Sunday 31 March & Monday 1 April, 2pm
Join us for a special spring themed tour of the Gallery taking place on Sunday 31 March and Bank Holiday Monday 1 April at 2pm! This tour look at the collection through the contexts of time and beginning, and will include our iconic Canova casts, as well as our exhibitions A Matter of Time and Light and Shade. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. They are free to attend and no booking is necessary!
Sunday 7 April, 12:00
Location: The Long Room
Music at Midday returns with harpist Síofra Ní Dhubhghaill and the newly-formed Allegria String Quartet in a programme of musical passion and elegance. Featuring excerpts from Felix Mendelssohn's fiery E minor string quartet (Op. 44, No. 2) and compositions from the French and Belgian classical harp tradition, this latest instalment of music from MTU Cork School of Music and the Crawford Art Gallery is certain to put a 'string' in your step!
Free to all visitors | No booking required
Upcoming dates for your diary.
Sunday 5 May
Sunday 9 June
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.
Matt is a PhD researcher working on the collaborative practices of sixteenth century creative communities. He also works as a freelance performance maker, teacher, and curator. Much of his work involves excavating hidden or silenced voices from the past.
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.
14, 16, 17, 18 Márta | March
FÁILTE ROIMH CHÁCH | ALL WELCOME
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.
All Events Are Free | No Booking Required
Déardaoin 14 Márta, 6i.n.
Turas Gaeilge
Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt go bhfuil turas uathúil á thairiscint againn ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge!
We are delighted to announce that we are offering a unique tour of Crawford Art Gallery presented through Irish!
All Day
St Patrick’s Art Trail
Explore the themes of Irish heritage and culture, good luck and fortune through an interactive trail in the Gallery for St. Patrick’s Weekend.
All Day
Portrait Peek-A-Boo
Roll up, roll up and take a photo through our Portrait Peep Boards! Carnival-style fun for all ages in conjunction with ALL EYES ON US!
All Day
St Patrick’s Art Trail
Explore the themes of Irish heritage and culture, good luck and fortune through an interactive trail in the Gallery for St. Patrick’s Weekend.
All Day
Portrait Peek-A-Boo
Roll up, roll up and take a photo through our Portrait Peep Boards! Carnival-style fun for all ages in conjunction with ALL EYES ON US!
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.
2.30pm – 4pm
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. (Trio trad players, fiddle, flute and guitar).
All Day
St Patrick’s Art Trail
Explore the themes of Irish heritage and culture, good luck and fortune through an interactive trail in the Gallery for St. Patrick’s Weekend.
All Day
Portrait Peek-A-Boo
Roll up, roll up and take a photo through our Portrait Peep Boards! Carnival-style fun for all ages in conjunction with ALL EYES ON US!
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.
Déardaoin 14 Márta, 6i.n. | Thursday 14 March, 6pm
Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt go bhfuil turas uathúil á thairiscint againn ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge! Déan tú féin a thumadh sa Bhailiúchán Náisiúnta agus sna taispeántais atá ar taispeáint faoi láthair ag Gailearaí Crawford Chorcaí mar threoraí eolach a thugann tú ar thuras tríd an nGailearaí. Cuireann an turas seo deis iontach ar fáil chun tuiscint a fháil ar na saothair ealaíne agus tú ag plé leis an nGaeilge, is cuma má tá tú líofa i nGaeilge nó díreach ag iarraidh taithí a fháil ar an teanga. Tá an turas seo ar oscailt do chách, saor in aisce chun freastal air agus ní gá aon áirithint a dhéanamh roimh ré.
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!
