rita mcmahon, Managing Director
Rita McMahon is a curator, visual artist and arts administrator from Galway, Ireland. She graduated with a BA Honours degree in Printmaking & Contemporary Practice from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2016 and has been working primarily in arts administration and facilitation in Galway since then.
She has curated and produced many exhibitions and projects throughout Ireland and has taken part in arts funding adjudication panels for Galway City & County Councils. Formerly a Board Director and Chairperson of 126 Artist-Run Gallery and Programme Co-ordinator at Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
She has been on the Board of Directors at Tulca Festival of Visual Arts since 2019 and also works part time as a visual arts assistant in Galway Arts Centre.
Vicky Smith, Visual Artist &Education Coordinator
Vicky Smith is a multidisciplinary process-based artist & educator from Galway City. Her practice experiments with painting, printmaking, film, photography, assemblage sculptures and installation. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art & H.Dip for Art and Design Teachers from Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork in 1999, from Goldsmiths College ( Masters Arts Administration & Cultural Policy), University of London (2007), & from the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, MA (Art in Contemporary World) (2011). She worked with the British Council as a teacher of art, craft, and design on the Teachers of Botswana Recruitment Scheme for two years. She is a registered teacher of art, craft and design with the Teaching Council of Ireland, RN 174109.
Vicky Smith is a recipient of the Visual Arts Agility Award, Round 1 from the Arts Council in 2023 & 2021 and was awarded an Individual Artist Award from Galway City Council In 2022, 2017, 2014 & 2011. and received the artist in School Award from Galway County Council (2017 & 2016) and was the artist-in-residence with various schools in the West of Ireland as part of the Creative Ireland Arts Council initiative. She tutors on the Fine Art Drawing Techniques adult education evening course with Galway Technical Institute. She was the invited artist on the Making Space process-led collaborative project coordinated by Croi na Gaillimhe, Our Lady’s College, and the National University of Ireland, Galway in 2021. She is an associate member of the AGA artist group with the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, IRL. Her work is in private collections in Ireland, UK, United Arab Emirates and Canada.
www.vickysmith.ie