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Birr Theatre & Arts Centre are calling for submissions for the 18th Annual Common Ground – an exhibition of work by artists living in the Midlands of Ireland to be held from December 2025 to the end of January 2026.
This year the theme for Common Ground (referring to a group of artists coming together to exhibit) will be
"A Terrible Beauty"
This exhibition challenges artists to explore the profound tension between the sublime and the catastrophic, the exquisite and the agonising. "A Terrible Beauty" (a phrase famously coined by W.B. Yeats) asks us to look closely at the moments, objects and ideas where opposing forces converge, creating something breathtaking precisely because of its inherent contrast, danger, brokenness or pain.
(all mediums will be considered).
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We would like to encourage you to make a submission. This process is not intended to place any artist over another, but to offer a professionally selected exhibition opportunity for all artists in the area. This exhibition allows artists the opportunity to interpret the theme in their own unique way, resulting in creative harmony that nourishes the mind, body, and spirit.
This selected show is open to all media including painting, drawing, print, photography, sculpture etc.
With this in mind we invite artists to submit a max of 2 pieces for consideration. Please deliver two (max.) items of work to Birr Theatre & Arts Centre on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd December between 1pm and 5pm.
€10 ENTRY FEE PER ARTIST
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