Sé Daingean Uí Chúise, Co. Chiarraí, áit dhúchais Deirdre McKenna. D'fhreastail sí ar Choláiste Ealaíona agus Dearadh Crawford, i gCorcaigh mar a dhein sí staidéir ar mhínealaíon agus tá sí ag cleachtadh mar ealaíontóir gairmiúil ó shin i leith. Tá spéis faoi leith aici i gcúrsaí priontála agus cló-bhualadh agus is ball í de Cork Printmakers, áit a dhéanann sí formhór dá cuid saothar priontála. Tá a cuid saothar ealaíona le fáil i mórán bailiúcháin, ina measc, i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford agus coimisiún ó Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí (OPW) i dTeach Laighean. Cuireann sí ceardlanna eitseála ar fáil i Cork Printmakers ó am go chéile.
Deirdre McKenna is an artist from Dingle in West Kerry. She has been working as a professional artist since studying fine art at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork. Printmaking has become an important part of her multidisiplinary practice and she is a member of Cork Printmakers where she explores the possibilities of etching and relief techniques. Her work is included in many collections including The Crawford Gallery and Leinster House (commissioned by the OPW). McKenna facilitates etching workshops at Cork Printmakers.
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed to: 6pm, Thursday, 14 March
Lecture Theatre
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.
Free | Open to all | No Booking Required
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.
15 March: Bill Power
As part of the Friends Spring Lecture Series 2024
No booking required but places are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Friends €5 | General Public €8 | Students go free with a valid I.D.
Bill Power is an historian and international award-winning photographer who spent two decades exploring the Munster Blackwater, often referred to in the 19th century as 'The Irish Rhine'. In 2019, he became the founding chairman of Saint George's Arts and Heritage Centre in Mitchelstown. Since its foundation in 2019, €800,000 has been raised to convert the former church into a superb venue for the performing arts. He is the author of 14 books, the most recent of which was 'The Blackwater, History and Images from the Irish Rhine,' published in 2023. This illustrated talk will be based on his photography of the Blackwater and stories from the river that is the fourth longest in Ireland. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the talk.
The Physical Development of Cobh/Queenstown during the Potato Famine and After
8 March: Dr Tom Spalding
As part of the Friends Spring Lecture Series 2024
No booking required but places are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Friends €5 | General Public €8 | Students go free with a valid I.D.
An Cóbh is synonymous with the Famine as a port of last resort to tens of thousands of Irish people fleeing deprivation in search of a better life in Britain and further afield. At the same time, there was a small but important group of people making journeys to the town in the opposite direction. This talk will illustrate some of the far-reaching developments which occured in An Cóbh and the lower harbour between 1840 and 1860 and which changed its design and appearance for ever. The cast of characters includes Anglo-Irish landlords, local property speculators and builders and British elite architects. The talk will argue that the Famine is something that happened more through Cove (as it was) than to it, and that by looking at the designed environment we can start to understand the town in a more nuanced way beyond the doom laden emigration-Titanic-Luisitania triangle.
1 March: Dr Michael Waldron
As part of the Friends Spring Lecture Series 2024
No booking required but places are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Friends €5 | General Public €8 | Students go free with a valid I.D.
In anticipation of a television appearance, the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) expressed her anxiety: ‘Will I look a hag?’ Having sat for several portraits and studio photographs during her career, she was acutely aware of the power of the image and how it could affect the reputation of a public figure. This illustrated talk will feature photographs by Cecil Beaton, Jane Bown, and Gisèle Freund, and portraits by Sylvia Cooke-Collis, Patrick Hennessy, and Mervyn Peake.
23 February: Áine Andrews
As part of the Friends Spring Lecture Series 2024
No booking required but places are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Friends €5 | General Public €8 | Students go free with a valid I.D.
Join art teacher and artist Áine Andrews for a colourful and interesting presentation on The Red Rose by Sir John Lavery. She will explore the background to this much loved painting from the Crawford Gallery and reveal the fascinating story of the celebrity couple and the historical times they lived in.
Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to host a special literary themed tour of our Harry Clarke exhibition with guest tour guide Miranda Corcoran! Explore Harry Clarke's beautiful renderings of Edgar Allan Poe's tales of murder, mystery and the macabre in HARRY CLARKE: Bad Romance. This tour will last approximately 45 minutes and is free to attend, but booking is essential.
