Irish Municipal Art Collections talk at South Tipperary County Museum

South Tipperary County Council Arts Service and the County Museum are delighted to present Irish Municipal Art Collections, a talk by Dr Peter Jordan at the County Museum on Thursday 1st December at 7.30pm.

Until his retirement in 2009, Dr. Peter Jordan was a Senior Lecturer in the History and Theory of Art at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). His main research interest is in the origins and development of the public art collection, and he has a number of publications on this subject, including, the 'Origins of the Clonmel Municipal Art Collection', Journal of the South Tipperary Historical Society, 2006, and most recently a history and catalogue of the Waterford Municipal Art Collection.

Dr Jordan will be giving a talk on the origins and development of Irish Municipal Art Collections during the 1930s and 1940s with reference to the South Tipperary County Museum Collection and the current exhibition Irish Women Artists of the 20th Century an exhibition drawn from The Niland Collection, and The Collection of South Tipperary County Museum presented in collaboration with The Model, home of The Niland Collection, Sligo. Artists in the exhibition include; Sarah Purser, Estella Solomons, Eva Hamilton, Mary Swanzy, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Nano Reid, Norah McGuinness, Frances Kelly, Bea Orpen,  Dorothy Cross, Alice Maher, Marie Foley and Clare Langan.

For further information or to book contact Sally O’Leary Arts Officer, Tel 052 613 4565 or email sally.oleary@southtippcoco.ie

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Irish Women Artists of the Twentieth Century

A new exhibition Irish Women Artists of the 20th Century was launched at the County Museum and presented by South Tipperary County Council Arts Service.

The exhibition opened by Alice Lyons, poet and visual artist and was formally launched by Cllr Michael Fitzgerald, Cathaoirleach of South Tipperary County Council in October.

The exhibition is drawn from The Niland Collection, and The Collection of South Tipperary County Museum and is presented in collaboration with The Model, home of The Niland Collection, Sligo. The Niland collection features a large amount of work by female artists, and a selection of these works, shown together with works from the South Tipperary County Museum collection, provide an opportunity to examine some of the changing themes and practices of women artist’s throughout the century to the present day. Artists in the exhibition include; Sarah Purser, Estella Solomons, Eva Hamilton, Mary Swanzy, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellett, Nano Reid, Norah McGuinness, Frances Kelly, Bea Orpen,  Dorothy Cross, Alice Maher, Marie Foley and Clare Langan.

The exhibition is open at the South Tipperary County Museum, Clonmel from 7th Oct 2011 and runs until 14st January 2012.

All are welcome to attend this event.

For further information contact:
Sally O’Leary
Arts Officer
South Tipperary County Counci

T. 052 613 4565
E. arts@southtippcoco.ie
W. www.southtipparts.ie