Inspire The Artist Within
We have invited back the featured artists from last year, Jessica Baron, Clare Hartigan, Lynda Horgan and Bernadette Tuite, whose exhibition was cancelled last year to tell us about their inspiration and work process, in Kanturk Arts Festival Featured Artists Virtual Exhibition ’21
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Memories of Past Festivals
Welcomee to the Website of Kanturk Arts Festival Kanturk Arts Festival aims to celebrate and promote the arts in the region and to provide a platform and focal point for the arts locally.
The Poets’ Trees Project which took place during the summer in O’Brien St. Park culminated in the launching of the collection of poems at the Edel Quinn Hall on Saturday October 23rd. ‘In Dappled Shade’ was published by Kanturk Arts Festival and supported by Creative Ireland and is available for
View the announcement below Congratulations to all the winners. First Place ‘Liar’ by Caoimhe O’Leary Second Place ‘Il Tradimento’ by Michelle Walshe Third Place ‘Cinderella’ by Helen O’Neill To reads the stories click here
written and performed by Robert Gogan Saturday 23rd October 2021 7:30pm in the Edel Quinn Hall Kanturk – €5 at the door Strolling Through Ulysses! is a one-man show that tells the fun-filled story of Bloomsday – June 16th 1904 – the iconic day around which James Joyce’s Ulysses is based. Written and performed
Our Flash Fiction competition has received an excellent response again this year – with entries from all around the world, the shortlisting process has been even tougher than usual. Judge Breda Joy, author of Under a Skellig Sky and Eat the Moon, found it difficult to say goodbye to many
The new closing date for Kanturk Arts Festival International Flash Fiction Competition is Tuesday 21st September 2021 at 11:59pm. Best of luck to everyone. For full details on how to enter click here.
Kanturk Arts Festival’s International Flash Fiction Competition 2021 is now accepting entries. Write 500 words on a visual prompt. ✧ First prize €250 ✧ Second prize €150 ✧ Third prize €100 ✧ Closing date 11pm 14th September Last year’s Flash Fiction Competition was a tremendous success with entries coming in,
Kanturk Arts Festival wants YOUR poems. Kanturk Arts Festival is looking for your poems for its summer project Poets’ Trees. So whether you are, young, young at heart or anything in between, please get writing on any topic of your choice. The poems will be hung on the magnificent trees
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