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March – May 2018 Events Guide March - May 2018 THE HUNT MUSEUM The Hunt Museum exhibits one of Ireland's greatest private collections of Art and Antiquities, dating from the Neolithic Period to the 20th century. Generously donated by the Hunt family to the people of Ireland, this diverse collection is now housed in Limerick’s 18th Century Palladian style building, formerly The Custom House. OPENING HOURS & PRICES Monday – Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pm Sundays & Bank Holidays: 2.00pm – 5.00pm 24th - 26th December - Closed 31st December - 1st January - Closed • Adult: €5 • Child: €2.50 • Family: €12 • Adult Concession: €3.50 (senior & 3rd level student) • Every Sunday: FREE ADMISSION • Every Monday: 2 for the price of 1 PRE-BOOKED TOURS: Pre-Booked Group Tours from €3.50 per person School Tours from €2.50 per person We at the Hunt Museum have teamed up with JJ Kavanagh & Sons bus tour providers to give visitors discounted admission. Just present your JJ Kavanagh and Sons bus ticket to receive a discount of €2.15 from the admission fee. The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick, Ireland. c 061-312833 w: www.huntmuseum.com 2 All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 THE HUNT MUSEUM All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 3 EXHIBITIONS Samuel Walsh: The Segment & Apple Drawings 3rd February – 10th April Samuel Walsh was born in London to Irish parents and has been a professional artist since 1977. He lived in Limerick from 1968 to 1990 and he now lives in works in Co. Clare. With his work’s bold colours and shapes, Walsh has become one of the country’s leading abstract artists, and was awarded The Savills Art Prize at VUE Contemporary Art Fair, Nov 2017. 21st LSAD Annual Show 23rd March – 15th April Artworks by 2nd Year Painting students of Limerick School of Art and Design, inspired by The Hunt Museum’s curious and eclectic collection, are exhibited alongside the Museum’s artefacts and paintings, to create imaginative responses to the Museum’s permanent collection. 70th Anniversary Order of Malta 1st May - 31st May This year, the Order of Malta located in Limerick City is celebrating 70 years of service. As part of the celebrations, The Hunt Museum will be showcasing an exhibition in the Museum’s Prologue Room. A Selection from the Sybil Connolly Collection 19th April- 20th May Sybil Connolly is renowned for designing haute couture garments that promoted the use of Irish textiles and was one of the first pioneering designers to gain international prestige in America. This exhibition will explore and celebrate the Hunt Museum’s Sybil Connolly collection, allowing visitors to view some of Connolly’s most iconic pieces and designs. 4 All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 EXHIBITIONS Au coeurde Mai 68 May 1st - May 31st Join us in The Hunt Café for an exhibition of 43 photographs taken by Philippe Gras during May 1968 in France. Gras' photography captures not only the moment and the gesture, but also the sign and meaning of this period of innovation and contest. Family Links May 11th - June 30th This is a collaborative exhibition between the Hunt Museum, Bedford Row Family Project, and Limerick Prison Service Education. The project worked with families affected by imprisonment and with prisoners. Curator’s Choice Naomi O’Nolan, the Museum’s Head of Collections and Exhibitions, selects one piece every month for display at The Hunt Museum. March: Seumas MacFarlane April: Bernadette Hopkins May: Niall Lynham Bernadette Hopkins Twelve The Limerick Printmaker's work will be displayed each month. March: Rennie Buenting April: Kate McElligott May: Yvonne Locke All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 5 TALKS & LECTURES HIGHLIGHT LECTURE SERIES The Museum – a (very!) Short History Monday, March 5th 12pm – 1pm Using the Hunt Museum itself as an example, David McBurnie, will look at the evolution of museums and galleries, from the private ‘Cabinets of Curiosities of the Renaissance, to the large public institutions on the 19th Century, and on to the museums and galleries of today. No booking required. Siobhan Potter – Walking drawing: Collecting, Symbolism, and Unconscious Narrative Tuesday, April 3rd 1pm - 2pm Siobhan will introduce the practice of collecting in walking drawing and the relationship to Museums, symbolism and unconsciousPRICES narrative. She uses contemporary techniques to document experience, no explicit intention of producing an ‘art object’. Her interest is in developing a spiritual practice with no boundary between work and life, allowing the embodiment of spiritual experience in all daily activity. As the line of inquiry always guides the medium, her practice has evolved from embodied walking drawing into the potential for pilgrimage in all walking, drawing from the synchronistic and divinatory nature of found objects. In the gleaning, the experience and findings pass under the lens of art history and contemporary art practice. 