Irish Women Artists in the 20th Century w/ Marianne O’ Kane Boal

Feb. 3-6th, 2023 - Féile na mBan celebrates the contributions of woman in our diaspora and those around the world. It honours their  creativity, their talents and their extraordinary achievements

Féile na mBan

This talk will explore the development of modernism in Ireland through the work of three pioneers; Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone and Mary Swanzy

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A weekend of women-led artistry discussion and celebration in Bundoran Co. Donegal over the February Bank Holiday Weekend (Feb 3-6th 2023)

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Marianne O’Kane Boal is a well-known curator and art and architecture critic. She has written extensively on these subjects over the past 25 years. She writes for the Irish Arts Review, Perspective, Living Design, Visual Artists Newsletter, Art Quarterly and Architecture Ireland. She served as a Director on the board of the Context Galleries, Derry for seven years and has been on the Editorial Committee of Perspective since 2003. She is former Visual Arts Officer for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and has worked for the Office of Public Works in Dublin. She has curated over forty exhibitions including 'Exploring Spaces,' 2014, Mid Antrim Museum at the Braid, ‘The Stories Buildings Tell,’ Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, 2011, ‘Two Minds: Ten Artists and Ten Architects’ Belfast and Dublin, 2007 and John Kindness Retrospective, Belfast, 2006. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and Expert Advisor on Art for the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment. In her capacity as Visual Arts Officer, O’Kane Boal represented the Arts Council of Northern Ireland on a number of public art selection panels for major commissions. She also liaised with the art co-ordinators at major hospitals in Northern Ireland overseeing delivery of the integrated artworks projects at the Mater Hospital under Vivien Burnside and Part II of the Royal Hospital’s project under Philip Napier. When working for the Department of the Environment in Derry in 1999, O’Kane Boal was responsible for drafting Northern Ireland’s first Public Art Commissioning Strategy for the City of Derry. She has lectured for over 24 years, acting as a Faculty Member and Adjunct Professor for Boston University Dublin Internship Programme 1999-2003, also acting as Guest Lecturer for the Institute of Irish Studies at Queens University and the North-Eastern University, Boston. She has worked as a part-time lecturer on the Architectural Design programme at ATU Sligo. In recent years she has been working closely with Northern Visions on a series of programmes featuring interviews with well-known Irish artists including; Brian Connolly, Barbara Freeman, Tony Hill, Jack Pakenham, Sharon Kelly, Gerry Gleason, Susan MacWilliam, Micky Donnelly, Moira McIvor, Fergus Delargy. O’Kane Boal is currently working as a postgraduate researcher at ATU Sligo on her PhD in Social Research. In 2019 she was appointed Postgraduate Representative of the Research and Innovation Committee at IT Sligo and is a member of the Postgraduate Society Committee. She is works part-time as Research and Evaluation Officer for Children’s Books Ireland.

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