2019 Borrowed Ground
The Borrowed Ground Artist Collective consists of ten professional artists based in Louth and East Meath, and was set up in association with Droichead Arts Centre in 2019. Over that summer, the collective came together as an experimental artists’ studios and residency that took place in the gallery of Droichead Arts Centre. 11 artists in total took part. Borrowed Ground offered a communal setting for artists to work in. It was a space for connection, creative thinking, and public engagement through its open studio policy. In a landscape of meagre provision of artists’ work spaces, and common feelings of isolation, the project demonstrated the need for dedicated artists’ studio spaces in Drogheda and highlighted the importance of valuing and supporting visual artists in the north east region,
Borrowed Ground Artists: Vivienne Byrne, Nuala Early, Jillian Gott, Laura Gramzow, Brian Hegarty, Breda Marron, Kieran McNulty, Violet Shirran, Rodney Thornton and Dee Walsh.
Borrowed Ground Studio, Installation Space at Droichead Arts Centre. Image courtesy of Jenny Matthews
Artist working in Studio Space at Borrowed Ground. Image courtesy of Jenny Matthews
Artists studio space at Borrowed Ground. Image courtesy of Jenny Matthews
Work in progress, fine line pen and colour pencil on paper. 594 × 841 mm
Artists studio space at Borrowed Ground. Image courtesy of Jenny Matthews
Work in progress, fine line pen on paper. 594 × 841 mm
'You Make me Shine' acrylic on canvas, 420 × 594 mm
2019 Boyne River, chalk pastel on paper 594 × 841 mm
Artists studio space at Borrowed Ground. Image courtesy of Jenny Matthews