Mindfulness Tour

18 May, 1pm

In celebration of International Museum Day on Thursday 18 May, Crawford Art Gallery presents a special tour focusing on this year’s theme of Museums and Wellbeing. This tour will take place at a slower rate than our usual Gallery tours, allowing participants to take their time, and fully immerse themselves in the experience of exploring the art and exhibitions on display.

Our Mindfulness Tour has been designed to incorporate elements of slow looking, reflection, and mindfulness, providing a unique opportunity for visitors to engage with the art in a deeper, more meaningful way.

The Mindfulness Tour will take place at 1pm, making it the perfect lunchtime activity for those who wish to take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life. The tour will finish in Wiggle Room in our Upper Gallery, where participants can take some time to relax and reflect after the tour.

Please note that due to the slower pace of the tour, spaces are free but limited, and prior booking is required on Eventbrite here.

Bealtaine Activities

During the month of May, we traditionally celebrate creativity in older age. We warmly invite seniors to enjoy a free gallery tour, and Artists’ Inge Van Doorsaler and Gillian Cussen will bring tailored creative activities to St Finbarr’s Hospital and Alzheimer Café.

Free Gallery Tours
Sundays at 2pm and Thursdays at 6.30pm

Take a journey through the historic building with a friendly guide, explore the national collection and delve into the dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions. The meeting point for our free tours is in the Sculpture Galleries. Tours vary weekly and last approximately 45 – 60 minutes.

No booking required | Open to all

Tailored Tours during May

We would love to hear from active-retired and senior groups who would like to visit the gallery for a tailored tour. During Bealtaine we can offer your group a free guided visit with an experienced guide.

Contact: 021 4907862 or emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie to discuss your requirements.

Paper-Play in St Finbarr’s Hospital

We are celebrating Bealtaine in St Finbarr’s Hospital with a tailored session in St. Enda’s Ward on the 8 May.

Artist-facilitators Inge Van Doorsaler and Gillian Cussen will invite staff and residents to explore the tactile qualities of a selection of papers, in a playful session that will incorporate paper hats, planes and fortune tellers.

A Splash of Colour at the Alzheimer Café, St Finbarr’s Hospital
Friday 26 May, 11am – 12.30

Artist-facilitators’ Inge Van Doorsaler and Gillian Cussen will present a colourful collage session. Experiment with colour and pattern with friends in a welcoming space. A playful session with a focus on enjoyment.

To find out more about the nationwide Bealtaine Festival see https://bealtaine.ie

Music at Midday | 7 May

As part of Music at Midday, MTU Cork School of Music and Crawford Art Gallery are delighted to present a piano extravaganza on Sunday 7th May at 12 noon in the Gallery's Lecture Theatre.

The concert will feature Ava O'Hare and Declan Murphy, two final-year Bachelor of Music students specialising in performance, who will present a dazzling selection of colourful piano masterpieces.

Admission is free and all are welcome!

Music at Midday | 2 April

Crawford Art Gallery, in partnership with MTU Cork School of Music, is delighted to announce a Music at Midday performance this Sunday 2 April at 12 noon.

With a trio of delights: pianist Dylan Kelly will perform Mozart's Fantasia in C minor (K475) and Rachmaninoff's dazzling Prelude in G-sharp minor (Op. 32, No. 12); the Kearney Quartet will present Schubert's String Quartet in E-flat (D87); and the concert will conclude with the Apricus Quartet (pictured) and François Devienne's Quartet No. 1 for bassoon and string trio (Op. 73).

Admission is free and all are welcome!

St. Patrick’s Weekend Festival Celebrations

Special events! Featuring music, family friendly workshops and specially themed tours

All Welcome | FÁILTE ROIMH CHÁCH!

FRIDAY, 17 MARCH

All Day: Family Trail
Explore the themes of Irish heritage and culture, good luck and fortune through an interactive trail in the Gallery for St. Patrick’s day.

11:00am – 1:00pm: Family Workshop
Children and their grown-ups can enjoy a workshop in the Upper Gallery.

2:00pm (45mins approx): Tour of ‘Great Irish Artists in the Collection’
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, Crawford Art Gallery is offering a specialised tour of ‘Great Irish Artists in the Collection’. The tour will highlight some of the most iconic works by Irish artists in the gallery's collection.

3:00pm – 4:45pm: Live Traditional Irish Music
Come to experience live traditional music echo through Crawford Art Gallery on St. Patrick’s Day as you explore the gallery's current exhibitions.

All Events Are Free | No Booking Required

SUNDAY, 19 MARCH

All Day: Family Trail
Explore the themes of Irish heritage and culture, good luck and fortune through an interactive trail in the Gallery for St. Patrick’s day.

