WINTER SALON: Backwater Artists Groups Annual Fundraising Art Sale & Members Exhibition

WINTER SALON: An opportunity to own artworks from Ireland’s leading and up and coming artists and support your local arts community.
 
Backwater Artists Group are excited to announce our annual fundraising event, Winter Salon. This year you will have a unique opportunity to purchase art works made especially for the event from up-and-coming and well established artists at affordable prices, whilst supporting your local artists community.

Backwater Artists Group is a supportive space for artists, in the heart of Cork City. We have been supporting artists for over 34 years. Our annual Winter Salon fundraiser is an essential lifeline for the organisation and ensures we can continue to support artists by delivering a programme of developmental supports and keeping our fees affordable. Recently, the cost-of-living crisis has grown exponentially and has impacted practicing artists making organisation such as ourselves even more crucial to artists to ensure that they have secure and affordable workspaces and access to the necessary supports and opportunities needed to sustain their careers. By supporting this fundraiser you will have a unique opportunity to support your local arts community and enrich the cultural life of Cork city.

All works available at Winter Salon will be A4 & A5 size on paper and will be sold at €150 and €200. The artworks have been specifically made for the event and generously donated by our 100 members, in support of the organisation.

For the duration of our Winter Salon event, we will also offer you other opportunities to support us.

We will raffle a selection of beautiful original artworks by artists Debbie Godsell, Oonagh Hurley, Ciara Rodgers, Deirdre O'Mahony, Lynn Marie Dennehy and Bernadette Tuite. The raffle will be launched on the opening night with tickets available to purchase from 25^th October until the 20^th December from our sales desk, and on our website at www.backwaterartists.ie.
 
To further celebrate the work of our members we will have a Members Exhibition in The Long Space gallery.  Here you will be able to purchase artworks from  a selection of emerging and established artists from across our memberships.

All artworks will also be available to purchase online. Work will be available to purchase from  Friday 25th October.

Exhibitions will be open from Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm for the duration of the event.