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Browse Select Works
This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O'Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O'Donoghue.
Visit the Fairfield University Library's resource page for this exhibition.
Image: Sir Thomas Alfred Jones, Connemara Girls, ca. 1880, oil on canvas.
Faculty Liaison: William Abbott, Associate Professor of History
Browse Select Works
Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. When possible, those events will also be streamed and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel.
Opening Lecture: Historical Origins of the Great Hunger
Thursday, April 10, 5:30 p.m.
William Abbott, PhD, Associate Professor, History and Irish Studies
Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre, and streaming.
Reception: An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
Thursday, April 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Quick Center for the Arts, Walsh Gallery and Lobby
Lecture: The History of the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Collection
Tuesday, April 15, 6 p.m.
Niamh O’Sullivan, PhD, Professor Emerita of Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Ireland
Barone Campus Center, Dogwood Room and streaming
Performance: Songs of Ireland and Irish Americans
Thursday, May 8, 6 p.m.
Catfeather Duo
Walsh Gallery
Space is limited and registration is required.
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Thursday until 8 p.m.) - We are closed for national and university holidays and during inclement weather.
Location:
For GPS please use the following address: 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, CT, 06824, or click on the map image at right for directions.
Parking:
Free parking available at the lot in front of the Quick Center, including handicap parking.
Admission:
The museum is open to the public and admission is free.
Tours:
Private tours with a curator are available for a fee; please contact museum@fairfield.edu or 203-254-4046.
Reach Us By train:
Take Metro-North, New Haven Line, to Fairfield Station (approximately 70 minutes from Grand Central Station).
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For further information or to schedule a visit or tour, please contact
Fairfield University Art Museum
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 254-4046
museum@fairfield.edu
