MTU CRAWFORD COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

HOSTING

CULTURE NIGHT AT 46 GRAND PARADE

5-10PM

This year, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design (CCAD) hosts activities by MTU alumni, students, staff and invited artists at our iconic 19th century building, a part of MTU CCAD Campus, at 46 Grand Parade, Cork City, T12 VN56.

Exhibitions

MTU Gallery at 46 Grand Parade hosts selected works from the MTU Arts Collection, acquired from graduating students of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design over the past three decades.

Artist include: Oonagh Hurley, Rebecca Ajeigbe, Cliona O’Sullivan, Elisa Feirtéar, Edel O'Reilly, Margaret Hogan, Aneta Sawicka, Isaac Stillwell, Pauline Gibbons, Camilla Winquist, Siobhan O’Connor, Ava Hayes, Lucy Quane, Catherine Hennessey, Petrina Shortt, Siofra Holyland, Rebecca Bradley, Amanda Mulley and Siofra Holylabnd.

This beautiful selection of painting, photography, drawing, print, textiles and moving image showcases observation, perception, and perseverance.

See more about the MTU Art Collection at MTU Art & Culture Website

MTU Gallery at 46 Grand Parade, 5-10pm

The Reclaim Project is a community space challenging power abuse in the arts through creative collaboration. Witness the force of creatives emerging in solidarity and strength through an exhibition of The Reclaim Project posters, and feel invited to add your voice as an artist.  

Ground floor alcove, 5pm – 9pm  

Broken Fields is a multi-disciplinary collective made up of individual practitioners Louise Harrington, Enya Moore, Aideen O' Donovan and Kate O' Shea. Broken Fields brings together experience, knowledge and practice from the fields of socially engaged art, architecture, community work, activism, research and writing. The name Broken Fields refers to the breaking down of disciplines, siloes and fields. In the breaking down of these constructed boundaries, Broken Fields brings together the strengths of diverse practices in processes, projects and spaces that are deeply place-based. Enter the Broken Fields installation in the micro-gallery window space, alone or with another, to experience the impact of such social spaces in limited environments.   Micro Gallery window space, 5pm-9pm.   

The installation will continue from 18th September to 6th October  

microGALLERY, 5-10PM

Drawbridge - presents an exhibition highlighting their worka drawing research hub established in MTU Crawford College of Art & Design - was founded by Dr Helen Farrell and Dr Lucy Dawe-Lane in 2020 to facilitate opportunities for researchers, students and artists to collaborate and exchange ideas around contemporary drawing practice. With a focus on promoting the capability of drawing to give form to thought, Drawbridge continues to engage in drawing projects, exhibitions and collaborations with the aim of consolidating current drawing practice and research activity within MTU.

STUDIO 3 // 5-10PM

Homesick - Creativity & Change, in collaboration with Financial Justice Ireland, present an interactive exhibition highlighting the effects of unequal financial systems like tax, trade and debt, featuring the creative responses of artists Neltah Chadamoyo, Kate O' Shea and Elisa Babkina 

Studio 4, 5pm-9pm.

Film screenings

Crawford Supported Studios works from a belief that creative expression is our first language. The project supports the artistic engagement of artists with intellectual disabilities. It challenges us as cultural institutions to consider strengths-based approaches to ability and education, and fresh approaches to gallery programming, amplify marginalized voices and enabling more equitable civic participation. 

Looped screening of a beautiful series of artists portraits on film, co-created with photographer/filmmaker Clare Keogh. 

Studio 2 5pm-9pm.

MEDIAHOMES is an interdisciplinary project across the humanities and the social sciences. It investigates representations of the housing crisis in Europe across essays films, documentaries, and other non-fiction screen media, looking in particular at Irish, Portuguese and British women filmmakers. Join research fellow Anna Viola Sborgi (UCC) for short film screenings and a discussion around the place of media in social justice.  

Lecture Space; 6pm-7pm   

www.mediahomesproject.com 

Homofónia A film by Alana Daly Mulligan and Luke K. Murphy. "As their Debs application deadline approaches, a closeted couple must sort their domestic issues as Gaeilge to prevent their classmates from knowing they’re an item. However, translation issues leave their relationship in jeopardy." The film screening will accompany an artist talk and discussion about the rights of the LGBTQAI+ community around the world  

Lecture Space, Film 7.15pm (15 minutes), followed by artist presentation and Q&A, 7.30-7.50pm.  

Film in Changemaking Panel discussion hosted by Chriszine Backhouse (Creativity & Change) featuring Alana Daly Mulligan and actor Aoife Commons (Homofonia), Anna Viola Sborgi (MEDIAHOMES) and filmmaker Linda Curtin around the role and power of socially-engaged, film-making. 

Lecture Space, 8pm-8.40pm  

Workshops

Isteach Cork host a 'box-head' making workshop, inviting young and old to raise awareness of housing inequality through creating house-shaped masks, inspired by Cork's now-iconic mural by street artist Asbestos. Have your photo taken and keep your box-head to wear around Culture Night, or feel welcome to add it to the Isteach collection, as part of the Homesick exhibition in Studio 4.  Studio 1: Drop-in, 30-minute sessions every half-hour from 6pm-8.30pm  

And more… We invite you all to call in, wander around and get creative.