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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to present Lifework, an exhibition of artworks by seven artists who work at the Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT) Studio. The exhibition opens at the Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire on Saturday 9 May and runs until Wednesday 26 August 2026. Admission is free.

The artists featured are Thomas Barron, Declan Byrne, Lorna Corrigan, Sinéad Fahey, Fergus Fitzgerald, Andrew Pike, Jason Turner.Lifework presents examples of each artist’s earliest artwork beside examples of recent artwork. This is intended to highlight and celebrate the many years they have been dedicated to developing their art practices.

Lifework is selected and curated by Dominic Thorpe. Dominic is an Irish artist, curator and writer who has a longstanding engagement with artists from the KCAT Studio. He has actively championed the excellence and significance of their work within the Irish cultural landscape.

dlr Arts Office will also present a showcase of inclusive artwork from around the County in Gallery Two. This is a sample of artwork from people of all ages and abilities. It shows a wide range of arts activity, highlighting the vibrant creativity that is an essential part of life in our local disability services, classrooms, and the wider community.

Alongside the exhibition, dlr Arts Office will run a programme of accompanying workshops and events, programmed by Moran Been-noon and Rayne Booth. This offers many opportunities for people of all ages to interact with the gallery in different ways, learning about and trying out different art-making techniques.

Discover our arts funding and opportunities calendar for 2026

This calendar lists all the arts grants and bursaries available 2026. We hope it helps you plan your arts and cultural activity for the year. The money available supports art opportunities for individuals, groups, and communities across dlr.

Link is in our bio.

Join our Adult Open Art Studio and meet fellow creatives.
Bring your own project or try something new. Artist, Kim Jenkinson, will be there to help.

11am to 1pm, Friday 26 June.
Project Room, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

Materials and space are free. No booking required, just drop in.

Join our Adult Open Art Studio and meet fellow creatives.
Bring your own project or try something new. Artist, Kim Jenkinson, will be there to help.

11am to 1pm, Friday 26 June.
Project Room, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

Materials and space are free. No booking required, just drop in.

Join our Adult Open Art Studio and meet fellow creatives.
Bring your own project or try something new. Artist, Kim Jenkinson, will be there to help.

11am to 1pm, Friday 26 June.
Project Room, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

Materials and space are free. No booking required, just drop in.

AUTHORS Part 2;
A spontaneous concert on the library floor!
Alternative folk songs are created from the personal testimony of readers 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Centering the reader as the author of our own lives 💥🙌🏻💌📖

Authors was created during the @dlr_arts @musnetirl emerging musician residency award 2025 at the @dlr.lexicon

Authors is being developed in collaboration with Senior Librarian to @dlr.lexicon through a @tanztriennale Counter Balance Residency @lofft.das.theater in Leipzig 💙💌📖🙌🏻📘

Images by @steveoconnor

Authors is created in with an incredible team music in collaboration with @sour__blood with abelton support by @brian_dillon.is_sound costume by @katielouisedavenport, musical support @niamhreganmusic, dramaturgy @nmargaliot creative production by Bridget Webster, research and production support @aphraleehill, design @shagriffin, video @nosemiguel & photography @wolfscanlan

AUTHORS Part 2;
A spontaneous concert on the library floor!
Alternative folk songs are created from the personal testimony of readers 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Centering the reader as the author of our own lives 💥🙌🏻💌📖

Authors was created during the @dlr_arts @musnetirl emerging musician residency award 2025 at the @dlr.lexicon

Authors is being developed in collaboration with Senior Librarian to @dlr.lexicon through a @tanztriennale Counter Balance Residency @lofft.das.theater in Leipzig 💙💌📖🙌🏻📘

Images by @steveoconnor

Authors is created in with an incredible team music in collaboration with @sour__blood with abelton support by @brian_dillon.is_sound costume by @katielouisedavenport, musical support @niamhreganmusic, dramaturgy @nmargaliot creative production by Bridget Webster, research and production support @aphraleehill, design @shagriffin, video @nosemiguel & photography @wolfscanlan

