The National Print Museum collects, documents, preserves, exhibits, interprets and makes accessible the material evidence of printing craft and fosters associated skills of the craft in Ireland.
Tamarind Institute is a center for fine art lithography offering educational programs and a professional collaborative studio for artists.
The Living Archive
The Living Archive is a physical resource: a collection including books, CDs, DVDs, video (Mini DV, VHS, Hi8), 16mm film, slides, photographs and mini disc sound recordings as well as a data base of artists from the Gaeltacht.
Areas of special interest are:
- minority and Celtic languages
- music (sean-nós),
- Gaelic literature,
- architecture,
- archaeology,
- photography,
- artefacts and art works from the Gaelic speaking areas,
- contemporary and innovative art.
The Living Archive is located at the Artist-in-Residence house, Mín an Leá. It includes an archive room, computer and social area, an area for readings, performances, meetings and small exhibitions.
Artists, curators, performers, creative people of all disciplines are invited to create or donate works, performances, documentation and publications to The Living Archive.
The Living Archive is made available to the local community through the outreach and education programmes of Cló, with special reference to Tearmann (Sanctuary),
a cross-border programme of training and development, and Samkura, a Visiting Artists, Trans-european programme.
