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THE PORT OF CORK COMPANY MARITIME COLLECTION

Sirius Arts Centre in partnership with The Port of Cork Company

Present

THE PORT OF CORK COMPANY MARITIME COLLECTION
an exhibition of Maritime Paintings and Models

Open to the public from Saturday 9 June

running until Sunday 22 July

Special thanks to Peter Murray, Director,  Crawford Art Gallery

Sirius Arts Centre is pleased to present this exhibition of Maritime Paintings and Models from the Port of Cork’s collection. The Port of Cork Company's headquarters at Custom House is home to a fine collection of historic maritime art dating from the 1800s. Most notable among the collection are a number of maritime paintings by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson who painted ships and maritime views, and Robert Lowe Stopford who gave us a series of panoramic views of Queenstown (Cobh).  Both give us a great insight into the shipping of the time and glimpses of a harbour long since changed.

Many of the works in this exhibition are featured in the book Maritime Paintings of Cork 1700 – 2000 by Peter Murray, Director of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.  Sirius Arts Centre is pleased to be able to present this exhibition in our galleries. Special thanks to the Port of Cork, Crawford Art Gallery and Peter Murray in supporting this exhibition.

Gallery hours Wed – Fri 11Am -1pm and 2pm – 5pm/Sat & Sun 2pm – 5pm/Mon& Tues Closed.

Exhibition will run until Sunday 22 July

For more information contact Sirius Arts Centre at 021 481 3790

LEAVING HOME: Images of Emigration Circa 1920’s Cobh

From the Mount Brandon Hotel Collection
Opening Thursday 8 March 7:00pm

At the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh

Images of Emigration Circa 1920’s Cobh

Running until Sunday 22 April

As part of the RMS Titanic Centenary Commemoration, Sirius Arts Centre is honoured to exhibit photographs from the Mount Brandon Hotel Collection (Courtesy of Mrs. Iris Toner). Taken in a local photography Studio, these images capture travellers prior to embarking on journeys that would change their lives forever. The exhibition also includes images of Cobh street scenes from the Lawrence Collection (Courtesy of the Wiltshire Collection, The National Library of Ireland).  In mounting this exhibition, Sirius Arts Centre wishes to create a space for contemplation and reflection, commemorating the RMS Titanic and all those who continued to emigrate from Ireland in the years that followed the tragedy – the people of in these photographs emigrated in the years after the Titanic left Cobh as many other thousands did in the years that followed.

Special thanks to Iris Toner for the loan of the collection to create this exhibition and to Tony O’Brien at Right Brain (www.rightbrain.ie) for his sponsorship and care in printing the images.

For more information contact Sirius Arts Centre at 021 481 3790

Or via email at: cobharts@iol.ie

www. siriusartscentre.ie

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The Pier - a Photographic Exhibition at the Sirius

The Alliance Française, Dublin in partnership with Sirius Arts Centre present
THE PIER

Photographs by Charlie Jouvet

Exhibition opens on Friday 2nd March at 5.30pm
in the presence of H.E. Emmanuelle d’Achon
Running from 24 February to 21 April

The Pier is a collection of images created by French Photographer, Charlie
Jouvet. Made while in residency with the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh County Cork
the exhibition captures a meditative journey from the centre of the island of Cobh to
the sea and the former White Star Line Pier from which many people departed
Ireland for new life beyond.

Based in Berlin, Charlie Jouvet's photographs have been exhibited in Cambodia,
Ireland, France, Poland and Switzerland. Most recently Charlie's work was
exhibited at PhotoPhnomPenh festival in November 2010 in Cambodia, curated
by well-known French Critic and Curator, Christian Caujolle and in Berlin at
Pavlov's Dog Gallery, curated by Peggy Sue Amison Artistic Director of Sirius Arts
Centre. The works in this exhibition were created during a residency at the Sirius
Arts Centre in November/December 2009 and were initially exhibited at Sirius Arts
Centre in 2011.

The artist will talk further about his photographic work at the launch of the exhibition.

Alliance Française de Dublin
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2


Monday-Thursday: 8.30am-7.30pm
Friday: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 8.30am to 2pm

Contact: Françoise Brung
Cultural Co-ordinator
01 638 1447
gallery@alliance-francaise.ie

Christy Leahy | Seamie O’Dowd | Ger Wolfe | Caoimhín Vallely Thursday 1 March 8pm

For Immediate Release

Cobh County Cork

Presents
an evening with

Tickets €15

Four of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians combine their individual talents in a refreshing performance of music and song. Bringing together the distinctive musical styles of Cork, Sligo and Armagh, all four are at the forefront of the current wave of musicians featuring on some of the most notable recordings and line-ups in traditional Irish music today.

with:-
Christy Leahy (button accordion)
Seamie O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle & songs)
Ger Wolfe (guitar & songs)Caoimhin Vallely (piano)

For more information or to book tickets please contact Sirius at 021 481 3790 or via email at: cobharts@iol.ie

Tony McMahon and Steve Cooney to perform in Cobh

Sirius Arts Centre presents  an evening with  Tony MacMahon and Steve Cooney

Friday 10 February 8:00pm

For more information or to book tickets contact Sirius at 021 481 3790

Or via email at cobharts@iol.ie