Art Programme
Thursdays 2– 4pm
Begins Thursday 15 Sept 2011
€60 for 12 sessions, inclusive of all materials
Places limited - Booking essential
Following on the success of the Bealtaine programme, a celebration of creativity in older age.
The Thursday Club
PROGRAMME
WEEKS 1-3: The Gravity Exhibition
facilitated by Michael Waldron and Julie Forrester
- Equilibrium: Taking advantage of the current Gravity exhibition, this session will explore how artists play with ideas of Weight and Balance.
- Textures and Floating Planes: This session will continue our focus on the Gravity exhibition with a look at Weight in 2D materials, both suggested and real.
- Weight Concepts: Our final week focusing on the Gravity exhibition will explore Photography, Weightlessness and the Surreal, and will return to ideas of the body in space… with a pinch of humour along the way!
WEEKS 4-6: Harry Clarke
facilitated by Victoria Evans and Julie Forrester
This sessions will focus on the work of Harry Clarke and will make reference to the art nouveau.
(More details to follow)
WEEKS 7-9: Ut pictura poesis…Art and Literature
facilitated by Michael Waldron and Julie Forrester
A three-week journey through the connections between Art and Literature
- Portraiture: This session will begin our look at the sister arts of painting and literature.
- Stone Mad: With excerpts from Seamus Murphy book Stone Mad, this session will focus on the sculptor’s portrait busts of his literary friends.
- Women and their Art: This session will explore the impact of four women as artist-writer, artist-subject, artist-creator and writer-subject.
WEEKS 10-12: A Rocky Road
facilitated by Leslie Allen Spillane and Julie Forrester
An exploration of the Barry Cooke exhibition. (More details to follow)
Booking:
Education Officer
Anne Boddaert/ Emma Klemencic
+353 (0)21 490 7862 / 490 7857
anneboddaert@crawfordartgallery.ie
