The Hunt Museum Liberal Arts course is a twice-yearly series of lectures which look a wide range of topics such as the decorative arts, archaeology, heritage and culture. The course is renowned for the high quality of it’s lectures, and we strive to invite a mix of well-known speakers as well as up-and-coming scholars, from a range of different disciplines.

This winter’s course will look at the decorative arts both in Ireland and Europe from 1700 up to the present day. Among the topics that will be addressed will be Irish furniture, antique rugs, 18th century interiors and their conservation, Irish glass and ceramics, as well as a look at contemporary decorative arts. The speakers will include art historians, conservators, museum workers and antique dealers.

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Programme

An introduction to decorative arts in the Hunt Collection — Elaine O’Malley, The Hunt Museum
Nineteenth-century farmhouse interiors through art — Claudia Kinmonth
An introduction to antique Oriental rugs — Peter Linden
Irish furniture & interiors: Restoration to Regency — The Knight of Glin, Irish Georgian Society
Investigating 18th & 19th-century paint — Richard Ireland
Irish glass & ceramics in the collections of the National Museum, 1700-2008 — Audrey Whitty, NMI
Rose Bertin and the politics of dressing Marie Antoinette — Linda Kiernan
Design, display and deception: imaging the 18th-century domestic interior — Conor Lucey, UCD
Contemporary decorative arts — Brian Kennedy

Details

• Participants also have the option of learning about The Hunt Collection, attending lunchtime lectures and availing of the expertise of museum staff and docents (trained volunteer researchers).
• Participants will have free access to The Hunt Museum and The Hunt Museum Library (by appointment) for the duration of the course.

Entry requirements

• No formal entry requirements.
• Participants should have an interest in the arts.

Certificate

Participants who attend a minimum of 7 lectures will be awarded The Hunt Museum Liberal Arts Certificate.

Course arrangements

The Winter 2008 course will take place over 9 weeks, each Wednesday night from 15th October until 10th December. Each lecture begins at 7pm and finishes at 9pm, with a 20 min. coffee/ discussion break.

Fee

The cost of the course is €250.
Special concession rate for students €175 (with ID).
Gift vouchers are also available.

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For further information or to enrol on this course contact:
Cillian De Grás, Curator of Education & Research, The Hunt Museum
Tel: 061-490080
Email: cillian@huntmuseum.com