Friday 22th August 2025
Location: Butler Gallery
Join us for a unique, open-air art experience in the beautiful gardens and grounds of Butler Gallery. From 12.00pm-2.00pm, six of Ireland’s leading plein air painters will be painting live on site and you’re invited to join in!
Whether you’re an experienced artist or simply curious, this is a chance to sketch or paint alongside the professionals, observe their techniques, and learn about their materials and creative process. As you explore the grounds, enjoy the immersive atmosphere of artists at work and feel free to engage with them. Ask questions, get inspired, or pick up a brush yourself.
This free event is open to all. Just bring your curiosity and your art materials if you’d like to join in!
Paper and drawing materials will be provided
About – Town of Books Festival Graiguenamanagh
The Graiguenamanagh Town of Books Festival is now in its 22nd year and was first established in 2003. From its origins as a small weekend event promoted on an experimental basis for one year, it has now grown into a fully-fledged festival that features art, music, food and crafts, and a whole host of fringe activities.
Of course, at its core the Graiguenamanagh ‘Town of Books’ retains its original vision, to transform Graiguenamanagh, for one weekend only, into a book lovers’ paradise where booksellers are matched up with a number of empty spaces in the town, not to mention facilitated by our local businesses and organisations who have been supportive of the festival since its inception.
The result is an eclectic collection of books on offer: new and old, bargain and collectible, children’s and specialist, all housed in a variety of units spread around Graiguenamanagh. This achieves several of the objectives originally formulated in 2003. It breathes life back into some of the vacant shops in the town centre, while giving visitors and locals alike the opportunity to browse and enjoy a treasure trove of reading.
Organisers Website
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