Students to display experimental art in Waterford
Waterford students are being given the opportunity to display their art in a studio space for the public to view and discuss.
Waterford students are being given the opportunity to display their art in a studio space for the public to view and discuss.
The 'First View/Expanded Studio' taking place at Garter Lane, offers audiences an early insight into the concepts, materials, and methodologies currently being explored by the BA Visual Art students.
The fourth year visual art degree students from SETU Waterford invite audiences to explore the role of presenting artworks for exhibition and how conceptually and physically this is taking form in the lead up to their final year exhibition in May 2026.
First View/Expanded Studio will offer audiences an early insight into the concepts, materials, and methodologies currently being explored by the BA Visual Art students.
For the students it will create the opportunity to extend their practices through conversation and playful exploration of their work beyond the SETU Waterford studios situation into the clean white Gallery space.
The exhibition reveals a dynamic spectrum of emerging practices, research, and experimentation as artists test ideas and refine their studio processes.
Themes that will be addressed in the work will span an eclectic mix of contemporary life and lived experience, including chronic illness, landscape, the psyche, sensory perception, gay love, heritage, world-building, and the complex intersections of motherhood and artistic identity.
Together, these perspectives offer a compelling lens through which to consider the present moment and the concerns shaping our cultural landscape today.
The students taking part include: Adam McEvoy, Alana Doyle, Ancuta Musina, Aoibh Flynn, Artimis Higgins, Callum Mernagh, Charles Jacob, Ciara Meagher, Daire Dowling, Diane Vakal, Eimear Power, Sadhbh Daly, Rionach McCafferty.
The work will be on display in Garter Lane from January 20 to January 31.
It will be open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11am to 5.30pm.
The exhibition will be free to attend and promises to be an early highlight of the year.
