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About mait -Maitiú Quinn is a local artist, born in Dublin but living outside Westport since he was 10 years of age. In November 2024 he launches his 7th collection, "Everyday Lives" in Westport. Maitiú looks at the world in a unique and deeply felt way. He connects with people and with the world around him through this lens. This is what his art means to him and what it means to those who see it and read his words. He constantly seeks to learn and try new things although he doesn’t find change easy. His drive to be himself and to re-create himself in the world is immense.
To achieve this ambition, like everyone else in the world, he needs some support. One of the many groups to which Maitiú belongs - because they share some characteristics, is the family of those with intellectual disability (ID), specifically Down Syndrome (DS). Maitiú has always been inspired by others who helped enable him to follow his own star. He’s been especially inspired by his sister and brother. Clan Beo in Westport shed a spotlight on possibilities and Mait and his family paid attention. He is a graduate in Performing Arts with Blue Teapot Theatre Company, a graduate in Art from Westport College of Further Education, a member of Arts Alive in Galway and of course has his own Mait’s Cards Business based in Westport, an enterprise supported by his friends and colleagues Des and Nuala. Mait’s Cards are his offering to the world which can warm, enlighten and fill us with joy. Press |
