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International Open Call - Carrying The Songs

Opens July 4th 2026

CARRYING THE SONGS .

Exhibition of 282 original artworks inspired by the poem Carrying The Songs by Moya Cannon

About the open call

The Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands, in partnership with Hamilton Gallery Sligo and Pulchri Studio, The Hague, invited submissions for an exhibition of new paintings by artists, resident either on the island of Ireland or in The Netherlands.

The exhibition is themed on Carrying the Songs a poem by Irish poet Moya Cannon. The poem is a prescient meditation on how music and song can be one of very few things people bring with them when forced from their homes, or to abandon their native country.    

The closing date for submissions was May 1st 2026

Carrying the Songs will open at Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands from July 4th - July 26th 2026.

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