Lavit Gallery

CORK ARTS SOCIETY VAULTS AWARD 2026

Initiated in 2025, this relatively new award is given to one graduate from the combined fourth year graduating class of Fine Art and Contemporary Applied Art at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design. The awardee has the opportunity to exhibit in the unique vault spaces at Lavit Gallery and are selected based on the suitability of their work for the space. They also receive an artist fee of €500, productions support, professional photographic documentation of the show, two mentoring sessions with Lavit Gallery Director Brian Mac Domhnaill and a speaker fee for an artist talk event during the exhibition run.

The recipient of the 2026 Cork Arts Society Vaults Award is Sarah Murphy.

Congratulations Sarah! We look forward to working with you in 2027.

The 2026 MTU Crawford College of Art & Design fourth year exhibition, ‘Second-Hand Smoke’ is open to the public 6-11 June, 11am-6pm (late opening Thur 11 June to 8.30pm)
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CORK ARTS SOCIETY STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2026

The Student of the Year Award was initiated by Cork Arts Society in 1967, with sculptor John Burke as the first recipient and subsequent awardees including Maud Cotter, Eilis O’Connell and Vivienne Roche. More recent recipients of the award include Andrea Newman, Lara Quinn and Danny Foley.

The award is given to one or more students from the combined fourth year graduating class of Fine Art and Contemporary Applied Art at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design and includes an exhibition in the main space at Lavit Gallery in 2027, a cash prize of €1000 sponsored by Roberts Advisory, productions support, professional photographic documentation of the show, two mentoring sessions with Lavit Gallery Director Brian Mac Domhnaill and a speaker fee for an artist talk event during the exhibition run.

This year the award will be shared by four artists: Katelyn Stritch, Lucy Ahern, Quinn Sweeney, and Ciara O’Neill.

Congratulations to you all! We look forward to working with you.

The 2026 MTU Crawford College of Art & Design fourth year exhibition, ‘Second-Hand Smoke' is open to the public 6-11 June, 11am-6pm (late opening Thur 11 June to 8.30pm)
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