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18February Friday
Tour

Nano Reid: The Early/Late Years – Two Walking Tours with Brendan Matthews

Time: Friday, February 18, 2022 February 18, 2022 - February 19, 2022
Join us on the final days of Nano Reid ADAMANTINE & discover more about Nano Reid’s early & late years through two informative walking tours About this event Explore more about artist Nano Reid and her life with community historian Brendan Matthews, as he takes you through some of the streets and lanes of the […]
08February Tuesday
Talks

Chameleon of My Mind: Encounters with Nano Reid – Leeanne Quinn

Time: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Join poet, Leeanne Quinn for this zoom talk which will focus on her engagement with Reid and will explore the different versions of Reid that she has encountered in recollections, remembrances and representations of her. Leeanne Quinn’s debut collection of poetry, Before You, was published by Dedalus Press in 2012 and highly commended in the […]
01February Tuesday

A Painter Among Writers: Nano Reid and the Literary World of the Mid-Twentieth Century by Dr Conor

Time: Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Nano Reid was often a painter among writers in Dublin during the crucial decades of her artistic career from the 1930s to the 50s. Her apartments in Pembroke Street and Fitzwilliam Square became a focal point for poets and authors, along with other artists. Major literary figures championed her painting including Liam O’Flaherty, Seán O’Faoláin, […]
25January Tuesday

Engineering Visual Identity: The Boyne Viaduct at Drogheda

Time: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Soaring across the Drogheda skyline the Boyne Viaduct was designed by Sir John Macneill from 1844 and constructed between 1851 and 1855. Born in Co. Louth, Macneill was one of the most prominent railway engineers of the nineteenth century and was engineer in chief of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. He introduced the principles of […]
18January Tuesday

Studio Visit: Up Close in the Land of the Giants with Jo Baer, introduced by Janine Armin

Time: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Presented within the context of Nano Reid ADAMANTINE, join American-born artist Jo Baer who has also been inspired by the landscape of the Boyne Valley. Baer arrived in Ireland in 1975 where she became chatelaine of the unheated 37-room Smarmore Castle in County Louth. Until her departure in 1982, she furthered her move away from […]
29December Wednesday
Performance

Long Woman’s Grave World Premiere Live Performance

Time: Wednesday, December 29, 2021
NOTE: COVID Certificate will be required in order to attend Join us for an evening of Irish Traditional Music on Wednesday December 29th at 3pm on the occasion of Nano Reid’s ADAMANTINE for the premier performance of Long Woman’s Grave – a brand new collaboration between three well-loved names in Irish Traditional Music – Nuala […]
10December Friday
Talks

Visual Thinking Strategies – Exploring Nano Reid with Claire Halpin

Time: Friday, December 10, 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm / €2
Friday, 10th December 2021 11:00 – 12:00 GMT Join a lively and reflective discussion on Drogheda-native, adamantine, Nano Reid with artist Claire Halpin, in a participant-centred session, its ambition to create inclusive discussion around artwork. Using Visual Thinking Strategies, the session is more a discussion where you can offer your opinion in what is going […]
20November Saturday
Tour

Nano Reid: ADAMANTINE – Catalogue Launch – Talks, A Reading and A Walking Tour

Time: Saturday, November 20, 2021 11:00 am - 3:00 pm / €10
Join the catalogue’s contributors for an engaging morning with new writing & research on the life, work, and legacy of Nano Reid. Saturday, 20 November 2021 11am to 3pm   The word ‘adamantine’ suggests something bold, unswerving, powerfully itself. These attributes apply not just to Nano Reid’s work, but also to the way she lived […]
12November Friday
Talks

Visual Thinking Strategies – Discussing Nano Reid with Claire Halpin

Time: Friday, November 12, 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm / €2
Friday, 12th November 2021 11:00 – 12:00 GMT Join a lively and reflective discussion on Drogheda-native, adamantine, Nano Reid with artist Claire Halpin, in a participant-centred session, its ambition to create inclusive discussion around artwork. Using Visual Thinking Strategies, the session is more a discussion where you can offer your opinion in what is going on […]
02October Saturday
Performance

Folding – A Live Performance – Anthony Kelly, Izumi Kimura & Cora Venus Lunny

Time: Saturday, October 2, 2021 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Saturday, 2nd October, 2021 3:30pm to 4:30pm   A series of collective compositions featuring piano, violin & viola in response to field recordings of Dún Laoghaire. Presented for our current exhibition CITY is A Sound Map Of Dún Laoghaire. This is an ongoing project by artists Anthony Kelly and David Stalling, featuring an online archive of […]