Seamus Carmichael is a visual artist, and traditional singer from County Derry, Northern Ireland. He plays tin whistle and harmonica and has a vast store of songs both traditional and modern, comic and serious.

He graduated in 1978 from the College of Art in Belfast. He was Northern Ireland’s Rome Scholar in 1981-2 completing a series of linoleum prints illustrating the work of Irish Poet Padraic Fiacc. Marriage brought him to Philadelphia in 1984 and after a few years on Long Island while his wife was in a medical residency, he and his family relocated to Central PA.

Although trained as a Fine Art print maker, Carmichael has always worked in graphic design and was employed by the College of Medicine Library at Penn State, Hershey creating displays and digital designs. In recent years he has combined his art and design skills with his interest in folk song and Irish Literature to put together albums of Celtic Music and songs relating to James Joyce’s “Ulysses”.

He is an enthusiastic 3D Print artist and taught Blender and Tinkercad classes for the College of Medicine Library while integrating this into his own work. He served for many years on the board of Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts and promoted Community Arts through the Lebanon First Friday Art Walk. His involvement in Celtic Music led to the establishment of the long-running Lebanon Third Saturday sessions currently taking place on 3rd Saturdays at the Union House Taproom in Richland.

Following his retirement from Penn State, in January 2024 he has relocated to Moon Township near Pittsburgh, where he plans to continue creating art and music.