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2024 Ellen Hutchins Festival 17th to 25th August West Cork

 

Ellen Hutchins Festival 2024

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The 2024 Ellen Hutchins Festival starts on Saturday 17th August and runs to Sunday 25th August with events around Bantry, Glengarriff, Ballylickey, Ballydehob, Kealkill, Whiddy Island and Sheep’s Head Peninsula.

Click HERE to see a list of events including booking details for individual events.

Inspired by Ireland’s first female botanist, the Ellen Hutchins Festival takes place in and around Bantry Bay, West Cork every August. Ellen was born in Ballylickey in 1785 and the inaugural festival was initiated to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her death in 2015. The festival is now an annual event, taking place over nine days each year during Heritage Week.

The festival includes a wide range of events designed to encourage people of all ages to explore the natural and cultural heritage of Bantry Bay. Many are free, some have an entry fee.

During this year’s festival there are botany walks and workshops, seashore and seaweed activities, botanical art and craft workshops, poetry and literary events, a geology walk, children’s art and nature events, archives to view at Bantry Library, a talk by writer and broadcaster Anja Murray, self-guided trails and live demonstrations of botanical art and basket-making.

Click HERE to see a list of events including booking details for individual events.

 

Seaweeds and Traditions: A Heritage Special at the Bantry Show

18 August, 1pm - 5pm

• Bantry Show
• Bantry Airfield, Bantry
• P75
• Co. Cork County

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See and explore seaweed and find out how it was collected, carried, used, studied and drawn in the past. The Ellen Hutchins Festival comes to Bantry Show with a range of free activities and demonstrations. See a wonderful range of seaweeds, including hidden details under a microscope or through a hand lens. Handle replicas of the large baskets, called creels, used to gather seaweeds. Hear Frances Gallagher, the Festival’s seaweed specialist, explain past and current uses of seaweeds.

Historical re-enactor, Carrie O’Flynn, in costume of the early 1800s, will invite you to try writing with a quill pen, folding your letter and sealing it. Leading Irish botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty, will be painting seaweed while chatting about watercolours now and 200 years ago. Youngsters can dip into a nature art activity with leaves and wax crayons.

Pick up free leaflets on seaweeds, mosses, lichens and trees and browse a range of books to buy on the botany of inner Bantry Bay. Speak to the Festival team about the other events.

Bantry Show website: https://www.bantryshow.ie/
Show Entry €10

The Ellen Hutchins Festival is taking place 17th-25th August - full details of all the events here: https://ellenhutchins.com/event-listings-2/

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Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival celebrates 30 years

Cape Clear Storytelling Festival runs from 30 August to 1 September 2024

See Programme

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Michael Collins Diaries return to Clonakilty

 After a hugely successful exhibition in August 2022 and 2023, Cork County Council in partnership with the National Archives brings the Michael Collins Diaries 1918-1922 back to Michael Collins House Museum, Clonakilty for August 2024.

This year, the exhibition will focus on August 1922, with the original diary pages for the first six days of August 1922 on display. 

The pages detail his daily schedule, meetings and ‘to do’ lists giving an invaluable insight into his day-to-day life. From a note to contact the quarter master about army mattresses, to meetings to attend, calls to make and what could be read as an essential list of items to pack for a forthcoming trip. 

The diary pages will be accompanied by a recent donation to the National Archives of draft telegrams written by Collins on 15 August 1922. 

On the 15 August Michael Collins started his day in Limerick Head Quarters with a meeting to ascertain details of the transport available to him after his journey to the south which had been filled with car trouble. The text of these two telegrams shows how frustrated Collins was by the time he reached Cork later that afternoon. Undoubtedly, he was eager to return to Dublin for Griffith's funeral the following day.

The diaries have undergone significant conservation and preservation treatment, archival processing, and digitisation at the National Archives. The exhibition also includes an interactive touchscreen device on which all five diaries can be viewed.

The diaries are on loan to the National Archives by the family of the late Liam and Betty Collins, Clonakilty, Cork. 