2:00pm (45 mins approx.): Tour
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.

2:30 i.n.| Turas Gaeilge Radharc: Dearcthaí i bPrionta
Tá áthas ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí turas nua ar an ngailearaí a fhógairt, lena n-áirítear ár dtaispeántas nua RADHARC: Dearcthaí i bPrionta atá á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge. Is Céimí de Scoil Ealaíne agus Deartha Luimnigh é Billy Lingwood le BA Onóracha. Tá speisialtóireacht ag Billy i ndéanamh priontaí, rud a ligeann dó léargas uathúil a thabhairt ar an turas seo ar ár dtaispeántas clóite. Tá an pointe cruinnithe don turas seo sna Gailearaithe Dealbhóireachta.

All Events Are Free | No Booking Required

The Green Room At The Crawford is open for breakfast and lunch Friday/ Saturday/Sunday and on Friday and Saturday nights as usual

Turas Gaeilge Radharc: Dearcthaí i bPrionta | Irish Language Tour of RADHARC: Perspectives in Print

Dé Domhnaigh 5 Márta, 2:30 i.n. | Sunday 5 March, 2:30pm

Tá áthas ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí turas nua ar an ngailearaí a fhógairt, lena n-áirítear ár dtaispeántas nua RADHARC: Dearcthaí i bPrionta atá á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge. Taispeántas é atá bunaithe ar ár mbailiúchán cuimsitheach clóite, a chuirtear i láthair trí chomharthaíocht dhátheangach (Gaeilge/Béarla) agus a chuireann trasghearradh priontaí ón gcéad seo caite ar taispeáint. Beidh an turas saor in aisce do chách agus mairfidh sé thart ar 45 nóiméad. Is Céimí de Scoil Ealaíne agus Deartha Luimnigh é Billy Lingwood le BA Onóracha. Tá speisialtóireacht ag Billy i ndéanamh priontaí, rud a ligeann dó léargas uathúil a thabhairt ar an turas seo ar ár dtaispeántas clóite.

Tá an pointe cruinnithe don turas seo sna Gailearaithe Dealbhóireachta. Beidh an turas seo ar siúl ag 2:30 i.n. agus mairfidh sé thart ar 45 nóiméad.

Cuir in áirithe anseo.

Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to announce a new tour of the gallery including our new exhibition RADHARC: Perspectives in Print presented through Irish. Drawn from our extensive print collection, this exhibition is mediated through bilingual (Gaeilge/English) signage and offers a cross-section of printmaking over the past hundred years. The tour will be free to all and will last approximately 45 minutes in length. Tour guide Billy Lingwood is a Graduate of the Limerick School of Art and Design with a BA Hons. Billy specialises in printmaking, allowing him to bring a unique perspective to this tour of our print exhibition.

The meeting point for this tour is in the Sculpture Galleries. This tour takes place at 2:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes.

Book through Eventbrite here.

Music at Midday | Sunday, 5 March 2023

Music at Midday

Sunday 5 February 12:00pm

MTU Cork School of Music and Crawford Art Gallery present Music at Midday and what promises to be a wonderful afternoon of musical enjoyment.

Featuring the opening movements from Franz Schubert's dramatic yet hauntingly beautiful 'Death and the Maiden' string quartet, MTU Cork School of Music and Crawford Art Gallery are delighted to present the next instalment of Music at Midday in the wonderful surrounds of the Gallery's iconic Long Room.

Free Event | No Booking Required

Join us for our free tour of the Gallery after, at 2pm!

St.Brigid’s Day / Lá Fhéile Bríde

1, 5, 6 February

All Welcome | FÁILTE ROIMH CHÁCH!
To celebrate St. Brigid’s Day, Crawford Art Gallery offers a programme of special events! Featuring music, family friendly workshops and specially themed tours.

The Green Room at the Crawford will be open on Monday 6 February, from 10am for Coffee & Scones and lunch from 12 noon to 3pm.

WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY

11:00 am Lá Fhéile Bríde Workshop with Rosemary Kavanagh

Join a unique workshop celebrating St. Brigid's Day on Wed, Feb 1 at 11am. Learn traditional basket weaving with expert Rosemary Kavanagh and make St. Brigid crosses using field rushes, bull rushes, and heritage willow. Enjoy tea/coffee and home baking while weaving in the beautiful library setting.

SOLD OUT EVENT

Limited tickets for this event are €25 and include all materials and refreshments!
Book tickets here through Eventbrite.

SUNDAY, 5 FEBRUARY

12:00pm | Music at Midday
MTU Cork School of Music and Crawford Art Gallery present Music at Midday and what promises to be a wonderful afternoon of musical enjoyment.

