1pm Friday 10 November

Long Room

Arriving at Black Mountain College from the Bauhaus in 1933, Josef Albers’ stated teaching aim was “to make open the eyes.” In this closing event for the exhibition SITE OF CHANGE: Evolution of a Building, artist Katherine Boucher Beug will talk about the impact of her study and knowledge of colour and colour theory.

Free and open to all.

Katherine Boucher Beug, originally from Princeton, New Jersey, has been working from her studio in West Cork since 1971. The foundations of her work were established early; a thorough study of Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color, a passionate dedication to drawing and consistent experimentation in private journals through writing, drawing, and collage.

6pm, Thursday 23 November 
Lecture Theatre

Matt Smith will discuss his practice, with a particular focus on his textile-based artworks and how they have been a part of a number of solo exhibitions including Queering the Museum at Birmingham museum and Art gallery and Losing Venus at the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Free | Open to All | No Booking required

Sunday 26 November 
Performances at 4pm and 5.30pm

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4pm performance
5.30pm performance

The Irish word cogarnach directly translates as ‘whispering’ but it also suggests secrets and conspiracies.

Composer Fiona Linnane, soprano Triona Walsh, and the youth ensembles of the Cork ETB School of Music have created a collaborative musical work responding to Crawford Art Gallery’s building, its architecture, and its history. Following a series of workshops, they invite audiences to a final performance of the work. 

The presentation, which will be in a promenade style, explores the responses to the spaces and stories they have found through music, song, and sound.

Free but booking essential | Reserve your place via Eventbrite 

COGARNACH is presented as part of the BUILDING AS WITNESS programme and is kindly supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012 - 2023.

In Conversation: with internationally renowned artists and filmmakers 
Michelle Deignan and Jasmina Cibic.

Friday 17 November, 5:30pm

Join us in our Lecture Theatre for this fantastic event in collaboration with Cork International Film Festival. International artists and film makers Jasmina Cibic and Michelle Deignan in conversation discussing artists’ film and their individual practices and processes in film making. Artists’ Film International (AFI) is a collaborative project featuring film, video and animation from around the world.

Established by Whitechapel Gallery (London) in 2008, AFI includes 18 global partner organisations. Each organisation selects an exciting recent work by an artist from their region which is shared amongst the network. Throughout 2023 the AFI partners have selected moving-image works by artists on the theme of Diaspora with this year Michelle Deignan’s short film Looking for Gary (2018) has been selected by Crawford Art Gallery. 

Sunday 8 October 2023

Programme

Chants d’arrière saison by Bernard Andrès
Nocturne by Fermo Bellini
Promenade à l’automne by Marcel Tournier

Anne-Marie Papin Labazordière harp
Sokol Koka cello

Biographies

Anne-Marie Papin Labazordière studied the harp both in Paris (Conservatoire du XIVème arrondissement) and London (Royal College of Music). At the same time as studying Russian and English in the University of Nantes, she frequently performed in Paris with the Choeur et Orchestre des Grandes Écoles, which eventually convinced her that a career in music was the path she wanted to choose.

Since moving to Ireland in 2007, Anne-Marie has been a freelance musician with the National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Wexford Opera Festival, and nowadays frequently plays with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra. Anne-Marie teaches harp at MTU Cork School of Music.

Sokol Koka studied cello in the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire in Milan, Italy, and was awarded a Diploma in Chamber Music from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, Germany.

Apart from his chamber music activity, Sokol was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of Milan “Giuseppe Verdi” from 1997 to 2008. In 2009, he moved to Dublin and since then has been a freelance chamber, ballet and orchestral musician, performing with the National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Wexford Festival Orchestra.

TAKING FORM: Building Tour - Michael Waldron, Maud Cotter, Eilis O'Connell, Vivienne Roche
Thursday 12 October, 5.30pm-6.15pm

Join us for a unique building tour of Crawford Art Gallery – formerly Crawford Municipal School of Art – with former students, the artists Maud Cotter, Eilis O'Connell, and Vivienne Roche, and curator Michael Waldron.

