Limerick woman to curate prestigious festival
A LIMERICK woman will curate this year’s TULCA Festival of Visual Arts in Galway.
Askeaton native Michele Horrigan will take the reins this year for the 22nd edition of the prestigious festival, which will take place in November.
Since 2002, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has captivated Galway city and county with an eclectic display of Contemporary Art.
Exhibitions take place in both gallery and non-gallery spaces, featuring projects and events across urban and regional contexts.
Announcing the news, she said: “I have been a firm admirer of TULCA for many years and have enjoyed watching it grow and encompass the city and county and take its place in the local, national and international art scene.
"I look forward to working with artists, places and communities that shape its unique vision as the west of Ireland’s most renowned visual arts festival. It is a privilege to be able to follow in the footsteps of last year’s curator Iarlaith Ní Fheorais and build on the legacy of accessibility that she has put in place.”
Curator Michele Horrigan will shape the theme for the festival to consider the agency and role of art in contemporary ecology and environmental study, and those that examine the underlying attitudes that have led to today’s critical and urgent impasse.
Michele Horrigan is an artist and independent curator. Since 2006 she has been the founder and curator of Askeaton Contemporary Arts, facilitating artist experimentation and residencies, exhibitions and publication production in rural County Limerick.
Michele studied art at the University of Ulster, Belfast and the Städelschule, Frankfurt.
She is a member of IKT, the international association of curators of contemporary art.