Call in to studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre to find out more about Aaron Sunderland Carey and his collaboration with Rialto Youth Project.
Aaron has been awarded Common Ground’s Collective Futures residency from January – July 2025 in collaboration with Rialto Youth Project.
This collaborative arts process & project, An Uile Dhuine will tackle critical issues facing working-class communities including racism, class conflict & the growing threat & influence of far-right extremism. Through their residency Aaron & Rialto Youth Project seek to create a space for dialogue & collaboration, empowering young voices and promoting solidarity that aims to equip young people with the awareness & tools that fosters a more inclusive & accepting society.
Aaron is a mixed-media & socially engaged artist from Dublin. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning painting, printmaking, and multimedia—amplifies overlooked voices with a particular focus on collaborating with communities in Dublin 8 & explores themes such as public planning, marginalisation, addiction, masculinity, & class. He has worked with Rialto Youth Project on numerous community-based initiatives including contributions to the What Does He Need? Boys in the making exhibition, a major event taking place in NCAD Gallery in January 2025. Aaron has exhibited at Outset Gallery in Galway, Axis Ballymun & NCAD, and he is pursuing an M.A. in Art and Social Action at NCAD.
studio 468 is located in St Andrews Community Centre and programmed by Common Ground in partnership with the Rialto Development Association since 2003. Common Ground receives funding to support artists in studio 468 from the Arts Council and Dublin City Council arts office. Common Ground’s Collective Futures residency awards run from 2024 – 2026. Awardees are: The School of Thought art collective who are artist Augustine O’Donoghue & historian & educator Dr. Conor McCabe (2024), Aaron Sunderland Carey (2025), Clodagh Boyce (2025) & Dylan Tighe (2026).
