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Martina McDonald, ACRE Artist in Residence 2025/2026
Kildare County Council Arts Service and the ACRE Project have announced that Martina McDonald has been selected as the recipient of the ACRE Artist in Residence 2025/26.
The residency programme supports a professional artist to develop their practice and/or develop a specific artistic project, alongside a programme of public-facing workshops to engage communities from the local area.
A Visual Artist based in Clane, Co. Kildare, Martina McDonald brings over 16 years of experience in the creative sector, with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from NCAD Martina creates tactile, mixed media works, with a focus on painting and printmaking.
During the ACRE Project residency, Martina will explore themes of human change through the lens of nature’s seasonal cycles, observing how growth, decay and renewal in the natural world reflect our own emotional and physical transitions.
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During the residency her ambition is to create art inspired by and from the landscape, to broaden her arts practice through new processes and concepts.
Additionally, Martina is planning a number of opportunities for people from the local community to engage with art through nature.
More information regarding these workshops and how to get involved will be available in the coming weeks.
To register your interest please email info@acreproject.com
The ACRE Project Artist in Residence Bursary Award
The ACRE Project Artist in Residence Bursary Award provides an artist with 30 weeks (1 day/week) access to facilities and the creative space at The ACRE Project, Celbridge, County Kildare.
The residency is supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, as part of its Arts, Health and Wellbeing programme, with grant aid from the Arts Council of Ireland. Now in its 4th cycle, previous recipients of the award were Ailish Claffey, Embrace Music (Sadhbh O’Sullivan and Sharon Murphy) and Krystal Sweedman.
The ACRE Project (A Community Rethinking its Environment) is an eco-friendly community-based project located on the Maynooth Road in Celbridge, County Kildare. The project welcomes the local community to use its internal and external spaces, including sensory gardens, for activities, for learning and for reflection.
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