Podcasts about Ulster Museum

Liberty IT and Galway City Museum have announced the launch of a new educational partnership pilot to support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) learning for young people with the creation of a new digital skills initiative. The industry leader in digital innovation and the centre of learning and inspiration are set to develop a new immersive technology experience for Junior Cycle students as part of the museum's education offering. Liberty IT and Galway City Museum new educational partnership Laura Mackin, Director of Communications & Marketing from Liberty IT said, "We are delighted to partner with Galway City Museum to pilot a brand-new technology-focused workshop to empower and excite local school children, help develop their IT skills and inspire the future talent of our industry." "At Liberty IT, we foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and problem-solving and are deeply invested in making a positive impact on the Galway community," continued Mackin, "We are committed to supporting education and as part of this we are thrilled to announce the creation of a new and exciting collaborative workspace at Galway City Museum, designed to connect technology with the museum experience." "This partnership follows the hugely successful STEAM Studio which we created and launched in the Ulster Museum in Belfast earlier this year and to date, over 1,000 school children have had the opportunity to avail of this unique workshop. STEAM Studio is Liberty IT's largest invested programme across the island of Ireland and it is our hope that this new partnership will play a key role in the provision of tech learning for pupils across the West of Ireland, address the current lack of provision in this skillset and ultimately inspire young people to consider a career in the industry. We look forward to working with the team at Galway City Museum in the months ahead to develop a STEAM Studio pilot that is inspired by the museum's collection, is bespoke to the local community and helps develop and upskill students," said Mackin. The Mayor of Galway, Peter Keane, who welcomed the project said, "Galway City Council and Galway City Museum are delighted to partner with Liberty IT to launch the STEAM Studio in Galway. This initiative offers local students a unique opportunity to develop essential IT skills while exploring our rich heritage and history through the museum's exhibitions and collections." Eithne Verling, Director of the Galway City Museum said, "Galway City Museum welcomes this innovative and important project. The partnership with Liberty IT reinforces the museum's commitment to educational engagement and connecting the community with its cultural resources." Liberty IT is a leader in digital innovation employing over 800 employees across the island of Ireland. The company is proud to be part of the Fortune-ranked Liberty Mutual Insurance and one of the key drivers behind its global digital enablement journey. Galway City Museum is a centre of learning, inspiration, engagement & enrichment for its visitors by collecting, preserving and displaying the material heritage of Galway.

Senior Curator of History, Dr. Karen Logan, sat down in conversation with Belfast-born mural photographer Bill Rolston. Bill spoke about his work, his relationships with muralists in Northern Ireland and his exhibition 'Drawing Support: Murals, Memory and Identity'. This podcast was recorded at a live event and was hosted by Ulster University's Eilish Rooney. Keep up to date with what's happening at the Ulster Museum on our website → ulstermuseum.org

