PATHWAYS

Sult Artists Collective

‘Pathways’ a Sult Artists Collective group exhibition from June 4th of June to July 14th in Cahir Arts in the beautiful historic town of Cahir, Co. Tipperary. 

Encompassing a variety of media from drawing, painting, printmaking to sculpture, stained glass and ceramics, ‘Pathways’ will explore the various processes and themes unique to each artist within this exciting collective. 

The word SULT is Irish for enjoyment, pleasure, satisfaction and fun. 

Members of Sult : Eleanor Swan, Mary McGrath, Pamela de Brí, Margaret Becker, Brian O’Loughlin, Ann McKenna, Lia Laimbock, Liza Kavanagh, and Sylvia Hemmingway. 

They work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, stained glass, ceramics, and installation.

Sult Artists Collective is an exciting group of multidisciplinary Kildare-based artists who came together in a collective manner during the pandemic. 

In 2021, the group ran a pop-up gallery for six months in Kildare Town with support from Kildare Co. During this time, they hosted several events.

In February 2022, Sult Artist Collective had an exhibition themed on Saint Brigid in Solas Bhríde, Kildare.

The next exhibition in 2022, Sult collaborated with Newbridge Local History Group  resulting in “Life Goes On”, a multimedia exhibition marking the centenary of the withdrawal of the British Army from Co. Kildare in 1922. This exhibition first opened on 16th May 2022, in the only surviving British Army building in Newbridge (now Bord na Móna headquarters). The exhibition transferred to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 for the month of November and was very well received by the hundreds who came to visit.

Sult Artists, with the support of businessman Frank McMahon set up, organised, and ran No. 8 Gallery in Kildare Town from September 2022 to May 2023. 

Sult held their second exhibition commemorating Brigid, called “Brigid Unfolding” in No 8 Gallery in February 2023. To involve more Kildare based artists they invited a selection of local artists to submit work. 

Sult Artists were invited to exhibit in the National Stud in Kildare during the month of July 2023.

In December 2022 Sult were awarded a grant to plan and organise a largescale international open call exhibition in Kildare to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the death of Brigid in Feb 2024. The exhibition “Unravelling an Icon” took the form of an art trail in shops and business windows in Kildare Town, turning the town into an open-air art exhibition space, accessible to all, day and night.  

Both Unravelling an Icon and Life Goes on exhibitions were accompanied by high-quality, limited-edition publications.