Opening Lecture: An Gorta Mór
Opening Lecture: Join William Abbott, associate professor of History, as he discusses the historical origins of the Great Hunger/Irish Famine on Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre. Presented in conjunction with An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, organized by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition (Walsh Gallery, April 11-August 16). About the Exhibition: This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great…
when
April 10, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
where
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield,
CT
06824
United States
cost
Free
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Fairfield University Art Museum
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Opening Lecture: Join William Abbott, associate professor of History, as he discusses the historical origins of the Great Hunger/Irish Famine on Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre.
Presented in conjunction with An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, organized by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition (Walsh Gallery, April 11-August 16).
About the Exhibition: 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. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.
The event will also be livestreamed, click here to register for a reminder.
Image: James Arthur O’Connor, Scene in Connemara, 1828, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.