Irish artists working in ceramics, furniture-design, painting, print and photography are members of an online gallery which includes links to their work, and to other arts organisations such as the Arts Council, museums and galleries in Ireland and Britain, and to Absolutearts.com, a free arts news service and a search engine for arts info on the Net. You can even send postcards or enter a chatroom. Enter at www.irishartists.org
Wood buried thousands of years ago in our bogland and preserved there re-appears after turf-cutting and land drainage. Artist Ronnie Graham sculpts bogwood into weird and wonderful figures, with titles such as Messenger at the Gates of Dawn and Scream. View the gallery and buy online, at www.irishbog woodsculpture.com
The Irish Art Network simplifies searching for Irish art and for details of exhibitions in private galleries online. This portal site provides links to the websites of individual artists such as Graham Knuttel, galleries such as Dublin's LemonStreet Gallery (which includes information on artists, current and future shows, and buying online), art auction houses, and a variety of companies such as Architectural Salvage (buy online in euros). At www.irishart.net
Arthouse in Dublin has created a worldwide gallery, a database of almost 1,000 artists with more than 5,000 images of their work. Categories include: furniture; glass; batik; ceramics; metalwork; murals; printmaking; stained glass; textiles; painting; and sculpture. Search by artist, skill, medium or materials at www.artifact.ie Artists are invited to register online.
Plan your Christmas shopping early and mark the Art Ireland exhibition in your diary. More than 100 Irish and international painters and sculptors will exhibit at the RDS on December 8th and 9th. Preview the show, which claims to be the largest visualarts event of the year, and check out links to artists' websites at www.irishartfair.com
Win a painting or browse for Christmas presents of unusual Irish arts and crafts at Art Shape, a brochure-style website which offers a variety of gift ideas - from a wild fuchsia brooch from Co Clare to a millennium jug by Tipperary Crystal. At www.artshapes.com
