New art exhibition by Nollaig Dunphy opens at Cork’s Quay Co-op
An artist who worked at the Quay Co-op for a number of several years in the 1990s has picked out the constructing as the location for her first exhibition
Hidden Connections, a sequence of 19 summary paintings by Nollaig Dunphy, is now on display screen in the Upstairs at the Co-op restaurant. The Cork indigenous is a psychotherapist with a enthusiasm for art. Her exhibition functions all new operate created all through 2022.
It is a large yr for the Quay Co-op as it celebrates its 40th birthday. It was established up in 1982 many thanks to a collective exertion of feminist, lesbian and gay, environmental and other choice groups and folks. Right now it is a flourishing wholefood retail outlet, vegetarian restaurant and deli employing 50 people involving O’Sullivan’s Quay and its satellite retailers in Ballincollig and Carrigaline.
Nollaig says it’s excellent to return to the Quay Co-op, “It feels genuinely fitting to be again at the Quay Co-op. I can genuinely say that getting involved and working at the Quay Co-op was the most effective thing that ever took place to me and it’s where by I satisfied all of my closest close friends. It is these types of a supportive room and has permitted so quite a few men and women like myself to uncover our way and be correct to ourselves. My paintings are representative of my have everyday living and interactions, though of program it is summary and hence not visible to other folks. I paint in the hope that the viewer will be pleased, curious and perhaps taken momentarily to an additional position.”
Simon Tiptaft, Typical Manager of the Quay Co-op additional, “We’re thrilled that Nollaig has picked Upstairs at the Co-op as the spot for her initially exhibition. We appreciate nothing far more than celebrating and that includes some of Cork’s most renowned painters as nicely as up-and-coming artists on the partitions of our vegetarian and vegan cafe. The Quay Co-op has been a local community house for 40 a long time and we hope to make on that around the coming weeks and months. We have not long ago restored the ‘Pawnbroker’s Office’ on the third flooring. In the past it was the HQ for women’s groups, CND and the LGBTQ neighborhood campaigns. We are delighted to be able to give this pretty specific non-public area for enterprise and social groups to ebook once once again and with a quantity of Nollaig’s paintings hanging there also, we hope the art will provide some additional inspiration.”
Upstairs at the Co-op vegetarian restaurant is open up for lunch and meal Wednesday to Saturday from 12 midday. The Pawnbroker’s Workplace is available for personal eating, for conferences and cocktail reception-fashion events. A ‘taster’ assortment of Nollaig’s paintings will also be on display in the Downstairs Deli and in Carrigaline and in Ballincollig outlets.
For more information go to www.quaycoop.com