Garden to Gallery Exhibition
On show in the Baordwalk Gallery space from 2nd – 12th October 2025
Featuring artwork by: Bamidele Babatunde Adrmola, Hayley Aldous, Enda Beattie, Anne Byrne, Neha Choudhary, David Collins, Damien Darcy, Maureen Downey, Ganna Koval, Claire Heffernan, Breegen Hegarty, Michael Igoe, Catherine Lawless, Mark Lynch, Claire Madden, Margaret McLoughlin, Kathleen Murphy, Róisín O’Donnell, Breda Quinn, Sana Sarwat Sharjeel, Kate Sherlock, Anastasiia Shevchenko, Liubov Shypunova, Marian Tuohy, Anne Turpin.
The Garden to Gallery summer project invited participants from local community group Active Age Athlone, service users of St. Hilda’s Services, and members of the wider public to explore creativity and climate awareness through Irish ecology, garden herbology, and sustainable arts practices.
Held across Athlone Castle, Luan Gallery, and Abbey Road Artists’ Studios, the programme offered hands-on visual art workshops led by artists Hilary Kinahan, Tara Mulvihill, and Niamh Butler.
Beginning with a guided tour of the Historical Garden at Athlone Castle, participants explored the folklore and history of native herbs, flowers, and vegetables before using these plants as inspiration and raw materials in their artistic journey.
Under the guidance of professional artists, participants learned to create natural dyes and pigments with sustainable artist Niamh Butler, explored eco-friendly printmaking techniques with visual artist Hilary Kinahan, and engaged in a therapeutic watercolour painting session led by art therapist Tara Mulvihill.
The project culminates in this group exhibition, celebrating the diverse artworks created throughout the workshops.
The Garden to Gallery project was supported by Creative Ireland and Westmeath Arts Office.
