Published on: Friday, 18 October 2013

Wandesford Quay Opening Hours

Exhibition takes places 8th October – 26th October

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CIT’s Wandesford Gallery is one of the venues this autumn for “The Art of Inclusion” the outcome of a partnership with the CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, Crawford Art Gallery, Mayfield Arts Centre/Newbury House, and Cork City Council Arts Office.

“The Art of Inclusion” showcases the artwork of over 50 artists with intellectual disabilities working in supported studio settings.

Thursday 19th September:  The exhibition was opened by Fergus Finlay, Chief Executive of Barnardos  at 6.30pm at the Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork.

Visit http://artofinclusion.org for more information

Venues

Mid-September until the end of October this year:

Artists from Creativity Explored in San Francisco, HAI of New York, Kunstwerkplaats from Amsterdam, Rocket Artists (Brighton) as well as Kcat (Kilkenny), St Raphaels (Youghal), Glasheen Artists Studio Group (Cork) and Cùig (Mayfield, Cork) will present an extensive international collection of truly invigorating work that highlights the talent of these artists.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication, discussions and workshops with participating artists, aiming to connect with a diverse audience through the Crawford Gallery’s access and outreach programme and CIT Crawford College of Art & Design’s academic programme.

It is an ambitious undertaking, both in scale and intent, aiming to bring to public awareness the richness and variety of artistic practice created by artists with intellectual disabilities: a community often placed at the margins of society, but who none the less are making an emerging and increasingly important contribution to the contemporary art world.