This tour is now fully booked.
Book through Eventbrite here.
Miranda Corcoran is a lecturer in twenty-first-century literature at University College Cork. Her first monograph, Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture: Teen Witches, was published in 2022 by the University of Wales Press. Her second (short) monograph, The Craft, was published in 2023 by Auteur/Liverpool University Press. She has also published articles on horror and science fiction in The Comics Grid, Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies, The New Ray Bradbury Review and Supernatural Studies.
FÁILTE ROIMH CHÁCH!
Turais, ceol, ceardlanna agus go leor eile: Fógraíonn Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford deireadh seachtaine fada d'imeachtaí spreagúla chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar Lá Fhéile Bríde. Tá Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford le turais as Gaeilge a reáchtáil ar Lá Fhéile Bríde a cheiliúradh.
Lá Fhéile Bríde | St. Brigid's Day 2024
2:00i.n. Turas Gaeilge
Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt go bhfuil turas uathúil á thairiscint againn ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge! Déan tú féin a thumadh sa Bhailiúchán Náisiúnta agus sna taispeántais atá ar taispeáint faoi láthair ag Gailearaí Crawford Chorcaí mar threoraí eolach a thugann tú ar thuras tríd an nGailearaí. Cuireann an turas seo deis iontach ar fáil chun tuiscint a fháil ar na saothair ealaíne agus tú ag plé leis an nGaeilge, is cuma má tá tú líofa i nGaeilge nó díreach ag iarraidh taithí a fháil ar an teanga. Tá an turas seo ar oscailt do chách, saor in aisce chun freastal air agus ní gá aon áirithint a dhéanamh roimh ré.
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!
Sunday 4 February 2024
Music at Midday returns to the Long Room at the Crawford Art Gallery on Sunday 4 February to showcase a selection of iconic repertoire from the central European classical string tradition. Mentored by Gregory Ellis, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood, three vibrant and dynamic student ensembles from MTU Cork School of Music will present works by Joseph Haydn, Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák in a dazzling juxtaposition of romantic exuberance and classical elegance.
Gealach Quartet
HAYDN String Quartet in D major (Op. 76, No. 5)
I Allegretto
II Largo: Cantabile e mesto
III Menuetto: Allegro
IV. Finale: Presto
Evergreen Quartet
SMETANA String Quartet No.1 in E minor
I Allegro vivo appassionato
II Allegro moderato a la Polka
Sakov Quintet
DVOŘÁK String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major “American” (Op. 97)
III Larghetto: Theme and Variations
IV Finale: Allegro giusto
Upcoming dates for your diary.
Sunday 4 February
Sunday 3 March
Sunday 7 April
Sunday 5 May
Sunday 9 June
1, 3, 4, 5 February 2024
FÁILTE ROIMH CHÁCH | ALL WELCOME
To celebrate St. Brigid’s Day, Crawford Art Gallery is proud to present a programme of special events featuring music, family-friendly workshops and specially themed tours.
6:30pm Tour
A special tour of the collection will be arranged to honour St. Brigid. The tour will specifically highlight the themes of women and mythology in the Collection, and provide a unique way to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
Free Event | No Booking Required
2:00i.n. Turas Gaeilge
Tá an-áthas orainn a fhógairt go bhfuil turas uathúil á thairiscint againn ar Ghailearaí Crawford Chorcaí á chur i láthair trí Ghaeilge! Déan tú féin a thumadh sa Bhailiúchán Náisiúnta agus sna taispeántais atá ar taispeáint faoi láthair ag Gailearaí Crawford Chorcaí mar threoraí eolach a thugann tú ar thuras tríd an nGailearaí. Cuireann an turas seo deis iontach ar fáil chun tuiscint a fháil ar na saothair ealaíne agus tú ag plé leis an nGaeilge, is cuma má tá tú líofa i nGaeilge nó díreach ag iarraidh taithí a fháil ar an teanga. Tá an turas seo ar oscailt do chách, saor in aisce chun freastal air agus ní gá aon áirithint a dhéanamh roimh ré.
