History of the partners and the founding of CHSA

John McCormack and Joe Neeson met and started working together in The National Sculpture Factory in 1997.  Since then they have collaborated on many large and small scale sculptures for national and international artists. This work is exhibited in both public and private collections.

In 2016 they acquired The Convent of Mercy in Macroom. The property has been a center for education and community engagement since 1865.  “We both felt that it would be important to continue with the educational history of the building. The logical path for us, considering our backgrounds, was to create the Chapel Hill School of Art”.

This history of education continues with fresh endeavours to contribute to meaningful culture, heritage and celebration of the visual Arts in the area with the exciting reopening of CHSA and its offering of Art classes in September of 2021.