Art Leads
Art Leads
Art Leads ditches algorithmic pressures in favour of a relaxed and conversational pace. Through making, memory, myth, movement, and stories, artists imagine new futures; as catalysts for change, they can hold knowledge, support activism, and host acts of imagination. In a world that turns towards homogeneity, making art is to work freely and to lead others to play, dream, and think.
Series I looks at the energy, innovation, and care brought to places and people through contemporary art, curatorial approaches, and cultural programming. The Series I meets artists in their studios, and focuses on influences, travels, materials and connections that are the formational stories of painters and makers.
Series 1 was commissioned by Roscommon County Council and Creative Roscommon, curated and produced by Sarah Searson; Recorded live at King House Boyle. The interviews focused on hospitality, care, exchange, and environmental issues.
Series 1 Features (Spring 2024)
Jennie Moran
Kate Strain
Cathy Fitzgerald
Series II Features (Summer 2026)
Fionna Murray
Sarah O'Brien
Anna Macleod
Art Leads
Latest Episodes
Fionna Murray, Parks, Paint and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up
This episode was recorded at The Black Box Theatre and Studios in Galway. Home to Artspace and The Galway Arts Festival.In this conversation, Sarah and Fionna Murray unfold her practice back through five decades from post-punk Manchester...
Sarah O' Brien: Painting, Time and the Studio.
Episode 1, Series II “The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible." ...
Cathy Fitzgerald: A personal journey to Haumea Ecoversity and ecosocial values
Dr Cathy Fitzgerald is an ecological artist, creative entrepreneurial educator, and researcher with a long interest in the potential of ecoliterate creative people in catalysing community and conversations for a more equitable, sus...
Kate Strain: Kunstverein Aughrim and collaborations with artists and communities.
Kate Strain is a curator of visual arts and founder of Kunstverein Aughrim, a curatorial production office established in 2022. Kunstverein Aughrim is located on the ground floor of a town house in Aughrim, County Wicklow, Ireland, and i...
