ATHY HERITAGE CENTRE-MUSEUM EVENTS
Events coming up :
Sept 14th . Women Integrated Network Craft Exhibition
Sept 21st—28th Brush Strokes Exhibition
October 4th—11th Exhibition ‘Dominicans in Athy 1257-2007’
“ Flavours of Athy Exhibitions Returns with additional works
“ 7th Ernest Shackleton Autumn School 26th October—28th
100th year anniversary of the Nimrod Expedition
Series of Lecturers, Drama, Music, Film, Excursions, Workshops..
November 11th Amnesty Day Commemorations
December Our 3rd Santa’s South Pole Village.
Thursday 30th of August at 7.30 at Athy Heritage Centre featured the opening of Jacinta Crowley-Long art exhibition, which was opened by Fiona Rainsford of Data Print in Athy. The exhibition is running from Friday 31st of August until Friday 14th of September in Athy Heritage Centre-Museum.
Jacinta Crowley-Long
Has a deserved reputation as one of Irelands foremost contemporary canine and equestrian artist, and is also acclaimed for her paintings of rural landscape, and period interiors. She graduated with a PhD from UCC, where she lectured for ten years before relocating to an eighteenth century rectory on the Wicklow/Carlow border.
Her subject matter depicts the changing moods and drama of nature in the landscape. The empathy she clearly has for her subjects, allied with her technical ability and knowledge of anatomy and acute observation, can be seen in her evocative paintings of domestic live stock and country artefacts– all drawn from the areas surrounding her home.
She has been selected in recent years to exhibit at the prestigious International Exhibition of Equestrian Art at both Christies and Mall Gallery,London.
In 2005 she was invited by Claude-Hugues Pissaro (Grandson of Camille), to exhibit at the Salon de La Rochelle, where she was awarded a Gold Medal d’Honneur. Other exhibitions include the American Academy of Equine Art, Salon International de Samaur, The Irish National Stud, and the Palace House Gallery, Newmarket, England. Her paintings are featured in both corporate and private collections including the OPW, ETP International, De Beers SA and BP International.
Has a deserved reputation as one of Irelands foremost contemporary canine and equestrian artist, and is also acclaimed for her paintings of rural landscape, and period interiors. She graduated with a PhD from UCC, where she lectured for ten years before relocating to an eighteenth century rectory on the Wicklow/Carlow border.
Her subject matter depicts the changing moods and drama of nature in the landscape. The empathy she clearly has for her subjects, allied with her technical ability and knowledge of anatomy and acute observation, can be seen in her evocative paintings of domestic live stock and country artefacts– all drawn from the areas surrounding her home.
She has been selected in recent years to exhibit at the prestigious International Exhibition of Equestrian Art at both Christies and Mall Gallery,London.
In 2005 she was invited by Claude-Hugues Pissaro (Grandson of Camille), to exhibit at the Salon de La Rochelle, where she was awarded a Gold Medal d’Honneur. Other exhibitions include the American Academy of Equine Art, Salon International de Samaur, The Irish National Stud, and the Palace House Gallery, Newmarket, England. Her paintings are featured in both corporate and private collections including the OPW, ETP International, De Beers SA and BP International.
A note from Athy Heritage Centre-Museum on forthcoming events