February 2024 at the Glucksman As ever, we look forward to welcoming you in person or online to explore creative activities through our award-winning educational resources. The GLUCKSMAN teamImage Caption: Installation shot of Territory: Hughie O'Donoghue. Image by Jed Niezgoda. |
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 | Current Exhibitions
Hughie O'Donoghue: Territory
Territory presents new large scale works by Hughie O’Donoghue in the context of his career-long exploration of land and memory.
"There has never existed a time in human history where somewhere on the earth territory was not being contested. Allusions to some of these struggles occur in my work at regular intervals, but the territory that is referenced in the title of this exhibition is personal and is concerned with how identity is formed through an understanding of our place in the world. This has become an increasingly urgent question in the last hundred years or so. Very few people now have so strong a connection to a particular place that it provides them with a reassuring identity. Since the Industrial Revolution a gathering displacement of peoples has occurred and its momentum is only increasing. Few people today have the luxury of staying put, of watching the world go by. Ireland as much as anywhere has understood this, with its long history of departures. History and particularly personal history, has become an engine of identity, a way of understanding the world, the how and why of things, a way of connecting." - Hughie O'Donoghue, 2023 Using tarpaulin as his canvas, the artist layers paint to build up richly crafted surfaces that hold and relay these narratives of personal and Irish histories. In the exhibition, recent paintings are presented alongside works such as Knocknalower from the UCC Art Collection and the sculpture A Distant Thunder, providing audiences with a unique opportunity to see the range that O’Donoghue has developed across his investigations of loss, remembrance and placemaking.
Now until 10 March 2024
Image Caption: Hughie O'Donoghue at the opening of Territory. Image by Cathal Noonan. |
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 | Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art
Artists: Stephen Brandes, Samuel Laurence Cunnane, Miriam de Búrca, Fiona Kelly, Catríona Leahy, Dara McGrath, Miriam O'Connor, Gwen O'Dowd, Nigel Rolfe, Clíodhna Timoney
Curated by Chris Clarke and Fiona Kearney in collaboration with Dr. Benjamin Gearey, Department of Archaeology, UCC.
Radical Archaeologies features Irish art practices that consider and create complex topographies inviting viewers to reflect on social, environmental and political issues often buried, or elided into the contemporary landscape of our island. In partnership with the IRC COALESCE/INSTAR+ Irish Peatland Archaeology Across Time project, the exhibition's public programme will promote discussion and awareness of the ways in which culture, climate action and sustainability are interlinked. Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art is supported by The Arts Council Ireland, University College Cork, IRC COALESCE/INSTAR+ project funding and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation.
Now until 10 March 2024
Image Caption: Installation shot of Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art, Miriam O'Connor. Image by Jed Niezgoda. |
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 | Education
Saturday Drawing Classes Join us for a new season of drawing classes held every Saturday morning in the museum’s River Room. Participants will be introduced to line, shape, space, value, form, texture, and colour using basic drawing materials. These classes cater for all abilities whether a complete beginner or experienced draughtsperson. Participants will learn and put into practice a range of methods under the guidance of our facilitator, with an emphasis on the relationship between close looking and drawing. Each stand-alone class runs for 60 minutes and all materials are provided. 11am Saturdays, 3 February to 2 March
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
Teenage Art Club: Activism in Art
This Spring the Glucksman invite teenagers to take part in a special hands-on art club that explores activism through art! Participants will be guided through the processes of printmaking, design and street art as they create artworks that call for positive social change. We’ll be looking to get inspired by contemporary artists and art projects from around the world as we look to communicate ideas of a better tomorrow. Saturdays 2-4pm, 10, 17 and 24 February
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
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 | Accessible Tours
Discover our current exhibitions, Territory: Hughie O'Donoghue & Radical Archaeologies, with a guided tour. Guided tours provide an introduction to the curatorial approach to the current exhibition, offering an insight into the ideas and context of the artworks on display.
As part of the Glucksman's commitment to the Arts and Creative Charter for Older People, the museum will be offering curatorial tours to older people. We will also be offering Audio Described accessible tours for blind and visually impaired visitors.