AUTHORS Part 2;
A spontaneous concert on the library floor!
Alternative folk songs are created from the personal testimony of readers 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Centering the reader as the author of our own lives 💥🙌🏻💌📖

Authors was created during the @dlr_arts @musnetirl emerging musician residency award 2025 at the @dlr.lexicon

Authors is being developed in collaboration with Senior Librarian to @dlr.lexicon through a @tanztriennale Counter Balance Residency @lofft.das.theater in Leipzig 💙💌📖🙌🏻📘

Images by @steveoconnor

Authors is created in with an incredible team music in collaboration with @sour__blood with abelton support by @brian_dillon.is_sound costume by @katielouisedavenport, musical support @niamhreganmusic, dramaturgy @nmargaliot creative production by Bridget Webster, research and production support @aphraleehill, design @shagriffin, video @nosemiguel & photography @wolfscanlan

AUTHORS Part 2;
A spontaneous concert on the library floor!
Alternative folk songs are created from the personal testimony of readers 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Centering the reader as the author of our own lives 💥🙌🏻💌📖

Authors was created during the @dlr_arts @musnetirl emerging musician residency award 2025 at the @dlr.lexicon

Authors is being developed in collaboration with Senior Librarian to @dlr.lexicon through a @tanztriennale Counter Balance Residency @lofft.das.theater in Leipzig 💙💌📖🙌🏻📘

Images by @steveoconnor

Authors is created in with an incredible team music in collaboration with @sour__blood with abelton support by @brian_dillon.is_sound costume by @katielouisedavenport, musical support @niamhreganmusic, dramaturgy @nmargaliot creative production by Bridget Webster, research and production support @aphraleehill, design @shagriffin, video @nosemiguel & photography @wolfscanlan

Pop up installation ready to head off to Kildarton specialised preschool for tomorrow’s penultimate session with our wonderful Little Sparks @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Documentary screenings
'Born that way'
Tuesday 30 June, 6pm - 7:30pm

‘Living Colour’
Tuesday 7 July, 6pm - 7:30pm

Both are free, booking required (Book on Eventbrite)
The Studio, Level 1, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

If you have any access requirements, please contact dlr Arts Office. Phone 01-236 2757Email arts@dlrcoco.ie.

Born that way - A film about Care. And Love. And Patrick Lydon.
In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing in Ireland with his wife, Gladys, the development of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs, abilities, and backgrounds.
Patrick’s story calls forth the story of Camphill itself and articulates the impulse driving an approach to life struggling for survival in today’s consumerist climate. At a time when the world is in need of inspiration, Patrick and Gladys’ story is just the ticket.
Director: Éamon Little. Producer: Adrian McCarthy. Editor: Keith Walsh.

Living Colour is a rich and rewarding cinema experience and is, in itself, a celebration of what it is to be human. Living Colour is a film about an abstract watercolour painter who takes three and a half minutes to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a woman who colours her dreams, a precision ink-drawer who stares into fires, a diminutive sage who makes satirical animations and the motley collective of other artists with special support needs with whom they share a studio. It is a charming, moving and hilarious reflection on the deeply human need to make art.
This observational documentary film explores the world of an unusual artists' collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, a studio which focuses on the artists' lives and extraordinary work. As it takes us farther into their unique world, the film builds into an often hilarious and intimate portrayal of a medley of charming and vibrant characters.
Director: Éamon Little. Producers: Adrian McCarthy and Martha O’Neill. Editor: Tadhg O’Sullivan.

Documentary screenings
'Born that way'
Tuesday 30 June, 6pm - 7:30pm

‘Living Colour’
Tuesday 7 July, 6pm - 7:30pm

Both are free, booking required (Book on Eventbrite)
The Studio, Level 1, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

If you have any access requirements, please contact dlr Arts Office. Phone 01-236 2757Email arts@dlrcoco.ie.

