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Tuesday 8 June 2010
LCGA recognised in standards scheme
Limerick City Gallery of Art has been recognised by The Heritage Council and awarded interim accreditation under the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland.
Friday 4 June 2010
LCGA moves to Istabraq Hall
From Friday 4 June, Limerick City Gallery of Art will be located off-site temporarily at Limerick City Council, Istabraq Hall, Merchants Quay. Limerick City Gallery of Art will return to the newly renovated Carnegie Building on Pery Square in 2011.
Wednesday 12 May 2010, 10am-5pm
OFF-SITE: Species of Space seminar
Six Memos presents Species of Space, a panel of international speakers who will discuss ideas of space in contemporary artistic and curatorial practices at the Limerick School of Art & Design, Clare Street on Wednesday 12 May 2010.
Thursday 25 March 2010, 5.00pm-6.30pm
ON-SITE: Sustainable Futures
Sustainable Futures will celebrate the works of Irish based artists that incorporate the concept of sustainability into their work. Organiser Diarmuid Neilan says “The exhibition is all about the Re-using, Recycling and Revaluing of waste materials. The exhibited works shows how the artists have taken throw-away waste material with no perceived value, and through the creative process, have turned them into valued art pieces.”
Friday 12 March 2010
OPEN/INVITED ev+a 2010 - Matters opening at LSAD Gallery
OPEN/INVITED e v+ a 2010 – Matters curated by Elizabeth Hatz will open at LSAD Gallery, Limerick School of Art & Design, Clare Street Campus, Limerick on Friday 12 March, 7pm
Thursday 25 February 2010, 10.30am-1pm
Leaving Certificate Revision Day
Limerick City Gallery of Art are delighted to announce in conjunction with the National Gallery of Ireland, a free study day for Leaving Certificate art students.
Thursday 25 February 2010, 4pm-6pm
Carnegie Reading Circle
Please join us for the Carnegie Reading Circle at Occupy Space on Thursday 25 February, 4pm to 6pm. This is an informal, social event where guests are invited for afternoon tea and to read to the group a text or extract from a text on the theme of Technologies.
Thursday 10 December 2009, 5pm-7pm
David Lilburn: Artist's Book Launch
David Lilburn explores ideas about place and memory through the graphic processes of drawing and printmaking. In 'Walking Drawing Making Memory', we see some of David's panoramic drypoint prints in the context of what is usually the more private work of an artist (...): the original, searching notations and speculative mark-making through which an artist begins the attempt to think out onto the page his experience of being in a landscape.
Thursday 26 November 2009, 4pm-6pm
Carnegie Reading Circle
Please join us for the Carnegie Reading Circle at Limerick City Gallery of Art on Thursday 26 November, 4pm to 6pm. This is an informal, social event where guests are invited for afternoon tea and to read to the group a text or extract from a text on the theme of Ways of Living, based on the Guestroom, London model at Zoo Art Fair 2009. (Image courtesy of Fiona O'Connor, Moxie Dublin)
Application Deadline: 19 June 2009
Call For Applicants: Shinnors Scholarship MA in Curatorial Studies
Applications are invited for the Shinnors Scholarship 2009 - MA in Curatorial Studies at Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick City Council and Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick Institute of Technology. A unique opportunity for practice based research with Limerick City Gallery of Art.
Thursday 15 January 2009
Limerick City Gallery of Art: New Website Goes Live
Mayor of Limerick, Councillor John Gilligan will officially launch Limerick City Gallery of Art's new website at a reception in the Carnegie Building, Pery Square.
1948 - 2008
Limerick City Gallery of Art celebrates Sixty Years
Limerick City Gallery of Art celebrates its Sixty Year Anniversary since the inital 'Limerick City Gallery' was opened as a purpose built extension to 'Carnegie Free Library and Museum' in 1948.