Free Event | No Booking Required

2:00pm | Tour
A special tour of the collection will be arranged to honour St. Brigid. The tour will specifically highlight the themes of women, nature, and mythology, and provide a unique way to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
Free Event | No Booking Required

MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY

All Weekend | Trail
Explore the themes of hospitality, wisdom, and warfare shared by Brigid through an interactive trail in the Gallery for Lá Fhéile Bríde.
Free Event | No Booking Required

1:30 – 3:30pm | Workshop
Delve deeper into the theme of Hospitality with a drop-in Art workshop 1:30-3:30pm in the Long Room.
Free Event | No Booking Required

2:00pm Tour
A special tour of the collection will be arranged to honour St. Brigid. The tour will specifically highlight the themes of women, nature, and mythology, and provide a unique way to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
Free Event | No Booking Required

All Day | Screening of Anatomy of Hope
Join us in the Long Room where we will be screening Rita Duffy’s short animation ‘Anatomy of Hope’ for the duration of the day.
Free Event | No Booking Required

2:30 – 4:30pm | Live Traditional Music
Come to experience live traditional music echo through Crawford Art Gallery on St. Brigid's Day as you explore the gallery's collection portraying themes of women, nature, and mythology. Celebrating the patron saint of Ireland, the day marks the first day of spring and is traditionally celebrated with traditional music, song, and dance.
Free Event | No Booking Required.

Click here to view the online version.

WILLIAM KEOHANE: Boxing Day

1pm Friday 20 January

Boxing Day is a sequence of 52 prose poems. One poem for each week of the year. Each poem offers a glimpse into the experience of gender transition, and taken together, the 52 poems present a narrative account of a year of change, apprehension and grief.

Boxing Day is one hour in duration. It is accompanied by projected visuals and text, and is presented in the Lecture Theatre (ground floor) of Crawford Art Gallery.

Free but ticketed | Reserve your place via Eventbrite

William Keohane is a writer from Limerick. In 2021, he was shortlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, received a Literature Bursary Award from the Arts Council of Ireland, and was one of ten poets selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions series. His essays have been published in British GQ, Banshee, The Stinging Fly, and The Tangerine. He is the current writer-in-residence at Ormston House.

Closing Tour of Corban Walker: As Far As I Can See with Dr Sabine Kriebel

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.

Thursday 12 January 1pm
Starting in the Gallery Lecture Theatre

Corban Walker’s installation challenges a central aspect of art history’s status quo. How? This combination lecture-tour of mid-20^th century art and its 21^st century rescripting will root visitors in a pivotal moment in modern art history and, through their embodied participation, help unravel the puzzle: to which questions, exactly, are these provocative works the answer? How do they provoke us to rethink some of our assumptions?

Dr. Sabine Kriebel teaches modern and contemporary art history and theory at University College Cork. She has served as author, editor, critic, pedagogue, learner, and thought instigator.

Free Event | Places Limited | Booking essential.

Click here to book.

Origami and Mixed-Media Christmas Decoration Extravaganza

Sunday 4 December
11-1pm
Upper Gallery

Make your own decorations with Artist Julie Forrester.

Family-friendly
All materials supplied
Free and open to all

Music at Midday | 4 December

Noon

Sculpture Gallery

Chroma Quartet & Martin Quartet

As part of the Music at Midday Series, MTU Cork School of Music and Crawford Art Gallery are delighted to present three string ensembles in the wonderful surrounds of the iconic Sculpture Gallery. The award-winning Chroma Quartet (Lucia Murphy, Ellen O'Connell, Karl Riedewald and Grace Hernan) will perform the opening movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in E-flat major (Op. 51); the Martin Quartet will present the Allegro con spirito and Adagio sostenuto from Haydn's String Quartet in G major (Op. 76, No. 1); and a newly formed string trio will perform the first two movements from Dvořák's Terzetto in C major (Op. 74).

Come join us on Sunday, 4 December 2022, at 12 noon for what promises to be a wonderful afternoon of musical enjoyment. Admission is free and all are welcome!

The Drawing Clinic

Saturday 26 November, 10:30am-1:30pm

THE DRAWING CLINIC with Megan Eustace & Cassandra Eustace

Calling all drawers! Join artist twins Megan and Cassandra Eustace as they bring The Drawing Clinic to Crawford Art Gallery. The Drawing Clinic was set up to create a space for critical conversations about drawing. If you would like to have a non-judgmental chat about your own drawing, please bring it along for a free mini-consultation and some practical tips, analytical advice, and creative block busters.

The Drawing Clinic will be open to the public within the exhibition, DRAWING ROOM, on Floor 2.

