1. Lewis Glucksman Gallery
Presentation to Governing Body
21 June 2005

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

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

6. University Art Collection:
Exhibited as part of inaugural displays

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

17. Over
50,000
visitors in
eight months

18. 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