The Office of work is exploring art, work and labour

Kim Crowley is the latest Artist in Residence in Triskel Sample Project Space and will investigate the relationship between art, work and labour by looking at precarity and the importance of support networks.
 
Kim, a curator based in Cork city, said, ‘Working in the arts is precarious for many, with people having to take on low paid, short-term projects to survive and fund their practice. Many people in the arts are dependent on yearly, unpredictable funding cycles with a focus on production and creating fully-formed ideas. Often people are working full time or part time in environments adjacent to their creative work.’
 
Does this sound like you? Are you are constantly working, thinking about work, or else feeling guilty about not working? Are you tired, stressed but yet hopeful? Then visit the Office of Work and explore what drives you to keep going, and how you sustain a creative practice while under precarity. Kim invites artists, arts workers and the wider public to visit and contribute. The residency, which continues until May 3^rd, will culminate in an exhibition of materials gathered.
 
Triskel and Sample-Studios’ residencies remain a critical support to artists. The partnership between Triskel Arts Centre and Sample-Studios, one of Ireland’s largest artist studios, was first established in 2024 with the mission to provide a new city-centre space that offers a developmental opportunity for local visual artists to make and present new work. Since then, it has hosted 45 artists who undertook 13 residencies, presented 14 exhibitions, and facilitated 50 Free Public Events.
 
For more information, visit www.triskelartscentre.ie