Who we are

Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

March at the Crawford Gallery

 

Guitar Plus. Photo: Jerry Creedon


Music at Midday

Sunday 3 March, 12pm


Directed by Jerry Creedon, Guitar Plus is a professional-level performing guitar ensemble based at MTU Cork School of Music. The group specialises in exciting and colourful works composed and arranged for multiple guitars, and performs regularly in the community in an effort to expand the audience base and promote an appreciation for classical guitar music. The members of Guitar Plus are all senior students and graduates of MTU Cork School of Music with the group providing a valuable ensemble experience for guitarists of diverse backgrounds whilst maintaining musical excellence. This event is free to attend, and no booking is necessary! To read more, visit here.

Image: Jed Niezgoda


Curatorial Tour of ALL EYES ON US

Thursday 7 March, 6:30pm


Join us on Thursday 7 March at 6:30pm for a special tour of our exhibition ALL EYES ON US! Focusing on a selection of works from ALL EYES ON US, co-curator Matt Ryan will explore the rebels, revolutionaries, literary lives, and queer voices represented in the exhibition, shedding light on the choices made when developing the show. This event is free to attend, and no booking is necessary! This tour will take place in the Gibson Galleries at Crawford Art Gallery. To read more, visit here.

Photo: Chloé Griffin


Turas Gaeilge

Thursday 14 March, 6pm


For Seachtain na Gaeilge and St Patrick’s Weekend, we are delighted to announce that we are offering a unique tour of Crawford Art Gallery presented through Irish! Immerse yourself in the National Collection and exhibitions currently on show at Crawford Art Gallery as our knowledgeable guide take you on a captivating journey through the Gallery. This tour provides a wonderful opportunity to appreciate the artwork while engaging with the Irish language, whether you're a fluent Irish speaker or simply interested in experiencing the language. This tour is open to all, free to attend and requires no prior booking! To read more, visit here.

Photo: Clare Keogh


In Conversation: Joy Gerrard and Gail Ritchie

Thursday 14 March, 6pm


Hear more from artists Joy Gerrard and Gail Ritchie in conversation about their respective practices and their work featured in new exhibition A MATTER OF TIME. Joy Gerrard graduated with an MA and MPhil from the Royal College of Art, London. Gerrard is known for multimedia work that investigates different systems of relations between crowds, architecture and the built environment. Gail Ritchie works in a variety of media from installation, photography to sound and object based pieces, drawing on both cultural and historical references. Ritchie completed her practice based PhD in International Relations at Queen’s University Belfast. This event is free to attend and no booking is necessary, to read more visit here.

St Patrick’s Festival. Photo: Provision

St. Patrick’s Weekend Festival Celebrations 2024

14, 16, 17, 18 March


Lá fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir! To celebrate Patrick’s Weekend, Crawford Art Gallery is proud to present a programme of special events featuring live music, family-friendly trails and specially themed tours. To read more, visit here. All Events Are Free | No Booking Required.

Photos: Gerard McCarthy


Grace O’Sullivan MEP and Katrin Langensiepen MEP visit Crawford Supported Studio


We had some special visitors in the Gallery last month as the artists of Crawford Supported Studios welcomed Grace O’Sullivan MEP and her German colleague, Katrin Langensiepen MEP. The MEPs met with artists David Connolly, Nicola Moran, Íde Ní Shuilleabháin, and Tom O’Sullivan, and Yvonne Condon even made lightning-fast portraits of the visitors. Crawford Supported Studios provides safe studio space, art materials, equipment, two long-term studio facilitators, assistance with transport and communications, access to exhibitions, audiences, peers, and professional training and development. It is anchored by a long-term partnership between MTU Crawford School of Art and Design and Crawford Art Gallery, with ongoing support from Cork City Council.

Image: Clare Keogh


A Matter of Time Preview


We were overjoyed to welcome so many participating artists, colleagues, and visitors to the public preview of A Matter of Time. A Matter of Time considers temporality within a broad spectrum focusing on the human experience. Curated by Dawn Williams, this major new exhibition is open daily until 3 June with free entry.. Displayed over two floors, with the work of 25 artists and 60 works, the exhibition alludes to and includes themes of climate change, nationhood, post-colonialism, appropriation, memory, health, urbanism, meditation, re-emergence, hope, and legacy.  Huge thanks to all who supported the creation of this exhibition and celebrated its opening with us. If you’d like to read more about this exhibition, visit here!

Image: Provision

Free Gallery Tours
 
Sunday & Bank Holiday Tours, 2pm
Check out Crawford Art Gallery’s expert, friendly tours. Take a journey through the historic building with surprising stories of your national collection and delve into the dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions. Sunday & Bank Holiday tours take place each week at 2pm.
 
Thursday Tours, 6:30pm
Heading home from work or out for the night? We also provide free evening tours every Thursday at 6:30pm! You can even bring a date! The meeting point for our free tours is in the Sculpture Galleries. Tours vary weekly and last approximately 45 – 60 minutes. This project is in support of the Night-Time Economy and funded by The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 
 
Tours are free and no booking is required! If you’d like to learn more about the artworks such as those in our new exhibition A Matter of Time, a public tour is perfect for you! Visit here for more information!

Friends of Crawford Art Gallery


The popular Friends of Crawford Art Gallery Spring Lecture series is returning with fantastic line up of talks! Our Spring talks begin on Friday 23 February and run for 5 consecutive Fridays with our closing talk on Friday 22 March, the programme of lectures you can look forward to are:

Friday 1 March, 'Will I look a hag?': Portraits of Elizabeth Bowen, Dr Michael Waldron

Friday 8 March, Another Famine Story?: The Physical Development of Cove/Queenstown during the Potato Famine and After, Dr Tom Spalding

Friday 15 March, Visions from the Irish Rhine : Explorations on the Munster Blackwater, Bill Power

Friday March 22, Artist in Exile: The Last Caravaggio, Matthew Whyte

Lectures take place in our Lecture Hall from 12.30-1.30pm. No booking is required but places are limited so come early to avoid disappointment. Entry fee for Friends is €5, “soon to be Friends" is €8, and students go free with a valid I.D.! To read more details about these talks, visit here.

Image courtesy of The Green Room


The Green Room at the Crawford


Whether you need a mid-week pick-me-up or a tasty treat, The Green Room is here for you! Start your day off right with a tasty treat!  We can't wait to see you soon at the café, now open 6 days per week. The best of local Cork & Irish produce, treated with a light hand by chefs committed to simplicity and flavour. For reservations email reservationsatthegreenroom@gmail.com or call 021-2410929. Please note that the café is closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.


Opening Hours
Open 6 Days a week


COFFEE& TREATS
Monday – Saturday
10am – 11.15am


LUNCH
Monday – Saturday
12pm – 3pm
Last orders 2.30pm


The Cafe will remain closed on Sunday 17 March and Monday 18 March.

Guitar Plus. Grianghraf: Jerry Creedon


Music at Midday

Dé Domhnaigh, 3 Márta, 12pm


Is ensemble giotáir é Guitar Plus ar leibhéal gairmiúil atá lonnaithe i gCeolscoil Chorcaíin Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta na Mumhan agus is é Jerry Creedon atá mar stiúrthóir ar an togra. Saothair chorraitheacha agus iontacha an speisialtóireacht atá ag an ngrúpa agus iad cumtha agus curtha in eagar d’ilghiotáir, agus cuireann siad ceolchoirmeacha i láthair don phobal iniarracht an lucht éisteachta a leathnú agus tuiscint ar cheol giotáirclasaiceach a chur chun cinn. Is mic léinn shinsearacha agus chéimithe iadbaill Guitar Plus as Ceolscoil Chorcaí in Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta naMumhan agus cuireann an grúpa taithí ensemble den chéad scoth ar fáil do ghiotáraithe le cúlraí éagsúla le scoth an cheoil a choimeád. Ní ghearrfar aontáille agus ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh! Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.

Íomhá: Jed Niezgoda


Turas coimeádaíochta de ALL EYES ON US

Déardaoin, 7 Márta, 6:30i.n.


Bí linn Déardaoin 7 Márta ar 6:30i.n. le haghaidh turas speisialta ar ár dtaispeántas ALL EYES ON US! Beidh ár gcomh-choimeádaí Matt Ryan ag díriú ar rogha saothair ó ALL EYES ON US, agus é ag fiosrú na gceannairceach, naréabhlóideach, na saolta liteartha, agus na nglórtha aisteacha atá léirithe sa taispeántas, chun solas a chaitheamh ar na roghanna a rinneadh chun an taispeántas a fhorbairt. Ní ghearrfar aon táille agus ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh! Beidh an turas seo ar siúl i nGailearaithe Gibson i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford. Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.

Grianghraf: Chloé Griffin


Turas Gaeilge

Déardaoin an 14 Márta, 6pm


Le haghaidh Sheachtain na Gaeilge agus Dheireadh Seachtaine fhéile Pádraig, tá áthas orainn a fhógairt go mbeimid ag cur turas uathúil de Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ar fáil as Gaeilge ar fad! Tum thú féin sa Bhailiúchán Náisiúnta agus sna taispeántais i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford agus ár dtreoraí cumasach do dostiúradh ar thuras tarraingteach tríd an nGailearaí. Tugann an turas seo deis iontach duit taitneamh a bhaint as an saothar ealaíne agus tú ag dul i ngleicleis an nGaeilge, cibé an cainteoir Gaeilge ó dhúchas thú nó an bhfuil spéis agat an teanga a chleachtadh. Tá an turas seo oscailte do gach duine, saor in aisce agus ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh! Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.

Grianghraf: Clare Keogh


In Conversation: Joy Gerrard agus Gail Ritchie

Déardaoin an 14 Márta, 6pm


Éist leis na healaíontóirí Joy Gerrard agus Gail Ritchie agus iad i mbun comhrá faoin agcleachtais agus faoina gcuid oibre atá léirithe ina dtaispeántas nua A MATTER OF TIME. Bhain Joy Gerrard céim MA agus MPhil amach ó Choláiste Ríoga nahEalaíne, Londain. Tá aithne ar Gerrard as obair na hilmheán a fhiosraíonn córais dhifriúla sna caidrimh idir sluaite, ailtireacht agus an timpeallacht thógtha. Oibríonn Gail Ritchie sna meáin éagsúla idir shuiteáil, grianghrafadóireacht agus fuaim agus píosaí atá bunaithe ar ábhar, ag tarraingt ar thagairtí cultúrtha agus stairiúla araon. Chuir Ritchie a thráchtas PhD bunaithe ar chleachtas i gcrích faoi na Caidrimh Idirnáisiúnta in Ollscoil naBanríona i mBéal Feirste. Ní ghearrfar aon táille agus ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh,agus chun níos mó a léamh cliceáil anseo.

Íomhá: Provision

Féile Chomórtha Dheireadh Seachtaine Pádraig 2024


Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir. Chun Deireadh Seachtaine Fhéile Pádraiga cheiliúradh, tá bród ar Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford clár imeachtaí speisialta a chur i láthair ina mbeidh ceol beo, conairí oiriúnacha do theaghlaigh agusturais le téamaí speisialta. Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.


Saor in aisce | Ní gá áirithintí adhéanamh

Grianghraif: Gerard McCarthy


Tugann Grace O’Sullivan FPE agus Katrin Langensiepen FEP cuairt ar Supported Studios Crawford


Bhí cuairteoirí speisialta againn sa Ghailearaí an mhí seo caite agus na healaíontóirí ar Supported Studios Crawford ag cur fáilteroimh Grace O’Sullivan FEP agus a comhghleacaí Gearmánach, Katrin Langensiepen FEP. Bhuail na feisirí leis na healaíontóirí DavidConnolly, Nicola Moran, Íde Ní Shuilleabháin, agus Tom O’Sullivan, agus rinne Yvonne Condon portráidí ar luas lasrach de na cuairteoirí. Cuireann Supported Studios Crawford spás stiúideo sábháilte, ábhair ealaíne, trealamh, beirt áisitheoirí stiúideo fadtréimhseacha, cúnamh le hiompar agus cumarsáidí, rochtain ar thaispeántais, lucht féachana, piaraí, agus oiliúint agus forbairt ghairmiúil ar fáil. Tá sé fréamhaithe le comhpháirtíocht fhadtréimhseach idir MTU Scoil na hEalaíne agus Deartha Crawford inOllscoil Teicneolaíochta na Mumhan agus Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford, le tacaíocht leanúnach ó Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí

Íomhá: Clare Keogh


Réamhléiriúar A Matter of Time


Táimid ar bís chun fáilte a chur roimh an oiread sin ealaíontóirí rannpháirteacha, comhghleacaithe, agus cuairteoirí le hathbhreithniú poiblí ar A Matter of Time. Cuireann an taispeántas teamparáltas i láthair laistigh de speictream leathan, ag leagan béime ar an taithí dhaonna. Agus é coimeádta ag Dawn Williams, tá anmórthaispeántas nua seo oscailte gach lá go dtí 3 Meitheamh agus tá sé saor inaisce. Agus iad ar taispeáint thar dhá urlár an ghailearaí, le saothar ealaíneó 25 ealaíontóir agus 60 saothar, déanann an taispeántas tagairt do théamaí lena n-áirítear athrú aeráide, náisiúntacht, iarchoilíneachas, sealbhú, cuimhne, sláinte, uirbeachas, idirghabháil, a bheith ag teacht chun cinn, dóchas agus oidhreachta.  Buíochas mór leo siúd a thug tacaíocht don taispeántas seo a chruthú agus a rinne ceiliúradh linn chun é a oscailt. Chunníos mó a léamh faoin taispeántas seo, tabhair cuairt anseo!