Born that way - A film about Care. And Love. And Patrick Lydon.
In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing in Ireland with his wife, Gladys, the development of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs, abilities, and backgrounds.
Patrick’s story calls forth the story of Camphill itself and articulates the impulse driving an approach to life struggling for survival in today’s consumerist climate. At a time when the world is in need of inspiration, Patrick and Gladys’ story is just the ticket.
Director: Éamon Little. Producer: Adrian McCarthy. Editor: Keith Walsh.

Living Colour is a rich and rewarding cinema experience and is, in itself, a celebration of what it is to be human. Living Colour is a film about an abstract watercolour painter who takes three and a half minutes to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a woman who colours her dreams, a precision ink-drawer who stares into fires, a diminutive sage who makes satirical animations and the motley collective of other artists with special support needs with whom they share a studio. It is a charming, moving and hilarious reflection on the deeply human need to make art.
This observational documentary film explores the world of an unusual artists' collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, a studio which focuses on the artists' lives and extraordinary work. As it takes us farther into their unique world, the film builds into an often hilarious and intimate portrayal of a medley of charming and vibrant characters.
Director: Éamon Little. Producers: Adrian McCarthy and Martha O’Neill. Editor: Tadhg O’Sullivan.

Documentary screenings
'Born that way'
Tuesday 30 June, 6pm - 7:30pm

‘Living Colour’
Tuesday 7 July, 6pm - 7:30pm

Both are free, booking required (Book on Eventbrite)
The Studio, Level 1, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

If you have any access requirements, please contact dlr Arts Office. Phone 01-236 2757Email arts@dlrcoco.ie.

Born that way - A film about Care. And Love. And Patrick Lydon.
In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing in Ireland with his wife, Gladys, the development of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs, abilities, and backgrounds.
Patrick’s story calls forth the story of Camphill itself and articulates the impulse driving an approach to life struggling for survival in today’s consumerist climate. At a time when the world is in need of inspiration, Patrick and Gladys’ story is just the ticket.
Director: Éamon Little. Producer: Adrian McCarthy. Editor: Keith Walsh.

Living Colour is a rich and rewarding cinema experience and is, in itself, a celebration of what it is to be human. Living Colour is a film about an abstract watercolour painter who takes three and a half minutes to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a woman who colours her dreams, a precision ink-drawer who stares into fires, a diminutive sage who makes satirical animations and the motley collective of other artists with special support needs with whom they share a studio. It is a charming, moving and hilarious reflection on the deeply human need to make art.
This observational documentary film explores the world of an unusual artists' collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, a studio which focuses on the artists' lives and extraordinary work. As it takes us farther into their unique world, the film builds into an often hilarious and intimate portrayal of a medley of charming and vibrant characters.
Director: Éamon Little. Producers: Adrian McCarthy and Martha O’Neill. Editor: Tadhg O’Sullivan.

Becoming a Painter - Workshop
Saturday 13 June
2.30 - 4pm
€10
Project Room, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

Join Kathy Tynan for this adult workshop on painting, aimed at discovering the wonder and visual interest in our day to day surroundings.

For anyone who loves to paint and would like to explore how they could take inspiration from their local surroundings or develop a new skill.

To book go to www.eventbrite.ie and search "dlr LexIcon". the link is also in our bio.

Becoming a Painter - Workshop
Saturday 13 June
2.30 - 4pm
€10
Project Room, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire

Join Kathy Tynan for this adult workshop on painting, aimed at discovering the wonder and visual interest in our day to day surroundings.

For anyone who loves to paint and would like to explore how they could take inspiration from their local surroundings or develop a new skill.

To book go to www.eventbrite.ie and search "dlr LexIcon". the link is also in our bio.

Erase, Retrace, Animate - Drawing workshop
Online
Friday 12 June
2pm - 3pm
€8

Join artist Olivia Normile, at home, for this adult workshop of the process of drawing animation using paper, pencil and erasing. Thinking about the traces left behind in the process of drawing, participants will reframe the ‘mistakes’ in their work as essential and valuable details.

