The Trustees of the #GFAward are delighted to announce that four applicants have been shortlisted for the Golden Fleece Award 2019: painter Marcel Vidal, ceramicist Sara Flynn, photographer Dragana Jurišić, and sculptor Nuala O'Donovan. For more visit goldenfleeceaward.com.

Thrilled to see so many #GoldenFleeceAward artists included in @DCCoI's PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection 2019-20, including #GFAward2019 shortlisted artists @SaraMFlynn and Nuala O'Donovan! Selected makers are currently showing in #SurfaceMatters @dublincastleopw till 19 May 2019.

Worth a lunchtime trip to see #SurfaceMatters @DCCoI exhibitions Office of Public Works Dublin Castle. 24 exceptional makers from Ireland. Images Zelouf+Bell Cara Murphy Nuala O'Donovan Grainne Watts Until 22/05/19

Works from #GFAward2019 shortlisted artist Nuala O'Donovan's "Teasel" series - these pieces all use a regular pattern based on the teasel flower, with irregularities influencing the direction the pattern/shape follows during their making. ... 📸 Sylvain Deleu

This is great news! Thank you Golden Fleece Award !! Congrats to all the awardees and especially to @SaraMFlynn and Nuala O'Donovan our @CIT_Crawford @CITAlumni

Many thanks to GFA Awards for their fantastic support. Delighted to have received an awrd to help with setting up a permanent studio.

Golden Fleece Award banishes border between art and craft irishtimes.com/culture/art-an…

If you're in London this evening why not head along to Royal Society of Sculptors for the opening of their Summer Exhibition? It features work by #GFAward2019 winner Nuala O'Donovan and the exhibition runs until 14 September 2019. For more, visit bit.ly/2y8gIVn.

Come on Barry's Tea, get the #plastic out of our teabags! my.uplift.ie/petitions/barr… via Uplift

Coverage of mary beard brilliant visit to Crawford Art Gallery . We cannot wait for BBC programme to air . Pure Cork From fig leaves to pinups: Mary Beard on the evolution of the nude theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Watch Now: You Don't Get To Be Racist And Irish - Imelda May Imelda May reads her stunning poem for our times:

Looking forward to hosting these C U R R E N T sessions on Wednesday and Friday next week from CCAE with our colleagues Hugh Campbell UCD Architecture ... join us then. Watch out for @km_cremin Jack Lehane, Adam D’Arcy, and Laura Hurley and James Pearce UCC Ireland CIT is now MTU - Munster Technological University

Looking forward to hosting these C U R R E N T sessions on Wednesday and Friday next week from CCAE with our colleagues Hugh Campbell UCD Architecture ... join us then. Watch out for @km_cremin Jack Lehane and Adam D’Arcy, and Laura Hurley and James Pearce UCC Ireland CIT is now MTU - Munster Technological University CCAE _ MArch

Clear case put forward here by Seán Ó Muirí fuinneamh workshop for flood-protection alternatives in Cork...these ideas need to be adopted by our politicians Micheál Martin Simon Coveney Michael McGrath TD to avoid devastating the historic city and protect any future Dockland’s plan.

See the first CCAE episode for series C U R R E N T at link below - featuring Kieran Cremin’s and Jack Lehane’s highly impressive individual research. @km_cremin Jack Lehane CCAE _ MArch

Congratulations to CCAE _ MArch (UCC/CIT-MTU) graduate Aine Walker-winner of the RIBA Part II “Serjeant Prize” 2020. Her proposal is a new Bazaar-like urban space for the city of Lisbon that sustains the inherent complexities and contradictions of the city. youtu.be/5I_Se2CcVww

Many thanks for the invitation to present, and all the participants. Also to Centre Culturel Irlandais and Design & Crafts Council Ireland for awarding and hosting the residency and space to explore new directions.

See this Instagram photo by @nualaodonovan instagram.com/p/CIfcRFmj2DO/…