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Ellen Hughesman and Michael Savage admiring the art at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
DESPITE the wind and rain, there was a very good turnout at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday evening for the opening of an exhibition to celebrate over 40 years of Tralee Art Group (TAG).
The fantastic exhibition features 67 works of art from a large number of artists involved in the group which was founded way back in 1979. The exhibition was planned for three years ago but Covid put paid to that.
Now the public has a chance to view the wonderful collection of works, in a variety of media, created by members, to celebrate and capture their personal responses to the last 40 years of TAG, while providing inspiration for the future.
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Chairperson of TAG, Clem O’Keeffe, welcomed everyone to the opening and gave a brief history of the group. She paid tribute to the founding members Vera Maye, Christa Vonhof and Una Walsh who couldn’t make it to the opening, as well as members who have passed away over they years. She also thanked everyone who made the exhibition possible.
As part of the exhibition, there is also physical and audio-visual catalogues describing the history of the art group and its works.
The exhibition, which is curated by Tralee artist, Rebekah Wall, was officially opened by Siamsa Tíre Board Chairperson Seán Murphy and will run at Siamsa until February 12. Scroll down for photos…
Artist Eileen Diggin (right) with Trish White in front of her art displayed at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Margaret O’Brien and Caroline O’Carroll at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
Artist Paudie Lynch in front of his two paintings displayed at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Artist Eithne O’Riordan (centre) with Janice Tucker and Helen O’Riordan in front of her art displayed at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
Artist Yurii Prysiazhnyi (right), with Viktoriia Ersezer, in front of his art displayed at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Phil Daly and Rebekah Wall at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
Dag Drozdek, Daria Drozdek and Gay Kupiec at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Art on display as part of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean
Admiring the art at the opening of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Art on display as part of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean
Art on display as part of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean
Art on display as part of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean
Art on display as part of the Tralee Art Group ‘Past, Present and Beyond’ exhibition. Photo by Dermot Crean
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