Junction 14 Mayfield, located off the M7 near Monasterevin in County Kildare, is displaying 21 winning artworks from the 72nd annual competition until 1 November. The works have been reproduced in 1.5-metre-tall window displays, creating a public gallery for the thousands of customers using the motorway services site each day.
The Texaco Children’s Art Competition dates back to 1955, and is regarded as one of Ireland’s longest-running arts sponsorships.
The exhibition is being staged at Junction 14 Mayfield for the second successive year and also reflects a long-running relationship between Texaco and the Fitzpatrick family, which began in 1954 and now includes other Texaco service stations in Naas and Monasterevin.
Making art accessible
James Twohig, Director of Ireland Operations at Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, which markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand, described the exhibition as a way of bringing art “into an everyday setting and [making] it accessible to people from communities across Ireland.”
Young artists represented in the exhibition come from counties Cork, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Wexford and Wicklow.
Images supplied by Texaco