at Wexford Arts Centre
Friday 16th October to Sunday 1st November 2026
Curated by Mary Gallagher
The official opening will take place on Saturday 17th October at 2pm with guest speaker, wood turner and writer, Roger Bennett.
To coincide with Wexford Opera Festival, Bravura 2026, curated by Mary Gallagher, will present the work of 15 of Ireland’s top makers. The exhibition will run from Friday 16th October to Sunday 1st November in the Billy Colfer Gallery in Wexford Arts Centre.
A number of the makers will be familiar from the days of the Blue Egg Gallery; these include potters Mark Campden and Cora Cummins, glass artists Scott Benefield and Fiona Byrne, Ceadogan Rugs and print maker Susan Mannion. In addition there are a number of new artists: the weaver Agnieszka “Uisce” Jakubczyk, the embroiderer, Mary Moorkens, jewellery maker Rowena Sheen and the young Tom Windross from Waterford who is making his mark in the wood-turning world in Ireland and America.
Alongside the main exhibition, there will be an array of mugs. 13 of Ireland’s top potters will each supply 12 mugs which can be purchased and taken away immediately.
The official opening will take place on Saturday 17th October at 2pm. The guest speaker will be the wood turner and writer, Roger Bennett. All are welcome to attend.
The exhibition will run from Friday 16th October to Sunday 1st November in the Billy Colfer Gallery in Wexford Arts Centre.
For 11 years, Mary Gallagher ran the Blue Egg Gallery, just around the corner from the Arts Centre. Each October, to coincide with the Wexford Opera Festival,
she organised an exhibition to show off, to a wide audience, the best of applied art by Irish and international makers.
The opening hours are:
- 10am to 5pm, Monday to Sunday.
- 10am – 4pm on Saturday
- 11am – 4pm on Sunday.
Exhibiting Makers
Ceramics: Mark Campden, Cora Cummins, Markus Jungmann, Andrew Ludick, Gus Mabelson, Grainne Watts
Glass: Scott Benefield, Fiona Byrne
Wood: Tom Windross
Jewellery: Rowena Sheen
Textiles: Ceadogan Rugs
Agnieszka “Uisce” Jakubczyk, Carmel Creamer & Anne Kiely, Mary Moorkens
Print & work in enamel: Susan Mannion
An Array of Mugs
Mugs by the following 13 potters will be shown:
Mark Campden, Cora Cummins, Caroline Dolan, Claire Dooley, Markus Jungmann, Antonio Lopez, Andrew Ludick & Rosemary Durr, Gus Mabelson, Marta Ozog, Lydia Smith, Adele Stanley, Katharina Treml, Grainne Watts
Contact: Mary Gallagher
Tel 087 5894617
E mary@blueegggallery.ie
Contact: Lisa Byrne
Wexford Arts Centre
Tel 053 9123764
E lisa@wexfordartscentre.ie
