Moment of Glad Grace to be shown in Kinvara Courthouse

The work of the Nova Contemporary Art Collective, a group of nine artists, all graduates of the Centre for Creative Arts and Media at GMIT, features in the next exhibition from KAVA, the Kinvara Area Visual Arts collective. It will run from this Friday, July 10, to Friday, July 17.

And the good news is that this KAVA show will take place in the physical surrounds of Kinvara Courthouse – the first exhibition to be held there since the Covid-19 lockdown began.

It’s titled Moments of Glad Grace, inspired by the poem When You are Old by William Butler Yeats with its lines: ‘How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true.’

The past few months have shown how important those ‘moment of glad grace’ are, as people found solace in being mindful and aware: standing back, observing the world and our place in it.

The members of Nova have created a range of work that explores and interprets these mindful moments, using a variety of styles and mediums in the process.

The exhibiting artists are Katie Burke, Deirdre Crowley, Maria Donegan, Anne Greene, Emer MacDermott, Hugh Murphy, Louise O’Boyle, Tonita O’Dwyer and Beatrice Stapleton.

This show follows last summer’s successful show from Nova in the Kinvara Courthouse.

The KAVA committee have decided not to hold an opening reception this time, because of social distancing regulations. However, the artwork from Nova will be on display from 11am- for anyone who would like to visit the gallery.

It’s the first step back to normality after KAVA overcame the challenges of being in lockdown by hosting a series of online exhibitions over the last couple of months. Further shows are being planned for the space in the coming months, all going to plan.

Moments of Glad Grace runs until next Friday, July 17.