Cork council launches winter art exhibition to make you ‘think’

Cork County Council has launched its annual Open Call Winter Exhibition, which will run throughout November and December.

The event will see 74 works from 68 Cork-based artists presented in Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery in the County Library.

The 2025 exhibition, ‘Oh, the thinks you can think,’ celebrates the thinking behind artworks. Borrowing its title from the 1975 Dr Seuss book of the same name, the event describes the endless possibilities and dreams that imagination can create.

Among the 74 artworks, there are many different ‘thinks’ presented. Bríd Moynihan’s Memory is ostensibly a partly demolished building, while the deterioration of memory is the central theme.

Gerard Daly’s There is Always One is about the idea that there’s always an odd person out.

Inspired by WB Yeats’s The Stolen Child, Aoife Casey’s photo of the same name captures the faery realm, a place beyond the veil of the human world.

Self-taught artist Aoibheann Kennedy is inspired by the intersectionality between her lived experiences as a woman who is an artist and musician, and who is also disabled, making every day journeys.

Mayor of the County of Cork Mary Linehan Foley said: “We are delighted to see such interesting work from a wide array of artists, makers, and other creatives being presented at the LHQ Gallery. This exhibition provides an opportunity for Cork-based artists to present and sell their work. We encourage all to come and see the exhibition.”

The exhibition will open on Friday, from 6pm to 8pm, and will continue until Friday, December 19.