Upcoming events.
🖼️ Pattern Recognition: Architectures of Seeing
🖼️ Pattern Recognition: Architectures of Seeing
📍 McKenna Gallery, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
📅 Saturday 1st November – Tuesday 23rd December 2025
🕒 Mon–Fri: 9:30am–5pm | Sat: 10am–3pm | Official Opening: Sat 1st Nov at 6pm
💸 Admission Free
Celebrate 15 years of Emerging Visual Art in County Kildare with this landmark exhibition, Pattern Recognition: Architectures of Seeing.
Presented by Kildare County Council Arts Service and Riverbank Arts Centre, this special anniversary showcase brings together fifteen talented artists who have each contributed to Kildare’s rich visual arts landscape through their first major solo exhibitions.
Curated by Paula Barrett, the exhibition explores how we perceive and interpret images — weaving together memory, rhythm, and technology in an unfolding conversation between human and machine perception. Expect a fascinating mix of media and ideas that challenge us to see not just more, but more deeply.
✨ Featuring works by: Martina McDonald, Noel Hensey, Brian Cregan, Mary-Jo Gilligan, Isobel Egan, Denis Kelly, Marta Golubowska, Brenda Kearney, Michelle McBride, Caoimhe McGuckin, Shane Hynan, Katie Whyte, Gavin Casey, Kym Tracey, and Fiyin Oluokun.
🎨 Special events:
Kildare Artists Lightning Talks
Under the Banner Of workshop with Mary-Jo Gilligan
📷 Image credit: Michelle McBride
🔗 More info: riverbank.ie
The Neuroscience of Irish Trauma: Unraveling Mental Health in Ireland
The Neuroscience of Irish Trauma: Unraveling Mental Health in Ireland
📍 Venue: Moat Theatre & Café, Abbey Road, Naas
📅 Date: Monday, 3rd November 2025
🕖 Time: Doors open 7:00 p.m. | Talk starts 7:30 p.m. | Ends 9:30 p.m.
🎟️ Tickets: Available via eventbrite.
🔁 Refund Policy: Refunds available up to 7 days before the event
Join Dr Michael Keane for an enlightening evening exploring how trauma reshapes the brain — affecting memory, emotion, and resilience. In this thought-provoking talk, Dr Keane will uncover the neuroscience behind trauma and recovery, drawing on two decades of brain imaging and unique insights into the Irish experience of trauma.
Discover how science is helping us understand mental health, and learn about the brain’s remarkable capacity for healing through new therapeutic and self-care approaches.
This in-person Seed Talks event includes time for a Q&A session, offering a rare opportunity to engage directly with a leading expert in behavioural neuroscience.
⭐ “Truly riveting talks — a great way to spend an evening with friends.” – Alexander P
⭐ “Expertly run, informative, and fun! 5 stars.” – Owen S
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