You are invited to Sea and Stone at LHQ Gallery

 

Sea and Stone opens at LHQ Gallery Image: A Green Rope for Sherkin 2024/2025, William Bock An exhibition that celebrates creativity on the seven islands off the west coast of Cork will open at LHQ Gallery on Saturday the 22nd of March. The ‘Sea and Stone’ exhibition will showcase a selection of works from the past two years of the ‘Creative Places West Cork Islands’ project, presented alongside creative artefacts that are unique to the islands, including painted plaques, knots and ropes, Irish knitting, leatherwork, books, paintings and films. You are warmly invited to the Exhibition Opening on Saturday the 22nd of March from 2:00pm. The exhibition runs until Friday the 25th of April. Creative Places West Cork Islands is an islands initiative funded by the Arts Council and Cork County Council. The project aims to build sustained arts investment and create opportunities for local arts programmes across the seven islands of Cape Clear / Oileán Chléire, Sherkin Island / Inis Arcáin, Heir Island / Inis Uí Drisceoil, Long Island / An tOileán Fada, Whiddy island / Oileán Faoide, Bere island / An tOileán Mór, and Dursey island / Oileán Bao. The exhibition title ‘Sea and Stone’ is borrowed from the islands’ cultural newspaper published as part of the ongoing project. LHQ Gallery at Cork County Council Library Building, Carrigrohane Road, Cork is open to the public from 9:00am to 5:30pm from Monday to Friday, except for Bank Holidays.