The National Archives gratefully acknowledges the gift of the telegram notes to the State by Ms. Maureen Coughlan, Florida, USA. 

fEast Cork September in Midleton

fEast Cork 2024 8th of September

fEast Cork 2024 takes place on the 8th of September, again based in the market town of Midleton with its rich food heritage but with a strong focus on the wider region, and will once again be a food and drink festival with a sure sense of place. A festival that happens at harvest time – appropriately for a gathering up and bringing together of the best of what the area has to offer – fEast Cork is a fresh blend of conversations, dinners, markets, foraging, mixology, produce, producers, landscape, heritage and storytelling.

Bringing together a host of hardworking, innovative food producers from all over this landscape that is largely defined by food production and food heritage, fEast Cork is a celebration and showcase that mixes the old and new, the traditional and the innovative.

From the individual and small-scale but crucial producers, farmers, fishermen and cooks in the region that add layers of authenticity and history to the community, to the ethos originally created by Myrtle Allen at Ballymaloe House and Cookery School that has become a global force of nature that can be felt in the best kitchens from Sydney to San Francisco, East Cork resounds with a genuine sense of celebration of the local, the seasonal, the real. fEast Cork capitalises on and magnifies that shared ethos and those shared values in the most celebratory way.

Jameson Whiskey and Midleton Whiskey’s meteoric rise in the US and world-wide over the last decade all comes from the historic handsome distillery that the festival team pass on the way to work each day in Midleton. Irish Distillers’ own real connection with the East Cork landscape around them explains their significant support for the festival – barley grown by East Cork farmers and East Cork river water are ingredients that have helped put their whiskeys on the map, and now they in turn help raise the profile of the producers of the entire region through their generous festival sponsorship.

fEast Cork has grown from the strong roots put down by the Midleton Food Festival, and now this harvest celebration holds out its arms to the wider region, creating new coordinates for this vibrant young festival, coordinates that they hope will shine brighter each year on the food festival map of Ireland – coordinates that are pure fEast Cork.

 

 

Heritage Week at Nano Nagle Place

 

🗓️ 17 – 25 August 2024, Nano Nagle Place
🔎 See individual events for more information on how to get involved or access the itinerary below

FREE MUSEUM ENTRY- OPENING DAY
Saturday 17th Aug, 10.00-17.00

Archives Unveiled: Explore the Legacy of the Presentation Sisters
Saturday 17th Aug, 12.00-16.00

Modern Routes Towards the Past: Archaeology Talk with Rubicon Heritage
Saturday 17th Aug, 10.00 – 16.00

Discovering Nature: Biodiversity Family Workshop
Sunday 18th Aug

South Parish Walking Tour
Tuesday 20th Aug, 11 am – 1 pm

Uncover the Stories of South Presentation Convent’s Sacred Cemetery Lecture
Wednesday 21st Aug, 2 – 4pm

Guided Tour as Gaeilge
Thursday 22nd Aug, 12 – 2 pm

Talk with Veronica Stuart on Youghal Lace
Saturday 24th Aug, 11am – 1pm

Tiny Museum Family Workshop: Shoe Box Edition
Saturday 24th Aug, 2pm – 4pm

Discovering Nature: Biodiversity Family Workshop
Sunday 25th Aug

Bee’s Honey & Wax Talk with Shane Lehane
Sunday 25th Aug, 2 – 4pm

Aritst Exhibition with Rebecca Bradley
Saturday 17th  – Sunday 25th Aug

 

About Our Participation
National Heritage Week at Nano Nagle Place is one of the most anticipated times of the year. We have put together an exciting line up of lectures and activities to help our friends, families and followers engage first-hand in Ireland’s rich history. With fascinating stories and artefacts from the Presentation Sister’s Archives, lessons in lace making, historical talks from Irish Folklore to Archaeology, engaging exhibitions exploring Cork’s history and heritage, genealogical discussions around the South Presentation graveyard, imaginative play in constructing a miniature shoe box museum, and workshops in biodiversity to interest the whole family, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

https://nanonagleplace.ie/nanoevents/national-heritage-week-2024/ 

Sarah Walker Gallery Castletownbere

 

