On Wednesday 17th March, 10-11am, there will be a talk given by Irish artist Will O’Kane about some works made within specific contexts in the mid-west and west of Ireland – a fitting event to mark St Patrick’s Day! Please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-artist-will-okane-notes-on-regional-painting-tickets-145573120121. Will O’Kane’s website can be explored via this link: http://www.willokane.ie; his talk will be entitled Notes on Regional Painting.
On Friday 19th March, 2-3pm (NB. this event has had to be postponed from 12/3), there will be a talk given by Dr Julie Rodgers from the French Department at Maynooth University, Ireland. Please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/144793225435 The title of Dr Rodgers’ talk is: ‘Mais qui va garder les enfants?’ Postfeminist Retraditionalism in Sylvie Testud’s La vie d’une autre (2012). Here’s a link to the trailer of the film that she will be discussing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyT61n0v_Dg
Both events are hosted with the generous support of Aberdeen City Council’s Creative Funding programme.
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