New art exhibition by Nollaig Dunphy opens at Cork’s Quay Co-op

New art exhibition by Nollaig Dunphy opens at Cork’s Quay Co-op

An artist who worked at the Quay Co-op for numerous yrs in the 1990s has selected the setting up as the locale for her initially exhibition

Concealed Connections, a sequence of 19 summary paintings by Nollaig Dunphy, is now on display in the Upstairs at the Co-op restaurant. The Cork indigenous is a psychotherapist with a enthusiasm for art. Her exhibition characteristics all new get the job done created through 2022. 

It is a major 12 months for the Quay Co-op as it celebrates its 40th birthday. It was set up in 1982 thanks to a collective hard work of feminist, lesbian and gay, environmental and other substitute groups and individuals. Right now it is a thriving wholefood retail outlet, vegetarian restaurant and deli utilizing 50 people between O’Sullivan’s Quay and its satellite shops in Ballincollig and Carrigaline. 

Nollaig states it is excellent to return to the Quay Co-op, “It feels really fitting to be back at the Quay Co-op. I can truly say that getting concerned and doing the job at the Quay Co-op was the greatest matter that ever happened to me and it’s in which I achieved all of my closest close friends. It is such a supportive area and has authorized so numerous folks together with myself to find our way and be correct to ourselves. My paintings are representative of my have everyday living and interactions, though of class it’s summary and as a result not visible to some others. I paint in the hope that the viewer will be happy, curious and probably taken momentarily to one more put.”

Simon Tiptaft, Basic Manager of the Quay Co-op added, “We’re thrilled that Nollaig has picked out Upstairs at the Co-op as the spot for her 1st exhibition. We enjoy nothing at all a lot more than celebrating and showcasing some of Cork’s most renowned painters as well as up-and-coming artists on the partitions of our vegetarian and vegan cafe. The Quay Co-op has been a community space for 40 yrs and we hope to build on that above the coming months and months. We have a short while ago restored the ‘Pawnbroker’s Office’ on the third floor. In the earlier it was the HQ for women’s teams, CND and the LGBTQ local community strategies. We are delighted to be ready to offer you this extremely exclusive private room for business enterprise and social teams to ebook the moment again and with a number of Nollaig’s paintings hanging there also, we hope the art will provide some added inspiration.”

Upstairs at the Co-op vegetarian restaurant is open for lunch and supper Wednesday to Saturday from 12 midday. The Pawnbroker’s Business office is available for private eating, for meetings and cocktail reception-design occasions. A ‘taster’ variety of Nollaig’s paintings will also be on display screen in the Downstairs Deli and in Carrigaline and in Ballincollig retailers.

For much more data visit www.quaycoop.com

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