Rewild Dublin? 🌱 #NCAD is co-hosting a one-day conference on 15 May 2024 exploring urban rewilding to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity, and build resilience. Free to attend, no booking required.
👉🏼 Full details: ncad.ie/news/view/rewi…
#NCAD FIELD University College Dublin

Lonnie is a truly inspiring person, so do join us if you can. 🤩👇

Three great speakers, but I have to make a particular shout out to my former colleague (and cataloguing teacher!) Eugene Roche from UCD Special Collections. A font of knowledge on the fascinating Franciscan collection! 🫶📚

Don't miss the next lecture (8th May) with librarians from MU Special Collections & Archives UCD Special Collections and Glucksman Library describing some important early modern collections in their care! ria.ie/early-modern-b…

In Inchicore, the council is working up plans for community uses for three buildings. It has commissioned a study to weigh up the future of the Mercy Convent gate lodge, the Goldenbridge Integrated Services Complex, and the old library. dublininquirer.com/2024/04/24/in-…

Studio+ Communication Design students are hosting an exhibition at Richmond Barracks today, Tues April 23rd, and Wed April 24th about Kilmainham Mill. All are welcome!
📍Richmond Barracks Gymnasium
Tues 2pm - 5pm, Wed 10am - 5pm
#NCAD #BoldandCurious #design

Exciting photography seminar UCD Humanities Institute coming up on Thursday - in-person & online! 📸

Momentarily resurfacing to warmly invite everyone to 'Love & War: 1914-2024', May 15-17th at Queen's University Belfast 🎓. Super grateful to the support of Acts of Union: Mixed Marriage in Modern Ireland Mitchell Institute at QUB Irish Studies QUB QUB AEL National Museums NI & Ulster Museum. It's free! Please book here👇
qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/m…

No no, not at all jealous seeing everyone's photographs from Venice 👀

Marie Lynch, curator of our new exhibition about the pioneering stained glass studio An Túr Gloine, explains why the studio's collective model was key to its success both nationally and internationally, and discusses some of its illustrious members.

AI as “a radical intensification of historical business as usual: the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and the powerless getting crushed by a machinery of power that is increasingly sophisticated, and enduringly barbaric.” 👇

Behind the Scenes at Crawford Art Gallery: Chiara Chillè, art conservator irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

A lovely event if you’re in Cork on Thursday (registration closes tomorrow)👇📸

“There are new laws that warn us we may be recorded by students in class, though only for the purposes of bringing a suit against us for political indoctrination.”

(A great, if terrifying read!)

This is such a long shot but here goes: I’m trying to track down a copy of Patrick Butterly’s self-published book From Radishes to Riches. There were only ever 90 copies published. Would anyone have a copy that I could borrow for a few days? RTs appreciated #stardust

Lovely to see Painting Dublin included in MUP's AAH reading list 🫶 It feels like far too long since I've been to an AAH too - wishing everyone a wonderful conference!

Date for the diary!

Women often entered the book trade through family connections. Living and working in a family printing house, enabled them to develop skills and knowledge.
Today we share some examples of printing families from our exhibition ‘Printing Women’ Maynooth University Library

Our last research seminar of the term will take place this Thursday. Dr Billy Shortall from Trinity College will discuss Hilary Herron's (1923-77) career and  the research journey that led to her first retrospective which will open at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Join us for our AGM & Annual Lecture - Mon 8 April 12pm. Reserve your free ticket: tinyurl.com/RBGLecture

Laura Ryan (Asst. Keeper of Visual Collections National Library of Ireland) will give a talk on “Preserving Children’s Literature as Special Collections in Ireland'.