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North Clare artist, Tina O’Connell, has been turning heads in the art world this year, winning a number of awards and having a piece of sculpture accepted into the permanent collection at the Limerick City Gallery. Tina, who took up art just 12 years ago, has had a meteoric rise in recent years, first completing FETAC level 5 and 6 courses in Ennistymon before finishing her degree this year at the Limerick School of Art and Design. Indeed, on the back of some of the sculptures she has completed over the past seven months, Tina currently has an exhibition running in Limerick City Gallery. The Lisdoonvarna single mother has worked hard for her success, putting in long hours this winter to perfect her craft. “I focussed on getting my thesis done before Christmas. I really knuckled down and said that, come January, I would get stuck into studio work,” she said “I ended up carving a lot from home in …

Lisdoonvarna’s Tina O’Connell, has been named as the winner of the prestigious 2024 Global Travel Award. Tina, who is a in sculpture and combined media graduate at the Limerick School of Art and Design, received the award for her breathtaking piece entitled Odysseys of Self. She was selected as winner by a highly respected panel of artists and curators including artist Laura Fitzgerald, Paul McAree who is the curator at Lismore Castle Arts, Patrick Murphy the Director of the Royal Hibernian Academy and Aoife Ruane. The Global Travel Award of €5,000, is open to all students graduating from its BA in Fine Art and B.Ed Art and Design Teacher Education in 2024. The award has been designed to offer the chosen graduate a unique opportunity to develop their future career. This is the second year of granting the award to a new graduate artist. This generous philanthropic funding has been made available for students with support from The Ireland Funds. …