2025 Programme

of Events

Our year is split between a mixture of club member activity throughout the winter months and outdoor activities when the weather is better. September to June, we usually meet on Thursday evenings at 8pm on Zoom, or at the Pembroke Hotel, Kilkenny.

Where possible, KPS host a number of activities for members, including peer and guest presentations and practical workshops. Members show and discuss their own work at least once every month. From June, our outdoor calendar commences, where club members can arrange small group photo-walks, visiting local areas to photograph and other group activities.

Jan 9th

8pm | Zoom

Open Night

Members show samples of their work / work in progress, seek feedback where necessary, discuss their practice or compare & share

Jan 16th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

KPS AGM

Kilkenny Photographic Society's AGM and election of new committee members. This meeting is open to members only

Jan 23th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Collaborative Presentation

Stasia Clancy, Liam Moylan, Ted Hughes & Johnny Cuddihy will talk about their process of bringing their work off their hard drives and extend it's reach for wider exposure

Jan 30th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

James Crombie

For four winters, Crombie documented the starling murmurations at Lough Ennell, capturing their beauty and grandeur with an artist's eye and a deep passion for nature. His photographs inspire awe, showcasing the starlings' intricate patterns and graceful movements against the Irish landscape.

Feb 6th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Carla Ennis - Colour Wheel

Carla will show the results of a year long collaborative project representing the colours in the colour wheel

Stasia Clancy - Presentation

Stasia will discuss working collaboratively & digital presentation

Feb 13th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Open Night

Members show samples of their work / work in progress, seek feedback where necessary, discuss their practice or compare & share

Feb 20th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Travel Photography

Moira Fulton and Andy Magan will show some photographs from their travels

Feb 27th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Venue/Concert Photography

Niall Fennessy, a Dublin native residing in Kilkenny has numerous photographic disciplines and has photographed some of the world’s biggest bands/musicians as tour photographer

Mar 6th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Distinctions Presentation

Paul Stanley

Mar 13th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Food Photography

Ruth Calder-Potts

Mar 20th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Open Night

Members show samples of their work / work in progress, with prints (min 7" x 5", max 20" x 16"). Seek feedback where necessary and / or discuss their practice

Mar 27th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Scottish Wildlife Photography

Members who recently travelled to Scotland on a Photographic Wildlife Adventure will present some of their work and tell us about their trip

April 3rd

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Fillipe Lopes

Humanitarian Documentary Photographer.
Photojournalist with focus on Human Rights, Environmental Issues, Education, and Art Projects

April 10th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Competition Outcomes

Feedback/results for participants of 'Open Colour' theme

April 17th

Closed

Easter Break

No scheduled activity for this week

April 24th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Open Night

Members show samples of their work / work in progress, seek feedback where necessary, discuss their practice.
Please bring some of your work on memory stick

May 1st

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

A Night at the Movies

Videos made by members

May 8th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Competition Outcomes

Feedback/results for participants of 'Weather' theme

May 15th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Sinclair ‘Rusty’ Adair

Rusty's presentation 'A Journey to Fellowship' will include some of his digital and print photos from Steampunk, Lincoln UK & Venice Carnival & a few short AVs

May 22nd

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Open Night

Tonight we celebrate why we use our phones' camera to capture everyday moments. Not gallery-ready images, but the instinctive, spontaneous moments that make you reach for your phone.
Was it a fleeting scene, an emotional burst, or a detail that caught your eye?
Share what moved you to press the shutter.

May 29th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Competition Outcomes

Feedback/results for participants of 'Negative Space' theme

June 5th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Audio Visual Demo by the IFP

This may be of assistance anyone embarking on a project or for KPS Project 2025
participants

June 12th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Sean Cain

Sean's presentation is of the extensive transport systems on BNM
boglands throughout Ireland. Narrow gauge rail lines, locomotives and
the transportation of peat that powered our electricity plants etc

Show & discuss colour & mono prints from Nationals in
Mullingar

June 19th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Open Night

Members show samples of their work / work in progress, discuss their equipment, seek feedback where necessary, discuss their practice.
View images from National Finals
Sale/Exchange of excess gear/books etc
Please bring some of your work on memory stick and/or their equipment/books etc

June 26th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Competition Outcomes

Feedback/results for participants of 'Environmental Portrait' (print) theme

July 3rd

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Denis O'Reilly

FIPF Presentation

July 10th

Closed

Summer Break

No scheduled activity for this week.
Self planned small group activity

July 17th

8pm | Pembroke Hotel

Summer Break

No scheduled activity for this week.
Self planned small group activity

July 24th

Closed

Summer Break

No scheduled activity for this week.
Self planned small group activity

July 31st

Closed

Summer Break

No scheduled activity for this week.
Self planned small group activity

Aug 7th

McDonagh Junction

Annual Exhibition

Installing works for annual KPS Exhibition as part of AKA Kilkenny

Aug 14th

McDonagh Junction

Annual Exhibition

As part of AKA Kilkenny

Aug 8th - 17th

See KPS programme of events from previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021.