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Virtu - Art has been created for the purpose of Promoting the Art + Craft of South West Cork. It has been handbuilt by Karin and Tony Smith. Virtu - Art brings to you a source of information about the arts and crafts of South West Cork in the form of articles, and links pages which can be accessed via the side bars.

Virtu - art has a map of the South West Cork area which we hope to cover. Information gathering will be ongoing. We are a major resource for artists, art students, art shoppers and people who just want to know what's going on here in this very special place. At present we link to over 190 Artists + Crafters living creating and working in South West Cork, if you want to check them Alphabetically follow this link Artist + Crafters South West Cork. We also mail out to over 400 email addresses every time a new issue becomes available.

Buying artwork on the internet is becoming the thing to do. You can sit in the confort of your home view artwork for as long as you like and when ready just press the Buy Now button. Internet Shopping is hassel free just have your Credit Card handy and the site does the rest. Virtu - Art uses Pay Pal you just enter a few details and your purchase will be arriving in the post.

From the 1st of June 2009 Maria is renting an open Art Studio on 44 Bridge Street, Skibbereen. You can have a preview of Maria Safaei's artwork by following the link.

Please feel free to express yourself via the email option. Virtu-art would welcome your comments and suggestions. We would also welcome any editorial comment from any would be art critic. The only requirement is that any editorial be Art or Craft related and fall within our catchment area, see map.

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Looking for Art Books? Cant be bothered to sort through 100's titles before you get what you want? Virtu Art has it all sorted into easy categories Just go to Virtu Art Books Index Page Click and Go Enjoy ;-)~~ Below is an example of what you could be perusing.

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