We are a new vibrant multi disciplinary artist collective based at 107 Shandon Street enriching the cultural life of the area and providing affordable studio space and a platform for innovation in Cork city and the wider creative community.
Our aim is to support emerging and established contemporary practitioners of the arts and foster creative collaboration across all disciplines
Shandon Studios is committed to promoting an inclusive culture, which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all are respected
At Shandon Studios, we believe diversity and inclusion are vital to a vibrant learning and growth community. We are actively engaged in initiatives like creating resource groups to manifest our commitment to these values.
Together, we’ll redefine what’s possible in the creative world and beyond.
OPEN DAY Artists Exhibition
February 21st +22nd 2025
News Update: 13/02/225 Shandon Studios are delighted to announce we will have two Open days as part of the Chinese New Year Multi-Cultural Festival which was sucessfully launched last weekend
The exhibiting artists are
JOHN ADAMS . JASON BUTLER . BRIAN BARRY . KIERAN CANTWELL . MARTIN DUGGAN. VIRGINIA GIGLIO . AOIFE KING . KIM – LING MORRIS . MARY P O CONNOR
A Magical Start to the Year of the Snake!🕯✨
A unique multi-cultural event marked the Lunar new year “ The Year of the Snake “ last weekend in Cork . Led by Cork Lord Mayor Cllr Dan Boyle and leaders of many the cultural and faith traditions gathered with local community activists to light some of the 1000 candles at a traditional Chinese Buddhist ceremony led by the Chinese Esoteric Buddhist school from various countries who travelled to Cork especially for the event from several countries.
We celebrated the Lunar New Year with a beautiful 1000 Lights Ceremony, bringing luck and good fortune for the year ahead. From the glowing candlelit procession down Church Street to the heartfelt gathering at Shandon Studios, the evening was truly special.
We had music we had song we had a thousand candles, we had amazing food and we learned to write our names in Chinese and celebrate what a great city we live in.
We are so grateful to our friends and volunteers who have been legend in preparing for this Event
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- Chinees New Year Celebrations
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- Dragon outside Shandon Studios
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- Chinees girls drawing
Artists In Residence Winners for 2025
Shandon Studios are delighted to announce our A.I.R. Winners for 2025. Our judging panel was so impressed with all the applicants that it was decided to award two joint winners. Both are cross-disciplinary artists and we look forward to seeing what magic they produce in their time together in the studios
Aoife King & Virginia Giglio
Aoife King
Aoife King is an Experimental Composer and Multidisciplinary Artist based in Cork.
She completed her Bachelor of Music in Cork School of Music in 2022, and is currently undergoing a Master of Arts in Music Composition there under Andy Ingamells. In her works she incorporates multiple art forms such as visual art, physical movement, film and theatrical elements, along with the music and sound, to create a unique experience for both the performers and audience members.
Themes in her works often include a focus on connection, inclusivity, advocacy, neurodiversity and mental health.
Experimental Composer / Multidisciplinary Artist
Virginia Giglio
Virginia Giglio PhD has lived in Cork since 2018. In 2020 She completed chaplain training at St. Luke’s Home in Mahon. A published author, she is a an internationally recognized authority in Native American ethnomusicology. A former college professor in the US, she has operated businesses as a web designer, seamstress, and commercial flower grower.
As Chair of the Cork Light Orchestra, she organizes performances and publicity. Since 2018 she has played piccolo, flute, and sung solos with the orchestra, which performs two to three times per month. She also plays Irish flute and Native American flute.
Virginias two and three dimensional art primarily uses recycled material
Musician /Multi Media Artist