Liam O'Maonlaí WEdnesday august 14th 8pm We are delighted to welcome back Hot House Flowers frontman and multi talented musical virtuoso Liam O'Maonlaí! Liam O'Maonlaí is one of the most talented, charismatic and soulful performers of Irish traditional music today. Born and raised in Dublin, his first songs were taught to him by his father in his native language, while his mother was an accomplished pianist who was guided by her own father in Galway as she grew up. Liam was educated mostly by Connemara teachers, who left a strong impression on his outlook on life language and attitude: “'The people of Connemara, Kerry,Donegal, Mayo and Ring never lost their connection to language . There is an unbroken consciousness and connection to land and creation there”. Traditional and roots music has always been the foundation of Liam ó Maonlaí's direction in his art, and his band Hothouse Flowers (founded in 1988) reflected that and continue to do so to this day, gaining critical acclaim worldwide for their work in the popular music idiom. Apart from the band, Liam has focused his energy on traditional music at home and abroad. His first album 'Rian' is a collection of music and songs indigenous to his mother country. He has worked with artists from all over the world, including Afel Boucoum, Toumani Diabate and Oumou Sangare from Mali; Guo Yue from China, and Joji Hirota from Japan. Teać Damhsa (formerly 'Fabulous Beast' Dance Theatre) joined forces with Liam to create the stage show 'Rian', which toured the world for over two years. This show tapped into the great work of Séan Ó Riada, marrying his traditional music with the contemporary movement of dancers from Ghana, Nigeria, Finland, Greece, Ukraine and England, and revealing a deep sense of the essence of his own relationship to the music of his people. Liam continues to compose and perform with his band and to collaborate with musicians of many genres and cultures.  "Beidh mé fhéin ag tabhairt aire do mo shuíomh fhéin! I feel its time for me to keep you updated myself I have felt the privilege of food on the table, shelter and good health these days. As a result it has been a golden time. Nurturing a positive frame of mind and feeling excited about life and the infinite possibilities. Tá cumhacht ionainn ach teacht uirthi..... mo rheas is mo bheannacht." Liam doors open 7pm Tickets are €32 and available here.  http://rianrecords.com/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/330666823272669 https://open.spotify.com/track/3FrJnH50CrfcA1Zm7INmKM?si=72c5a23dfa3146e0   Upcoming Events at Sarah Walker Gallery Pilar Paradela Spanish Harpist and Singer - Free concert to celebrate RNLI 200 year anniversary Saving Lives at Sea sponsored by the Spanish Embassy, Sat Aug 10th 7.30 pm Tara Viscardi & Robert Harvey, August 21st Jim White & Marisa Anderson, September 6th Please find more information about events on the website here.  Upcoming Exhibitions at Sarah Walker Gallery In Parallel, Martin Gale & Charles Tyrrell, until September 17th Blue of Distance, Dorota Borowa, Julian Forrest, Julie Forgues, Adam Fung, opening Culture Night September 20th Please find more information about upcoming exhibitions on the website here.

Address Sarah Walker Gallery, The Pier, Castletownbere, Co. Cork Telephone +353 (0)27 70387 Email info@sarahwalkergallery.com  Web sarahwalkergallery.com     Gallery exhibitions and events continue with the suppport of:

The Glucksman August News

 

