NOW OPEN

Cairde Visual - Opening July 4th

International Open Call - Carrying The Songs

Now Closed for Submissions

Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands | Hamilton Gallery, Sligo | Pulchri Studios, The Hague

are pleased to announce an exciting

for an exhibition of new artworks themed on the poem

CARRYING THE SONGS

by Moya Cannon.

Open Call to professional artists resident on the island of Ireland or in The Netherlands

About the open call

The Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands, in partnership with Hamilton Gallery Sligo and Pulchri Studio, The Hague, invite submissions for an exhibition of new paintings by artists who are resident either on the island of Ireland or in The Netherlands.

The exhibition is themed on Carrying the Songs a poem by Irish poet Moya Cannon. The poem is a prescient meditation on how music and song can be one of very few things people bring with them when forced from their homes, or to abandon their native country.

Closing Date for submissions: May 1st 2026

Carrying the Songs will open at Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands and run from July 4th - July 26th 2026.

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