In this episode, the FAQ is: Using QR Codes. Are they safe?   Today's Destination is: Belfast, Northern Ireland Today's Misstep: My leaky water bottle was in the overhead bin on the airplane.   Travel Advice: Secondhand stores in Belfast are good deals.   FAQ: Using QR Codes. Are they safe?   Answer: When you open a QR code, pay attention to the context and the brand because it could contain a virus or even worse. Be careful when accessing websites on your desktop, laptop, tablet, watch, or phone. Preview the destination before you go there.    A QR code from a reputable source is more likely to be safe. It is best to proceed cautiously if you find a QR code in an unsolicited email or on a random website. Criminals have placed stickers over legitimate QR codes in public places like bus stops.   Today's destination: Belfast, Northern Ireland   https://visitbelfast.com/   The best part of Belfast, in Northern Ireland, is outside the city and exploring the countryside if possible. See the Giants Causeway, a national treasure of 40,000 hexagonal basalt stone columns that are 40 feet tall along the coast. These were formed 50-60 million years ago.   For perspective, there are 70 million people in the UK and 2 million people in No Ireland. The UK left the Left EU, but there is still a Land border with Ireland. The overall goal is one nation across the island. It's been mostly peaceful since the 198 Belfast Peace Agreement on Good Friday.   The forecast usually calls for rain, so bring your gear. I booked a tour that included many of the Game of Thrones locations, and I have never seen the films, so I was not very impressed. However, I'm told that scenic, narrow roads and unusual serpentine beech trees made this series memorable. It's an atmospheric tree tunnel and a little bit spooky; on my tour, with Patrick as a guide, we made many stops for castles, caves from 400 million years ago, Bushmills's Whiskey factory, churches, and pubs. Castle at Carrick Fergis  https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/carrickfergus-castle-p674971   I have relatives from Northern Ireland's Counties Leitrim and Louth, and my grandparents used to vacation along the Antrim coast and Glens National Landscape, a legacy of the Ice Age. I felt a tug of my ancestors here as I walked around a few graveyards in the countryside. I enjoyed Queen's University, the Botanic Gardens, the Ulster Museum, and Saturday Food and Craft Markets in the city. The Troubles Museum at Queen's University was really good. Its full name is the Museum of the Troubles and Peace. It's worth your visit, and it's free.   http://museumofthetroubles.org/ You can read about the conflicts between the English and the Irish. I heard about them growing up, as my grandfather was born in Ireland. I can have dual citizenship, which is very common among the locals here.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Museum On my next trip to Belfast, I will visit the following: Titanic museum  Black Taxi Cab Political Murals Tour The Crown Pub https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/the-crown-bar/visiting-the-crown-bar   Sandy Row: What is it? It's part of the turbulent history of Belfast.   https://belfastmedia.com/the-turbulent-19th-century-history-of-belfast-s-sandy-ro   Maybe by then, I will have watched Game of Thrones.   https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/giants-causeway   If you need special accessibility help, you can find wheelchair-accessible tours in the show notes. https://www.getyourguide.com/belfast-l442/wheelchair-accessible-tc239/   What else is there in Belfast? Fairies https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/irish-folklore-fairies/ Today's Misstep: I had a leaky water bottle in the plane's overhead compartment.   Tighten the seal on the water container. Mine leaked. I was on a plane and put the container in the overhead compartment. It leaked through my water container into another passenger's luggage on the flight. I was embarrassed to say anything but hoped nothing was ruined. Sorry about that.   Today's Travel Advice- Secondhand shops in Belfast have good deals.     Connect with Dr. Travelbest 5 Steps to Solo Travel website Dr. Mary Travelbest X Dr. Mary Travelbest Facebook Page Dr. Mary Travelbest Facebook Group Dr. Mary Travelbest Instagram Dr. Mary Travelbest Podcast Dr. Travelbest on TikTok Dr.Travelbest onYouTube In the news  

No to racists and fascists - No Pasarán!I was delighted to attend Féile An Phobail's Carnival Parade last Saturday as it meandered its colourful, inclusive and vibrant way from the Dunville Park to An Sportlann on Bothar na bhFal. Underage representatives of local GAA clubs, other sporting organisations, community groups and numerous street artistes joined ethnic groups as they danced their way up the road. Led by a battalion of motor bikers and more sedate Lambretta scooterists, Palestinian flags were on display the length of the walk. It was brilliant, noisy, cheerful and uplifting.Rita O'Hare – friend and patriotRita O'Hare is probably one of best known Irish Republican activists of the last six decades. She was a close friend and a comrade, as well as a wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother and someone who worked tirelessly in pursuit of Irish freedom and self-determination.More stories from the GraveI have known Tom Hartley for almost 60 years. During that time he has been the consummate political activist as a leader of Sinn Féin in Belfast and nationally. He is an archivist and a collector who has done more than anyone else to ensure that the Ulster Museum and Linen Hall Library have a range of artefacts and materials that tell the story of Irish republicanism.

Adi Toch is one of the world's most fascinating metal artists, who over the years has buried her pieces for months on end before digging them up, and even made them react to sound. She has also taken part in collaborations with furniture makers and glass artists. Adi has work in the permanent collections of the V&A, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland, and the Jewish Museum in New York. She won a Wallpaper Magazine Design Award in 2017, and in that same year was a finalist of the Loewe Craft Prize. She has also exhibited around the world from the FOG Design + Art fair in San Francisco with Sarah Myerscough Gallery to Make Hauser & Wirth in Somerset.In this episode we talk about: her extraordinary studio and sharing with two other leading metal artists; the relationships she has with different metals; her creative process and her use of ‘ghosts'; why the pandemic was hugely creative; her fascination with mirrors; how metal communicates through sound and ‘screams'; burying her pieces for months; growing up in Jerusalem; getting rejected initially from design school; and how the Gaza crisis has impacted on her identity. We're delighted that this episode has been sponsored by the wonderful Sarah Myerscough Gallery. Established in 1998, the gallery represents a distinguished group of contemporary craft and design artists, specialising in material-led processes with a focus on wood and natural materials. It also curates a fascinating programme of exhibitions. To find out more go to: www.sarahmyerscough.comSupport the Show.

