Mark Whitesides lives in Ring village just outside Clonakilty. He has worked in fine porcelain and sugar work of which he achieved five gold medals in competition work in his 40 years as a chef. Within the back room of CCAC in between curating exhibitions, Mark is creating artworks in fine pen, acrylic and clay which he portrays his favourite subject, natural history. Mark’s works will feature sea and wildlife and sculptures of different species of mushrooms.

Sheila Kelleher BA Fine Art is a Clonakilty based artist from the gaeltacht of Beal Athan Ghaorthaidh. A figurative artist, this particular body of work reflects her many years as artistic director of street theatre with Feile na Bealtaine in Dingle. Sheila’s work portrays glimpses of people in costume, moments before they head out to perform their colourful street spectacle.

Thady is the resident darkroom printmaker/volunteer of CCAC. He has been taking photos for numerous years now but he found his love for darkroom in 2019 when he studied it in Cork. Thady’s recent works include his new venture into using instax polaroids which he will share a few of along with a selection of silver gelatin prints made in the in house darkroom.