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"Vida e Esperanca" ( Life & Hope)
Exhibition of Works by Maria Jose dos Santos Costa.

The Artist
Maria José dos Santos Costa, born  in Lisbon, Portugal.

Maria’s interest and artistic talent began to show at  a very young  age while attending school. It was during these years and through her mother’s keen interest in art, Maria was encouraged to nurture and develop her artistic interests. Maria went on to enjoy a successful career in Marketing for ten years, but a serious accident in work last year left Maria convalescing for several months. During this recuperation period Maria had ample time to rediscover her artistic talents.    

The Works
Maria is inspired by the beauty of the natural world and its surroundings, and takes great pleasure in presenting this collection of works to move your senses to a fresh place in tune with nature’s beauty.
The works on view endeavour to capture the ever changing moods of nature, thus creating a sense of mystery and presence in the paintings.
The use of light, shade and complimentary colours that evolve from the works embraces the viewer, often evoking a connection that draws the viewer repeatedly back to the paintings.
The dark colour can be truly dark so that the light colours shine out in contrast. 
The artists aim is to encourage the viewer to derive a sense of peace and enjoyment from this exhibition.
This exhibition will be on view untill the end of June and open daily from 9am -5pm also during all evening performances.

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June Exhibition

VTOS Annual Art Exhibition
VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme) offers adults educational and training opportunities in a relaxed and supportive environment.
The range of FETAC accredited modules studied includes painting, photography, computers, holistic therapy and more.
Maths can be studied to Junior and/or Leaving Certificate level.
Woodwork classes provide the chance to design and make something useful and/or beautiful.
VTOS works to the school calendar and so participants enjoy the long holidays (Particularly positive for parents).
Throughout the year we celebrate National Adult Learners’ Week and fundraise for a charity of our choice by holding a coffee morning, table quiz and this, our annual exhibition of art work.
We are delighted to showcase this collection of works by students from VTOS.
All of the works on view are for sale and all proceeds from sales at this exhibition will be donated to New Ross Search and River rescue.

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opens daily 9am - 5pm and during all evening performances.