Principally a sculptor who employs cast glass and drawing as primary methodologies, Clifford Rainey creates work that is interdisciplinary, incorporating a wide spectrum of materials and processes. A passionate traveler, his work is full of references to the things he has seen and experienced. Celtic mythologies, classical Greek architecture, the blue of the Turkish Aegean, globalization and the iconic American Coca-Cola bottle, the red of the African earth, and the human figure combine with cultural diversity to provide sculptural imagery charged with emotion.  A British artist whose work has been exhibited internationally for 50 years, Rainey was born in Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 1948. He began his career as a linen damask designer and worked in William Ewarts linen manufacturers from 1965 to 1968. Later, the artist studied at Hornsey College of Art, the Walthamstow School of Art, where he specialized in bronze casting, and the Royal College of Art, where he received his MA and specialized in glass. Between 1973 and 1975, Rainey ran his own glass studio in London and won a commission for a small sculpture to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. In 1984, the artist moved to New York and established additional studios there. Rainey's sculptural work has been exhibited internationally including: The Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Kunstmuseum in Dusseldorf, Germany, The Millennium Museum in Beijing, China, and the Museo de Arts Contemporaneo in Monterrey, Mexico. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including:  The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, The DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, The Fine Arts Museum of Boston, and The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada. Rainey has realized a number of public art commissions including: The Lime Street Railway Station in Liverpool, England, the Jeddah Monument in Saudi Arabia, and the 911 Communication Center in San Francisco. He is a recipient of the Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award, Chicago, and the 2009 UrbanGlass Outstanding Achievement Award, New York. Balancing his commitment to studio practice with his desire to share knowledge, Rainey has lectured extensively around the world. He lectured at The Royal College of Art in London for seven years and was a Professor of Fine Art and Chair of the Glass Program at The California College of the Arts from 1991 through 2022.  On October 8, 2017 at 10:30 p.m., Rainey and his partner, Rachel Riser, were awakened by a neighbor's frantic telephone call warning them that a wind-driven wildfire had kicked up and was blazing toward their shared Napa, California, residence. They needed to get out immediately. Far more devastating than the destruction of his home and studio was the complete loss of all the artwork on the property — not only two year's worth of work for an upcoming exhibition, but the artist's archive of drawings of every project he'd ever done, as well as a collection of his strongest work he was planning to donate to a museum.  Rainey still resides in Napa, California, and in March 2024 took time away from rebuilding his studio to participate in an artist residency at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma. There, he advanced ideas and processes originally seen in works he lost to fire.    

Today, the show LIVE from the Belfast Room at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, with thanks to Tourism NI.Hannah Crowdy, Head of Curatorial at National Museums NI joined Sean to chat through the various stopping points through the museum, including the Troubles and Beyond Gallery...

Today, the show LIVE from the Belfast Room at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, with thanks to Tourism NI.Hannah Crowdy, Head of Curatorial at National Museums NI joined Sean to chat through the various stopping points through the museum, including the Troubles and Beyond Gallery...

Aingeala Flannery's novel, The Amusements, won the 2023 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award - Dave Hanratty and Deirdre Molumby review new films: Carmen; Reality; Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse; The Boogeyman - The West Cork Chamber Music Festival in and around Bantry - A Century of Style: Fashion Photography, now at the Ulster Museum.

