SOUTH
DUBLIN
ARTS
CENTRE
EN—COUNTERCULT—URE
Feed your curiosity and express yourself. Art is for everyone, and everyone is welcome here. This is your space. Come and explore.
Address
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
Plás Pharthalán
Tallaght, D24 KV8N
Gallery Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday: 10am—6pm
Building Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.30am—9.30pm
Saturday: 10am—6pm
Café Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.30am—4pm
Saturday: 10am—3pm
Information Desk
Rua Red's Reception is located straight on from the main entrance. Staff are happy to help with any questions you have.
Lift Access
Our entrance is at street level and all spaces are fully wheelchair and buggy accessible. All levels are lift-accessible. A large lift beside the reception area provides access to all floors.
Toilets and Baby Care Facilities
There are accessible toilets on each level and baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor.
Assistance Animals
Guide dogs, hearing and registered assistance dogs are welcome. Staff can provide a bowl of water.
Sound Enhancement / Induction Loops
Hearing induction loops are fitted at the reception desk and Infra~Hear infrared assistive listening devices are available for use in the Performance Space.
Parking
Parking is available in the close by The Square Shopping Centre Car Park, €1 for 3 hours. There is also parking available nearby in Euro Car Parks. Check Parkopedia for full information.
Open Call: South Dublin County—Intercultural Artists' Network
We're in the process of compiling a database of artists and creatives who form an important part of South Dublin County's vibrant arts scene. The network is free to join, and is for any practising creative across one or more artistic disciplines over the age of 18, full-time or otherwise, regardless of your background. Our only criterion is that you must be based in or working in South Dublin County (a bonus if you are interested in meeting and potentially collaborating with and networking with artists from diverse backgrounds). Through this, we aim to create space for artists to further engage with their careers, offering opportunities to develop their network and explore collaborations.
Rua Red Part Time Café Assistant
Rua Red is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, hardworking friendly individual who can show initiative to join our team on a part time, permanent basis. The individual should have excellent communication skills, be willing to learn and have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Experience of working within the catering and hospitality business is preferable.
Please send a CV and cover letter outlining why you would be suitable for this position to: opportunities@ruared.ie before 6pm on Thursday 6th November 2025
Interviews will take place on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November 2025.
This position requires an immediate start.
CURRENT
EXHIBITION
RIGHT HERE
RIGHT NOW
For the Annual Open 2025, Rua Red has invited artists to submit work that responds to the theme Right Here, Right Now. Work that speaks to the urgency of the present moment, that reflects lived realities, challenges inherited systems and reimagines futures from the ground up. Whether personal, political, poetic or protest-driven, we welcome proposals/work that is rooted in the here and now, work that speaks from within communities, that is unapologetically human.
Reuben Brown, Dee Byrne, Geraldine Carton, Emanuela Carvisiglia, Rayleen Clancy + Beatrice O'Connell, Paddy Critchley, Gemma Crowe, Jane Cummins, Alicia Donnan, Hannah Farrell, Sophie Gough, Susan Gogan, Nickie Harrington, Annie Hogg, Conor Horgan, Elizabeth Hogan, Jim Xi Johnson, Gary Kearney, Lucy Lambe, Sarah Lincoln + Andy Walsh, Sarah Long, Maeve Lynch, Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh, Maria Maarbjerg, Tadhg McGreevy, Constance McKenna, Joanna McNulty, Asha Murray, Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Augustine O'Donoghue + Conor McCabe, Tina O'Connell, Olivia O’Dwyer, Emily Roche, Jane Skovgaard, Oisín Tozer, Stephen Turner, Lorraine Walsh
WEL—COME TO YOURSPACE
GALLERY
PROGRAMME
AN CUÍNAS/THE SILENCE—Marianne Keating
Templates of Chance—Brognon Rollin
Templates of Chance—Brognon Rollin
The Goose and the Common—Array Collective
The Goose and the Common—Array Collective
Rua Red gallery exhibits the work of Irish and International artists. We commission work that is deeply relevant to this community; work that engages with socio political issues that are pertinent to the people here. Talks, workshops, screenings, and performances run alongside the exhibitions, opening up opportunities for new conversations and exchange of ideas.
WHAT'S ON
MONTHLY
SCHEDULE
Rua Red offers a diverse range of arts activities for you to experience visual art, music, dance, and performance, for all ages and levels of expertise. You can learn a new skill or improve old ones. This is a space to be yourself, come join in.
LEARN
REFLECT
RESPOND
Rua Red’s Learn Programme offers many ways to explore contemporary art, from talks with exhibiting and resident artists, to workshops and art classes for adults, children, schools and community groups.
ART IS FOREVERY—ONE
STUDIOS
AND
RESIDENCIES
Rua Red supports residencies for artists across artforms. This year's resident artists include Array Collective, Orla Barry, Junk Ensemble, Colm Keegan, and a series of Traveller-led residencies. Artist residencies allow time and resources for artists to research and develop work, build relationships with the many artists and organisations based here, and provide access to extensive facilities to make work.
SUPPORT—ING ARTISTS
ABOUT
THE
CENTRE
With over 225,000 visitors each year taking part in a diverse roster of creative programmes and community led creative activities every day, we aim to create a space where the values of respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and hospitality are embedded in the core of everything that we undertake and deliver. This is a space where art is accessible to all, and where you can be yourself.
TO BEYOUR—SELF
Address
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
Plás Parthalán
Tallaght, D24 KV8N
Gallery Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday: 10am—6pm
Building Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.30am—9.30pm
Saturday: 10am—6pm
Café Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.30am—4pm
Saturday: 10am—3pm
Information Desk
Rua Red's Reception is located straight on from the main entrance. Staff are happy to help with any questions you have.
Admission to the gallery is free. Rua Red is proud to be supported by the Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Creative Ireland, and the Government of Ireland; Project Ireland 2040.
Registered Charity No. CHY 18403
© Rua Red 2025
