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NEWS AND EVENTS 2022 AGM The 2022 AGM will take place on April 28th at 6pm in the Lecture Room of The Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2. For details click Here. Public Lecture The annual Public Lecture of the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland will take place on Thursday 28 April 2022 at 7:30pm in the Irish Architectural Archive (by kind permission) 45, Merrion Square East, Dublin 2, following the AGM. The lecture is entitled: Dealing with Controversy – Episodes from the History of the FNCI and will be delivered by Dr Róisín Kennedy, lecturer in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at UCD. Dr Kennedy is former Yeats Curator at the National Gallery of Ireland (2006 -2008) and of the State Collection at Dublin Castle (1998 1999). Dr Kennedy is co-editor and contributor to Harry Clarke and Artistic Visions of the New Irish State, (Irish Academic Press, 2018), Censoring Art - Silencing the Artwork (I.B.Tauris, 2018) and co-editor (with Fintan Cullen) of Sources in Irish Art 2. - A Reader, (Cork University Press, 2021). Her monograph, Art and the Nation State. The Reception of Modern Art in Ireland was published by Liverpool University Press in 2021. We look forward to welcoming you to the lecture. Visit to Drimnagh Castle The visit to Drimnagh Castle will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd at 10.45am. Details and booking form can be found Here. Visit to Farmleigh The visit to Farmleigh Estate will take place on Wednesday, May 18th. Details and booking form can be found Here. Visit to St Patrick's Pontifical University The visit to St Patrick's Pontifical University in Maynooth will take place on Thursday, June 2nd. Details and booking form can be found Here. Visit to Armagh The visit to the city of Armagh will take place on Saturday, June 18th. Details and booking form can be found Here. Death of Dr Thomas Ryan It is with profound regret that the President and Council of FNCI announce the death of our esteemed former President and Council Member, Dr. Thomas Ryan RHA 1929-2021. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Our New President At our Annual General Meeting in April, 2021 (held by Zoom because of Covid-19 health restrictions, which also prevented us from holding an AGM in 2020) Dr John Turpin was elected as President of the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland. Dr Turpin attended the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, was appointed professor of the history of art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 1975 and was director of the college from 1989 to 1994. He has published extensively on the history of Irish art and recently wrote the two volume History of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He has served a previous term as president of the FNCI. His predecessor, the distinguished painter Dr Tom Ryan, who sadly has died, was a former president of the Royal Hibernian Academy and was the first professional artist to have been president of the FNCI since Dermod O'Brien in the 1940s. Ms June Lattimore was re-elected as Honorary Secretary and Dr Michael Burns was re-elected as Honorary Treasurer. For a full list of the members of Council, click on ABOUT. A Generous Bequest The Friends of the National Collections of Ireland have received a generous bequest under the will of our former president, the late Dr John Maiben Gilmartin. It is very much appreciated, and will greatly assist us in our work, which has too often been frustrated through lack of funds. John joined the Friends while still a student, was an active and erudite member of Council for many years and was our president on two occasions, most recently from 2016 to 2018. It was entirely in character that his will should reflect his public spirit and philanthropy, with thoughtfully chosen gifts of paintings, sculpture and interesting objects left by him to a range of national and regional cultural institutions in Dublin, Sligo, Waterford and elsewhere. His contribution to the work of the Friends deserves to be commemorated, and Council is considering how best to do this. The Work Goes On Although the current Covid-19 pandemic restrictions have curtailed the FNCI's normal programme of visits and social events for its members, we have not allowed it to stop us from continuing to acquire works to donate to national and regional cultural institutions. For details of what we have been doing, please click on DONATIONS. We hope that circumstances will allow us to resume our social activities in the autumn. In the meantime we are extremely grateful to loyal members who have continued to pay the annual subscription. Give a friend a Gift of FNCI Membership Brighten somebody’s life throughout the year with a subscription to the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland (FNCI). Individual: = €40 Student: = €20 Family: = €60 Life Membership: = €500 Corporate Membership: = €600 Your much-appreciated gift will provide an opportunity to meet our members and to join in some truly memorable events during the year ahead. Just send a cheque or debit card details to: The Honorary Treasurer, FNCI, P.O. Box 11481, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 giving us the name and address of the person you want to receive this gift and leave the rest to us. |
Ireland's Oldest Arts Charity
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