Free on a first come, first served basis

Making a mark

Saturday 19 November 11-1pm

MAKING A MARK

Everyone can make a mark, so join artists Gillian Cussen and Inge Van Doorslaer for a morning of drawing surrounded by artworks from the collection. On Saturday 19 November in the DRAWING ROOM exhibition on Floor 2.

No experience necessary, free and open to all ages.

Seen-Unseen

Friday 2 December at 2.30pm

Seen-Unseen is an art project led by artist Clare Mc Laughlin for and with people who are visually impaired. We are delighted to collaborate with Clare to host a online conversation with Artist Corban Walker on zoom, followed by a tactile visit of his exhibition As Far as I Can See.

These events are always friendly, fun and free of charge. No previous knowledge or particular art experience is necessary.

Crawford Art Gallery has collaborated with Clare and visually impaired participants since 2014 - with a range of art encounters and tactile visits. Clare’s collaborative work explores the haptic, or sensory experience of art.

Please contact Clare McLaughlin to book a place
claremclaughlinemail@gmail.com

For more info:

https://claremclaughlinartist.com

Corban Walker: As Far As I Can See

Music at Midday | 6 November

12 noon

Lily Munday, Kate O'Shea, Síomha Marron, Niamh Bourke and Jake Kalilec;

Crawford Art Gallery, in partnership with MTU Cork School of Music, is delighted to announce a heartwarming traditional performance this Sunday, 6 November this Sunday, 6 November 2022, at 12 noon.

Come join us in the Lecture Theatre this Sunday, 6 November 2022, at 12 noon. for what promises to be an exciting afternoon of musical enjoyment!

Admission is free and all are welcome.

In Conversation: Corban Walker & Sarah Searson

Wednesday 9 November, 1-2pm

Gallery Lecture Theatre

Join us for a public talk about Corban Walker’s new exhibition. Corban will be in conversation with Sarah Searson, Director of The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon.

Entry is free

More about As Far as I Can See by Corban Walker here.

Meat and Potatoes Calendar of Events

16 July – 6 November

For this exhibition an extensive programme of food related events has been devised by Ellie O’Byrne and Regina Sexton with Anne Boddaert, Ellen Whelan and Eimear Marley of Crawford Art Gallery.

Visitors will be offered talks, tours and some surprising activities such as potato growing, creating edible art and viewing Crawford Collection inspired biscuits to name a few.

Click on the logo below to download the calendar of events.

Food Futures

Friday 4 November 6 - 8pm

Say farewell to Meat and Potatoes with an exciting closing evening of bite- size TED-style talks. Join speakers Jenny Butler of Green towers, Tom Fouhy of Farming for Nature and others in talks about the future of food. Introduced and moderated by sustainable food systems advocate Ruth Hegarty. Sample an unexpected spread of local nibbles and refreshments accompanying the talks.

Free entry | No booking

Samhain: The Origins of an Irish Halloween and The Festive Foods of Humans and Fairies

Monday 31 October, 3–5:30pm

After a whole growing season, it’s time for the Crawford to dig their spuds and pick their kale! Join food and culinary historian Regina Sexton and UCC folklorist Dr Jenny Butler for a hands-on afternoon in which we will dig spuds and cook up a batch of colcannon while discovering the traditional dishes of the festival.

Jenny will explain the pre-Christian and folk dimensions of an Irish Halloween and Regina will outline the role of food in the festival. Suitable for all ages, and if you’re going trick-or-treating straight afterwards, fancy dress is welcome too.

Free entry | No booking

Food Price Crisis

Thursday 27 October 5pm

In the midst of plenty, a large, silent minority are experiencing hunger. Food inflation has pushed the price of foods up by over 5% in the past two years. Meanwhile, one in five Irish people is living in poverty after housing costs have been accounted for, according to Social Inclusion Ireland.

Join Joe MacNamee, Dr Janas Harrington and representatives of Cork food charities for a discussion on food poverty.

Free entry | No booking

Find Your Tribe III x The Brickx club!

29 October 10am-12pm

Join us for Find Your Tribe III, a dyslexia friendly workshop for Dyslexia Awareness Month 2022.

This workshop will feature an exciting collaboration with the Brickx club and take place in the Meat and Potatoes Project Space!

Please note this is a workshop for children with dyslexia between the ages of 6-10.

Tickets are free but booking is essential and specifically for children with dyslexia

Book here through Eventbrite.

Joining in butter to fill a firkin

12:30, Friday 21 October

Lecture Theatre

‘Joining in butter to fill a firkin’
How did Irish women make butter before c. 1900?

Join Claudia Kinmonth for a talk on butter making. Claudia Kinmonth will be bringing in objects for handling and has encouraged anyone with old butter making tools to bring them along for discussion.

€5 members, €8 non-members and students go free with a valid I.D