August 2024 at the Glucksman Our monthly round-up of what's going on at the Glucksman. Come visit our new exhibition Stories of Art now open to the public 11am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday. Our Summer Art Clubs continue over the month of August and Groundwork: Climate awareness in the UCC Art Collection runs across Gallery 1 until November. You can also hop on your bike and follow a new public art trail Up Cycling, featuring artworks by illustrator Chris Judge. August is Cork Craft Month and we are proud to host a special showcase featuring Cork Craft & Design's members work from 6 - 31 August alongside some fantastic events that allow you to learn about contemporary craft making. As part of our Heritage Week celebrations. you can sign up for a creative exploration of University College Cork campus in two special art walks: Bridge to Bridge Tour & Creative Wanderings: Biodiversity & Art at UCC. In the Behind the Scenes, we are looking at Women on Walls and this month's Little Interview features jewellery designer Rike Lenzing who will be giving a public masterclass at the Glucksman on 10 August.  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   Current Exhibitions Stories of Art: Selected works from the UCC art collection Artists: Aideen Barry, Katherine Beug, Fatti Burke, Joe Caslin, Carol Anne Connolly, Barrie Cooke, Colin Crotty, Cecilia Danell, Peter Donnelly, Stephen Doyle, Brian Fay, Deirdre Frost, Martin Gale, Joy Gerrard, Roisín Hahessy, Sean Hanrahan, Chris Haughton, Patrick Hennessy, Elaine Hoey, Chris Judge, Mark Kent, Roseanne Lynch, Alice Maher, Samir Mahmood, Colin Martin, Julie Merriman, Dara McGrath, Leanne McDonagh, Suzanne Mooney, Mary Murphy, Peter Nash, Sarah O’Brien, Shane O’Driscoll, Emma O’Hara, Tony O’Malley, Inma Pavon, Richard Proffitt, Ciara Roche, Niamh Sharkey, S.H.E.W., Sonia Shiel, Rajinder Singh, Padraig Spillane, Amelia Stein As the Glucksman celebrates its 20th anniversary in October 2024, the selection of works in this exhibition invites you to consider the diversity of Irish art practice that exists in the UCC Art Collection from some of the earliest accessioned works to the most recent acquisitions.  The University College Cork art collection emerged out of an initiative in 1975 to secure some examples of modern Irish art for display in university buildings. The selection of works was guided by Dr. James White, Director of the National Gallery at the time. In 1985, UCC’s Governing Body formally established a Visual Arts Committee to provide greater access to the visual arts and the collection was developed in a more formal way.  The opening of a dedicated university art gallery in 2004 brought further curatorial focus to the ways in which visual art was acquired and presented on campus. In 2013, the Glucksman was the first art museum in Munster to achieve full accreditation on the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland which recognises the professional care of collections in Irish museums and galleries. Stories of Art is supported by The Arts Council Ireland, University College Cork and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation. Now until 3 November 2024 Image Caption:  Katherine Boucher Beug, Telemachus, Acrylic and Pigment on Canvas, 2002, UCC Art Collection Groundwork: Climate awareness in the UCC Art Collection 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.  Each of these artworks has a story to tell and with the support of our colleagues in Archaeology, the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Office of Sustainability and Climate Action, we have devised learning resources that encourage creative reflections on the challenges and possibilities of being responsive to climate change.  Groundwork is supported by The Arts Council Ireland, University College Cork and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation. Now until 3 November 2024 Image Caption: Groundwork: Climate awareness in the UCC Art Collection. Image by Cathal Noonan. Up Cycling! Up Cycling! continues across the city this summer! The Glucksman and Cork Midsummer Festival present new public artworks highlighting the importance of cycling by celebrated Irish Illustrator Chris Judge. We invite you to get on your bike and explore Up Cycling! an ambitious new trail of public artworks that runs across Cork city. The temporary artworks created for Cork Midsummer Festival showcase the importance and joy of cycling in urban spaces. Commissioned by The Glucksman and curated by Tadhg Crowley, the project is a collaboration between the artist and Cork Cycling Campaign that involved a public consultation which helped shape the design and message behind the artworks. Up Cycling! is a project delivered in partnership with Cork City Council. The artworks are on display at 6 sites across Cork City until the end of August. Image Caption: Up Cycling, Image by Clare Keogh. Summer Art Club The Glucksman's highly anticipated Summer Art Clubs are back! Our creative clubs for young people continue throughout 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. Reverie: A mini showcase of Cork Craft & Design members   We are proud to be hosting a mini showcase of Cork Craft & Design’s members work from August 6th to 31st! The showcase entitled “Reverie”, is a display of pieces that evoke a sense of dreamy contemplation, fantasy and deep thought. The work encourages viewers to pause, reflect and connect with the artists through their chosen medium.   