Clare Arts Office

13/10/2026

Public Notice

Closure of County Council Offices, Building and Facilities

Members of the public are advised that all Clare County Council offices, buildings and facilities including Clare Arts Office and Súil Gallery will be closed to the public on Wednesday, 14 October 2026 due to official strike action relating to the national public sector pay agreement.

Normal opening arrangements will resume on Thursday 15th.



Fógra Poiblí

Dúnadh Oifigí, Foirgnimh agus Saoráidí na Comhairle Contae

Moltar do bhaill den phobal go ndúnfar oifigí, foirgnimh, Oifig Ealaíone, Súil, agus saoráidí Chomhairle Contae an Chláir go léir don phobal Dé Céadaoin, an 14 Deireadh Fómhair 2026 mar gheall ar ghníomhaíocht stailce oifigiúil a bhaineann le comhaontú pá náisiúnta na seirbhíse poiblí.
Osclófar arís mar is gnách an Déardaoin 15 Deireadh Fómhair.

13/10/2026

Creative Places Shannon would like to invite you to attend the launch of Museum of Self this afternoon at 4.30pm at Clare Museum, Ennis.

The exhibition is a range of mini-museums made by students at St Aidan's N.S. who had talks from the curator of the Clare Museum, an Historian from the Shannon Historical and Archaeological Society, and the Artist Ana Colomer.

This project was funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport as part of their Commemorations fund.

08/10/2026

Creative Places Shannon are delighted to share this new mural in Shannon that we commissioned and project-managed, by Shannon artist .art
This artwork was funded by the PRISM street art fund through
We'd also like to thank for their support with some of the paint, and to
Pat, the road crew, and John and the staff in the Shannon MD County Council Clare County Council who also supported this project. It was a collaborative project that we can all be proud of!

08/10/2026

We are currently recruiting for the Permanent Roles of

a) Assistant Arts Officer
b) Assistant Visual Arts Officer

The closing date for applications for both roles is October 20th, 2026 and full details can be found at https://clarecoco.tal.net/vx/candidate/jobboard/event/3/adv

Clare County Council

Description

02/10/2026

In 2027 the Bealtaine flagship festival moves to Clare. We are inviting interested members of the public/Bealtaine audience to apply for the voluntary role of Community Curator.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work closely with Bealtaine's Performing Arts Curator for the Bealtaine 2027 flagship festival, develop programming skills and to see first-hand how a professional festival programme comes together.
Image featured: Love Song Part 1 by Seán Millar, as part of Bealtaine Festival 2022 at Abbey Theatre. Photo: Tony Kinlan.

Find out more and apply at https://clarearts.ie/
Bealtaine Festival

02/10/2026

Creative Places Shannon would like to invite you to The Museum of Self, an exhibition of mini-museums created by the students of St Aidan's N.S in Shannon.

The launch event will be at 4.30pm on Tuesday the 13th October at the Clare Museum in Ennis. All are welcome.

This project was a collaboration between Creative Places Shannon, St Aidan's N.S, Clare Museum, The Shannon Historical and Archaeological Society and the Artist Ana Colomer.

This project was funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport as part of their Commemorations fund.

01/10/2026

Creative Places Shannon was delighted to provide support to Shannon/Ukrainian Environmental Artist Valentyna Kyryliuk to deliver a series of workshops themed around nature.
The workshops took place throughout September at the Family Resource Centre in Shannon.

Creative Places is an Arts Council of Ireland initiative that is delivered in Clare by the Clare Arts Office and Clare County Council.

25/09/2026

TRAD 4 TEENS IS BACK!

R U a teenager interested in Irish Traditional Music!
Join Dr. Claire Watts tonight for our first session!

📍Where?
Inagh Community Centre V95 YH29

📆 When?

Last Fridays of the month 7-8.15pm:
🟢 25th September
🟣 30th October
🟠 27th November
🔴 Christmas Special taking place 18th December

contact [email protected] for more details

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon