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.
We are looking forward to hosting a free artist talk with The Glenkeen Variations on 10 May. As part of the Bealtaine Festival, we are delighted to host free art workshops for Grandparents & Grandchildren throughout the month.
In our Behind the Scenes, read about Art Space, a free creative programme for children who are supported by Good Shepherd Cork. This month we feature Amber Broughton in our Little Interview.
As ever, we look forward to welcoming you in person or online to explore creative activities through our award-winning educational resources.
The GLUCKSMAN team
Image Caption: Groundwork: Climate awareness in the UCC Art Collection. Image by Cathal Noonan.
Artists: Jonathas de Andrade, Shirazeh Houshiary, Austin Hearne, Samir Mahmood, Ana Mendieta,Grace Ndiritu, Hermann Nitsch, Jennifer Tee
Curated by Chris Clarke
Mysterious Ways explores the ways in which ritual and religion inform contemporary artistic practices. Through performative ceremonies, totemic objects, and meditative environments, such works invite viewers to transcend the everyday, to experience art as a moment of spiritual awakening. Featuring works by Irish and international artists, Mysterious Ways reveals how art and belief continually respond and reflect upon one another.
Mysterious Ways is supported by The Arts Council Ireland, University College Cork and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation.
Now until 7 July 2024
Image Caption: Mysterious Ways: Art, Faith and Transcendence. Image by Cathal Noonan.
Artists: John Behan, Amber Broughton, Patrick Collins, Miriam De Búrca, Gabhann Dunne, James L Hayes, Martin Healy, Fiona Kelly, Catriona Leahy, Dara McGrath, Norah McGuinness, Peter Nash, Miriam O'Connor, Hughie O'Donoghue, Gwen O'Dowd, Garrett Phelan
This exhibition brings together artworks from the UCC Art Collection that focus on environmental observations and concerns, giving us an opportunity to reflect on the diverse ecologies that sustain our natural world. From in-depth explorations of our peatlands to skyward habitats and UCC’s own living arboretum, Groundwork presents the precious, sometimes precarious, but also hopeful vistas of our island home.
The Glucksman is delighted to host former Glenkeen Garden artists-in-residnce Christiana Chiranagnostaki, Konstanza Kapsali and Markus Huemer to present their work and discuss their research in a talk moderated by Ben Livne Weitzman.
Glenkeen Garden is a masterwork of dynamic composition. Over 25 years, it has been designed, cared for, and constantly revitalised. While general sketches set the garden's tones, stages, and scenes, flora and fauna take over and constantly form and re-form the land from within the pre-given frame. For Composing Landscapes, the Glenkeen Variations' second iteration, former Glenkeen Garden artists-in-residnce Christiana Chiranagnostaki, Konstanza Kapsali and Markus Huemer explore harmonious and discordant configurations of materials and inspiration drawn from the immediate surroundings of Roaringwater Bay. Using various creative techniques, such as cinematography, painting and music composing, the artists transform their observations and experiences into new forms of encounter.
Discover our current exhibitions, Groundwork & Mysterious Ways, 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.
Join us for an audio described tour of our current exhibition Mysterious Ways: Art, faith and transcendence. 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.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.
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.
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 exhibition Mysterious Ways.
No specialist knowledge is required. This tour will last approximately one hour and will be followed by time for discussion.
This is a free event but booking is required. All welcome.
Introductory drawing classes for older people with artist Stephen Doyle
Join artist Stephen Doyle for a new season of drawing classes for older people. With a focus on still life using charcoal, each class will introduce the fundamentals of drawing and guide participants through step by step processes so they can master line, space, light & shade, and texture.
Back to the Drawing Board is run as part of the Glucksman’s Creative Ageing programme. The Glucksman’s Creative Ageing programme is dedicated to involving older people in all kinds of activities in the gallery with an emphasis on social, fun and creative encounters.
11am - 1pm Wednesdays, 8 - 29 May.
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
Learn to paint in our new series of Saturday art classes. Led by a professional artist each class will introduce the fundamentals of painting like colour mixing, composition, underpainting, materials and tools, and much more. Suitable for beginners and those with previous experience. Each stand-alone class, and covers different painting techniques like colour, composition and underpainting. Each class runs for 60 minutes and all materials are provided. Booking is essential.
11am Saturdays, 4 - 18 May
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
The Glucksman's highly anticipated Summer Art Clubs are back!
