New Life Old Buildings webinars
22.10.26–23.10.26
Online
Free
Registration required (links below)
New Life Old Buildings is our national programme exploring how caring for the buildings we already have can help shape more connected, sustainable and resilient places. New Life Old Buildings brings people together to rethink vacant and underused buildings as spaces for connection, creativity and everyday life. Through shared learning and local action, the programme is helping to build a culture of care that values existing places as vital foundations for thriving, sustainable communities.
Following on from the in-person events in Limerick in September, we invite you to join us for two insightful webinars that will conclude New Life Old Buildings 2026.
New Life Old Buildings is presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation and funded by the National Built Heritage Service. IAF is principally funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and additionally funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the National Built Heritage Service, the Office of Public Works and Dublin City Council.
Thursday 22 October, online
Webinar | Sharing What We Learned, 1pm
Join University of Limerick architecture graduates Colleen Lavin, Rebecca Moore and Roadhan Brophy McKenna as they share findings and feedback from the in-person sessions in Limerick.
Friday 23 October, online
Webinar | Info Session, 1pm
A webinar for individuals and groups exploring the reuse of vacant buildings.
In this webinar, we’ll hear from Bill Harris and Eimear Murphy of the artist-led initiative The Quay Artist Studios, who will share their experience of taking over a vacant building and bringing it back into use.
Speakers
Info Session speaker
Bill Harris (Bull Horris) is a visual artist, DJ and organiser with an expansive practice orbiting sound, performance and participation. They create a range of environments and atmospheres that invite viewers to reconsider their role within the development and disintegration of cultures.
Harris graduated with a BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) and Visual Culture at NCAD (2023). They are a co-founder and resident DJ of TENDER, a nomadic, DIY collective that creates intentional space for Dublin’s queer community. In 2026 Harris and 16 other artists founded The Quay Artist Studios, an artist-led studio and experimental space in Dublin City Centre that they are currently renovating.
Selected works include: Miss Powder Vacuum, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art (2026/2025); you & us, The Naughton Institute, curated by Brian Teeling as part of Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness (2025); ACCESSOR, Dublin Fringe Festival (2024). Awards include: Culture Night Late Funding, Arts Council and Culture Night (2025, 2026); The George Fitzmaurice Award (2024); Fingal Artist Support Scheme (2024, 2026); Break New Ground Bursary, Dublin Fringe Festival (2024); Agility Award (2023).
Info Session speaker
Eimear Murphy is an artist and arts educator. Supported by The Arts Council of Ireland's Children and Young People’s Arts Award 2026, she is developing an inclusive studio for young people. Since 2015 she has devised and delivered educational projects with galleries across Ireland, notably Summer Open Studio (National Gallery of Ireland, 2025) and the Hugh Lane Gallery’s schools outreach programme (2023–2025). She holds two first-class degrees, BA in Fine Art and History of Art (NCAD, 2015) and MA in Arts and Learning (Goldsmiths, 2022). Eimear received a YPCE Bursary in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and the Next Generation Artist Award (2018). Her landmark public sculpture, Drop, was unveiled in Dublin Port in 2017.
Event photos: New Life Old Buildings in Limerick, 9 September 2026. Photos by Deirdre Power.
