Sample-Studios

Sample-Studios At Sample Studios we launch, support and sustain creative careers and practices in Cork. Artist studios+creative workspaces in Cork City. RCN: 20205874.

Artist Residencies, Events, Education Programme and Exhibition Programme in The Lord Mayors Pavilion+St. Luke’s Crypt and arts education programmes in the community. Co No: 495880

We’re having a ball at Sample-Studios Gallery: The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion to celebrate ‘PlaySpaces’ by ! We have  on hand...
19/06/2026

We’re having a ball at Sample-Studios Gallery: The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion to celebrate ‘PlaySpaces’ by ! We have on hand bringing the tunes and the children are having a ball 🕺💃

This exhibition forms part of the city-wide trail of PlaySpaces commission and produced by . The exhibition runs until 28 June so drop by, have a dance, and pick up a map to the rest of the kid-friendly, child-designed PlaySpaces around the city!

🎉 Good News Day! We're so grateful to Business to Arts for hosting a wonderful event at the Royal Irish Academy of Music...
17/06/2026

🎉 Good News Day! We're so grateful to Business to Arts for hosting a wonderful event at the Royal Irish Academy of Music to celebrate our colleague Dr Matthew Whyte as he completed the 2-year Business to Arts Fundraising Fellowship Ireland. We extend our warmest thanks to the incredible team at Business to Arts, to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport for supporting the programme, and to Eamonn Carroll, Festival Director at Blackwater Valley Opera, and Andrew Hetherington, Head of Audience Development & Stakeholder Engagement at National Gallery of Ireland, who offered their invaluable support to Matthew and our organisation during the Fellowship.

In the role of Development & Communications Coordinator, Matthew raised over €250,000 for Sample-Studios over the 2-year fellowship - a significant sum invested back into the work we do to support art, artists, our community, and the cultural sector. He has led on many successful grant applications, worked with our existing community partners to increase their support, and engaged significant new corporate and community partners to support our work. We're thrilled that Matthew will continue his work with Sample-Studios with the new title of Development Manager! 🥳

Photos by Conor McCabe Photography

You can support Sample-Studios by nominating us to win €20K 🎉It only takes a few minutes!💶The AIB Community €1 Million F...
16/06/2026

You can support Sample-Studios by nominating us to win €20K 🎉
It only takes a few minutes!

💶The AIB Community €1 Million Fund enables customers, the public, and AIB employees to support the local charities that matter most to them. This year, the fund will support 70 local charities across 6 regions.

🎨Sample-Studios is Ireland’s largest artist studios, based in Cork City. We launch, support, and sustain creative careers by providing affordable studio space, professional development opportunities, exhibitions, residencies, and community outreach programmes. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to engage with the arts. Through our exhibitions, education, outreach, and public programmes, we connect artists and communities, creating opportunities for creativity, learning, and cultural participation across Cork.

We rely on the generous support of funders, as well as initiatives like the AIB Community Fund to continue and develop this work.

✏️ To nominate Sample-Studios, you will need:
• Your name and email,
• Our name: Sample-Studios CLG,
• Our Registered Charity No: 20205874,
• Social Theme: Arts & Culture,
• A brief reason for your nomination.

🗓️ Deadline this Friday 19 June
🔗 The link to the AIB nomination form can be found at www.aib.ie/community-fund

Thank you so much for your support!

We’re delighted to welcome Emma Dwyer to Sample-Studios in the first Curator Visit in our annual Summer Series! Emma is ...
15/06/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Emma Dwyer to Sample-Studios in the first Curator Visit in our annual Summer Series! Emma is Assistant Arts Officer with Cork County Council and has been with us on Monday 8 June and today Monday 15 June to meet with some of our County-based members. Over these two days, Emma met with Emma O’Hara, Thea Mercer, Kim-Ling Morris, Mags Geaney, Sarah Buckely, Annie Mar, Michaela McCann, Katie Burgess, Ashleigh Ellis, Sarah Long, and Diane Magee.

Thanks to Emma for taking the time to meet our members and offer her advice, insights, and guidance.

Our Curator Visits series offers Sample-Studios members a unique opportunity to connect directly with local and international curators. Members meet with curators 1to1 to present their work, discuss their practice, and receive expert advice and guidance from prominent professionals bringing a wealth of experience, a variety of backgrounds in different arts contexts, and valuable networks.

Member Monday ✨Ashleigh Ellis is one of the recipients of the Sample-Studios 'Sample 15' Artist Bursary. This bursary ha...
15/06/2026

Member Monday ✨

Ashleigh Ellis is one of the recipients of the Sample-Studios 'Sample 15' Artist Bursary. This bursary has supported Ashleigh to undertake a 7-day residency at Oghyll Red Barn, Youghal, and day trip to Lismore Castle Gardens and Gallery to develop her Eco Arts practice.

The Redbarn Residency offers a space for artists to live, work, and connect with the rural environment. Located in a restored cottage on Forrest Farm, the residency provides an inspiring setting where art and nature coexist.

"This funding afforded me time to focus solely on the making side of my practice. By the end of the residency my work had resolved some big questions, taken steps towards a growing confidence in style and aesthetic, and I now have strong points of inquiry for the next stage of this body of work with a momentum to match it. Thank you Sample-Studios!"

For more info on the Sample-Studios 'Sample 15' Artist Bursary, visit https://tinyurl.com/bdfsp2de

11/06/2026

We had a great time at our Life Drawing workshop in Sample-Studios Project Room today. We had such a positive response to our Life Drawing series this spring that a longer, slower session was what the doctor ordered! Lovely to see our members sharing the space and taking some quiet time to just draw together. Magic!

Our Cruinniú na nÓg day in  has kicked off in style with a photography workshop with  Join us for free workshops in musi...
06/06/2026

Our Cruinniú na nÓg day in has kicked off in style with a photography workshop with Join us for free workshops in music production with Textiles with and Print with proudly supported by

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