Board of Directors

Bernadette Solon is our most recent addition to the Board of Management of Mullingar Arts Centre. She has lived in Mullingar for over 40 years having moved from Dublin to pursue a career as an architect. Since her graduation, Bernadette has had various careers – university lecturer for over 20 years, architect of Westmeath Local Authority, conservation officer and heritage officer and now, since retiring a TidyTowns adjudicator and more recently a judge for the Canadian Communities in Bloom international competition. She is also on the panel of visiting architects to assess the educational standards on behalf of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. While a university lecturer she was invited as a visiting professor to the University of Lincoln, Nebraska. She is also a member of the executive of the all-Ireland Follies Trust and enjoys visiting the numerous structures which have been assisted in their consolidation and repair by the Trust throughout the thirty two counties. She has supported Mullingar Arts Centre for many years and looks forward to being a member of the Board of Management.