Material packs will be provided for collection from dlr LexIcon before the online workshop.
If you live in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County and are unable to collect the pack we can post it to you up to 5 days before the workshop.
We cannot post packs outside of the county. A list of the materials can be found on Eventbrite for you to purchase yourself if you live outside Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

To book go to www.eventbrite.ie and search "dlr LexIcon". the link is also in our bio.

Cant make it? there is another workshop on Saturday 18 July at 11am.

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

Wonderful to have the Little Sparks from Kildarton Specialised Preschool to visit dlr Baths Studio last week for more multi-sensory adventures @dlr_arts @helenbarryarts @roveda.simona @sonassounds

🎨 DLR Awards Visual Art Commissions

Three exciting artists – Conor Horgan, Maser and Vanessa Daws – have been selected for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s latest Visual Art Commissions.
Each will create new work inspired by the county, with exhibitions coming to the dlr LexIcon in 2027, 2028 and 2029.

From large-scale portraits of local people, to explorations of place and identity, to new work inspired by swimming in Dublin Bay, these projects promise something special.
Huge congratulations to all three artists – we can’t wait to see these exhibitions come to life.

Funded by @artscouncilireland

Find out more: dlrcoco.ie/arts

🎨 DLR Awards Visual Art Commissions

Three exciting artists – Conor Horgan, Maser and Vanessa Daws – have been selected for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s latest Visual Art Commissions.
Each will create new work inspired by the county, with exhibitions coming to the dlr LexIcon in 2027, 2028 and 2029.

From large-scale portraits of local people, to explorations of place and identity, to new work inspired by swimming in Dublin Bay, these projects promise something special.
Huge congratulations to all three artists – we can’t wait to see these exhibitions come to life.

Funded by @artscouncilireland

Find out more: dlrcoco.ie/arts

🎨 DLR Awards Visual Art Commissions

Three exciting artists – Conor Horgan, Maser and Vanessa Daws – have been selected for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s latest Visual Art Commissions.
Each will create new work inspired by the county, with exhibitions coming to the dlr LexIcon in 2027, 2028 and 2029.

From large-scale portraits of local people, to explorations of place and identity, to new work inspired by swimming in Dublin Bay, these projects promise something special.
Huge congratulations to all three artists – we can’t wait to see these exhibitions come to life.

Funded by @artscouncilireland

Find out more: dlrcoco.ie/arts

Enjoy this little trailer of a video creation by the young people of Blackrock, DLR 🎪💫

The young people decided to call the full video "Circus Stars", and we concur! They are stars, who deserve all the opportunities and joy that life can offer them, with their full rights to safety and to art afforded to them.

This video was created as part of a Creative Ireland Project Award, with additional support from the CYSPC & DLR County Council Local Authority Integration Team. We are extremely grateful for this support.

Huge thanks also to @sasha_bratkovaphotography for the video, and to @upsadbhdown for all your energy assisting in this project.

Keep your eyes peeled for more of these young peoples' bright energy!

@creativeireland
@dlr_arts
@dlr_cypsc
@dlrcoco.ie

#youthled #circus

New sound artworks at Ballyogan Library bring local stories to life, from cherished memories to future dreams. 💙

Created with the community, for the community. Drop by and have a listen 👂

See more on dlrcoco.ie

#Ballyogan #SoundArt #CommunityStories #DLR #PublicArt #CreativeIreland #LibraryLife #VoicesOfTheCommunity

New sound artworks at Ballyogan Library bring local stories to life, from cherished memories to future dreams. 💙

Created with the community, for the community. Drop by and have a listen 👂

See more on dlrcoco.ie

#Ballyogan #SoundArt #CommunityStories #DLR #PublicArt #CreativeIreland #LibraryLife #VoicesOfTheCommunity

New sound artworks at Ballyogan Library bring local stories to life, from cherished memories to future dreams. 💙

Created with the community, for the community. Drop by and have a listen 👂

See more on dlrcoco.ie

#Ballyogan #SoundArt #CommunityStories #DLR #PublicArt #CreativeIreland #LibraryLife #VoicesOfTheCommunity