The Imperial War Museum in London is putting on display recently collected objects and new first-hand testimony describing life in Northern Ireland during The Troubles in its first show to look at this topic. Anne McElvoy explores what it means to explore this history in writing, music and museum displays. The author Louise Kennedy's novel Trespasses is a 1970s love story. Poet Maria McManus and composer Keith Acheson have collaborated on a piece called Ellipses which they describe as being about "doubling back and reclaiming the sense of wonder, awe and timelessness that came before all the grimness". And Maria Fusco has worked on a new opera film which highlights the experiences of working class women in Belfast. Producer: Robyn Read Louise Kennedy's books include the short story collection The End of the World is a Cul de Sac and a novel set during 1970s Belfast called Trespasses which is now out in paperback. Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles is a free exhibition at the IWM London curated by Craig Murray Ellipses is being performed at the Belfast International Arts Festival in November History of the Present an opera film was made on 35mm and SD video in the streets of Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Royal Opera House in London. It was co-directed by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon with music by composer Annea Lockwood and will be screened 24.06.23 at Art Night, Dundee 02.07.23 The Royal Opera House, London and 11.08.23 for the Edinburgh Art Festival [live version]

This week: Expo Chicago and the art scene in the Windy City. Ben Sutton, The Art Newspaper's editor, Americas, and Carlie Porterfield, associate editor, art market, Americas, discuss the fair, and the wider market and gallery scene in Chicago. As the US president Joe Biden visits Northern Ireland to honour the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday or Belfast agreement, we talk to Hannah Crowdy, head of curatorial at National Museums Northern Ireland, a group of four museums. She tells us about how the museums are addressing the anniversary, representing Northern Ireland's recent history and looking to the future. And this episode's Work of the Week is Georges Clairin's 1876 portrait of the celebrated French actor Sarah Bernhardt, who died 100 years ago. The work is part of a huge new exhibition about Bernhardt opening this week at the Petit Palais in Paris. The museum's director, Annick Lemoine, tells us about the painting and the extraordinary fame of the woman it depicts.Principled and Revolutionary: Northern Ireland's Peace Women by Hannah Starkey, Ulster Museum, Belfast, until 10 September; Array Collective: The Druthaib's Ball, Ulster Museum, until 3 September.Sarah Bernhardt: and the woman created the star, Petit Palais, Paris, until 27 August. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Shrapnel Podcast we are joined by Professor Olwen Purdue, who specialises in the social and economic history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland. Her research focuses on poverty, welfare and public health in the industrial city. Olwen is the founder and Director of the Centre for Public History at Queen's University Belfast. Olwen was also specialist historical advisor for Titanic Belfast and a member of the advisory group for the Ulster Museum's Irish history exhibition and its Troubles and Beyond gallery. On this pod we discuss the need to record real lives as part of history, before those stories are lost. We hope to talk with her again. Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Eileen Murphy is a Professor of Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast and a leading expert in ancient human remains/burial practices. Her passion is for telling the stories of ordinary people whose voices have been largely written out of history. Dr Murphy is the author/editor of 12 books, including a book all about Takabuti: the Belfast mummy currently living in the Ulster Museum — who as you'll hear inspired her to get into archaeology as a child. In today's episode we talk about about: Growing up with a sense of awe and adventure about the world around her Some of the weird and wonderful things found right here on our doorstep What the past can teach us about the present The rights of the living versus the rights of the dead Why a sense of place is an essential part of wellbeing Lessons learned from studying 1000+ human skeletons Discovering the first case of leprosy in Ireland (in a skeletons foot) And the greatest highs/lows of her journey so far Check it out. // https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/eileen-murphy-takabuti

