Seminars, conversations, symposia
Scientia Civitatis: Missing Titles Seminar, Hugh Lane Gallery, moderated discussion for Vagabond Reviews with Mary Corcoran, Philip Crowe, Culturstruction, Jenny McElwain, Austin O'Carroll, Kieron Rose and Jamie Saris, 2015.
Create Networking Day for Collaborative Arts, curated by Michelle Browne, moderated discussion between Anthony Haughey and Jonas Saal, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2014.
Footfall: Articulating the Value of Artist-Led Organisations, contributor at symposium organised by 126 Artist-Run Gallery & ParaInstitution, panel with Jason E Bowman, Mikael Lofgren, and Vagabond Reviews, Galway 2014.
Catch the He(Art), Bealtaine Festival, Age and Opportunity, moderated discussion, with James King, Mary Kelly and Patricia Hurl, curated by Michelle Browne, Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, 2014.
Île Seguin 25/11/25, conversation with Tim Maul and Alexandre Quoi, talk and discussion, The Library Project, 2014.
Golden Mountain Forum, with Michelle Doyle and Gerald Glynn, performance by Lisa Marie Johnson, hosted by Gavin Murphy at the Mick Lally Theatre, as part of Tulca 2014, Galway, 2013.
Conversations: Photography from the Bank of Ireland Collection, a 'walk-through' gallery discussion at IMMA organised with Sophie Byrne, Assistant Education Curator, involving DIT curatorial module photography students and Anthony Haughey, 2012.
What do You Stand for Now? Art in the Contemporary World MA, National College of Art & Design, 2012.
Document! Current Investigations into Irish Visual Culture, seminar at National Visual Arts Library, NCAD Gallery, Dublin. Panelists: Mary Ann Bolger, Megs Morley, Roisin Kennedy, Michelle Browne, Ciara Healy, 2012.
A&E: Analyse & Experiment Seminar: Conversation with Barbara Knezevic, Blackchurch Print Studio, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, 2012.
Work It: Visual Arts Workers Forum, Ethical Attitudes Panel with Mick Wilson, Finola Jones, Rosie Lynch, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2011.
Art, Theatre and Community, organised by Catherine Morris, with Maeve Connolly, Declan Kiberd, and Gabriel Byrne, Millbank Theatre, Rush, 2011.
Settlement: How can we move away from the current political stasis and re-imagine a future for ghost estates, commercial developments and public spaces? Discussion on the occasion of the exhibition by Anthony Haughey at the Copper House Gallery, Dublin. Panelists: Cian O’Callaghan, Frank MacDonald, Anthony Haughey and Paschal Mahoney, 2011.
School Assembly: discipline and resistance. One-day symposium organised by Chris Clarke, education curator, in conjunction with the exhibition School Days at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork. Panellists included: Ronan McCrea, Dr Karl Kitching, 2011.
The Role of the Curator and the Art Centre, keynote speaker, Visual, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, 2010.
Arts Research: public and purposes. Session with Uta Meta Bauer, Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (GradCAM), Civic Offices, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council, Dublin, 2010.
Create Networking Day for Collaborative Arts, curated by Michelle Browne, moderated discussion between Anthony Haughey and Jonas Saal, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2014.
Footfall: Articulating the Value of Artist-Led Organisations, contributor at symposium organised by 126 Artist-Run Gallery & ParaInstitution, panel with Jason E Bowman, Mikael Lofgren, and Vagabond Reviews, Galway 2014.
Catch the He(Art), Bealtaine Festival, Age and Opportunity, moderated discussion, with James King, Mary Kelly and Patricia Hurl, curated by Michelle Browne, Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, 2014.
Île Seguin 25/11/25, conversation with Tim Maul and Alexandre Quoi, talk and discussion, The Library Project, 2014.
Golden Mountain Forum, with Michelle Doyle and Gerald Glynn, performance by Lisa Marie Johnson, hosted by Gavin Murphy at the Mick Lally Theatre, as part of Tulca 2014, Galway, 2013.
Conversations: Photography from the Bank of Ireland Collection, a 'walk-through' gallery discussion at IMMA organised with Sophie Byrne, Assistant Education Curator, involving DIT curatorial module photography students and Anthony Haughey, 2012.
What do You Stand for Now? Art in the Contemporary World MA, National College of Art & Design, 2012.