Exhibiting artists and makers include: Alan Horgan, Ann Mechelinck, Anthony Aylward, Anastasia Stepnova, Charlie Mahon, Kathryn Smyth, Orla O’Regan, Hannah McGrenera, Monica Fergus, Emily Thompson, Suzanne O’Sullivan, Maura Whelan, Martha Cashman, Roser Perez and Molly Ellis. August 6th - 31st 2024 Masterclass with Jewellery Designer Rike Lenzing This Cork Craft Month, the Glucksman invites you to take part in a unique masterclass with jewellery designer Rike Lenzing. Discover the processes involved in creating 3D paper jewellery with designer Rike Lenzing in this hands on masterclass as part of the Glucksman's series of events for Cork Craft Month. A graduate of Crawford College of Art & Design, Rike Lenzing has worked as an artist, designer and maker for 40 years. Rike loves working with paper as it makes for a spontaneous, creative process. It is versatile and sustainable, feeling light and warm on the skin. Her pieces transform hand cut 2D paper strips into robust but weightless 3D paper structures, by using repetitive folding and braiding techniques. This masterclass will take participants through the basics of jewellery design, introducing folding techniques, braiding styles and colour combinations. No experience necessary and all materials provided. Saturday 10 August 2024, 11am - 1pm Booking is essential. Image courtesy of Rike Lenzing. Public Talk with Seán O'Sullivan of badly made books To mark Cork Craft Month, the Glucksman has invited founder of badly made books Seán O'Sullivan to give a public talk in the museum. On Saturday 24th August, designer Seán O'Sullivan will give a free public talk as part of the Glucksman's series of events to mark Cork Craft Month. O'Sullivan is founder of badly made books, a Cork based company that specialise in producing high quality / low impact recycled paper products. With badly made books O'Sullivan adheres to three principles - to use recycled papers, to make locally & to print with restraint. The company has an online shop and a workshop and studio in the heart of the city. Saturday 24 August 2024, 1 - 2pm This is a free event and all are welcome but booking is essential. Image courtesy of Seán O'Sullivan.  Creative Wanderings: Biodiversity & Art at UCC   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   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. Thursday 22 August 2024, 12.30 - 2pm This is a free event and all are welcome but booking is essential.  Glucksman Shop This August, the Glucksman shop invites you to discover local makers and designers taking part in a special showcase: Reverie. The Glucksman shop, proudly promote and support makers on their creative journey and thrilled to be part of Cork Craft Month. Visit the shop and its special display until the 31st of August. All 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. Behind the Scenes Women on Walls: What's in a Portrait? At the Glucksman we are proud to support and showcase Women on Walls - a campaign by Accenture Ireland that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits that will create a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland.  The public are asked to nominate women who meet the criteria, from which four subjects will be selected – submit your nomination here. The closing date is 12 noon on Tuesday 6 August 2024. This unique art commission will become part of the permanent UCC art collection.  Being a part of this opportunity has reminded us of some of the wonderful portraits which form part of the UCC Art Collection, and which have been a result of commissions from our Education and Community programme.   One such project which is very dear to us is A Story of Home, created in 2022, which saw artist Joe Caslin work with Cork Migrant Centre and families who are seeking asylum in Ireland to create new artworks.   Collaborative sessions encouraged the group to look at the power of portraiture to communicate ideas and reveal insights into the sitter. Together participants discussed posture, gesture, and symbolism, before putting all their learning into practice and sitting for a portrait with the artist. Two of these portraits were wrapped around prominent buildings in the city and county, speaking to the presence and absence of the migrant community in rural and urban Ireland.  You can learn more about A Story of Home and see the portraits in person as part of our current exhibition Stories of Art: Selected works from the UCC Art Collection.  Image Caption: Portrait from A Story of Home by Joe Caslin at Sullivan's Quay. Little Interview This month's Little Interview features jewellery designer Rike Lenzing, who is leading a masterclass at the Glucksman as part of Cork Craft Month.

The Glucksman is generously supported by our audiences, University College Cork, the Arts Council of Ireland and private philanthropy through Cork University Foundation. Opening Hours  Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm. Closed Mondays Admission Free. €5 Suggested donation.  Plan your visit We look forward to welcoming you