Alannah Henry

Sa Samhradh, 2025

Photograph 

‘My artwork, Sa Samhradh, is a photo I took of my two closest friends, Eliel and Kayla, during my first summer working in New York. I was born in New York City but raised in Ireland, and meeting them opened me up to my American side in a way I hadn’t experienced before. They also created a space where my Irish heritage could thrive and be welcomed. Sa samhradh, tháinig ár gcultúir le chéile (In the summer, our cultures came together). This image lets that friendship and balance last forever.’

Sa Samhradh, 2025

Grianghraf 

‘Is grianghraf é mo shaothar ealaíne, Sa Samhradh, a ghlac mé de bheirt de na cairde is fearr atá agam, Eliel agus Kayla, le linn dom mo chéad shamhradh a chaitheamh ag obair i Nua-Eabhrac. Ba i gCathair Nua-Eabhrac a rugadh mé ach ba in Éirinn a tógadh mé, agus nuair a chas mé ar an mbeirt seo thosaigh mé ag díriú ar an taobh Meiriceánach de mo shaol ar bhealach úrnua. Chomh maith leis sin, chruthaigh siad seo spás ina bhféadfadh m’oidhreacht Éireannach bláthú agus ina bhféadfainn aitheantas a thabhairt di. Sa samhradh, tháinig ár gcultúir le chéile. Ciallaíonn an íomhá seo go mairfidh an cairdeas agus an chothromaíocht seo go deo.’

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