ART NOW gallery visits will introduce you to a different exhibition and venue each week and offer you the opportunity to engage with the work of local, national and international artists who employ different materials, techniques and stylistic approaches.

Details of each week’s visit (in and out of Belfast) will be distributed before the first meeting. Class members are responsible for their own transport arrangements and costs to and from each venue.

Winter Series 2012               10 weeks           Class limit: 35                                  Fee: £60.00                           

Thursdays     11.00am - 12.30pm, starting 19th January 2012

Fridays          11.00am - 12.30pm, starting 20th January 2012 

Fridays             1.30pm - 3.00pm, starting 20th January 2012

**   The first Art Now gallery visit will be to the Golden Thread Gallery, Great Patrick Street, Belfast to

       see the Dermot Seymour retrospective exhibition: Fish, Flesh and Fowl.

Click here to view the full itinerary - details of the Winter Series will be available in early January 2012.

                                                              

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ART IN DUBLIN                   THURSDAY 12th JANUARY 2012

                                             TUESDAY 20th MARCH 2012

 

ART IN DUBLIN DAY

 

 

Civil Rights etc. – Rita Donagh and Richard Hamilton retrospective

 

Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane

 

“This exhibition includes works by Richard Hamilton and Rita Donaghy from the 1960s to this decade that primarily relate to Ireland, but also to seminal moments of social change in recent history. The two artists share a viewpoint of ‘political or moral motivation’ and a concern for human rights and justice, while also using images directly taken from popular culture and the mass media.

Richard Hamilton was a key member of the Independent Group and one of the leading artists during the emergence of Pop Art in Britain in the 1950s. Hamilton’s work, addressing themes of consumerism, contemporary culture, politics and war, continues to be hugely influential and respected internationally.

Civil Rights etc. concentrates on his iconic political works, including Kent State and Swingeing London, as well as the striking images from Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The exhibition also features the installation Treatment Room, a response to Margaret Thatcher's reign as Prime Minister in Britain and his more recent protest pictures created in the context of the war in Iraq in the early 90s, as well as more recently the 00s and the current situation in the Middle East.

Since the 1970s, Rita Donagh’s work has focused on the political unrest in Northern Ireland and her concern for the future of Ireland. Donagh frequently uses media imagery and maps in her work; Civil Rights etc. includes both her explorations of the territories of Ireland and of the British Midlands, where she grew up. Her interest in the nature of abstract and representational imagery, inherent in map-making, is also evident in the self-portraits included in this exhibition.”

 

Thursday 12th January 2012         10.45am – 1.00pm      Fee:    £15.00

 

 

Class members, who are responsible for their own travel/lunch arrangements and costs, should meet at the reception entrance to the Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin at 10.45 am.

 

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ART IN DUBLIN DAY

 

 

Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

 

IMMA                       Irish Museum of Modern Art

 

 

“This exhibition, a collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston USA, is selected from the wide-ranging art holdings of Bank of America, one of the largest and most comprehensive corporate collections of photography in the world.

Conversations features portraits, still lifes, landscapes, documentary images, and experimental abstractions by more than 100 different artists, grouped thematically to create visual “conversations.” Nineteenth-century works are compared with modern, European juxtaposed with American, close-ups paired with distant views, and staged subjects alongside documentary.

Among the artists represented are Gustave Le Gray, Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugène Atget, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Lee Friedlander, Cindy Sherman and Thomas Struth.”  

 

 

Tuesday 20th March 2012          10.45am-1.00pm             Fee:  £15.00             

                                                   

 

Class members, who are responsible for their own travel/lunch arrangements and costs, should meet at the reception entrance to the New Galleries at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin at 10.45am.

 

 

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THEMED SEMINAR DAYS @ THE ISLAND ARTS CENTRE, LISBURN

                                                     

In addition to the ART NOW gallery visits Arttalks : Artwalks also runs a number seminar days at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn.

The next Themed Days will be held in Spring 2012:

TOPICS:  ART IN SPAIN      ART IN AMERICA        ART IN FRANCE

                ART NOUVEAU     ART DECO

 

Information on future Themed Days for Winter and Spring 2012 will be posted at a later date. 

Please contact Arttalks:Artwalks if you are interested in any of these days.

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Art:Chat Coffee Club: Monthly coffee and sticky buns

Meeting on the second Tuesday of each month (usually!), this is an opportunity to view a current exhibition and then indulge in arty chat with friends over good coffee and sticky buns.

Winter Meetings:                   There are NO meetings this session                                                £15.00     

Art:Chat Coffee Club meetings will resume in the Spring 2012     

Details of each monthly meeting will be sent to club members before the first meeting.

 

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CHRISTMAS LUNCH :  FRIDAY 9th DECEMBER 2011 – 12.30pm

 

LIGHTERS RESTAURANT @ THE ISLAND ARTS CENTRE, LISBURN

 

A glass of Mulled Wine on arrival

 

STARTERS

 

Vegetable Broth – served with homemade wheaten bread

 

Vine tomato, caramelised cranberry & mozzerella tartlet – drizzled with fresh basil and garlic dressing (v)

 

Classic Prawn Cocktail – prawns in marie rose sauce on crisp iceberg lettuce served with wheaten bread.

 

Chicken Liver and Whisky Parfait – served with toasted ciabatta bread

 

 

MAIN COURSES

 

Traditional Turkey & Roast Ham – with fresh herb stuffing, chipolata sausages & homemade cranberry sauce

 

Slow cooked Sirloin of Beef – served with Yorkshire pudding and Bordelaise sauce

 

Pan-fried fillet of Salmon – with a fresh dill & lime crust, served with garlic & lemon butter

 

Wild mushroom & chestnut millefeuille with a port and fresh thyme cream (v)

 

Main course served with roast and creamed potatoes and Chef’s selection of seasonal vegetables

 

 

DESSERTS

 

Traditional Christmas Pudding – served with home-made brandy sauce

 

Wild Berry Trifle

Fresh Fruit Salad – with a Grand Marnier syrup

 

White chocolate cheesecake with cappuccino cream

 

Tea/Coffee with Festive Mince Pie                                       £20.00 per person

 

If you are interested in joining the Christmas Lunch please contact Arttalks:Artwalks by email - info@arttalksartwalks.co.uk  or complete the registration form below by THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2011 by clicking here.

 

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ADDITIONAL LECTURES & EVENTS - AUTUMN 2011

 

Sun 27th Nov @ Ulster Museum             Art of the Table – (with Nicole Mezey)

                                                                      Class registration through the Ulster Museum,

                                                                      Botanic Gardens, Belfast.

 

                                                          

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ADDITIONAL LECTURES & EVENTS - WINTER 2012

 

Lectures & Events: Winter 2012

 

Tuesdays @ QUB (Holywood)                Sister Arts: Poems & Paintings

                                                                      Lectures series x 10 (with Tess Maginess)

                                                                      from 10th Jan      10.45am-12.15pm

                                                                      Class registration through Open Learning,

                                                                      School of Education, QUB

                                                                      

Wednesdays @ Ulster Museum              Irish Art: 1945 – today – lecture series x 10

                                                                      from 18th Jan       11.00am-12.00pm

                                                                      Class registration through the Ulster Museum,

                                                                      Botanic Gardens, Belfast

 

Sun 19th Feb @ Ulster Museum            Street Art – (with Nicole Mezey)

                                                                     Class registration through the Ulster Museum,

                                                                     Botanic gardens, Belfast

 

Full details of each of these visits will be posted out to class members who have already expressed interest;

if you are interested please contact Arttalks:Artwalks and/or complete the registration form by clicking here.