Sligo Rape Crisis Centre would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended and donated to our Charity Art Auction on 22nd September 2023. There were 66 pieces of art for auction at the event and every single piece went to a new home! The event was very well attended by the local community and we are so thankful for your support

The auction wouldn’t have happened without the support and generosity of dozens of artists based locally and across the country. We appreciate every single donation we received. So many beautiful paintings, drawings and mixed media work were donated for the auction.

The full list of artists whose work was included in the auction are as follows: Donal Adams, Debbie Beirne, Tina Brooks, Michael Bussmann, Ruth Cadden, John Callanan, Ruth Clinton, Paul Colreavy, Aideen Connolly, Brian Connolly, Andrew Csaplar, Zoe Dillon, Clare Doohan, Andy Duffy, Catherine Fanning, Noreen Fitzpatrick, Debbie Forde, Des Forde, Conor Gallagher, Dave Gavin, Ciaran Gibson, Martina Hamilton, Deirdre Houston, Lisa Hughes, Sheba Jones Dillon, Dorothee Kolle, Grace Loughlin, Sarah Ellen Lundy, David Madden, Jackie Marren, Rebecca Massey, Tom McCarrick, Brian McDonagh, Georgina Melly, Paul Murray, Donncadh O’Callaghan, Lolene O’Hara, Cormac O’Leary, Tom O’Rourke, Alexis Portilla, Niall Rhatigan, Ria, Val Robus, Marina Rosca, Emma Stroude, Vourneen Taylor, Elizabeth Valentine, Alexandra Van Tuyll, James Wade, Michael Wann, Annie West, Heidi Wickham and the Yeats Society Sligo. We would like to sincerely thank all the artists for their generous donations.

Thank you also to Joe Shannon and Georgie Gorman, our auctioneers on the night, and all the fabulous volunteers who helped make the event one to remember

We are delighted to announce that the auction raised over €7000 – funds which will go directly towards supporting people affected by sexual violence across Sligo, Leitrim and Cavan