Event Archive
Saturday 26th September 11.30-1pm and 2-3.30pm
Family Day: Building in Origami
Fun filled Autumn Family Days continue with Building in Origami! Kids of all ages will visit Eamon O’Kane’s Cardboard Modernist Furniture Workshop. Inspired by Modernist designs, children will re-imagine the furniture in miniature through Origami.
Friday 25th Sept 7pm-9pm
Culture Night: LYT Performance
LCGA are delighted to host an innovative series of short performances by Limerick Youth Theatre as part of Culture Night 2009. Four young performers will respond to the Connolly Cleary interactive installation Plus/Minus.
Friday 25th September 5-10pm
Culture Night at LCGA
LCGA are delighted to present exciting Culture Night events for all the family. Visit the gallery on Culture Night and take a bite-sized tour of the exciting Noughties but Nice: 21st Century Irish Art or of the historic Irish Collection.
Sunday 30th August @ 3pm
Behind Smoke & Mirrors Curatorial Tour & Catalogue Launch
An extensive catalogue has been published to document Behind Smoke & Mirrors. The full colour 60page document charts the project visually and incorporates texts by curator Susan Holland which examine the processes, challenges and outcomes of the Open Studio Residency and Exhibition.
Saturday 29th August
Family Day: Re-Making the Collection
Fun-filled Autumn Family Days begin with Re-Making the Collection! Kids of all ages will visit the LCGA Permenant Collection, showing over 800 artworks by Irish artists in the painting, drawing, sculpture, print and photography.
Friday 17th July 2009, 3.30 – 5.30pm
SEMINAR: IN SITE, Residencies in Public
Limerick City Gallery of Art is delighted to present 'IN SITE: Residencies in Public' Seminar on Friday 17th of July. This seminar seeks to discuss the positioning of the artist working within public contexts and the dialogue and exchange which may grow from this.
Sunday 5th July at 3pm
Afternoon Tea with Aideen Barry
Aideen proposed Afternoon Tea at the gallery as a way of encouraging new visitors to engage with the gallery context. Presented in the old picture gallery, the atmosphere of the afternoon was ceremonious and elegant.
25th June 5pm
Studio Reception & Artists' Talks
Behind Smoke and Mirrors presents an alternate view of the artists studio, allowing you direct insight into the spaces art is made and to the processes artists employ. The studio reception & artists' talks are your chance to discuss this experiemential project and give your feedback.
Saturday 27th June 11.30am & 2pm
Family Day: Visit
This extra special Family Day invites families to visit the Open Studios upstairs in the gallery in June and July. Bernardine Carroll, one of the artists working in the studio, will tell you all about her 'Travel Free Travel' project and talk to you about where you would take a visitor, showing them your favorite places in Limerick.
3rd – 20th June at No 2 Pery Square
Darkness Visible - Presented by Belltable Arts Centre and Limerick City Gallery of Art
Darkness Visible as a curated exhibition explores the nuances of the ornamental line through a variety of media, including video, sculpture, photography and drawing.
Thursday 11th June at 1pm
Artist Talk
Limerick based artist Gillian Kenny in conversation with LCGA Curator / Director Mike Fitzpatrick will discuss her current exhibition of over thirty new paintings. Kenny, in A Place to Stay moves from her previous direct engagement with the subject of urban spaces to new idealised or constructed representations.
Saturday 23rd May 11.30am & 2pm
National Drawing Family Day: e v+ a Compositions
Fun-filled e v+ a Family Days explore the composition within photographs, drawings, paintings and videos of the Exhibition of Visual+ Art!
Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10, 11, 12am
YOUNG ev+a: Primary Schools Design Workshops
Utililising Eamon O'Kanes 'Eames Studio Limerick' in ev+a 2009, a resource archive about the development of architecture and design, children will explore the Interactive Research Studio discovering ways of thinking and constructing.
Monday to Friday from Thursday 23rd April – Friday 22nd May
e v+ a: Book Your Group Walking Tour
OPEN e v+ a 2009 / Reading the City is currently running in 4 venues throughout Limerick City. Walking tours are available to adult groups Monday to Friday from Thursday 23rd April, please contact the gallery with your group’s details to arrange a slot, at least a week in advance of your desired tour.
Thursday May 7th
Bealtaine Day: Celebrating Creativity in Older Age
Bealtaine Day provides the chance to enjoy the e v+ a exhibition through a bus tour, meet e v+ a artist Garvan Gallagher and partake in a photography workshop. Participants are invited to take part in some or all of the days activities.
Tuesday 14th & Thursday 16th April 2-5pm
YOUNG e v+ a: Drop in Family Afternoons at Georges Quay
YOUNG e v+ a programme invite you and your family to drop in on Tuesday 14th or Thursday 16th April to explore Eamon O'Kanes 'Eames Studio Limerick'.
Monday 27th April at Istrabraq Hall
VAI Workshop: Understanding your Accounts
Understanding your Accounts: Do you know how much you spent on making art last year? Do you know how much money you made from your practice? Participants will come away from this workshop with practical tools for better financial management.
Saturday 25th April 11.30 - 1pm & 2 - 3.30pm
Family Day: ev+a Structures
Fun-filled ev+a Family Days explore the images and structures of the Exhibition of Visual+ Art! Kids of all ages will visit the installations at the Gallery, developing creative responses to the exhibition through sculpture and painting.