Limited capacity (25 persons) | Booking essential via Eventbrite

This free event runs in partnership with Lavit Gallery as part of the exhibition, TAKING FORM: Students of the Year 1973-77 – Maud Cotter, Eilis O’Connell, Vivienne Roche (31 August – 21 October 2023), curated by Sarah Kelleher and Brian Mac Domhnaill.

Sunday 29 October, 2pm-4pm
Long Room

This Jazz Weekend, join us in the Gallery for a performance by the Jazzabelles! Fresh from performing in Arthur’s Jazz & Blues pub as part of the the Irish Women in Jazz Podcast, and sell-out gigs all over Dublin, Jazzabelles are fast making their mark on the Irish live Jazz music scene since their formation in 2021. Introducing Jazz to a wider audience is one of the paramount goals in their endeavour. 

Jazzabelles pride themselves on playing a variety of standards and lesser known repertoire. Offering a fresh, sensitive and collaborative approach so listeners can recognise and relate to the music instantly. Their approach is a reflection of all members' different styles and tastes from bebop to latin, blues, swing and contemporary jazz. They hail from Ireland, France, Germany, Latvia and England, and are a tight knit multi-generational group. Jazzabelles are proudly supported by the Improvised Music Company. “

This performance will be free to attend with no booking necessary. Don’t forget, we are open until the later time of 5pm on the Sunday and Monday of the Jazz weekend this year!

Saturday, 7 October, 11 – 1pm
Upper Gallery

This event is now fully booked.

Find your Tribe is a workshop for children with dyslexia between the ages of 7 and 10.

As part of dyslexia awareness month and Space Week, this workshop is an opportunity for the participants to explore visual thinking and experiment with art materials in a pressure- free environment. 

Free Event | Places limited | Book here.

Free Event | Drop-in | Open to all ages

SPACE WEEK Workshops

Planet making Workshop with Artist Seiko Hayase
Saturday, 7 October, 2 – 4pm

The Sun has eight planets orbiting it, including the Earth.
With your help we think we might find a new planet!

What does it look like? What is it made of?
What name will you give it?
Join us in the Upper Gallery to make your own planet!

Free Event | Drop-in | Open to all ages

Upcoming dates for your diary.
Sunday 3 December 2023
Sunday 4 February 202
Sunday 3 March 2024
Sunday 7 April 2024
Sunday 5 May 2024
Sunday 9 June 2024

Friday 22 September, 5–11pm

5-8:30pm
Workshop Fête - a variety of activities in the L&E Studio
Upper Gallery

5-8:30pm
Crawford Past, Present & Future (Film Screening)
Lecture Theatre

6:30-9pm
Speed Dating the Collection
Location: Gallery

Musical Performances throughout the night

5-6pm
Strings ‘n Thread (Spanish Guitar John Ahern)
Location: Lower Gallery      

6-7pm
No Name Trio (Traditional Trio)
Location: Sculpture Gallery          

7-8pm
Neil Murphy and Gary Bonson (Swing Jazz 1930’s)
Location: Landing

8-9pm
Citadel
Location: Sculpture Gallery

9–11pm Later on Culture Night

Presented by The Good Room and Crawford Art Gallery

9pm
Danny Denton hosts an evening of conversation and poetry with Denis Cotter, Cal Doyle & Róisín Kelly
Long Room

9pm
The art of music video. “Lankum and OXN collaborator/Art Director Vicky Langan selects some contemporary Irish music videos that are pushing boundaries and breaking new ground in the artform”
Lecture Theatre

Live music

9:15-9:45pm
Trick Mist
Upper Gallery

10:10-10:35pm
Elaine Howley
Upper Gallery

Attendance on a first come first served basis | Free Entry

The Green Room at the Crawford 
Last orders 9:30pm
Serving small plates and children’s menu

Further details will be added.
No booking required.
Admission to specific performance events from 9pm on a first come first served basis.