We are excited to be offering creative clubs for young people through July and August. Led by experienced facilitators, children will undertake imaginative projects and create unique artworks when learning about painting, sculpture, printmaking, collage and drawing. Glucksman Art Clubs fuel children’s imaginations, develop their artistic skills and encourage their creativity. Each session is carefully designed to provide age-appropriate projects and are delivered in a friendly and positive environment.
Booking is essential with limited places available. You can learn more about these clubs here.
Join artist Inma Pavon for a new series of Sunday morning classes that promote wellbeing through creativity. The classes will provide a mix of movement based activities, as well as drawing and making. Each stand-alone class, runs for 60 minutes and all materials are provided.
11.30 am Sundays, 5 - 26 May.
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
Join us on a guided walk of UCC’s biodiversity trail and the Glucksman’s current exhibition Groundwork: Climate awareness in the UCC Art Collection for National Biodiversity Week2024. The University College Cork campus is rich in biodiversity and participants will learn about some of the 451 flora and fauna that make this urban oasis their home. The new Biodiversity Trail provides an accessible space for those who are new to wildlife watching, as well as being enjoyable for seasoned naturalists.
The guided walk will highlight how artists interpret and represent biodiversity, starting with a focus on key works within the Groundwork exhibition before heading out on the trail where participants will be given basic creative approaches and materials to allow them to respond to the University arboretum, wildflower meadow, and River Lee. Creative Wanderings: Biodiversity & Art at UCC is a collaboration between UCC Sustainability and Climate Action Office, the Glucksman and Cork City Council.
In search of holy shrines, ancient wells and sites of worship
Join award winning photographer Brendan Ó Sé for this short course that teaches all the fundamentals of street photography. Taking inspiration from current exhibition Mysterious Ways: Art, faith and transcendence, Brendan will lead participants on photography walks through Cork city that will take in places of worship and spiritual importance including prominent buildings, shrines and forgotten ancient holy wells. This course will be delivered through a mix online sessions & photo walks.
Wednesday 29 May 1, 8, 12 June.
Booking is essential, limited places available - book here.
An afternoon of creative fun for Grandparents & Grandchildren
As part of Bealtaine Festival 2024 we are inviting grandparents and grandchildren to come along to the Glucksman on Sundayafternoons from 3-4pm throughout May for a free art workshop. Led by creative facilitators, these fun sessions invite children and their grandparents to learn all about making art. Just come along at 3pm equipped with your imagination!
No booking required. Places allocated on first come first served basis. Children must remain accompanied by a guardian.
An open call for all craft makers and designers wishing to participate in this year’s Craft + Design Fair is now underway.
Taking place in our airy, spacious galleries from November 08-10, we invite all interested designers and makers to submit a completed application form by 29 July 2024.
The Glucksman's Craft + Design Fair showcases high quality Irish craft and design in the beautiful setting of the gallery’s award-winning exhibition spaces. The Craft Fair has been established since 2008 and has developed into a successful partnership between the gallery, craft makers and designers within Ireland, as well as becoming one of Ireland’s most prestigious fairs.
It is this time of year where nature is blooming and so is our shop!
Whether you are looking to brighten up your home with bugs & birds, looking for fun projects to grow and garden with the kids or looking for beautiful writing sets and cards to send to loved ones, we've got you covered in the Glucksman gift shop. Our products are selected with care and respect with our environment by choosing sustainable and prioritising locally made products, promoting learning, diversity and creativity.
Pop in to the shop from Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm or online at any time here.
A creative programme for children who are supported by Good Shepherd Cork
This month we introduce a new programme at the Glucksman. Art Space is a 6 week creative programme that will run at the museum this summer for children who are supported by Good Shepherd Cork. The programme will consist of 6 Saturday workshops that will be held in the museum and the surrounding areas of the university lower grounds. The young people will work with artists, Peter Nash, Inma Pavon and Seiko Hayase to explore a variety of mediums and techniques and to grow their creative skills and confidence.
The workshops will enable the children to develop connections with artists, to find their interests in materials and themes, and to establish their own art space in University College Cork. Art Space is funded by the Cork City Council Arts in Context Research and Development fund.
This month's Little Interview features Amber Broughton, who's work is part of the UCC Art Collection and is featured in our current exhibition, Groundwork.
The Glucksman is generously supported by our audiences, University College Cork, the Arts Council of Ireland and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation.
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