Document! Current Investigations into Irish Visual Culture, seminar at National Visual Arts Library, NCAD Gallery, Dublin. Panelists: Mary Ann Bolger, Megs Morley, Roisin Kennedy, Michelle Browne, Ciara Healy, 2012.
A&E: Analyse & Experiment Seminar: Conversation with Barbara Knezevic, Blackchurch Print Studio, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, 2012.
Work It: Visual Arts Workers Forum, Ethical Attitudes Panel with Mick Wilson, Finola Jones, Rosie Lynch, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2011.
Art, Theatre and Community, organised by Catherine Morris, with Maeve Connolly, Declan Kiberd, and Gabriel Byrne, Millbank Theatre, Rush, 2011.
Settlement: How can we move away from the current political stasis and re-imagine a future for ghost estates, commercial developments and public spaces? Discussion on the occasion of the exhibition by Anthony Haughey at the Copper House Gallery, Dublin. Panelists: Cian O’Callaghan, Frank MacDonald, Anthony Haughey and Paschal Mahoney, 2011.
School Assembly: discipline and resistance. One-day symposium organised by Chris Clarke, education curator, in conjunction with the exhibition School Days at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork. Panellists included: Ronan McCrea, Dr Karl Kitching, 2011.
The Role of the Curator and the Art Centre, keynote speaker, Visual, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, 2010.
Arts Research: public and purposes. Session with Uta Meta Bauer, Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (GradCAM), Civic Offices, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council, Dublin, 2010.
Earlier events
Trade 09: Conversations with Artists. The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Participants included Rod Mengham, Brian Dillon, John Gibbons and Darren Almond, Christine Mackey & Anna McLeod, 2009.
International and Global art Practice and Networks, in conversation with curator Helen Carey, RDS Arts Fair, Dublin, 2009.
A New Terrain for the International Arena, TULCA 09, Nun’s Island, Galway, 2009.
Policy and Practice, MA in Visual Art Practices, Dun Laoghaire IADT and BA Fine Art, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, 2007.
On Biennales, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2006.
Ireland's participation at International Art Biennials, TRIARC [Trinity Irish Arts Research Centre], Trinity College Dublin, 2005 & 2006.
MA Seminar Series, Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, 2005.
NIVAL/Third Text, launch of a special Irish Issue of the journal Third Text edited by Lucy Cotter at National College of Art & Design, Dublin, 2005.
No Contest: A Symposium on Contemporary art Criticism, MA in Visual Art Practices, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, in association with Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, 2004.
Expressivist and Communicative Ethics, MA Seminar: Research in Practice, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2004.
Contemporary Art Practices: New thinking?, Seminar, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 2004.
Arc: Conversations. Organised by Artworking; a discussion about the wider context for the Fingal Co. Council and Dublin City Council ‘per cent for art’ commissions, collectively titled arc. Held at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ringsend, Dublin, panellists included the artists, selected respondents and an invited audience. The artists were Amy Plant, Gerard Byrne, Tatsurou Bashi and Peter Fend/Ocean Earth, 2004.
Boston or Berlin? Dublin Theatre Festival Spiegeltent Public Debates/Critical Voices 2, on art centres and peripheries with Enrique Juncosa, Mark Garry, and Ciara Healy, curated by Brian Hand, Wolfe Tone Park, Dublin, 2003.
Venice Biennale: Evaluated, with Gilane Tawadros (inIVA) and Frances McKee, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, 2003.
Already There? Women Artists in Ireland, organised on the occasion of the exhibition Something Else: Art from Ireland, Turku Art Museum, Finland, 2002.
Censorship and Public Art Spaces, organised by Nathalie Weadick, Director, Butler Gallery, on the occasion of an exhibition of work by Paul McCarthy at the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 2002.
Simulation Café: on Art, the Public and Everyday Life, hosted by artist Apolonija Sustersic, Visualise Programme, invited curator Annie Fletcher, Arts Office, Carlow County Council, 2002.
Site Specificity, History of Art Department, NCAD, Dublin; Public Art Practice, Public Art Department, Sheffield Hallam University, England, 2001.
Designing Space for Art, Architecture Department, University College Dublin, 2001.
On Narrative, a panel discussion with Mickey Donnelly, Paula Meehan, Christy Moore, and Declan McGonagle, NCAD, Dublin, 2001.
