MTU Crawford College of Art and Design – the Crawford – is a vibrant, multi-campus college that has been providing education in the arts for over 100 years. Crawford graduates are among Ireland’s top artists, curators, designers, communicators, digital media practitioners, art therapists, and art educators. The Crawford is a diverse, dynamic and creative community exploring art, design, technology, culture, visual arts education and media through theory, research, as well as independent practice.

‘In Essence’ – MA & MSc Art Therapy Graduate Exhibition 2026

About Artists Work:

1. Maria Tanner Cohen – ‘Coimeadaói Chloig Na Gréinne’ – The Quartz Keepers – earth mineral pigments set in hand carved holly wood (Cuileann).

2. Nicola Mc Carthy – ‘Mandalas of Infinite Transitions’ – intervention created using found materials from nature.

3. Jolene Carey - small circle: ‘Your one wild and precious life’, medium circle: ‘Repair’, large circle: ‘Transformation’ – mixed media.

4. Grace Meehan – ‘Atlas’ – oil on card.

5. Mariana da Silva – ‘Connection’ – clay and mixed media.

6. Lorraine May – ‘Elemental’ – oil on canvas.

7. Lorraine Quigley – ‘Becoming’ and ‘Compassion’ – acrylic on canvas.

8. Lorna Mc Carthy – ‘Rupture’ – collage on canvas.

9. Mary Barry – ‘Perspective’ – watercolours, pastels, graphite and charcoal.

10. Sally Cunnane – ‘Embodied Earth’ – clay, hand carved turf, wire, thread and paint.

11. Rachel Murphy – ‘Energy Envelope’ – mixed media.

12. Margaret Byrne – ‘Holding the Unspoken’ – mixed media.

13. Sinead Harris – ‘Self’ – textile piece, dry felting, stitching, appliqué on hessian.

14. Tara Donoghue – ‘Under Water’, ‘The Space Between’ and ‘Finding Ground’ – photography.

15. Jenni Cooney – ‘The Body Narrative’ – mixed media.

16. Lydia Lewis – ‘Untitled’ – mixed media.

17. Helga Ottilia Marki – ‘Levity and Gravity’ – 3D mixed media.