Creative Ageing: Curatorial Tour of Current Exhibitions Creative Ageing: Curatorial Tour of current exhibitions The Glucksman’s Creative Ageing Community programme is dedicated to involving older people in all kinds of activities in the gallery with an emphasis on social, fun and creative encounters. We invite older people to join us for guided curatorial tours of our current exhibitions Hughie O’Donoghue: Territory and Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art. Territory presents new large scale works by Hughie O’Donoghue in the context of his career-long exploration of land and memory. Radical Archaeologies features Irish art practices that consider and create complex topographies inviting viewers to reflect on social, environmental and political issues often buried, or elided into the contemporary landscape of our island. This is a free event but booking is required. All welcome. 11am, Friday 23 February - book here.
Image Caption: Installation shot of Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art, Catríona Leahy, Gwen O'Dowd, Miriam de Búrca |
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 | Audio Described Tours Join us for an audio described tour of our current exhibition Hughie O’Donoghue: Territory. This accessible tour designed for blind and visually impaired visitors will be led by one of trained staff members, who will give a detailed description of selected artworks in the exhibition. Territory presents new large scale works by Hughie O’Donoghue in the context of his career-long exploration of land and memory. No specialist knowledge is required. This friendly and informal tour will last approximately one hour with time for questions and answers. This is a free event but booking is required. All welcome. 11am, Thursday 29 February - book here.
Image Caption: Tadhg Crowley (The Glucksman) giving an audio described tour to Tom Kenny (UCC Disability Support) and Clair Butler (UCC PHD Candidate) in Gallery 2. Image by Dervla Baker. |
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 | Family Sunday An afternoon of creative fun Bring the whole family along to the Glucksman this Sunday afternoon from 3-4pm for a free art workshop. Led by experienced artists, these free events invite children (and their guardians!) to learn all about making art. Just come along at 3pm equipped with your imagination. This season, we will be drawing inspiration from current exhibition Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art making artworks from natural materials, exploring hidden histories, traditions, and heritage. Families will spend a creative hour exploring a variety of materials and techniques.
Places allocated on first come first served basis. Children must remain accompanied by a guardian.
Admission Free / Suggested donation €5
3pm - 4pm, Sunday, 4, 11, 18 & 25 February
More information here. |
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 | | UCC Refugee Week Since UCC was granted University of Sanctuary status in early 2018, the University of Sanctuary Working Group has run in conjunction with the EDI Unit annual Refugee Weeks. These weeks celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion through a variety of events including talks, exhibitions, concerts and tours. This year, the Glucksman will be teaming up with the Schools of Sanctuary programme and welcoming second level students to the museum to take part in art workshops. Students will look at right based artworks in the UCC Art Collection and develop their own creative responses. In October 2023, the Glucksman invited teenagers from Drishane Castle Direct Provision centre to take in a project called Truth be Told. The teenagers worked with artist Seiko Hayase and facilitator Molly Sterling to develop artworks that explored messaging, media and visual storytelling. Their artworks will be displayed in the Glucksman Foyer Exhibition Space for the duration of UCC Refugee Week. UCC Refugee Week runs from 19 to 24 February. More information here. |
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 | | Glucksman Shop This Spring, explore the natural wonders in the Glucksman gallery shop!
Grow your own soap kit, fill your home with beetles, butterflies and dragonflies of all colour and sizes, enjoy 15 fun gardening activities to grow and eat with children, keep in touch with friends and send them wonderful Irish wildflower design from locally made writing set, explore nature and collect plants in your portable press and much more!
All those items have been carefully made, are sustainable, kind to nature and are available in our Gallery Shop. Visit our online shop here to browse at your leisure and contact us if you would like any information, our team is happy to help! |
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 | Behind the Scenes
Beneath Our Feet
An exhibition of artworks by young people exploring our relationship with the land
This Spring over 800 young people from schools across the region have visited the Glucksman to take part in creative workshops that respond to the exhibition Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art. The young people worked with art facilitators to explore ideas of history, heritage, archaeology, climate, biodiversity and how we can learn from the past to help shape a better future. Their artworks will be on display in Gallery 1 from 14 to 17 March 2024.
Featuring work by St. Catherine's NS; Scoil na nÓg Glanmire; St Joseph’s NS; Glasheen BNS; St Finbarre's NS; Scoil Mhuire JS; Scoil Réalt na Mara NS; Gaelscoil na Dúglaise; St Lachteen's NS; Kilmagner N.S; St Columbas GNS; Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil; St Marys Special School; Togher Girls School; St Columbas GNS; Beaumont GNS; Scoil Phádraig Naofa; St. Maries of the Isle; Togher BNS; Scoil Éanna; Fermoy Adair NS; Grange National School.
14 to 17 March 2024.
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