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Date: Wednesday 18 November 2009
Venue: Irish Museum of Modern Art
A public forum on the amalgamation of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, announced by the Government in 2008, will be held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 18 November. The event is being organised by IMMA both as a means of exploring further the possible impact of the decision on the Museum and in response to the many queries which IMMA has received on the subject from visitors, artists, collectors and other stakeholders.
The forum aims to provide a cross section of perspectives on the amalgamation, both for and against, from a wide-ranging panel of speakers. In addition to drawing together the various strands of opinion on the issue, it will also make available the experience of international colleagues who have operated within, or been involved in setting up, an amalgamated structure and will give interested parties within Ireland the opportunity to contribute to the debate.
Date: Wednesday 18 November 2009
9.30 Participants arrive. Tea/coffee available
10.00 Chair, Terry Prone welcoming address
10.05
Eoin McGonigal
, Chairperson, IMMA.
10.15 Two international directors speak of their personal experience of operating within/setting up an amalgamated structure
Michael Houlihan,
Director General, National Museum Wales
Sune Nordgren,
Founding Director of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, currently Project Manager at the Kivik Art Centre and the Museum Vandalorum in Sweden.
11.00
Noel Kelly,
Director, Visual Artists Ireland.
Jacinta Lynch,
Director, Broadstone Studios
Patrick T Murphy,
Director, Royal Hibernian Academy
11.30 Tea/coffee
11.50
Jim Power,
economist
Pat Cooke,
Director, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University
College Dublin
12.20
Mike Fitzpatrick
, Head of School, Limerick School of Art and Design.
Brian Fay,
artist, lecturer and member of IMMA’s Artists’ Panel
12.40 Lunch (including time for media interviews)
13.45 Anthony Cronin, writer and Saoi of Aosdána
13.55
Hughie O’Donoghue
, artist
Jaki Irvine,
artist
Jerome Ó Drisceoil,
Director, Green on Red Gallery
14.25 Enrique Juncosa, Director, IMMA.
14.40 Tea/coffee
15.00 Round table discussions (or general open questions and answers)
15.30 Feedback from round tables
16.00 Chair draws forum to a close, with summary of conclusions
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