Thursday 24 August 5:30pm

Long Room

The Professor of Forgetting, a new collection from the acclaimed Irish poet Greg Delanty, swings back and forth on the fulcrum of what we call “now” and confronts our notion of how time passes.

From the very first poem, “Going Nowhere Fast”, which ponders whether we are now here or going nowhere, to the final selection, from which the book takes its self-reflective title, these exuberant poems chronicle what it means to be human with joy, pathos, honesty, despair, sorrow, celebration, and wit.

Structurally diverse in form, the poems also explore a range of poignant topics, including childhood, family, love, racism, the natural world, immigration, and the unavoidability of death.

About the Author

Greg Delanty was born in Cork City, Ireland, and maintains dual citizenship in Ireland and the United States, where he has lived since 1986.

This event is free, all are welcome

Thursday 3 August, 6pm & 7pm

To celebrate Cork Pride Festival, Crawford Art Gallery will host a special LGBTQ+ Tour of its exhibitions! As we continue to diversify the collection, we invite you to explore the Gallery in the heart of Cork City through an alternative lens. Drag queen Candy Warhol will guide visitors through select works and discuss LGBTQ+ contexts. The tour will feature artworks by Stephen Doyle, Breda Lynch and more! These tours will be free to attend but must be booked in advance. The tour will last approximately 45 minutes.

Hailing from Cork City, Candy Warhol has been one of Ireland's most renowned drag acts for over a decade. Candy is the mother of Mockie Ah, Ireland's leading Drag Haus. Formed in 2017 as a response to the lack of queer spaces in Cork City, the Haus has gone from strength to strength with nationwide sell-out cabarets, club-nights, music festival bookings and television appearances. In 2022, Candy appeared on BBC One's The Travel Show after Mockie Ah was named one of Ireland's top tourist attractions. Her other projects include co-presenting Comedy Central's Dragony Aunts hosting and producing Friends Of Dorothy - Ireland's No.1 queer podcast and hosting regular shows across Ireland and the UK.

This project is in support of the Night-Time Economy and funded by The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 

Choose your tour time and click on the relevant button below to book through Eventbrite. Booking is free.

Friday 18 August
10am-5pm
Free
Lecture Theatre

A series of talks will take place at the Crawford Art Gallery Theatre all day, as part of Cork on a Fork Festival. These will include a Magic of Milk interactive presentation by Prof Alan Kelly from the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, and a talk on Bertha’s Gin talk with Ballyvolane House. Check out the full itinerary for more.

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Saturday 19 August
10am-5pm
Free
Lecture Theatre

A series of talks will take place at the Crawford Art Gallery Theatre all day, as part of Cork on a Fork Festival. These will include a panel discussion with leading names in Cork food who also blew into Cork only to find they had landed in a food lovers paradise, an Ethiopian bread making demo, a discussion with leading food writers on Cork Food moderated by flavour.ie. Check out the full itinerary for more.

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The Yoga Tree in conjunction with Cork on the Fork Fest

Wednesday 16 August 6.30 - 10.30pm

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Nourish your mind, body, and spirit and tap into your creative energy at this multi-sensory wellbeing event featuring Yoga, delicious tapas and soulful melodies in the beautiful surrounds of Crawford Art Gallery!

Start the evening with a dynamic Yoga flow led by experienced senior yoga instructor Hazel Buckley from The Yoga Tree (suitable for all levels). Next up is a rejuvenating sound bath guided by the talented Julia Tsang when you will immerse yourself in soothing vibrations and experience deep relaxation.

You'll then savor pre-dinner Kinsale Gin & tonics or refreshing non-alcoholic mocktails on the beautiful lawn of the Crawford Art Gallery, before indulging in delicious and healthy tapas and salads served at the Greenroom Restaurant in the Crawford Gallery.

And finally, while you relax and savour your desserts, you will be serenaded by the soulful melodies of Velvin Lamont, an exceptional singer.