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 273, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Go To A Museum 1: You might find your invitation to her Deerfield, Illinois museum under your pillow, along with a dollar. The Tooth Fairy. 2: This Spanish museum's paintings are displayed in 2 buildings: The Villanueva Building and the Cason del Buen Retiro. The Prado. 3: Check into a motel in Plano in this state, then check out the Cockroach Hall of Fame and Museum. Texas. 4: The Ulster Museum in this capital city dates back to 1890. Belfast. 5: MOMA in N.Y. is the Museum of Modern Art and MOCA in L.A. is the museum of this. Contemporary art. Round 2. Category: Eat Your Veggies 1: Green olives are traditionally stuffed with these red veggies. pimientos. 2: In the early 19th c. George Stephenson began growing these pickle veggies in glass tubes so they'd grow straight. cucumbers. 3: The Dutch type of this is white, as it's grown underground; the American is green, as the spears are grown above. asparagus. 4: Developed in Canada, the Yukon Gold variety of this tuber has yellow flesh. potato. 5: When making a pie with strawberries and this tart vegetable, just use its red stalks; the leaves are toxic. rhubarb. Round 3. Category: Women On Ice 1: Training 6 days a week on her camels and other moves won her the Gold at the '76 Olympics. Dorothy Hamill. 2: At age 10 in 1924, she won the 1st of 6 straight Norwegian figure skating championships. Sonja Henie. 3: In 1984 she and partner Christopher Dean earned 6.0s for artistic impression across the Olympic board. (Jane) Torvill. 4: At the '94 Olympics, this German placed 7th in her attempt to win a 3rd Gold. Katarina Witt. 5: Though she fell on a triple loop in the 1992 Olympics, she still took the Gold. Kristi Yamaguchi. Round 4. Category: Advertising Slogans 1: "When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these. Hallmark Card. 2: "Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars. Buick. 3: "I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you". Sprite. 4: This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play". Fisher-Price. 5: "Always low prices. Always". Wal-Mart. Round 5. Category: 1993 Movies 1: With a gross of over $330 million, this Steven Spielberg film was the big hit of 1993. Jurassic Park. 2: In his most recent film, this St. Bernard has a girlfriend named Missy and 4 puppies. Beethoven. 3: This Tim Burton movie was made using stop-motion animation. The Nightmare Before Christmas. 4: This sequel was subtitled “Back in the Habit”. Sister Act 2. 5: Anthony Hopkins played the role of author C.S. Lewis in this Richard Attenborough film. Shadowlands. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Conor Tallon talks with curator Michael Waldron about East Coast Light 1 (1973) by Sean Scully.It is an example of hard-edge painting, which is characterised by sharp transitions between colours achieved using tape and spray paint. Consisting of a grid of layered bands, this work blends aspects of the artist's background in graphic design and construction with the influence of Moroccan textiles and the impact of a fellowship to Harvard University in 1972.First exhibited at the Dixième Biennale Internationale d'Art, Menton (1974), this abstract painting may be seen to anticipate Scully's subsequent use of a characteristic stripe motif. For the artist, the stripe “is always concerned with thinking, and it is concerned with acting free of context … it is always reaching outwards,” as he observed to Allie Biswas in 2016. “The stripe can do anything in any direction, and since it is so common, it corresponds to everything around us.”In 1980, this work was featured in Rosc Chorcaí '80: Irish Art 1943–1973. Its curator, Cyril Barrett, wrote that the “exhibition covers a period which some people might describe as the great awakening of modern Irish Art and others as the great betrayal.” Presented at Crawford Art Gallery, the exhibition later travelled to the Ulster Museum, Belfast.Born in Dublin in 1945, Sean Scully is a contemporary artist with a major international reputation. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Aosdána, and visitors may remember the major retrospective exhibition here, Sean Scully: Figure / Abstract (2015). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hannah Crowdy is the Head Of Curatorial for National Museums NI.     In 2009 she relocated from Brighton to Belfast and eleven years later, she is very happy to call this place home.     As a museum professional for eighteen years, Hannah has worked in museums of all shapes and sizes.     At National Museums NI she has taken a leading role in such major projects as the Titanica exhibition at the Ulster Transport Museum and the recent Troubles and Beyond exhibition at the Ulster Museum.     In today’s episode we talk about: Her first heritage-related memories How she ‘got into' museums (and why!) The role museums play in our culture And the greatest successes/challenges she’s faced along the way   Check it out!   // To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Hannah (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/national-museums-ni-hannah-crowdy   Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.   To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/   Cheers!   — Matt 

