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| A Fine Disregard
Introduction to looking at Modern and Contemporary Art from the early 1900s to today |
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February 24 – May 12 2010 Interested in modern and contemporary art but not sure exactly what it’s all about? Want to find out more? |
This relaxed and informal course introduces participants to looking at visual art by exploring key artworks, artists, movements and concepts of the 20th Century. The course delves into seminal developments of the last century from the early 1900s to today such as Cubism, Surrealism, Conceptual and Performance Art among others. Delivered through a mixture of illustrated talks and gallery workshops, participants hear about, look at and discuss works of art with others in relaxed and informal surrounds. Exhibitions at the Butler Gallery including Aideen Barry: The Morphology of the Other, George Vaughan and Jackie Nickerson and work from the Butler Gallery Collection will be referred to and utilised throughout the course in discussions and workshops. Contextual influences such as the political, economical and cultural context of the time will be considered when discussing key developments in modern art history. Recommended texts and artist films are used each week, where possible in the form of artists’ voices in interviews, statements and manifestos of the period. Come along to this ten week course and be hooked forever! To find out more and book a place, call The Butler Gallery on 056 7761106 or contact Jean at jean@butlergallery.com Wed 24 Feb Wed 3 March Wed 10 March Wed 17 March (break) Wed 24 March Wed 31 March Wed 7 May (break) Wed 28 April Wed 5 May Wed 12 May |
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| Aideen Barry: The Morphology of the Other | |
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Artist Talk with Aideen Barry
Download the full Press Release here |
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| Make Belief An Evening of Winter Fictions at Kilkenny Castle |
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Thursday 10 December Make Belief is an event that combines storytelling, music and visual art in the atmospheric surrounds of the Butler Gallery and Kilkenny Castle - an evening of seasonal superstition and nostalgia played out through spoken word and musical performance. Listen to stories about Kilkenny and about Christmas unraveled by artists, musicians and authors, and get a chance to view our current exhibition Kilkenny: An Artists Celebration, in a new light. 6pm - Hot Whiskey Reception, Butler Gallery 6.30pm - ‘Make Belief’ Readings, by writers Luke Sheehan (from his new story based on superstitions in Kilkenny), Stephen Buck with Marian O'Neill (from The Quiet Quarter), and award - winning author Claire Keegan (short story Night of the Quicken Trees, from her book Walk the Blue Fields). |
6.30pm - ‘Breaking Bread’, Kilkenny’s first Breaking Bread event, where participants have the chance to bring their own tales to the table. 6.30pm - Endangered Studios Talk, Parade Tower 8.30pm - Music in the Castle from Rory Grubb, IXO, Vickers Vimy, Odessa and the Wheelwright, and The River Valley Band. Admission Free. All welcome. Please call the Butler Gallery on 056 7761106 or email jean@butlergallery.com for more information and to book places. |
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| Kilkenny Platfor-um | |
 Thomas Mitchell (1735 – 1790) A Panorama of Kilkenny, 85.2 x 150.5cm Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland Photo © National Gallery of Ireland |
A series of free talks ranging from the archaeology and architecture of Kilkenny to contemporary arts practice in the city. No experience necessary. All welcome. Blaise Smith |
Endangered Studios This talk is part of Make Belief: An evening of winter fictions at Kilkenny Castle from 6 – 10pm at the Butler Gallery and Kilkenny Castle. Join us for an evening of seasonal superstition and nostalgia at Kilkenny Castle including live readings by Claire Keegan (Night of the Quicken Trees) and Luke Sheehan, Kilkenny’s first ‘Breaking Bread’ event and music by Rory Grubb, Vicker’s Vimy and the River Valley Band among others. See the Butler Gallery’s Kilkenny: An Artists’ Celebration in a new light and hear the history of Kilkenny’s Endangered Studios. Peter Kenny PAST EVENTS KCAT: Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent Gypsy Ray Catherine Marshall Con Manning Willie Cumming Jane Fenlon |
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| Art and Ecology Butler Gallery Lunchtime Talk |
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Dr. Jo Anna Issak, John L Marion Chair in Art History, Fordham University, New York
In this once-off Butler Gallery lunchtime talk, Professor Jo Anna Isaak traces modern art’s sustained connection with nature and its subsequent role in environmental reform. She presents the work of a number of contemporary artists working in a variety of non traditional media, who are engaged in what she terms "the greening of the avant-garde" -- employing their talents in the service of environmental awareness, providing innovative approaches and models of participatory engagement, designing solutions to environmental problems and broadening public concern for what is becoming the most pressing issue of our time -- environmental degradation. |
