The Amulet Exhibition Tour

Friday 1 August – Friday 29 August 2014
David Booth | The Amulet Exhibition Tour | Friday 1 August – Friday 29 August 2014 | Galway Arts Centre

Opening Reception Friday 1 August at 6pm

The Amulet Exhibition Tour: Exploring the Hidden World of Infant Loss with Artist Marie Brett

The Amulet Exhibition Tour opens at Galway Arts Centre on 1 August 2014. Particular to infant loss, this poetic artwork links photographs of family amulets together with bereaved parents’ whispered stories describing their amulet’s meaning. The exhibition stems from The Amulet project (2009-2013), a collaboration between artist Marie Brett, bereaved parents, and three hospital sites: Cork University Maternity Hospital, University Maternity Hospital Limerick, and Waterford Regional Hospital. Intimate and universally relatable, you’ll feel and think differently about loss after seeing this show.

Panel Discussion

Date: Friday 1 August 2014

Time: 4pm

Venue: Árus na Gael, 45 Dominick Street Lower, Galway

The artist Marie Brett will join bereaved parents with curators Maeve Mulrennan and Margaret Flannery; Dr. Jenny Butler of UCC Folklore & Ethnology Department; Jane Whiriskey, Assistant Director of Midwifery at Galway University Hospitals; Anne McKeown, Bereavement Liaison Officer at Galway University Hospitals; and Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley of NUIG History Department in a discussion chaired by Ann O’Connor from The Arts Council

To enable viewing of the artwork prior to the panel discussion, the exhibition will be open on Friday 1 August from 2pm – 4pm at Galway Arts Centre.

This event is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

For further details and to book a place please contact Galway Arts Centre: 091 565 886 | info@galwayartscentre.ie

Image: David Booth
Friday 1 August – Friday 29 August 2014
Galway Arts Centre
47 Dominick Street
Galway
Telephone: + 353 91 565 886
info@galwayartscentre.ie
www.galwayartscentre.ie
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Tuesday 10:00 - 17:30
Wednesday 10:00 - 17:30
Thursday 10:00 - 17:30
Friday 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 14:00
Admission / price: Free

 
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