Some photos from BAEC ” The Art Within” exhibition which took place on Friday 13th May 2022. The Signal Arts Centre hosts Bray Adult Education Centre’s annual exhibition, a stunning mix of artwork created by first- and second-year art groups “The Art Within”. Collection of work developed […]
Signal Arts Centre is pleased to present the 22nd Annual Exhibition of works by members of the Signal Arts Society. Here are some photos from the Opening Night that took place on Friday 1st April 2022. This exhibition is a showcase for members of the Signal Arts […]
After two years of waiting, St. Patrick’s Day festival and parade are back. The cancelling of the festival two years back was the first time to really understand how serious this global pandemic would be on us all. But now, here we are, a happy bunch of […]
Sadly we’ve had to cancel this event due to raising covid numbers and concerns about large gathering expressed to it. It is disappointed for everyone but we believe it’s the correct call at this current time. We will be contacting people and issuing refunds over the next […]
We’re back with another fundraiser quiz night, this time in two venues at the same time! Butler & Barry on the Strand Rd. in Bray and MC’s and Harvey on the Vevay Rd. Taking place Thursday 3rd of March at 19:30. Booking is required, to book you […]
We’ll be hosting an Art and Sketching Trail on Sunday February 6th 2022, 2pm. Bring your sketch pad and drawing equipment. Meeting point is outside Signal Arts Centre at 2pm.
Shane Harrison, at the opening for his exhibition “On The Road” from last Sunday the 23rd January 2022. There is also an interview with Shane about his work. The exhibition will be open until this Sunday 30th January.
Submissions are open for the Signal Arts Society Members Exhibition (March 28th to April 10th 2022). If you are a Signal Arts Society member, you can send your submissions via email to ‘exhibitions@signalartscentre.ie’ or by post to Exhibition Co-ordinator, Signal Arts Centre, 1A Albert Avenue, Bray, Co. […]
A recap of the exhibition opening of ReVerve | Rhythms from Sunday 9th of January. Our first exhibition of the year 2022. Exhibition will be coming down on Sunday 16th.
Submissions for 2023 exhibitions are now open! The requirements for submissions are listed below: A minimum of six jpeg (clearly marked with your name) and maximum of 12 images. (How to Photograph your work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpj28da03JQ ) Submission proposal covering what you would hope to exhibit if you are successful. […]
Culture Night 2021 was a great success, it was great to be back with everyone and thanks to all the staff at Signal for putting together so many great events. A lot of hard work goes into creating and planning all aspects of Culture Night 2021 and […]
We’re delighted to announce the 12 shortlisted artists in the Signal Open for the ‘Best in Show’ Prize to be announced on Friday 13th of August at 7pm. Congratulations to the shortlisted and a huge thank you for all the submissions this year. The 12 Shortlisted pieces […]
A reminder that the closing date for the Signal Open is this Friday 25th at 5pm. For more information about submitting and the show visit https://signalartscentre.ie/signal-open-2021 Submissions are 10 euro per entry and there is a 1000 euro prize for best in show to be announced at […]
We’re taking submissions for the Signal Arts Society Members Exhibition opening March 1st. Submissions are open to any member of the Signal Arts Society, submissions close on Friday, 5th of February at 5pm. There is a maximum of three pieces per person, and to submit just send […]
Submissions for the 2022 Exhibition Schedule are now open. If you wish to apply, you can send a minimum of six images labelled with name and title along with your artist CV. The closing dates for applications is Friday March 26th. Applications or inquiries can be sent […]
Just to give an update, we’ve had to cancel our next three shows for the time being. My apologies for not communicating this change in our scheduling sooner! The affected shows are: Elena Kotovenko | FragmentsPapillion | DivergentNicholas B. Robinson | Akademiska Stilleben Obviously, we are bitterly […]
Following the news that we have moved into level three restrictions nationally. Signal Arts Centre will be closed to the public for the next three weeks. We’re currently working on facilitating our current show & our next exhibition online. If you have any inquiries, please do not […]
Signal Arts Centre is now accepting submissions for Exhibitions in July, September & November 2021 Closing Date is 5pm Friday October 30th 2020 A proposal including a title A minimum of six images in digital format clearly marked with your name and title picture and dimension of […]
Submissions are open for the Signal Arts Society Show between October 12th and October 25th. Submissions are open to all members of the Signal Arts Society. The deadline for submissions are Friday September 25th by 5pm. You can submit your entries by email at exhibitions@signalartscentre.ie or by […]
Signal Arts Centre is proud to present our Thursday Kids’ Art Group aged 8-12 Online Exhibition, ‘Cosmic Colours’. For months the kids worked very hard to create a great volume of pieces for a summer exhibition to be held in Signal Arts Centre’s garden but as the circumstances have changed and we are only allowed […]
We’re relaunching our Life Drawing sessions again and have some places available. It runs from the 25th of August to September 29th for a total of 6 weeks. Every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 10pm. It costs 75 euro for the full block. Signal Arts provides the […]
Congratulations to the Signal Open 2020 winner Lynn Kennedy for her piece ‘Portrait of an Artist’. Lynn was presented with the grand prize of €1000 tonight at Signal. Also congratulations to all the artists who were featured this year. We were blown away by the quality and […]
We’re happy to announce that Signal Arts Centre is reopen to the public from today. The first show back is Ray Corcoran’s show ‘Ordinary People and Extraordinary People’. We are however making some changes to how we operate when we come back. Firstly there will be no […]
Hope you’re keeping well and staying safe! Just to provide a further update and to confirm that we will continue to remain closed until at least April 19th in accordance with Government and HSE guidelines.
This year we at Signal Arts Centre wanted to focus on the importance of nature conservation and recycling and on how these things affect climate change. In the last couple of years, the predictions of the future state of our planet have been quite grim and we […]
Congratulations to the 2019 Winner Laurence O’Toole. Please find below some thoughts from the artist. Well firstly, I was not expecting to win the best in show prize as there were many strong pieces in the show. I have noticed that the level of work submitted to […]
Signal Art Centre’s preparation for this year’s St. Patrick’s day parade was a real team effort, and in addition to the Signal Arts staff working very hard making the centrepieces for the float and the costumes, we also collaborated with many other organisations, including, Little Bray Family […]
On the 21st of September 2018 hundreds of different venues all around Ireland celebrated the 13th annual Culture Night, bringing together people of different age groups and backgrounds to enjoy and cherish all different forms of arts, ranging from visual arts to music, from dance to poetry, […]
It was a fine honour to be awarded ‘Best in Show’ at the Signal Annual Open Exhibition 2018. It came as quite a surprise when I heard my name being called out, partly because I was at the back of the room out of eyeline of the […]
Congratulations to the winner of the Signal Open 2017 Dianne Whyte, some words from the artist below. I am a photographic artist living in Dublin. Initially from a design background I decided to take up photography after having my second child, initially as a hobby but then […]
Congratulations to Signal Open 2016 Winner Irina Kuksova, some words from the artist below… “I knew about ‘Signal Open’ since it started in 2013, but it took me 4 years to submit one and only piece a few days short of the deadline. The artwork is a […]
An appropriately coloured purple truck supplied by Greenstar arrived at 10.00am sharp; at that stage the staff artists were already working hard at assembling all the artwork that had been created for the float over the previous weeks. As the gallery space piled higher and higher with […]
Beginning at 10.00am the Signal Arts Staff congregated and began the preparation for our much planned and anticipated Culture Night event ‘Scarecrow Invasion’. Over a quick slice of the infamous Kelly’s apple tart and a cup of tea, we made our final decisions for the display of […]