Saturday 21st March 11.30 - 1pm & 2 - 3.30pm
Family Day: Explore ev+a
Fun-filled ev+a Family Days explore the images and structures of the Exhibition of Visual+ Art! Kids of all ages will visit the installations at the Gallery, developing creative responses to the exhibition.
WestLimerick.fm - Saturday 14th March 7:00 pm /
Lyric.fm - Sunday 15th March 9:30 pm /
Wired.fm - Thursday 19th March 2:00 pm
Limerick Soundmapping Broadcast
This work by Florian Hüttner will take the form of three Radio Features on WestLimerick.fm, Lyric.fm and Wired.fm. The soundmapping process is a way of exploring an area by recording and listening back to its sounds.
14th March at 11am and at 12noon
ev+a: Bus Tour
ev+a 2009 venues will be open from 10am on March 14th for the first viewing. The ev+a bus will leave Limerick City Gallery of Art at 11am with a second at 12noon on Saturday 14th to bring visitors to the three other venues.
Saturday 14th March at 1pm
ev+a: Brunch at Daghdha
ev+a 2009 will get underway with an Bus Tour of the venues followed by an informal Brunch at Daghdha on Saturday 14th March. The Brunch will begin at 1pm.
Friday 27th February at 10am – 1pm
Schools: Leaving Cert Art History Study Day
This Study Day is presented as part of the National Gallery of Irelands’ Teacher and Schools Programme made available in partnership with regional arts venues and museums.
Saturday 21st February 11.30 - 1pm + 2 -3.30pm
Family Day: Discover Drawing
Fun-filled Spring Family Days begin with Discover Drawing! Kids of all ages will visit the Into Irish Drawing exhibition, showing the drawings of 22 exciting Irish artists.
Saturday 7th February at 7.15pm
Concert: Clara Schumann & Her Irish Contemporaries
This concert features the 160 year old piano that once belonged to Clara Schumann. A pre-concert film will show the story and travel and the women connected with the piano.
Wednesday 28th January 1.30pm
Panel Discussion: Into Irish Drawing
This Panel Discussion, chaired by Jim Savage, brings together selected artists participating in the Into Irish Drawing exhibition with curator Caroline Hancock.
Saturday 24th January Leaving LCGA at 11.30am
Family Day: Performance Trail
This Family Day will take a new route, exploring new and exciting ways of art making, in an interactive tour of Excursions Performance Festival.
Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th January 2009
Excursions Performance Festival
Excursions is a performance art festival in Limerick City, including National and International performers.
Friday 16th January 2009
Schools: Gesture and Action Drawing
Local artist Gillian Kenny will utilise a life-drawing session to develop the students drawing skills, encouraging a loosening of controlled styles. The workshop is aimed at Secondary School art students.
Thursday 15th January at 1pm
Curator’s Talk: On Into Irish Drawing
Arno Kramer, the curator of Into Irish Drawing will discuss the context of the exhibition, the choice of artists and the relevance of contemporary drawing in Ireland.
Saturday 13th December 11.30-1pm & 2-3.30pm
Family Day: Limerick Presence
Looking at the two major exhibitions Seeing Georgian Limerick and Presence which celebrate the city and its artists, the Family Day explores what the childrens favourite parts of Limerick.
10 December 2008 8pm
Shinnors Master Class
Limerick City Gallery of Art is delighted to host a master-class in contemporary painting by eminent artist John Shinnors.
Monday 1st - Wednesday 10th December
Schools: Meet the Artists
LCGA is delighted to offer a full and exciting Programme of Schools’ events for December, including a series of days ‘Meet the Artist’ events and a series of gallery tours.
Tuesday 2nd December at 8pm
In Conversation: Living in Georgian Limerick
Limerick City Gallery of Art is delighted to host ‘Living in Georgian Limerick’ an In Conversation event with Meritt Bucholz and Dick Tobin which will highlight the challenges and joys of living in a Georgian residence to-day.
Saturday 29th November at 8pm
Concert: An Evening of Song and Verse
There is a treat in store for Limerick music-lovers on Saturday 29th November, when Seoda Chamber Choir presents an evening of song and verse in the beautiful surroundings of Limerick City Art Gallery.
Sat 18th October 2008 at 8pm
Brad Pitt Light Orchestra Concert
The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra's music is a blend of warm vocal harmonies, classy instrumentation and ear-catching melodies, producing an unmissable vibrant, live experience.
Thursday Oct 2nd at 1pm
Michael McLoughlin in Conversation with Mike Fitzpatrick
An in depth discussion of McLoughlin’s Current exhibition at LCGA, “I only come here ‘cos it’s free”.
Friday 2nd October 3pm
Artists Talk: Denis Connolly / Anne Cleary
Paris based collaborative duo, Connolly / Cleary, recent winners of the prestigious AIB Prize 2009, will give an talk on their practice, projects and interests on Friday 2nd October.
Wednesday 30th September 10.30-5.30pm
VAI Workshop: Working with Public and Private Galleries
Visual Artists Ireland will offer a workshop on Working with Public and Private Galleries, in association with Limerick City Gallery of Art, with Jerome Ó Drisceoil, Director of Green On Red Gallery and Éllis Lavelle, Gallery Manager at Mermaid Arts Centre.
