{"id":196962,"date":"2025-12-21T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/196962\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:12:17","slug":"galway-city-artist-among-national-winners-at-rds-arts-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/196962\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway city artist among national winners at RDS Arts Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An artist from Galway city&#8217;s west end has scooped a top accolade at the RDS Arts Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Mannion is a visual artist working across multiple disciplines, including ceramics, sculpture, and textile-based media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210144\" height=\"300\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/galway-city-artist-among-national-winners-at-rds-arts-awards.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-text not-prose\"> 2025 RDS Visual Art Awards Finalist: Lily Mannion (BA (Hons) Contemporary Art, ATU Galway). Exhibition opens 21 November 2025 at the RHA, with a prize fund of almost \u20ac60,000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-210145\" height=\"300\" width=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766347937_63_galway-city-artist-among-national-winners-at-rds-arts-awards.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lily will receive the RDS Members\u2019 Art Fund Award of \u20ac5,000, from a total funding pot of \u20ac140,000, which is shared across visual art, crafts and music.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s ceremony in Dublin marked the 165th presentation of the prestigious Taylor Art Trust Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        Galway Bay FM News<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LPlnk297662\" title=\"https:\/\/www.galwaybayfm.ie\/galway-bay-fm-news-desk\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galwaybayfm.ie\/galway-bay-fm-news-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Galway Bay FM News<\/a>\u00a0provides trusted, comprehensive coverage and analysis of local, national, and international stories.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in every hour, Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm, with breakfast updates at 7:30 and 8:30.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the multi-award-winning FYI Galway from 5pm for all your news and sport, along with traffic and business information.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LPlnk184013\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ie\/app\/galway-bay-fm\/id517073928\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ie\/app\/galway-bay-fm\/id517073928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Download the Galway Bay FM app<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest stories on the go and stay connected on <a id=\"LPlnk892129\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GalwayBayfmNews\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GalwayBayfmNews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Facebook<\/a>, <a id=\"LPlnk538608\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galwaybayfm\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galwaybayfm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and <a id=\"LPlnk818656\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Galwaybayfmnews\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Galwaybayfmnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artist from Galway city&#8217;s west end has scooped a top accolade at the RDS Arts Awards. 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