Íomhá: Provision


Turais Gailearaí Saor in Aisce
Dé Domhnaigh & Turais Saoire Bainc, 2i.n.
Bí páirteach i sainthurais chairdiúla Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford. Téighar thuras tríd an bhfoirgneamh stairiúil le scéalta iontacha faoi do bhailiúchán náisiúnta agus téigh isteach i gclár dinimiciúil na dtaispeántas sealadach. Bíonn turais Dé Domhnaigh & Saoire Bainc ar siúl gach seachtainag 2i.n..

Turais Déardaoin, 6:30i.n.
Ag dul abhaile ón obair nó amuigh don oíche? Cuirimid turais tráthnóna saor in aisce ar fáil freisin gach Déardaoin ag 6:30i.n.! Is féidir leatpáirtí a thabhairt leat go fiú! Tá an pointe cruinnithe dár dturais saor inaisce sna Gailearaithe Dealbhóireachta. Athraíonn na turais go seachtain iúilagus maireann siad thart ar 45 – 60 nóiméad. Tá an tionscadal seo ag tacú leisan nGeilleagar Oíche agus maoinithe ag An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán.

Tá turais phoiblí saor in aisce agus níl aon áirithint ag teastáil! Más mian leat níos móa fhoghlaim faoi na saothair ealaíne cosúil leo siúd inár dtaispeántas nua A Matter of Time, is cinnte go mbeadh turas poiblí foirfe duit! Téigh anseo lehaghaidh tuilleadh eolais!

Cairde Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford


Tá an tsraith de Léachtaían Earraigh de chuid @friendsofcrawfordartgallery a bhfuil gnaoi an phobail orthu ag filleadh arís le sceideal léachtaí den scoth! Cuireadh tús le Léachtaí an Earraigh 23 Feabhra agus beidh siad ar siúl ar feadh 5 Aoine as a chéile lenár léacht dheireanach ar an Aoine 22 Márta, is é seo a leanas an clár léachtaí a bheidh ag teacht aníos:

Dé hAoine an 1 Márta, ‘Will I look a hag?': Portraits of Elizabeth Bowen, an Dr Michael Waldron

Dé hAoine 8 Márta, Another Famine Story?: The Physical Development of Cove/Queenstown during the Potato Famine and After, an Dr Tom Spalding

Dé hAoine 15 Márta, Visions from the Irish Rhine: Explorations on the Munster Blackwater, Bill Power

Dé hAoine 22 Márta, Artist in Exile: The Last Caravaggio, Matthew Whyte

Beidh na léachtaí ar siúl inár Halla Léachtaí ó 12.30-1.30pm. Ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh ach tá teorainn ar spásanna, mar sin tar go luath ionas nach mbeidh aiféala ort. Gearrfar €5 ar Chairde, gearrfar €8 ar Dhaoine abheidh ina gCairde go luath agus beidh mic léinn saor in aisce le cárta aitheantais bailí! Chun níos mó a léamh faoi na léachtaí seo, tabhair cuairt anseo

Íomhá: The Green Room i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford


An Seomra Glasag an Crawford


Cibé an bhfuil íocshláinte lár na seachtaine uait nó milseog bhlasta, tá An Seomra Glas anseo ar do shon!  Tosaigh do lá amach ar an mbealach ceart le ceapaire bricfeasta breá nómilseog bhlasta!  An chuid is fearr de tháirgí áitiúla Chorcaí & na hÉireann, cóireáilte le lámh éadrom ag cócairíatá tiomanta do shimplíocht agus do bhlas. Le haghaidh áirithintí seol ríomhphost chuig  reservationsatthegreenroom@gmail.com nóglaoigh ar 021 -2410929.


Tabhair faoi deara, le do thoil, go mbeidh an caifé dúnta ar an Domhnachagus ar Laethanta Saoire Bainc


Uaireanta Oscailte:
Oscailte 6 Lá sa tseachtain


CAIFE & MILSEOGA
Dé Luain – Dé Sathairn
10r.n. – 11.15r.n.


LÓN
Dé Luain – Dé Sathairn
12i.n. – 3i.n.
Orduithe deireanacha ar 2.30i.n.


Beidh an Caifé dúnta Dé Domhnaigh 17 Márta agus DéLuain 18 Márta.

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