Inspire the Artist Within
Saturday 18th March 10am – 1pm – Fiction Workshop with Billy O’Callaghan – for more details click here Saturday 18th March 2pm-5pm – Needle Craft with Gerli Kerm – for more details click here Sunday 19th March 10am -1pm -Drypoint Print Making with Brid Moynahan – for more details
Memories of Past Festivals
Welcome 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 annual poetry slam kindly sponsored by Kanturk Bookshop will be held once again in Kanturk Courthouse @ 7:30pm on 20th March. Recite or read a favourite piece of poetry ( your own or someone else’s) and advocate it before our Judge, This year two €50 prizes will be awarded.
Kanturk Arts Festival is delighted to announce an extra special workshop for children taking place on Friday, March 18th in the Trade Union Hall, Strand Street. From 10am, “Messy Hands” will host a “messy art workshop” suitable for 2 to 6 year olds and their parents. This is a chance
Fear na Coillte Chainsaw Sculptures Will Fogarty will give a demonstration in the Art of Chainsaw Sculpture in O’Brien Street Park on Saturday 18th March 9am to 3pm
SHORT STORY COMPETITION Prizes First – €300 Second – €125 Third – €75 Rules No entry form is needed. Entry is online, or by post if required. The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English. There is no restriction on theme or style. Maximum number of words is
The 2015 Kanturk Arts Festival was held from March 13th-15th click here …. for the 2015 Festival Programme (PDF, 840kb) 2015 Short Story Competition Winners “Triage” by Shauna O’Connor is the winner of the Under-15 Competition – click here … for the story (MS Word, 18kb) “The Thief and The
2014 Programme – OpenExhibitionGuidelines2014 Photography Exhibition details – click here …. The Human Orchestra Project – click here …. Open Art Exhibition Invitation and Guidelines – click here …[PDF, 1Mb] Schools’ Art Competition 2014 – Overall Winner By Donal O’Donoghue
A Flavour of 2013 2013 Programme Schools’ Art 2013 Invited Artists 2013
Details of 2012 Programme Schools’ Art 2012 Opening Night Courthouse Theatre Some Miscellaneous Images Some Poems from 2012 Poetry Slam 2012 – Invitation and Guidelines (PDF, 101 Kb) Invitation and Guidelines for 2012 Open Art Exhibition, Kanturk Library (PDF, 291 Kb) Invitation and Guidelines for 2012 Open Photography