Creative Waterford, Waterford Gallery of Art, and Waterford Cultural Quarter are pleased to announce the 2026 Creative Residency program for O’Connell Street.

Artist Sinéad Bolger will be in residence at Waterford Gallery of Art on O’Connell Street throughout December and January to coincide with the “Perspectives of the City: Waterford Past and Present” exhibition, which is currently running until January 30th, 2027.

“Perspectives of the City: Waterford Past and Present” features artwork from the permanent Waterford Art Collection, as well as new additions and commissions which examine and express how the city of Waterford has influenced the artwork it has informed.

To complement this exhibition, Sinéad Bolger will develop “All Roads Lead To . . .” a project that will explore ways of asking and answering the questions of where we are and how we got here in Waterford’s Cultural Quarter.

Sinéad is a socially engaged artist and facilitator whose practice explores identity, belonging, otherness and social justice through participatory and collaborative arts processes. With a background in theatre-making, performance and drama facilitation, her practice has expanded to include storytelling, mapping, collage and other creative methodologies.

Her work is person-centric with a particular interest in creating encounters where people can explore complex personal and social themes together. Her current practice brings together long-standing experience in arts, migration, interculturalism and community facilitation.

O’Connell Street and its tributary streets form an important historic thoroughfare of the city, and the Creative Residency program will marry together this rich history with the modern Cultural Quarter to create a new piece of socially engaged art and offer a new and exciting perspective of the city of Waterford.

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