Ben Miller explores the fascinating history behind the miniature painting ‘The Spanish Armada off the Coast of England’, part of the collection at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Painted by an unknown artist, this vivid depiction of the defeat of the Spaniards by the British navy in 1588 is an extremely rare example of such a picture from the decades immediately following the event. Ben gets the lowdown from curators Anne Stewart and Winifred Glover, hears what a critical moment this was for Elizabeth I from author Philip Collins, and gets the Spanish perspective from journalist Eva Millan.You can see an image of the painting at https://www.artfund.org/artandstuff See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking. In this episode, Anna chats to Dr Rachel Sloan, Assistant Curator of Works on Paper at The Courtauld, London, about the Ulster Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Renoir and the New Era’, curated by Anna and which explores the Impressionists by taking Renoir’s masterpiece ‘La Loge’ as its centrepiece, alongside accompanying works on paper from the Ulster Museum’s collection. Anna and Rachel discuss prints in the exhibition, the place of printmaking in Impressionism and how important an artwork’s title can be for understanding its meaning. For a full audio tour of Renoir and The New Era, take the Smartify tour here or download the Smartify app. For further information on the artists and artworks discussed, follow the links below. Links Chicago Institute of Art  https://bit.ly/31wiQFG The Courtauld https://bit.ly/3od7WhI Courtauld Collections https://bit.ly/2HnQVAS Witt library https://bit.ly/3ofJEn8 Jacques Callot in The Courtauld collection https://bit.ly/3dPeQVy William Hogarth in The Courtauld collection https://bit.ly/3jkG4om Queue in front of butcher shop https://bit.ly/2XhIUmH Woman at a Window (1871-72) Edgar Degas (included Sickert’s anecdote in label) https://bit.ly/3jhFRlP Execution of the Emperor Maximillian Lithograph, Édouard Manet   https://bit.ly/2FPfF48 Berthe Morisot (1872) Edouard Manet (1832-1883) Ethcing  (in exhibition)  https://bit.ly/39RiJ95 Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets Edouard Manet (1832-1883) painting https://bit.ly/34pgjix Berthe Morisot (1872) Edouard Manet (1832-1883) Lithograph https://bit.ly/37sstJj Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter (1889) Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) (in exhibition) https://bit.ly/2wl4tHK Young Woman reclining  (1889) Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) (in exhibition) https://bit.ly/3e1su7R Marry Cassatt https://bit.ly/3kk4DTG Market at Gisors Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) (in exhibition) https://bit.ly/3aSGVsN An example of a Degas Monotype https://bit.ly/3kmwDpH Kermis at Hoboken (1559) Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569) original drawing https://bit.ly/31tcMNV Canaletto’s etchings of Venice https://bit.ly/34iJdR6

This is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking. In this episode, Anna speaks to Niamh Kelly, Youth Ambassador for Reimagine Remake Replay, about ’Making Her Mark’ an exhibition curated by Anna in 2018 that explored the impact women artists had on the print tradition. Anna and Niamh discuss Niamh’s role in RRR and the project itself, her first impression of the Making Her Mark exhibition and the role of woman printmakers throughout history. If you want to know more about the exhibition and woman printmakers mentioned, purchase the Making Her Mark publication in the Ulster Museum shop.

This is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking. In this episode, Anna speaks with print artist Anushiya Sundaralingam about her life and practice, as well as the annual Royal Ulster Academy show, a highlight on the Belfast art calendar celebrating its 139th year and which has been held in the Ulster Museum in recent decades, showcasing and selling work from local artists across many mediums. Anushiya tells us about the inspiration behind her artwork, her time at Belfast Print Workshop - the first student of the collective – and the many hats that artists wear. Links Royal Ulster Academy Virtual Exhibition Royal Ulster Academy Shop Belfast Print Workshop

The Fine Print is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking. In this episode, Anna chats to Belfast-based writer Padraig Regan, author of two poetry pamphlets, Delicious and Who Seemed Alive & Altogether Real, and teacher at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens. Anna and Padraig explore the thinking behind A Unique Silence, an exhibition in the Ulster Museum curated Anna which welcomes six etching by the famed Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn into the Ulster Museum collection, the practicalities of curating an exhibition during lockdown, and their love of the connection between art and poetry, including a closer look at the term ‘ekphrasis’. For more information on the artists and artworks discussed, take the A Unique Silence Smartify tour here or download the Smartify app and search for the Ulster Museum.

