A Better City – Friday 15 March – Wednesday 15 May 2024

The Digital Hub is delighted to collaborate with St Patrick’s Festival and the Guinness Storehouse on this outdoor gallery of street art.

A spectacular outdoor gallery featuring works by six artists launches in Dublin 8 on 15th March. The outdoor gallery showcases new large-scale murals and printed works across the architectural nooks and crannies and unused sites of Thomas Street, Crane Street and Market Street – celebrating the values of joy and community that run through the St. Patrick’s Festival programme. Spectators are encouraged to follow the trail and discover new artworks along the way.

A Better City 2024 has been curated by Good Shout Studio, a Dublin 8-based creative studio. The featured artists are Claire Prouvost, Sophia Vigne Welsh, Mark Conlan, Ruan van Vliet, Bebhinn Eilish & Gavin Connell. All of the works uniquely interpret ‘Spréach’ (Spark), the theme of St. Patrick’s Festival 2024.

To celebrate the launch of A Better City 2024 and tie all of the works together, writer and actor Emmet Kirwan has been commissioned to create a new piece of spoken word poetry, inspired by the festival’s theme of ‘Spréach’. Visitors to A Better City can access the poem and accompanying film by scanning a QR code included in the artworks.

This incredible new street art initiative has been created with the Guinness Storehouse in partnership with The Digital Hub and Dublin City Council and will be open to all passersby to enjoy from 15th March 2024 for three months.

For more information on A Better City 2024 and to see the commemorative film, see https://stpatricksfestival.ie/events/a-better-city