CULTURE NIGHT 2024 Across MTU
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Culture Night Events at MTU | PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
Culture Night is a national celebration of arts and culture, taking place across Ireland in September each year.
Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir is brought to you by the Arts Council; it is a national moment, celebrating culture, creativity and the arts and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day. It is delivered nationwide in cities, towns, villages and rural locations as well as online and through our media partners. MTU is delighted to present a series of events and activities for Culture Night 2024, taking place in venues and spaces across the Southwest region, on our campuses in Cork and Kerry and with partner organisations.
Culture Night at MTU - Friday September 20th
MTU is an arts-rich technological University and has an exciting programme of activities on September 20th as part of the national Culture Night celebrations. With a 6-campus footprint across the Southwest region and projects also taking place in partner venues there is a lot to choose from. Music, performance, astronomy, art as activism, workshops, spoken word, creative conversations, visual art, film, STEAM, campus tours and concerts.
Bígí Linn!
MTU Bishopstown Campus
What: Culture Night at MTU Bishopstown Campus
Where: James Barry Exhibition Centre, MTU Bishopstown Campus, Cork, T12 P928
When: Friday 20th September
Times: 5 – 9pm
Description:
ECHOES | Student Engagement Exhibition, come see the 2024 MTU Student Engagement Exhibition.
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Echoes, the MTU Student Engagement Exhibition 2023, selected by student representatives and MTU Arts Office, presents graduating artists from MTU Crawford College of Art & Design who’s work addresses issues important to students and an evolving society.
Exhibition features artworks by recent graduates from 2024 BA Hons at the MTU Crawford College of Art & Design: Karina Bergin Maher, BA Hons Fine Art; Clare Brennan, BA Hons Fine Art; Alice Buckley Healy, BA Hons Fine Art; Ebon Creedon, BA Hons Fine Art; Kathy Cronin, BA Hons Fine Art; Eimear Donoughue, BA Hons Visual Communications; Caoimhe Moore, BA Hons Fine Art; Aron O'Connell, BA Hons Fine Art; Adam O'Lomasney, BA Hons Fine Art; Joanne O'Mahony, BA Hons Contemporary Applied Art; Ailbhe Reilly Tuite, BA Hons Fine Art; Jonathan Stack, BA Hons Fine Art; and Zoe Velthuysen, BA Hons Fine Art.
Promotional Material Designed by Marlene Borkert, BA Hons Visual Communication.
More details Click Here to see exhibition guide, or arts.mtu.ie
MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory
What: Culture Night at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory
Where: MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory, Castle Rd., Blackrock, Cork City, T12 YW52
When: Friday 20th September
Times: 6pm – 10pm
Description:
For Culture Night at MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory we’re celebrating archaeoastronomy.
We’ll investigate the important links between the night sky and culturally significant sites such as Newgrange, Bonane Stone Circle and more.
Visitors will get to experience a presentation on Irish Archeoastronomy, an art workshop inspired by Newgrange, and, weather permitting, our good friends at Cork Astronomy Club will host a session of live stargazing.
Booking is not required, but tours/presentations will be offered hourly on a first-come-first served basis, so please arrive early.
The venue is a medieval castle so has some accessibility issues with multilevel floorplan. However, the majority of the planed event will take place on the same level and can be accessed by wheelchairs, strollers and canes. The site features two tactile models for the benefit of visually impaired users.
MTU Cork School of Music Campus
What: Culture Night at CSM - Concerts, exhibitions, and building tours
Where: MTU Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork City.
When: Friday 20th September
Times: 4-10pm
Oíche Chultúir 2024
Visual Art Exhibition Foyer - From 16:00.
oils and charcoal works by Philip Murphy. a mix of figurative and landscape art, exploring music, musicians and the art they create from the perspective of another art form. The landscapes explore our impact - either great or insignificant and transitory or permanent - on land (in this case the Iveragh peninsula in Kerry), the marks we make in it through the generations.
Part of the Pause series, MTU Cork School of Music is honoured to host a new visual art exhibition.
Free admission and no booking required.
BA in Theatre & Drama Studies Actor Showcase
Stack Theatre, 19:00 - 20:00.
Featuring recent graduates and current students of the BA in Theatre and Drama Studies degree at MTU Cork School of Music. Presenting scenes and monologues from a range of theatre writers and much more.
Free admission but ticketed. Details to follow
Classical Music Recitals
Curtis Auditorium, 20:00 - 21:30
A variety of classical music performance from current students at MTU Cork School of Music.
Deirdre Cadogan, Clarinet (accompanied on piano by Billy O’Brien)
Tara Malone, Flute (accompanied on piano by Criostóir Ó Loingsigh)
Cillian Ó Cathasaigh, Violin (accompanied on piano by Ciara Moroney)
Sweet Dreams: Lullabies Around the World - 17:30 to 21:30
The Sweet Dreams: Lullabies Around the World project highlights the commonalities of local and migrant populations in Ireland.
Participants of the Women’s Programme at Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, have collected their native lullabies and expressed what the lullabies mean to them through drawing, pictures, crochet, sewing etc.
Some participants have recorded themselves singing their chosen lullabies, which you can listen to via the QR codes on the postcards. As part of Culture Night, this small and interactive exhibit wants YOU to participate too! Blank postcards have been provided so that anyone in Cork – of local or migrant background – can draw, write and remember the lullabies you hold most dear. By highlighting the emotions and values that we have in common, we can promote integration and inclusion for everyone in the Cork community.
Link to access the online content: https://www.facebook.com/MTUCorkSchoolofMusic/
MTU Crawford College of Art & Design Campus
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What: Culture Night at 46 Grand Parade with Exhibitions, Arts Engagement, Films, and More
Where: 46 Grand Parade, Cork City.
When: Friday 20th September
Times: 5-9pm
This iconic building will host exhibitions, films, workshops and more for This years Culture Night
MTU Gallery at 46 Grand Parade will host an exhibition of ceramics, photography, woodwork, and sculpture from MTU Crawford College of Art & Design Technical Staff,
COMMITTMENT. This exhibition reflects their own artistic ideals and expertise, invested in both art education and their own contribution to the vibrant, cultural visual art world they work, live in and contribute so much too - MTU Art & Culture arts.mtu.ie website or on crawford.mtu.ie for artist details.
View Crawford Supported Studios compelling portraits on film co-created with photographer /filmmaker Clare Keogh
For more info on these artists see - www.crawfordsupportedstudios.com
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Join Creativity & Change: for an exciting program of artistic interventions with socially engaged practitioners. Explore Artivism for Global Citizenship featuring artists, projects and workshops connected to the Creativity & Change programme at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design.
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Info from Instagram @creativityandchange
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO MTU CRAWFORD COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN WEBSITE OR FOLLOW US ON MTU CRAWFORD COLLEGE SOCIALS INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK
Culture Night at MTU Kerry Campus
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What: Kaleidoscope - a performance and multimedia experience
Where: The Island of Geese, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
When: Friday 20th September
Times: 8-9pm
The MTU Kerry Campus Culture Night event will take place for the second year at the Island of Geese on Friday 20th September from 8-9pm.
Following the success of last year’s event, the MTU Culture Night event in Tralee town aims to connect the University with the people of Tralee and demonstrate the strong arts and creative talents of MTU students and alumni.
Entitled “Kaleidoscope”, the performance will commence at 8pm at the Island of Geese for approximately an hour. The evening will include film, traditional music, spoken word, animation, poetry and solo classical and contemporary musical performances
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