With Wexford Arts Centre galleries closed due to government restrictions, the annual Lions Club exhibition took place entirely online this year.
The event celebrates local talent and offers a platforms for artists at various stages of their career to show their work in a public setting. The show migrated online with great success and opened via Zoom with over 100 people in attendance. Viewers were able to view artworks from 123 submitting artists in our online gallery from the comfort and safety of their own homes. It was met with positivity by both artists and exhibition-goers alike said the centre s Visual Arts Manager Lisa Byrne.
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