Belfast/Brussels Urban Space Forum: A series of meetings; a process-based initiative conducted in Northern Ireland through a programme of meetings with artists and administrators in Belfast. Produced by Dirk de Wit. The project was organised and funded by the British Council, Belgium. Topics included the Belfast Capital of culture bid, the regeneration programme in the city and the place of artists and artist-driven organizations, 2001.
Artists’ Publishing, organised with Orla Ryan & Maeve Connolly (TV Project), with Stephanie MacBride (Dublin City Univerisy), Bettina Funke (Dia Art Foundation) and Paul Willeman (University of Ulster), at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2000.
Curators’ Forum, one-day forum on professional curatorial practice issues, Kilkenny Castle, 2000.
Artists’ Initiatives. Organised by Variant magazine and hosted by the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 1998.
International and Global art Practice and Networks, in conversation with curator Helen Carey, RDS Arts Fair, Dublin, 2009.
A New Terrain for the International Arena, TULCA 09, Nun’s Island, Galway, 2009.
Policy and Practice, MA in Visual Art Practices, Dun Laoghaire IADT and BA Fine Art, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, 2007.
On Biennales, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2006.
Ireland's participation at International Art Biennials, TRIARC [Trinity Irish Arts Research Centre], Trinity College Dublin, 2005 & 2006.
MA Seminar Series, Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, 2005.
NIVAL/Third Text, launch of a special Irish Issue of the journal Third Text edited by Lucy Cotter at National College of Art & Design, Dublin, 2005.
No Contest: A Symposium on Contemporary art Criticism, MA in Visual Art Practices, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, in association with Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, 2004.
Expressivist and Communicative Ethics, MA Seminar: Research in Practice, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2004.
Contemporary Art Practices: New thinking?, Seminar, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 2004.
Arc: Conversations. Organised by Artworking; a discussion about the wider context for the Fingal Co. Council and Dublin City Council ‘per cent for art’ commissions, collectively titled arc. Held at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ringsend, Dublin, panellists included the artists, selected respondents and an invited audience. The artists were Amy Plant, Gerard Byrne, Tatsurou Bashi and Peter Fend/Ocean Earth, 2004.
Boston or Berlin? Dublin Theatre Festival Spiegeltent Public Debates/Critical Voices 2, on art centres and peripheries with Enrique Juncosa, Mark Garry, and Ciara Healy, curated by Brian Hand, Wolfe Tone Park, Dublin, 2003.
Venice Biennale: Evaluated, with Gilane Tawadros (inIVA) and Frances McKee, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, 2003.
Already There? Women Artists in Ireland, organised on the occasion of the exhibition Something Else: Art from Ireland, Turku Art Museum, Finland, 2002.
Censorship and Public Art Spaces, organised by Nathalie Weadick, Director, Butler Gallery, on the occasion of an exhibition of work by Paul McCarthy at the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 2002.
Simulation Café: on Art, the Public and Everyday Life, hosted by artist Apolonija Sustersic, Visualise Programme, invited curator Annie Fletcher, Arts Office, Carlow County Council, 2002.
Site Specificity, History of Art Department, NCAD, Dublin; Public Art Practice, Public Art Department, Sheffield Hallam University, England, 2001.
Designing Space for Art, Architecture Department, University College Dublin, 2001.
On Narrative, a panel discussion with Mickey Donnelly, Paula Meehan, Christy Moore, and Declan McGonagle, NCAD, Dublin, 2001.
Belfast/Brussels Urban Space Forum: A series of meetings; a process-based initiative conducted in Northern Ireland through a programme of meetings with artists and administrators in Belfast. Produced by Dirk de Wit. The project was organised and funded by the British Council, Belgium. Topics included the Belfast Capital of culture bid, the regeneration programme in the city and the place of artists and artist-driven organizations, 2001.
Artists’ Publishing, organised with Orla Ryan & Maeve Connolly (TV Project), with Stephanie MacBride (Dublin City Univerisy), Bettina Funke (Dia Art Foundation) and Paul Willeman (University of Ulster), at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2000.
Curators’ Forum, one-day forum on professional curatorial practice issues, Kilkenny Castle, 2000.
Artists’ Initiatives. Organised by Variant magazine and hosted by the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 1998.