Carlow artists take part in art sale for children's charity
Bagenalstown artist, Mim Scala has contributed to this year's Incognito art sale in aid of the Jack and Jill Foundation
CARLOW artists have once again shown what huge hearts they have by donating an array of special artworks for this year’s Incognito art sale in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.
With Incognito, the thrill is all in the anticipation as the art buyer has no idea who the artist is behind their artwork until the sale is over.
Eleven artists from Co Carlow have come together to back the fundraising endeavour, which enables seven Carlow families to continue to receive vital care and support from the foundation for their children.
In what promises to be the biggest and best Incognito yet, among the artists to have lent their skills and talents this year are Mim Scala, Celine Flynn and Athena Brownrigg from Bagenalstown, and Gwen Wilkinson and Tina Kavanagh from Borris.
They join such other luminaries to take part as fashion designers Don O'Neill, Helen Steele and Simone Rocha, creative director and professional dancer Arthur Gourounlian, singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy, TV cook Donal Skehan, Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan, broadcasters Joe Duffy, Jenny Buckley and Maia Dunphy, and well-known professional artists Maser, William Murray and Thelma Mansfield.
At a cost of €70 each, 1,750 postcard-size artworks are up for grabs in the Incognito Online Art Sale at www.incognito.ie, where the collection can now be viewed. Watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics, stained glass and textiles are among the mediums employed by the artists across the entire collection. The sale gets underway on Wednesday 16 April from 8am, when it will be a case of fastest-finger-first as to which lucky art aficionados scoop their prized piece.
For those who like to see their art up close and personal, this year sees the return of Incognito to its real-world roots, with hundreds more postcard artworks on display at the Incognito gallery sale in Charlemont Square, Dublin 2. The collection can be previewed on Wednesday and Thursday 9-10 April with the gallery sale itself taking place on Friday and Saturday 11-12 April. For all the latest updates on the Incognito 2025 art sale, check out www.incognito.ie or follow on @facebook.com/2025incognito, or @instagram.com/jackandjillcf.