6 All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 TALKS & LECTURES ‘Pocket Museums’ Tuesday, May 8th 1pm - 2pm As part of an on-going relationship between The Hunt Museum and MA students in Interactive Design at UL, they will present a series of ‘Pocket Museums’ which are inspired by particular objects in the Permanent collection. Each student’s Pocket Museum will be presented alongside the object which served as its inspiration. ARTIST CONVERSATION SERIES Join us for an informal discussion with artists featured in Curator's Choice. They will talk about their artistic practice and you can ask them questions about their work in a friendly and relaxed environment. These events are open to the public. Seumas MacFarlane: Wednesday 28th March, 12:30 pm. Bernadette Hopkins: Wednesday, 25th April 2018 at 12:30pm Keep updated on our web page and social media profiles! EXHIBITION LECTURE SERIES Abstract art and the philosophy of seeing Thursday, March 8th 12pm – 1pm Dublin Gallery owner Oliver Sears describes how he looks at abstract art and how philosophy and linguistics have shaped the evolution of what artists make and how we understand what we see. From the earliest cave painting to contemporary mark making, Sears explains the links through the centuries leading to the explosion of abstract art in the latter part of the 20th Century. As Sam Walsh’s representative in Ireland, he will also refer to works in The Segment and Apple Drawings exhibition. All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 7 SPECIAL EVENTS Croí Glass St. Patrick’s Day Launch - “Listen to the River” Saturday 17th March Join the St Patrick’s weekend festivities at the Hunt Museum with Croí Glas. The Salmon Boat Float with Sionna will be accompanied in the parade by Moyross Corpus Christi Children's Choir at 12pm, followed by short performances in the Hunt Museum Café. For further information visit www.croiglas.ie World Poetry Day Wednesday, March 21st 12pm – 2pm The Hunt Museum invites you to a celebration of poetry. Using poems and images, our aim will be to show the great variety of pleasure and richness poetry can offer. There will be light refreshments as well as an open mic and selected readers from the Limerick Writers Centre. No booking required. Life Long Learning Festival Monday, March 19th- Sunday, March 25th 10am – 5pm The Hunt Museum will be hosting a wide range of activities as part of the 8th annual LLL Festival. Booking is required, please contact the Education department. Everything is free, but spaces are limited. Tuesday, 1.30 - 2.30pm – Digital Awareness Lecture w/ Karen Sugrue, LIT Friday, 11am - 12pm & 1 - 2pm – 800 Years of Fashion Saturday,PRICES 10am - 1pm – Adult Fashion Workshop ‘Junk Couture’ in conjunction with ‘Unwrapped’ Slow Art Day Saturday, April 14th 11am – 4pm Join the Education and Care of Collections Departments for International Slow Art Day 2018 where we'll be allowing the public to get hands on with five historical and replica objects to take field guide notes, draw, and discuss the artistic merits and beauty of these precious historical objects. 8 All events are FREE unless otherwise stated. w www.huntmuseum.com or c 061 312833 SPECIAL EVENTS An Act of Deep Inspiration Thursday, April 26th 1pm – 2pm On Poetry Day Ireland, and during Limerick's 'April is Poetry Month', the Hunt Museum plays host to an event where you will find yourself in a place which allows for another way of thinking. Join us to hear readings of poems which “make possible their acts of deep insurrection and surgery within us.” Contact Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Email [email protected] for further information. www.limerickwriterscentre.com Bealtaine Festival 2018 May 1st - May 18th To celebrate Bealtaine this year we’re offering free 800 Years of Fashion Outreach Visits to retirement and nursing homes for the first 3 weeks in May. When the Outreach visits are over the fashion show will be installed throughout the Museum to encourage visitors of all ages to explore These visits quickly book out so express your interest through The Education Department. Let's Get Talking A.B.C. for Mental Health - Green Ribbon Talks Wednesday May 2nd – Wed. May 30th 12pm – 1pm In association with See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership, A.B.C. for Mental Health will be holding free lunch talks every Wednesday in May, in the Hunt Museum for Green Ribbon month to get people talking openly about mental health. Follow us on Social Media for more information. No booking required.
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