Winter Salon Fundraiser 2024
Opening • Friday 25 October from 6pm – 8pm
Backwater Artists Group Fundraising Exhibition
All artworks €150 & €200
Studio 12 | OPEN MONDAY – SATURDAY | 10AM – 5PM
WINTER SALON: An opportunity to own artworks from Ireland’s leading and up and coming artists and support your local arts community.
Backwater Artists Group are excited to announce our annual fundraising event, Winter Salon. This year you will have a unique opportunity to purchase art works made especially for the event from up-and-coming and well established artists at affordable prices, whilst supporting your local artists community.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Deirdre Frost ● Sinéad Ni Chionaola ● Diane Magee ● Eadaoin Glynn ● Ailbhe Ní Bhriain ● Fiona Kelly ● Michaela Mc Cann ● Mary Whitty ● Siobhon Collins ● Ciara Rodgers ● Dee Hurley ● Andrew Carroll ● Kate McElroy ● Oonagh Hurley ● Joseph Heffernan ● Lara Quinn ● Peter Nash ● Lisa O’Sullivan ● Sean Hanrahan ● Ben Reilly ● Mary O’Leary ● Mary Galvin ● Edaein Samuels ● Conor O’Brien ● Lynn-Marie Dennehy ● Kathy Cronin ● Ailbhe Reilly Tuite ● Andrew McSweeney ● Susanne Leutenegger ● Anna Barden ● Tom Doig ● Róisin O’Sullivan ● Helen O’Shea ● Elize de Beer ● Éilis Ní Fhaoláin ● Elaine Coakley ● Padraig Spillane ● Johnny Bugler ● Sean Daly ● AMNA Walayat ● Orla O’Byrne● Brian Barry ● Gillian Cussen + MORE
Backwater Artists Group is a supportive space for artists, in the heart of Cork City. We have been supporting artists for over 34 years. Our annual Winter Salon fundraiser is an essential lifeline for the organisation and ensures we can continue to support artists by delivering a programme of developmental supports and keeping our fees affordable. Recently, the cost-of-living crisis has grown exponentially and has impacted practicing artists making organisation such as ourselves even more crucial to artists to ensure that they have secure and affordable workspaces and access to the necessary supports and opportunities needed to sustain their careers. By supporting this fundraiser you will have a unique opportunity to support your local arts community and enrich the cultural life of Cork city.
All works available at Winter Salon will be A4 & A5 size on paper and will be sold at €150 and €200. The artworks have been specifically made for the event and generously donated by our 100 members, in support of the organisation.
For the duration of our Winter Salon event, we will also offer you other opportunities to support us.
We will raffle a selection of beautiful original artworks by artists Debbie Godsell, Oonagh Hurley and Bernadette Tuite. The raffle will be launched on the opening night with tickets available to purchase from 25th October until the 19th December from our sales desk, and on our website. The draw will take place on Friday 20th December 2024.
To further celebrate the work of our members we will have a Members Exhibition in The Long Space gallery. Here you will be able to purchase artworks from a selection of emerging and established artists from across our memberships.
All artworks will also be available to purchase online. ONLINE SHOP COMING SOON.