US Ambassador’s Reception

On Wednesday, 9 June, Lola was invited to a reception at the US Ambassor’s Residence In Phoenix Park, to acknowledge and send off the Irish Art that is part of the ‘Ground Zero 360’ exhibition which is taking place in Dallas, September 11, the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The exhibition will be on display at the the majestic Museum of Biblical Art before embarking on its world tour.

Lola Donoghue with her original work ‘Playground’ at the US Ambassador’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photo: Naoise Culhane

Other Irish artists include Robert Ballagh, Sean Scully and Jim Fitzpatrick to name a few, each charged with creating a piece to commemorate the victims and their surviving families. Lola’s piece was inspired by and created for the children who lost their lives that day - “Everyone remembers where they were on the morning of 9/11. Looking back on it now, as a mother, the unimaginable sadness of losing a child…that was forefront in my mind when painting my piece ‘Playground’”

Lola telling Guggi and Robert Ballagh how it is.