Lewis Glucksman Gallery Presentation to Governing Body 21 June 2005

Best Public Building in Ireland by the RIAI “Dreamy and poetic which repositions the viewer at the centre of the experience of art. A limestone pier and a timber treasure house in the trees which provides a new fulcrum between town and gown” RIAI judges statement RIBA award (Royal Institute of British Architects) “What is really remarkable about this university art gallery is that the more one looks, the better it gets. That is the sign of complete assurance and maturity. What most artists do is to make simple things complex; great artists make complex things appear simple. This is one of the rare buildings that fits that definition of greatness.” Judges Citation, RIBA award

Mary McAleese, President of Ireland “To undertake a project of the magnitude and complexity of the gallery is a formidable challenge and only do-able because of the supportive partnership between the university, the city, and its artistic community” Mary McAleese, President of Ireland Inauguration of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, 15 October 2005

A University Art Gallery A cultural and educational institution that promotes the research, creation and exploration of the visual arts and lifelong education in all aspects of visual culture.

International level artistic programme made accessible to a wide range of audiences

University Art Collection: Exhibited as part of inaugural displays

Modern American Painting from the NYU Art Collection 40 Shades of Green: A convergence of Irish art and craft

Durer’s Indecision: the North-South dichotomy in the prints of Albrecht Durer An Leabhar Mor: The Great Book of Gaelic

Visual Practices across the University “intriguing and relevant, an open-minded enquiry into the role of the visual in all the university’s departments” that is “informative and revealing”. Aidan Dunne, Irish Times

Press Headlines “Art Gallery Reflects State’s New Optimism, says President” Irish Times, 16 October 2004 “AMAZING SPACE: Cork’s new gallery is a work of art in itself” Irish Times Magazine, 9 October 2004 Beauty and the Irish Brute: The Glucksman Art Gallery in Cork is all a public building should be” The Times, UK, 23 November 2004 “The Lewis Glucksman Gallery has impressed both for its architecture and its programme of exhibitions” Irish Examiner 30 December 2004 “Fostering Scholarship and Access: profile of an exciting new arts institution” Visual Arts Newsletter, Jan-Feb 2005 “Gallery points to brighter future” 3 January 2005 “”Seeing the Bigger Picture: The Glucksman Gallery in Cork is architecture on a bigger canvas” The Sunday Times, 27 March 2005 “Spectacular Addition to UCC wins top award” Irish Times 9 June 2005

Mary Hanafin, T.D. Minister for Education “You’ll have children coming here and they’ll be right beside a university so they’ll be aware of what they can achieve in the future from a young age” Mary Hanafin, T.D. Minister for Education

Education programme – Schools 5000 children participated in dedicated schools workshops since October 2004 Schools from Cork City and County, Co. Limerick, Co. Waterford Working with Bridging the Gap programme to encourage participation from schools with little or no record of continuation to UCC

UCC Teaching in the Glucksman Civil Engineering Education English Environmental Science French Gaeilge History History of Art International Education Office Philosophy Artist Kerry Tribe in a seminar with students from Philosophy

Education Programme - Events Poetry Readings Public lectures Roundtable Discussions Musical performances Conversations with Artists Film Screenings Minority Languages Festival AIM: to attract different audiences to the building

Future Plans Samuel Beckett exhibition with Centre Pompidou in Paris Irish Pavilion from 2005 Venice Biennale Gerhart Richter exhibition With IFA (Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen)

Partnerships University Departments and Centres, Student Societies and Clubs Local, National and International Cultural Organisations Sponsors + Donors Funding Organisations

Over 50,000 visitors in eight months

The Glucksman’s aim is to become an integral part of the University campus to support and develop UCC’s research + education mission To provide a place of common ground for the university community, prospective students, UCC graduates and the wider public