She suggests that one of the most radical of modernism’s avant-garde gestures may be in art’s reintegration into the praxis of life, and the realization that art may be necessary for our successful stewardship of the environment. The Butler Gallery are delighted to welcome Dr. Issak to Kilkenny, who has very generously agreed to give this talk while in Ireland and continue the discussion on art, ecology and the environment, currently the focus of Moot - Kilkenny Arts Office and Butler Gallery’s series of discussions. Please contact the Butler Gallery for more information and to book a place by calling 056 7761106. |
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| David Godbold The end of the beginning of the beginning of the end |
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Exhibition Talk: Does it offend you? Hear Dean Norman Lynas’ (St. Canice’s Cathedral) perspective on religious iconography in the work of David Godbold and join in the debate on the offensiveness or lack of in the work shown in the Butler Gallery exhibition. |
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| MOOT VI: THE CURRENT CLIMATE | |
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Art, Ecology and Sustainability Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office in collaboration with the Butler Gallery is delighted to launch the sixth in the series of MOOT discussions. MOOT is a continuous creative process providing a forum for powerful, focused and inspirational debates and discussion on a variety of subject matters. |
MOOT VI is the second in our current series on art and the environment, investigating ecology and sustainable arts practice more specifically, and the potential role that artists, curators, educators and arts managers play in raising awareness of environmental issues and our ecology. This discussion, like previous events, will be an open format event where artists, curators, academics and the general public will be invited to question how arts and culture can contribute to addressing environmental and ecological concerns. The panel consists of chairperson Pat Cooke (Director of Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD, Dublin), Paul O’ Brien (Lecturer in Aesthetics/ Cultural Theory in the Faculty of Visual Arts, NCAD Dublin), Rick Faulkner and Christine Keogh (Chrysalis Arts, an artist-led public art company, training and arts development agency) and Heather Peak (an artist based in Wales who works collaboratively with Ivan Morison. Heather and Ivan are currently installing work as part of Radical Nature at the Barbican Centre). For further details contact: Mary Butler, Arts Officer mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie |
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| The 5 to 6 Kilkenny Womens' Project | |
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The 5 to 6 Womens’ Art Project is an inclusive arts-based project initiated in 2006 open all women. It provides life long learning by encouraging and supporting women to explore their creativity, introducing participants to a wide range of art forms and placing an emphasis on interaction, independent thinking and self-directed development. Artforms explored as part of the Project include painting, sculpture, printmaking, film, installation, literature and photography. Art-related excursions are organised on an ongoing basis and there are a number of guest speakers invited to lead workshops throughout the year. Free of charge to participants, the Project is facilitated by an artistic facilitator, a womens’ support worker and is based in a house on Dean Street, Kilkenny. The Project takes place one morning, afternoon or evening per week for 30 weeks. For more information on the 5 to 6 Project, please contact Jean Tormey, Education Curator, Butler Gallery on 056 7761106 or email jean@butlergallery.com |
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| The 5 to 6 Project: An Exhibition | |
5 to 6 Kilkenny Womens Art Project is funded by:
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Curated by Caroline Cowley, Public Arts Officer of Fingal County Council The 5 to 6 Project is an inclusive arts based programme for women from Kilkenny city and county that provides life-long learning by supporting womens’ development at a personal, social, cultural, political and economic level while forging links with the wider community. The forthcoming exhibition at the Watergate Theatre is a celebration of the 5 to 6 Project and the women of Kilkenny on the occasion of Kilkenny 400. The 5 to 6 Project would like to take the opportunity to thank Gypsy Ray - artist, facilitator and mentor on the Project and to all our steering group members past and present. For more information contact
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