An early work by Dorothy Cross, Simeon's Hut (1986) anticipates the artist's later tendency to incorporate found objects, such as boats, animal or shark skins, in her oeuvre. Comprising a mix of materials, the work can be read from the gravity of lead at its base, with gilded steps leading upwards towards a narrow, vertically placed shaft of timber surmounted by a modest hut.If we are to seek a narrative context for the work, its form coupled with its title can be taken to refer to Simeon Stylites (c.390-459). This fifth-century ascetic saint lived for 37 years on a platform atop a column near modern-day Aleppo, Syria. Does Simeon's Hut therefore propose a site of solitary meditation away from busy communal life?Dorothy Cross (b.1956) is one of Ireland's leading contemporary artists and her work has been described as “moving from opera to object in a territory between idea and nature.”Educated at the, then, Crawford Municipal School of Art, Leicester Polytechnic, and San Francisco Art Institute, Cross represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1993. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Cork in 2009. Her work is also in the collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Ireland, The Hugh Lane, Ulster Museum, and TATE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Fine Print is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking. Each week, Anna invites a different artist, writer, curator or creative, to discuss, from home, past and present exhibitions in the Ulster Museum related printmaking and our wider works of art on paper collection. Listen to immerse yourself in the world of printmaking though the eyes of some of history’s most renowned printmakers, and reconnect with some our much-loved art exhibitions.

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Episode 1 / 'Across the Barricade'The gang are off on a cross community peace trip...but when it comes down to it are we really all that different? Maybe not. Pauline, Jeanie and Marie-Louise discuss the art of borrowing and how Derry band, The Undertones, owe a big debt to the late Nobel Prize Winner John Hume. They reminisce about the books by Joan Lingard whose Protestant girl/Catholic boy love stories gripped a generation of teens, 'Across the Barricades' being perhaps the best known. Is it ever OK to keep your toaster in a cupboard? Could ABBA have helped the peace process and do arms dealers have a patron Saint? THE big bowl - The messy social live of goods: inter-personal borrowing and the ambiguity of possession and ownership: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/79212/1/Molesworth%20the%20messy%20social%20lives%20of%20goods.pdfCredit Union in Derry and John Hume: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-53655503Michael Parkinson - broadcaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_ParkinsonTerry Wogan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2pWR5yl7srfqNWYHwHj0Nsq/eight-times-terry-wogan-made-us-cry-with-laughterJoan Lingard - writer: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/joan-lingardThe Linenhall Library: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/linen-hall-library-p676181The broadcasting ban in Northern Ireland: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/media/moloney.htmPaul Mallon aka Dennis from the Wee Shop: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546951/?ref_=tt_cl_t15Big confession: we called Janet Taylor - Janet Turner in the episode! Aka Caoimhe Farren (actor): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7939682/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t18The blackboard in the Ulster Museum: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51578078Protestants hate Abba (they don’t): https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ni-protestant-abba-fans-contest-derry-girls-assertion-protestants-hate-abba-87603For more information about the podcast, visit: www.thebiglight.com/talkingderrygirlsKeep up to date with us on Twitter: @TBLderrygirlsCheck out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/talkingderrygirlsWATCH Derry Girls on Channel 4:

This week I am joined by Dr. Katie McClurkin to discuss her research into Irish History, specifically that of the Troubles. Dr. McClukin talks to us about constructing a museum exhibit and gives us some details of her work on the "Troubles and Beyond Gallery" exhibit for the Ulster Museum. You can find Katie on Twitter at @k_mcclurkin, here is a link to her blog entry about working on the exhibit here: https://www.nmni.com/blogs/troubles-and-beyond-katie-1 the Ulster Museum's website here https://www.nmni.com/collections/history/troubles and you can follow the museum @UlsterMuseum

The Ulster Museum has been gifted six works by the Dutch master Rembrandt. How can you see them and when will they go on display? Frank spoke to head of National Museums NI, Kathryn Thomson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In dieser Episode erzählen wir euch vom Ulster Museum in Belfast. Einer der Schwerpunkte unseres letzten Irlandtrips war Nordirland. Zum Zeitpunkt unseres Besuchs befand sich im Ulster Museum auch der Games of Thrones Tapestry. Zur Zeit ist er in Bayeux ausgestellt. Auf ihm sind Sequenzen aus allen Staffeln der GOT Serie zu sehen. Darüber hinaus ist das Ulster Museum das größte Museum Nordirlands. Es beherbergt eine archeologische Ausstellung, eine Zoologische Ausstellung und eine Kunstausstellung. Ein idealer Plan B für schlechtes Wetter.

