It has been about a week and a half since our last group of gap year students for 2019 went their separate ways, and the studios are as quiet as they have been for quite some time. At Cow House we are all incredibly grateful to host such wonderful students year after year. 2019 marks […]
In Temple Bar, the heart of Dublin’s city center, you can find The Library Project, run by PhotoIreland Foundation since 2013. This exciting space combining a library, bookshop, and gallery, is somewhere we always recommend to our residency artists, especially those with a primary interest in lens-based media. We regularly pop in for a visit […]
Exhibition: After the Landscape Opening at Library Project on Thursday, May 30th at 6 pm. Participating artists: Melissa Averitt, Peter Brown, Alyssa Chase, James Claiborne, Kathryn Douglass, Caroline Lombardino, Gabrielle Mills, Theresa Newell, Brittany Souder, Louie Tangca, and Todd Turner. With Facilitators Leah Sobsey and Heather Mallory As long as there has been art, artists have […]
We are thrilled to have our residency How to Flatten a Mountain featured on lenscratch.com. The piece was written by 2017 participant Val Patterson, the Social Media Editor for LENSCRATCH and a Los Angeles artist specializing in fine art portraiture, travel and landscape photography. In the post, Val recounts here experience here on the farm participating in workshops, […]
PhotoIreland & Cow House Studios present a unique 10-day residency. We are thrilled to announce How to Flatten a Mountain, a new residency programme in collaboration with the fantastic PhotoIreland festival. The aim of this 10-day residency is for participating artists to explore possibilities outside their core practice, work collaboratively and produce a cohesive exhibition/publication […]
Schnitzen einer Teufelsmaske, 1965 – Gareth Kennedy, research image as part of Die unbequeme Wissenschaft (The Uncomfortable Science), 2014 Cow House Studios | Hallowe’en Open Day Saturday 31 October 2015, 12noon – 5pm Please join us for Hallucination! On the Farm as Cow House Studios hosts its annual Open Day. This year, guests are invited […]
Community update with Darragh Casey
Darragh was a visiting artist in the summer 0f 2009. Based in London, his practice continually seeks ways of challenging our habits, norms and routines. Originally from Cork, Darragh graduated from NCAD Dublin with a BA in Art & Design Education. After developing a practice as both an artist and educator he completed an MA Design (furniture) from Central St. Martin’s , London in 2012.
You can read our conversation here..
During our first few days everyone worked diligently in the studio making their own notebooks, learning their way around the darkroom and creating a series of acrylic paintings. Everyone has discovered the many delights of Mary’s baking, and we all had a chance to spark up new friendships with long chats over the dinner table […]
The first week of session two was bathed in beautiful sunshine. We all welcomed new friendships, and in our first few days everyone spent their time working hard in the studio making their own journals, printing in the darkroom and creating a series of 10 paintings. Our trip to Dublin was packed full of activities […]
We are delighted to be at the beginning of another great summer. In our first few days everyone spent their time working really hard in the studio making their own notebooks, printing in the darkroom and trying out some painting. Our new students have discovered the many delights of Mary’s baking, and we all had […]
There will be an opening tonight, Thursday, March 28 from 6 to 8pm for an exhibition of work by our 2012 residency artists at Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin. The show will run until May 4, and travel to the Wexford Arts Centre on September 7. Colin Matthes, Lois Patino, Marc Horowitz and Susie Tarnowicz […]
Our third session got off to a rainy start but was filled with a bunch of activities and workshops, including a marshmallow challenge, exquisite corpse, building a camera obscura and creating collages. The evenings have been spent watching select movies, enjoying presentations by our visiting artists, and continuing to develop personal projects. Highlights of our […]
The first week of our second session has been jam packed. After some fun group activities everyone got stuck into a variety of different projects; building their own camera obscura, creating collages, printing in the darkroom and making watercolours. There have also been many early morning bike rides, playtime with the dogs in the sunshine […]
We’re thrilled to be at the beginning of another great summer. In our first few days everyone spent their time working really hard in the studio making their own cameras, printing in the darkroom and trying out some painting. We welcomed our two new pigs Sparkles and McLego to the farm, and we all had […]
We are pleased to announce the 2012 residency artists. Colin Matthes (USA), Lois Patino (Spain), Marc Horowitz (USA) and Susie Tarnowicz (USA) will take up residence at the Cow House from September 16 until November 25, 2012. During the autumn of 2013 all four artists will exhibit new work at both Wexford Arts Centre and […]
Opening reception April 26th, 6-8pm Live Load, a solo exhibition of work by Frank Abruzzese Live Load is the variable weight burdened by a structure, such as moving traffic on a bridge, furniture and people in a high-rise office building, or the weight of a person sitting on a chair. A farmer with an […]
This year we welcomed back a group from The Agnes Irwin School for a second session of their SSP program focusing on drawing, photography, and the history and culture of Ireland. Their time was jam packed and fun filled. Some of our activities included a three day trip to Dublin where we visited Kilmainham Gaol, […]
We are pleased to announce our 2011 residency artists. Hilary Wilder (USA), Sabina Mac Mahon (Ireland), Antony Clarkson (UK) and Shiro Masuyama (Japan) will take up residence at the Cow House from September 18 until November 27. During the autumn of 2012, all four artists will exhibit in a group show that will travel to […]
Explore Ireland’s southeast from the streets of Dublin to the rolling hills of the Wexford countryside. This one week trip offers an opportunity to photograph the unique urban scenes, landscapes, townscapes, personalities and details Ireland has to offer. This is a shooting trip, however we will also take the time to visit some of Dublin’s […]
We are happy to announce that for the 2011 residency Cow House Studios will partner with both Wexford Arts Centre and Monster Truck Gallery & Studios to offer two excellent exhibition opportunities following the ten week programme. The exhibitions will take place the following Autumn in both Wexford and Dublin, and will include all four […]