Artist Residency

Visual Artists, please join the Residency mailing list for future residency opportunities.  The residency is now fully booked until January 2026
Applications for residencies in 2026 will open in early 2025. If you are on the mailing list, you will receive an application and detailed information then. Please note that I am unable to respond to all the individual emails I receive about the residency. Please join the mailing list!

 

 

The Olive Stack Gallery Artist’s Residency Program was introduced in 2015.

Since then, I have received applications from established and emerging visual artists from around the world, including artists from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Kenya, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the USA. All are eager to share the experience that others have had in Listowel.

Listowel is a heritage town in Co Kerry in southwest Ireland. The historic town is close to the spectacular coastline of the Wild Atlantic Way. The Olive Stack Gallery is located on Main St, in the heart of town. It is conveniently situated close to shops, restaurants, cafés, and pubs and walking distance from the beautiful Childers Park and the newly opened Greenway.

The gallery was established in 1998, and its 25th anniversary will be proudly celebrated in 2023! 

The residency program welcomes international visual artists specialising in a variety of mediums and genres. Residencies last for one month (returning artists have an option to request a two-month residency).

The residency hosts two artists every month. Each artist is provided with a private bedroom and bathroom and a large shared studio above the gallery, along with a kitchen/living area. Artists are responsible for their travel expenses.

The residency continues to forge connections across continents and creative genres, building new bodies of work that illuminate the beauty of Listowel and its people.

The ensuing results have been expansive and surprising. Artists have made fast and enduring friendships in the heritage town of Listowel. The residency continues to enrich both locals and visitors. As a result, Listowel is fast becoming a favourite destination for a growing international family of artists!

For further insight and to read about the experience of the current artist in residence, follow the Olive Stack Gallery residency blog ‘Excira and Delira.’

 

 

View some photos from artists visits