As part of Docs Ireland we were delighted to sit down with Shane Smith, Director of Programming at Hot Docs, North America’s largest Festival and Market for documentary film. The event took place at the Ulster Museum, in front of an audience of doc lovers, doc screeners and doc makers, and touches on the dark arts of making a huge documentary festival come alive, how Shane got started in the industry and how Hot Docs are taking the gospel of documentary beyond the borders of North America. Support the show (https://www.filmhubni.org/contact/)

John Lee talks about the American Expeditionary Force and how the adapted to combat conditions on the Western Front in 1918. This lecture was given on the 9 November 2017 at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.

Museum Audio Guide #2: Ulster Museum, 1973 Season Two Episode 2 of 10 # Within the Wires T-Shirts and Posters are now available, withinthewires.com. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Performed by Rima Te Wiata (as Roimata Mangakāhia). Featuring Sarah Maria Griffin (as Mary Breathnach). Logo by Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com Part of the Night Vale Presents network. nightvalepresents.com

A viewer can look into a black and white photograph and be transported not only to a particular place but to the emotional world of what it feels like to be in that place. Like a photograph, April Surgent’s landscapes and portraits in glass pack the same powerful punch, but with the added elements of dimension, texture, and translucent light. Her fused and cameo engraved glass put a modern spin on the ancient techniques used to create them.   The recipient of the Neddy Fellowship through the Behnke Foundation, an Urban Glass New Talent Award, and the 2016 USA Fellowship, Surgent earned her BFA from The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, graduating with honors. In 2003, she changed her focus from blown to engraved glass after studying under master Czech engraver Jiří Harcuba at the Pilchuck glass school, where she has served as a trustee to the school since 2012.    Surgent exhibits, teaches, and lectures internationally including a  series of courses she co-taught with Harcuba in 2008. Her work can be found in notable collections including the Toledo Museum of Art, the Chrysler Museum of Art, and the Ulster Museum, among others.  ​   Interested in the dialogue between art and science, Surgent is presently engaged in collaborations with research scientists to inform her work, focusing on remote conservation fieldwork and anthropogenic impact on vulnerable species and ecosystems. In 2013, the artist travelled to Antarctica with the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artist and Writers Program.   Surgent is currently working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program. In October 2017 at Traver Gallery in Seattle, the artist will exhibit engravings, a video installation, and a marine debris installation based on her research conducted in the Northwest Hawaiian islands of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. In November, in an art event hosted by the monk seal program, Surgent will work with the public on an interactive marine debris installation in Honolulu.                 

We’re shipping off to Belfast, Northern Ireland on today’s episode. First, we’ll gawk at the world’s biggest Titanic museum. Then, we’ll learn about the province’s complicated history at the Ulster Museum. Finally, we get thrown in the slammer at the very creepy, Crumlin Road Jail. To watch the episode visit www.travelthruhistory.tv and click on Episodes. Click here to listen on iTunes. The post Episode 307 – Belfast, Northern Ireland Podcast appeared first on Travel Thru History.

In this edition host David Gordon visits Campsie Karting in the Faughan Valley. He also visits the Dalmore Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. We hear about Crete from Geoff Harrison and visit the Ulster Museum. You can find the show page at facebook.com/travelbitesradio and on Twitter at @trvlbitesradio

In this edition, host David Gordon visits the Ulster Museum in Belfast and goes monster-hunting at Loch Ness. Frances Beasley takes a trip to Bern, Switzerland and John Crook chats to the Malaysian Minster for Tourism   You can find the show page at facebook.com/travelbitesradio and on Twitter at @trvlbitesradio

A few hours north of Dublin, Belfast straddles the Lagan River. Nicknamed "Old Smoke," Belfast was only a village in the 17th Century, but with the influx of Scottish and English settlers, particularly during the Industrial Revolution, the city boomed. The inviting public park at Queens University, named after Queen Victoria who granted Belfast with city status in 1888, hosts Ulster Museum, the city's one major museum. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

A few hours north of Dublin, Belfast straddles the Lagan River. Nicknamed "Old Smoke," Belfast was only a village in the 17th Century, but with the influx of Scottish and English settlers, particularly during the Industrial Revolution, the city boomed. The inviting public park at Queens University, named after Queen Victoria who granted Belfast with city status in 1888, hosts Ulster Museum, the city's one major museum. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

I've always wanted this to be the salamander reel. The picture is of a salamander from the Spanish Armada. Maybe it came from Salamanca. It was very kind of the Ulster Museum to lend it to me.