The President and Members of the Academy have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of Margo Dolan. Margo Dolan, along with her husband Peter Maxwel was awarded the RHA Gold Medal 2017 for their significant contributions to the arts in Ireland. Margo and her husband, Peter Maxwell, founded The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ltd in 1992.
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation was formed in 1992 to bring professional, established artists and younger artists of recognised ability, from Ireland and from abroad, to live and work in North Mayo to benefit both the artists and the community. Its programmes, a series of interrelated projects in the visual arts, provide a direct socioeconomic and educational benefit to the community whilst contributing substantively to the development of each artist's work.
Our condolences to her family in the US and to her friends and colleagues in Ballinglen.
www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org/about/history/
Image: Margo Dolan with Mick O'Dea PPRHA at the 188th RHA Annual Exhibition Awards Ceremony, May 2018.
