This year’s theme is Evolution, and find here a small homage to the talented and creative hands that have beautifully coloured the festival with their diverse editions and artistic expressions. Each contribution enriches the event, showcasing the growth and transformation of art within the community.
Thank you!
What if instead of constantly looking to the Earth for resources we looked to it for inspiration to create ART and gave a little back to our communities?
With thanks to the Creative Ireland Programme, Mountshannon Arts are offering the opportunity to inspire creativity through three workshops.
Renowned Irish jazz and blues singer Mary Coughlan is set to take centre stage at this year’s Mountshannon Arts Festival,
‘A Flow of Words’ on Scariff Bay Community Radio with Mountshannon Arts invite writers to take inspiration from Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Scaffolding’, a love poem that reasserts that even in difficult times if the foundations are secure we can survive the storms.
composed by Clíodhna Donnellan. A musical landscape of the current climate of displacements and conflicts presented as an almost love story, using nature for the metaphorical setting.
A two-part special broadcast, writers respond to Mountshannon Arts Festival Culture Night theme of ‘Harmony’… Podcast now available
The Argentinean tango duet Vito Sputnik will recreate a “Milonga”: a traditional social event from Argentina where the participants engage in the dance and music of tango.
On Friday 20th September, we will be offering an opportunity for everyone to gather together to celebrate our common humanity in an evening of music, poetry and prose.
