{"id":559773,"date":"2026-08-05T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559773\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:14:08","slug":"gene-clohessy-on-her-the-wild-cure-exhibition-in-kilkee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/559773\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Clohessy On Her \u2018The Wild Cure\u2019 Exhibition In Kilkee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art has the power to inspire, uplift and connect us with the world around us, and a new exhibition opening in Kilkee celebrates exactly that.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Wild Cure, by Doonbeg-based artist Gene Clohessy, brings together a vibrant collection of\u00a0colourful\u00a0and expressive works that reflect her passion for creativity and the natural world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gene is a self-taught artist,\u00a0educator\u00a0and creative facilitator whose work spans everything from painting and mosaics to photography and textile art.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her fifth solo exhibition is now on display at\u00a0Cult\u00farlann\u00a0Sweeney Gallery\u00a0and has\u00a0now\u00a0been extended until\u00a0Sunday,\u00a09th\u00a0August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Alan Morrissey spoke with Gene to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the full interview here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Art has the power to inspire, uplift and connect us with the world around us, and a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-559773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}