PREVIOUS EVENTS
Let the past continue to inspire us on our journey into the future.
2024
April 11th - BDO, Dublin A reception and exhibition of emerging Irish Artists curated by CIAS and hosted and sponsored by International Accountancy firm BDO at their Dublin headquarters.
March 9th - Esker Arts Exhibition
February 21st - National College of Ireland
February 7th - IMMA
2023
December 2nd - XMAS Gallery Trawl - Dublin
December - RDS Visual Arts Awards
November 11th - Belfast - Neil Shawcross - Royal Ulster Academy
October 28th - Wexford Opera Festival
May 24th - AGM - United Arts Club Dublin
May 3rd - The Tyrone Guthrie Centre - Monaghan - Tour of the centre by Director Eimear O'Connor.
April 19th - IMMA - PATRICIA HURL - IRISH GOTHIC -Guided Tour
March 25th - BELFAST - NEW EXITS - Golden Thread Gallery - Culturlann
March 15th - Orla De Bri Studio - Meath - www.orladebri.ie
March 1st - Butler Gallery - 80th anniversary collection show - guided tour & National Design & Craft Gallery
2022
December - Dublin Christmas Trawl
November - Belfast Studio visit to Neil Shawcross RHA, RUA & visit to Royal Ulster Academy
October 1st - Baldonnel - Irish Air Corps Museum - Dublin - Guided tour
August 20th - Bagenalstown - Laurence O'Toole Studio
August 6th - Kilkenny Arts Festival - Butler House - Kilkenny Art Gallery - KAF Gallery - Butler Gallery - AKA Festival
July - 60th anniversary with SEASCA, an exhibition of recent acquisitions by the CIAS at Gallery X.
June - Trip to Niece
May 18th - AGM & ANNUAL DINNER - UNITED ARTS CLUB - Robert Mooney Memorial Lecture
April 2nd - Kilkock Art Gallery - Official opening of 'Personal Reflections' an exhibition of new paintings by Josephine Grant.
April 23rd - Guided tour and talk by Adrienne Symes exhibition 'Follies, Ruins and Monuments of Ireland'
April 30th - GRANGEMELLON HOUSE ATHY - Visit the home of Bruce Armstrong Yates, CIAS member, art collector and curator.
March 9th - Museum of Literature Ireland - Guided tour of MoLI by the museum's Director Simon O'Connor
February - United Arts Club - Guided tour of the United Arts Club by a member of the UAC Committee, detailing the history
2020
February - Royal Hospital Donnybrook - Guided tour of their art collection. The Hospital boasts an impressive art collection
February - Graphic Studio Dublin Visit to the Print Studio which is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020
2019
December - Dublin Christmas Trawl
November - Belfast Studio visit to Neil Shawcross
October - Terenure, Dublin. Gerard McNaughton, Owner of Tile Style & Chairman of Business to Arts, a private collection tour
October - University of Limerick, National Portrait Collection
September - Studio visit to Kathrine Geoghan Straffon, Kildare
September - Glasgow cultural trip
August - Kilkenny Arts Festival
May - AGM and Annual Dinner, UAC, Dublin
April - Studio visit to Artist Gerard Byrne and Art tour of the Devlin Hotel, Ranelagh
March - Tour of the Art Collection of NUI, Galway
March - Wexford Gallery tour
February - IMMA, Dublin
January - Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
2018
December - Christmas Gallery Trawl
November - Studio visit to Artist Neil Shawcross, RHA, RUA, Belfast
October - Studio visit to Artist Bernadette Kiely, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
September - Private home visit, viewing of Art Collection
September - 4-day Artistic tour of Cornwall
August - Neil Shawcross retrospective exhibition, F E Mc William Gallery, Banbridge
July - Kilkenny Arts Festival
May - AGM and Annual Dinner, UAC, Dublin
May - Weekend trip and Gallery tour, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
April - Heritage and Sculpture tour of UCD, Belfield
February - Trinity College, Dublin - Lecture by Sean Rainbird
January - Private home visit, viewing of Art Collection
2017
December - Christmas Gallery Trawl
November - Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
October - Private home visit, viewing of Art Collection
October - Tour of Parnell Square Galleries
September - Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
August - Kilkenny Arts Festival
May - AGM and Annual Dinner, UAC, Dublin
May - Weekend trip and Gallery tour, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
April - Studio visit to Artist Eithne Jordan, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
March - IMMA, Dublin
February - Studio visit to Artist Michael Kane
January - Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle
2016
December - Christmas Gallery Trawl
November - Tour of the Freemasons Hall, Dublin
October - Belfast Gallery tour
September - Sculpture in Context, National Botanical Gardens
September - Studio visit to Artist Anne McGill
August - Kilkenny Arts Festival
"SIAR 50" Exhibition
November 2005 - February 2006
50 Years of Contemporary Irish Art
In November 2005, The Contemporary Irish Art Society joined forces with the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) to present an important exhibition of artworks, celebrating the development of Irish contemporary art over the past 50 years.
The exhibition comprised approximately 100 works, selected from the society’s purchases, and the private collections of our members. The exhibition provided a unique opportunity to see some of the very best of Irish art including works by leading Irish artists such as Louis le Brocquy, Robert Ballagh, Brian Bourke, Patrick Collins, Barrie Cooke, Pat Scott, Tony O’Malley, Michael Farrell and many others.
A documentary, 'SIAR50 Project', envisaged and coordinated by Campbell Bruce was produced. It included archive photos/film, actuality from the installation and exhibition of SIAR50 at IMMA, Limerick City Gallery, Crawford Gallery Cork, interviews with artists, curators and art historians including; Campbell Bruce, Catherine Marshall, Frances Ruane, Patrick Scott, Robert Ballagh, Brian Bourke, Colm O'Briain, Barbara Dawson and many others.