Thursday 27th March 2025
Location: Butler Gallery, Evans’ Home, John’s Quay, Kilkenny,
Join artist Mhairi Sutherland for an Open Studio event in Butler Gallery’s Garden Studio.

Mhairi Sutherland is the Gypsy Ray Photography Resident Artist for 2025. Over the two-week residency, Mhairi has connected with Gypsy Ray’s analogue photographic practice and places, specifically river water and secluded landscapes. These chime with Mhairi’s research into plant-based photographic developers using harvested water and locally growing plants and herbs. Mhairi’s professional approach is informed by peer discussion, critical thinking and working alongside others as a wildlife conservation volunteer and gardener.

At Butler Gallery we are excited about nurturing the development of plant-based photographic practices, as a way to progress and support analogue photographic practice with a sustainable focus. This in keeping with ecological focuses across our Learning and Engagement programme and our Garden Studio as a space to expand our Learning Programme with a focus on sustainability.

This is a free ticketed event. The Garden Studio has limited capacity, please book a place to attend.

About:

The Gypsy Ray Photography Residency is an annual residency programme at Butler Gallery which utilises analogue cameras, photography equipment and darkroom set up for the development of new analogue photographic work. The residency is intended to support artists working in analogue photography, to afford them time and facilities to develop their practice.
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