Clíodhna Ní Anluain

Her practice has emerged through her work as a museum and event curator, and as a theatre and radio producer. It has also been influenced by her work as a script writer, writing commissioner and book editor. This work rigorously engages her in transforming text into new visual, audio and reading experiences. She is a published editor with Lilliput Press + New Island. Her RTÉ SPOKEN STORIES 1: Independence themed series of commissioned short stories was nominated for three 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards. Her Spoken Stories 2: Creatures of the Earth series is forthcoming in 2022. She chose her latest theme from the title story of John McGahern’s 2006 published story collection. Other recent work includes her RTÉ 2019/20 DAVIS NOW Lectures: Making Home radio + podcast series with Dr Ellen Rowley as consultant editor, in association with UCD; her visual art curation of Cruinniú na Cásca 2017. In this she included artists Aideen Barry, Bassam Al-Sabah, Laura Skehan, Gary Coyle and Janet Mullarney. Her 2016 theme directed RTÉ series Altering States: 100 Years of the Arts in Ireland critiqued how the arts fared in independent Ireland. She produced RTÉ Sunday Miscellany from 2006-2019. She is the invited Curator of Laois Leaves 2021 Writing and Music Festival. She is a Graduate of TU Dublin, UCC and NUIG. She is a board member and secretary of Visual Artists Ireland (VAI).