Artists Residency
Visual Artists please join the Residency mailing list for future residency opportunities.
The residency is fully booked until January 2027. The next application for residencies will open in January 2026. To ensure you don't miss any updates, I encourage you to subscribe to the mailing list. Unfortunately I am unable to respond to individual inquiries about future residencies.
Since 2015, the Olive Stack Gallery Artists Residency has welcomed visual artists from around the world to spend a month living and creating in the heritage town of Listowel, County Kerry. The residency hosts two artists each month and provides private bedrooms, private bathrooms, a shared studio space and shared living space above the gallery.
The programme is led by Olive Stack, a professional artist and gallerist whose gallery has been a vibrant part of the Listowel community since 1998. The program is conceived as a symbiotic exchange, offering visiting artists dedicated time and space for studio practice alongside an immersive cultural experience within a professional art gallery.
The residency program welcomes international visual artists who work in a variety of mediums and genres.
The residency is closely integrated with the daily life of the gallery. Artists are welcomed into the rhythm of the space in the heart of Listowel. Gaining insight into the realities of sustaining an artistic practice alongside the operation of a professional exhibition space in a long established independent gallery and its relationship with visitors, artists and collectors.
Listowel is a heritage town located in Co Kerry in the south west of Ireland. The historic town is close to the spectacular coastline of The Wild Atlantic Way. The Olive Stack Gallery is located on Main St. Conveniently situated close to shops, restaurants, cafés and pubs and walking distance from the beautiful Childers Park, the river Feale and the Greenway.
The residency continues to forge connections across continents and creative genres. Building new bodies of work illuminating the beauty of Listowel and its people. Artists have made fast and enduring friendships in the heritage town of Listowel. The residency continues to enrich both locals and visitors. As a result Listowel has become a favourite destination for a growing international family of artists!
For further insight and to read about the experiences of artists in residence join the Olive Stack Gallery Residency Artists Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Eb1RNXmCj/