2:00pm Irish Tour
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!
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. Featuring a three 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 and the exhibition HARRY CLARKE: Bad Romance
Free Event | No Booking Required| First Come First Served. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.
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 and mythology in the Collection, and provide a unique way to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
Free Event | No Booking Required
2:00 – 3:30pm Art Workshop
Delve deeper into the themes that connect us to St. Brigid with a family friendly art workshop led by Artist Queenie O’Sullivan.
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 and mythology in the Collection, and provide a unique way to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
Free Event | No Booking Required
2:00 – 3:30pm Art Workshop
Delve deeper into the themes that connect us to St. Brigid with a family friendly art workshop led by Artist Queenie O’Sullivan.
Free Event | No Booking Required
The Green Room at the Crawford
The Green Room Café at Crawford Art Gallery is open each day from 10am for Coffee & Scones and lunch from 12 noon to 3pm, except on Sunday 4 February and Monday 5 February, when it will be closed.
For more information please click here.
11am – 3pm Thursday 25 January
Visual artist Dominic Thorpe presents a live durational performance in the Gibson Galleries. Throughout the day, visitors are invited to move through the space and observe the artist as he creates a powerful, yet quiet performative accompaniment to his installation, Dark Dark Mouth.
Free event | No booking required
Dark Dark Mouth (15-28 January) is a body of performance, drawing, and installation work by Dominic Thorpe, which addresses perpetrator trauma and the Irish Civil War (1922-23) in Cork. It is one of six project awards commissioned as part of BUILDING AS WITNESS and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012 - 2023.
Thursday 25 January, 6:30pm
Crawford Art Gallery is excited to announce our first guest guided tour of 2024, guest guide Sarah Foster from Crawford College of Art and Design!
Join us on this tour as we explore how the boundaries of traditional techniques such as weaving and embroidery have been pushed by artists who are interested in embracing the potential of thread in contemporary art.
The tour will commence at 6:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. It is free to attend and no booking is necessary!
Sarah Foster is an educator, historian, critic and curator who lectures at the MTU Crawford College of Art & Design in the history and theory of visual culture across the Contemporary Applied Art and Fine Art programmes and on the special purpose award in Fine Art Textile. Her primary research concerns the histories of making, retailing and consuming and her teaching encompasses design history, art history and contemporary themes within visual culture.
Sarah has lectured widely, and written for a broad range of scholarly publications, on the histories of the domestic interior, textiles, making, and identity. She also consults for the National Museum and the Department of Education, and peer reviews books and journal articles for academic publishers in the UK and USA, as well as Ireland.
Click here to view the Exhibition page.
6pm, Thursday 18 January
Join us for an in conversation event with artists Ciara O'Connor and Michelle Malone. Discussing their respective practices and how they weave both the personal and the pervasive into their artworks with a particular focus on their work in Following Threads.
Free | Open to All | No booking required.
This event will start in Following Threads exhibition and then move to the Lecture theatre.
Saturday 20 January, 2pm
Both tours are now fully booked out.
To mark the Eve of St Agnes, we are delighted to host a special tour of our exhibition, HARRY CLARKE: Bad Romance, by curator Michael Waldron.
Join us as we explore Clarke’s watercolour studies for The Eve of St Agnes (1924) and discover the stories behind this celebrated stained-glass window.
The tour will commence at 2pm, with an approximate duration of 45 minutes. Free to attend, but booking is essential, reserve your space here.
Michael Waldron is Curator of Collections & Special Projects at Crawford Art Gallery. His research and curatorial practice focuses on Irish art and literature of the past two centuries. His exhibitions include Recasting Canova, Statio Bene: Art and Ireland’s Maritime Haven, Patrick Scott: meditations, and Laura Fitzgerald: I have made a place.
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
Click on the links below to book a performance at your chosen time:
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.
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
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.
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.
