Taispeántais | Exhibitions
SCENE THROUGH A LENS - GRIANGHRAFADÓIREACHT BHAILE CHRUAICH | PHOTOGRAPHS OF BALLYCROY
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Beidh taispeántas - Scene Through a Lens - de chuid Grúpa Ghrianghrafadóireacht Bhaile Chruaich le feiceáil in Áras Inis Gluaire le linn na míosa seo. Tháinig an grúpa seo le chéile nuair a thosagiigh Todchaí Phobal Bhaile Chruaich ar thionscadal grianghrafadóireachta sa bhliain 2008. Grianghrafadóirí amaitéaracha, a thóg grianghraif de ghnáth mhuintir na háite agus an tír máguaird, a ghlac páirt sa tionscadal seo. D'oibrigh siad faoi stiúradh an ghrianghrafadóra, Steven Doyle. De bharr a gcuid oibre cuireadh an bailiúchán grianghraf le chéile i leabhar 200 leathanach, Ballycroy - Images of People and Places. I mí Lúnasa 2010 taispeánadh scoth na ngrianghraf in Ionad Phobail Bhaile Chruaich agus rith sé go rí-mhaith leis an bpobal. D'fhoilsigh siad féilire don bhliain 2011 ag úsáid na ngrianghraf, an fear is sine i mBaile Chruaich, John Cleary atá 101 bliain d'aois ina measc. Cead isteach saor in aisce.
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An exhibition of photographs, titled Scene Through a Lens by the Ballycroy Photography Group will be on display in Áras Inis Gluaire until the end of the month. The Ballycroy Photography Group evolved from a project started by Ballycroy Community Futures in 2008. The project involved amateur photographers taking pictures of their local people and lanscape. They worked under the guidance of a professional photographer, Steven Doyle. It culminated in a 200 page book published in October 2009 titiled Ballycroy - Images of People and Places. In August 2010 they exhibited some of their personal favourite pictures in Ballycroy Community Centre during the Community Festival. This exhibition was well received by all. Since then, they have produced a calendar for 2011, featuring pictures of Ballycroy and includes the oldest Ballycroy man, Mr. John Cleary, aged 101 years. They hope to continue their success with another community based project in 2011. Admission free.
Áras Inis Gluaire T: 097 81079 R: l.padden@arasinisgluaire.ie I: www.arasinisgluaire.ie
AN TAISPEÁNTAS TUÍ, FÉIR & LUACHRA | STRAW, HAY & RUSHES EXHIBITION:
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Beannú traidisiúnta ab ea “Má b’eol dom go raibh tú ag teacht bheadh luachra glasa leata agam romhat” a rá le cara nó gaol nár thug cuairt ar do bhaile le tamall fada.
Taispeánfaidh Tuí, Féar & Luachra, taispeántas nua sealadach a osclóidh in Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Saol na Tuaithe, Páirc Thurlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh an tseachtain seo chugainn, chomh seiftiúil is a bhí daoine agus iad ag déanamh nithe le húsáid sa teach agus ar an bhfeirm as ábhair a bhí coitanta mórthimpeall orthu. Creideann coimeádaí an taispeántais, an Dr. Anne O'Dowd, go gcuirfidh an taispeántas i gcuimhne do dhaoine an nath sin a chloistear go minic, "Múineann gá seift", nath a d'fhéadfaimis ar fad leas a bhaint as sa chúlú eacnamaíochta seo.
Bunábhair laethúla amhail tuí, féar agus luachra a bhíodh i gceist; bhídís ar fad le fáil go flúirseach faoin tuath. Tráth go raibh na nithe sa taispeántas á ndéanamh bhíodh sé de nós ag breathnadóirí a rá i nglór uasal go híseal gur slí bheatha "cothabhála" a bhí ag cleachtóirí na gceird seo. Ach is amhlaidh go léiríonn an réimse mór nithe, ó chathaoireacha uilleacha go bréagáin do pháistí agus diallaití marcaíochta agus rópaí tuí an chaoi ar chuir daoine na hábhair agus na scileanna a bhí acu chun feidhme san am atá caite.
Seanmhodh taispeáinte is ea atá in úsáid sa taispeántas seo. Beidh ‘caibinéad de nithe inspéise’ lán le diallaití, gabhalscarthaí, cathaoireacha, stóil, hataí tuí, neadacha circe, teaghráin, laincisí agus buaracha, ciseáin, coirceoga, mataí, tochtanna, coiléir chapaill agus asail, srianta agus painéil phaca. Gheobhaidh cuairteoirí léargas ar conas mar a bhí sé luí ar thocht tuí, suí ar chathaoir uilleach tuí agus hata tuí a chaitheamh. Lena chois sin, chífidh cuairteoirí cóip nua-aimseartha de chulaith iomlán tuí a bronnadh ar an Ard-Mhúsaem in 1903 agus féadfaidh siad breathnú isteach sna súile ar an bhfear tuí bunaidh, cara Dorothy ... an taibhse préachán é féin.
Cloistear go leor le blianta beaga anuas mar gheall ar choincheap na hinbhuanaitheachta ó pholaiteoirí, pleanálaithe, eacnamaithe, cleachtóirí glasa agus saoránaigh fhreagracha. Coincheap é atá níos práinní anois ná riamh.
Beidh roinnt gníomhaíochtaí oideachais ar siúl ag an am céanna leis an taispeántas suas go tús 2010. Gheofar eolas breise ón Mhúsaem agus ar www.museum.ie Níl aon táille isteach sa taispeántas. Amanna oscailte: Máirt—Sath: 10 – 5; Domh: 2 – 5. Dúnta ar an Luan (laethanta saoire bainc san áireamh)
Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann - Saol na Tuaithe: T: (094) 9031 755 R: tpark@museum.ie I: www.museum.ie
“If I knew you were coming I would have spread green rushes for you" was a traditional greeting to welcome a friend or relative who had not visited your home for a long time.
Straw, Hay & Rushes, a new temporary exhibition which opens in the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar next week, shows the great ingenuity of people in using everyday materials to make objects for use abouth the house and farm. The exhibition curator, Dr. Anne O’Dowd, believes the exhibition will also call to mind that other oft used phrase, "Necessity is the mother of invention", a phrase which may have particular resonance for us all in today’s difficult economic climate.
These everyday materials were as basic as straw, hay and rushes all of which were available for free in the landscape around us. When the objects in the exhibition were being made observers rather patronisingly described the way of life of the practitioners as "subsistence." The ingenious use of materials to make a very large range of objects from armchairs to children’s toys and riding saddles to straw ropes shows how people traditionally made the most of materials and skills available to them.
An older style display method is being used in this exhibition. A cabinet of curiosities is packed with saddles, straddles, chairs, stools, straw hats, hens’ nests, tethers, fetters and spancels, baskets, beehives, mats, mattresses, horse and donkey collars, bridles and pack panels. Visitors will be able to experience what it was like to lie on a straw mattress, to sit on a straw armchair and to examine a straw bale wall. In addition, visitors will see a modern copy of a complete straw outfit which was donated to the National Museum in 1903 and go up close and personal with the original straw man and Dorothy’s friend…. the Scarecrow himself.
Politicians, planners, economists, green practitioners and responsible citizens regularly have talked about sustainability over the past number of years and it is a concept which has more relevance today than ever before.
A number of education activities will also take place to complement the exhibition which will run until early 2010. Further details available from the Museum and www.museum.ie. Admission to the exhibition is free. Opening times: Tues-Sat: 10am – 5pm; Sun: 2-5pm. Closed Mondays (incl. Bank Holidays).