Evening Lectures
EVENING LECTURES AT EXHIBITION SITE Mason Hayes & Curran
A series of evening lectures will accompany Inter-changes: Craft and Context
Venue: Mason Hayes & Curran, South Bank House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4.
Time: 6 – 8pm, Admission Free
Dates & Speakers:
- April 20th Mary White, Muriel Beckett and Eva Kelly
- April 27th Dr. Audrey Whitty, Assistant Keeper, National Museum of Ireland, Geraldine Grubb and Karina Abdulbaneeva
- May 4th Caroline Madden, Deirdre Rodgers and Kirsty Mc Ghie
Contact Person: Executive Director, Fulbright Commission, T: +353 1 660 7670E: colleen.dube @fulbright.ie
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11am, 5th March 2010; Speaker: Barbara Dawson,Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery. She will talking about the Gallery and how they acquired the Francis Bacon Studio.
- Located in Dublin’s city centre, the Hugh Lane Gallery, which is funded by Dublin Corporation, houses one of Ireland’s foremost collections of modern and contemporary art.The Gallery also has a dynamic temporary exhibitions programme which encourages contemporary dialogue, often encompassing the permanent collection, as well as exploring new expression in multimedia. The Gallery also stages historical and retrospective exhibitions, particularly of Irish art.As well as a diverse and stimulating exhibitions programme, the Gallery’s wide range of activities both within and outside the Gallery continues. A lively education and outreach programme has forged strong links with local school and community groups wi th activities ranging from Kids Club workshops, adult education courses and the ever-popular Sunday lecture series.
11th December 2009 Speaker Nicola Gordon Bowes: Author of book on Harry Clark, Design/Art Historian and writer
- Nicola Gordon Bowe is an associate research fellow at NCAD and former director of the MA Course in the History of Design and the Applied Arts, NCAD, Dublin (National University of Ireland).She has held research fellowships at CASVA in Washington DC, at the Huntington Library, California and from the Guild of St. George (England) and served on academic, cultural advisory and examining committees in Ireland, England and Scotland. Represented Ireland on international UNESCO study group for Art Nouveau architecture. An Hon Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, she has written and lectured widely on late 19th and 20th century decorative arts, compiled exhibition catalogues and contributed to e.g. Country Life, Apollo, Journal of the Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Antiques, Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, Craft Arts International, Journal of the Decorative Arts Society, Journal of the Stained Glass Association of America, Studies in the Decorative Arts, The Journal of Design History, Crafts, Irish Arts Review and the Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, etc.
4th December 2009 Speaker John Duncan: Source Magazine Editor
- Link to interesting Ezine on Craft. Relates to topics discussed by John Duncan on Dec. 4 Journal of Modern Craft http://journalofmoderncraft.com/
13th November 2009 Speaker Declan McGonagle
- Declan McGonagle is the Director of NCAD. In 1987, McGonagle became the only curator to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize thanks to his work at the Orchard Gallery in Derry. The gallery was known for bringing the work of significant international artists to Derry, notably an installation of sculptures by Antony Gormley on the city walls, one of the artist’s first Public Art projects, as well as promoting Irish artists, such as Willie Doherty, abroad. Prior to this he had been an exhibitions officer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. He was also the curator of the First Tyne International exhibition in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1990 – artists participating included Marina Abramovic, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Richard Deacon, Mona Hatoum, Chris Burden and Jana Sterbak.McGonagle became the first director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art when it opened in 1991.
6th November 2009 Speaker Erin Treacy
- Erin Treacy is a Fulbright artist in Ireland. ‘My abstract paintings reflect my desire to create a fantasy world based on spatial memories and experiences. Over the years travel has been an integral part in my artistic practice. By experiencing differing landscapes and cultures I have been able to find contrasting ideas of beauty, while simultaneously discovering similarities within the details of our surroundings.’
30th October 2009 Speakers Neil Read & Henry Pim
- Neil Reid is the Head of Department of Ceramics, Glass and Metals; he was appointed to the staff of NCAD in 1982. Neil has exhibited in Europe, China and North America. His work is held in public collections including the Irish National Collection, The National Museum of Ireland, The Royal Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh), and The National Porcelain Museum, Jingdezhen (China).
- Henry Pim is a Lecturer in Ceramics; Henry joined the N.C.A.D staff. in 1990. Prior to this he studied at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (post grad) at Camberwell School of Art, in London (B.A.), and at Brighton College of Education (Cert. Ed.)Pim has exhibited world-wide, and his work is represented in a number of public collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Stadelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Museum of Western Australia (Perth), and the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London.
9th October 2009 Speaker Anthony Dunne
