE NETWORK YouTube Channel, which can be viewed below. A number of copies of The Golden Thread by Amali Gunasekera and Flirting With Tigers from Amy …
An odd collection of tricksters live in the gorse bushes at the edge of the town. They’re best left alone, the townsfolk say. We’ve nothing to do with them. What they don’t say is; except the odd healing spell, love cure, hair-cut, or to burn them out of their nests once a year. This magic-realist piece for audiences aged 8+ …
Riverbank Arts Centre are delighted to once again welcome the Irish Military Seminar. Now in it’s seventh year the Irish Military Seminar, hosted by Kildare County Council and the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee, is a series of free talks which take place over two days. This year the events will take place on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th May. …
This April Dan Colley brings his new theatre piece, The Wrens to Riverbank Arts Centre! The Wrens is about an odd collection of tricksters live in the gorse bushes at the edge of the town. They’re best left alone, the townsfolk say. We’ve nothing to do with them. What they don’t say is; except the odd healing spell, love cure, …
On Saturday 25 March we officially opened a new exhibition in our Children’s Gallery: Kathleen Lonsdale – an exhibition by Maeve Clancy. Commissioned by Riverbank Arts Centre and Kildare County Council Library Service, artist Maeve Clancy presents the working life of Newbridge-born scientist Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971) through an immersive cut paper installation. The paper is combined with drawings, lighting and animation …
