Hamilton Gallery (Sligo)

Hamilton Gallery
Gailearaí Hamilton[1]
Hamilton Gallery (Sligo) is located in Ireland
Hamilton Gallery (Sligo)
Location within Ireland
Established2010
Location4 Castle Street, Sligo, Ireland
Coordinates54°16′14″N 8°28′23″W / 54.2705°N 8.472925°W / 54.2705; -8.472925
Typeart gallery
FounderMartina Hamilton
OwnerMartina Hamilton
Public transit accessIarnród Éireann Sligo
O'Connell Street bus stop (Sligo)
Websitehamiltongallery.ie

The Hamilton Gallery is an art gallery in Sligo, Ireland.[2] It hosts a continuous programme of solo and group exhibitions by contemporary visual artists.[3]

History

1910 photograph of Sligo; the building that currently houses the Hamilton Gallery is at centre, above the car.

The gallery was founded in 2010 by local artist Martina Hamilton, and is sited in a Victorian building on Castle Street.[4]

In 2018, the Hamilton Gallery hosted responses to the W. B. Yeats poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.[5]

An exhibition of 2019–20 commememorated the life and work of Eva Gore-Booth.[6] Another 2020 show responded to Bram Stoker, whose mother was from Sligo.[7]

In 2022 it hosted a short film created for the St Brigid's Day global Irish festival of 2022, with a poem by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.[8]

Other local artists have also exhibited at the Hamilton, such as Seán Larkin, Cathy Carman, Helen O'Toole, Heidi Wickham, Naomi Draper and Mark Garry.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Míochainí le linn an Chogaidh Chathartha | 125 Ealaíontóir ar tugadh cuireadh dóibh ag Dánlann Hamilton, Sligeach | Amharcealaíontóirí Éireann". 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Sligo's Cairde Visual open exhibition returning this year". Irish Independent. 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ "How Obama jewellery designer made her name with crucial brand switch". Irish Independent. 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Visit The Hamilton Gallery with Discover Ireland". Discover Ireland.
  5. ^ The Oxford Handbook of W. B. Yeats. (2023:207). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  6. ^ The Irish Revival: A Complex Vision. (2023:273). United States: Syracuse University Press.
  7. ^ "Bram Stoker exhibition opens at Hamilton Gallery". Irish Independent. 16 October 2020.
  8. ^ "St Brigid's Well - a new poem by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin". rte.ie. 1 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Naomi Draper is new Arts Centre curator in residence".
  10. ^ "Inside the Circle - artist Heidi Wickham explores cold spaces". rte.ie. 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Boyle artists exhibition opens in Sligo".
  12. ^ "Gallery space for local artist". Irish Independent. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  13. ^ Sligo Art Gallery. Helen O'Toole: Paintings, Exhibition brochure. Sligo, Ireland: Sligo Art Gallery, August 1999.
  14. ^ "Trans-formation | Cathy Carman at Hamilton Gallery, Sligo". Visual Artists Ireland. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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