Aoibhie McCarthy is an arts manager, curator & arts educator and, since August 2020, Artistic Director of Sample-Studios. After graduating with a B.A in Art History, Architectural History&English Literature from TCD, she worked in the National Gallery of Ireland, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin Contemporary and Whyte’s Auctioneers before securing the Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship, M.A tracking PhD research scholarship and becoming Education Curator of Limerick City Gallery of Art and eva International. She led visual arts programming at Galway Fringe Festival and Make a Move Festival before undertaking project management roles as part of regional and national initiatives such as Limerick City of Culture 2014, The Year of Irish Design 2015 and National Adult Learners’ Festival 2016. From 2016-2018, Aoibhie McCarthy was Visual Arts and Outreach Manager of Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford, where she is currently on the board of Waterford Youth Arts. From 2018-2020, she was Marketing and Development Manager of Cork International Film Festival and the Business to Arts Fundraising Fellow.
Call for Submissions to photobook on Irish Digital Art
Call for Submissions to photobook on Irish Digital Art
Sample-Studios, one of Ireland’s largest artist studios, is delighted to welcome submissions to a forthcoming photobook on the topic of digital art in Ireland. The finished book will operate as a visual snapshot of Irish digital art. As a print publication, the book will bring the digital art of this island to broad audiences, while also serving as an essential resource in the preservation of our digital cultural heritage.
For the purposes of this collection, digital art is understood as a piece of work or artistic practice that uses digital technologies or computation as part of its creative presentation or process. Any artist who sees their work as being connected to Ireland is welcome to submit.
The photobook will be curated and edited by James O’Sullivan and Aoibhie McCarthy
Submission requirements
The photobook will be comprised of professional quality, high-impact visualisations which represent key aspects of a particular work of digital art. Artists are invited to submit potential images alongside short descriptions of their pieces.
Images should be high-quality, print-ready files (at least 600 DPI).
Submissions should be sent to james.osullivan@ucc.ie no later than 5pm, Dec 2nd, 2022.
Potential contributors are welcome to get in touch should they wish to discuss potential submissions in advance.
About the editors
Dr James O’Sullivan lectures in the Department of Digital Humanities at University College Cork. His previous book projects include Digital Art in Ireland (2021) and Towards a Digital Poetics (2019). He is a member of the inaugural board of UCC’s Future Humanities Institute, for which he convenes the cluster on Digital Cultures, New Media, & Cultural Analytics. Dr O’Sullivan is a board member at Sample-Studios. See jamesosullivan.org for more.