TCD Art Collections

Our #universityart lives, breathes & develops with us, throughout our learning & working environments.
We are also on Instagram & Facebook #tcdartcollections

[TCD Art Collections @TCDArtColl]

Delighted to add this portrait of Senator David Norris for @tcddublin by Jim Harkin.
So apt that the last official event by @pjprendergast honours such an important figure & simultaneously celebrates & supports the #visualarts as Provost has done for his whole tenure.
THANK YOU!

[Patrick Prendergast @pjprendergast]

Senator David Norris joined us to unveil his portrait by Jim Harkin & hung in the Provost’s House. Delighted my last event as Provost is to recognise the achievements of David, a great @tcddublin Alum, scholar, & human rights activist: https://t.co/9I8SElUJhP

[The Library of Trinity College Dublin @tcdlibrary]

Fabulous news regarding progress on the four sculptures to be added to our #LongRoom. How different from our previous busts do you think they will be? #HerStory

[TCD Art Collections @TCDArtColl]

We are delighted to announce the artists we have selected for the first sculpture bust portraits of women to be introduced to the prestigious Long Room @tcdlibrary
They are also the first sculpture commissions for this room in over 100 years!
#sculpture
#tcdartcollections

[Patrick Prendergast @pjprendergast]

The winners of the sculptural busts commission @tcddublin are
*Ada Lovelace, by Maudie Brady
*Augusta Gregory, by Guy Reid
*Mary Wollstonecraft, by Rowan Gillespie
*Rosalind Franklin, by Vera Klute
They'll be displayed at the West end of Long Room, see https://t.co/bWSJ4O66Nn

[TCD Art Collections @TCDArtColl]

We at the #tcdartcollections congratulate all @tcdlibrary along with @BursarTrinity & @pjprendergast on securing this funding& thank you to the Government.
We look forward to playing our part to facilitate the project & in conserving the Old Library artworks among other projects

[The Library of Trinity College Dublin @tcdlibrary]

The Library is so delighted with today’s announcement of €25 million in funding for the restoration of our precious Old Library ensuring its future for generations to come. Click here for more:https://t.co/FR7iV0oPtU

[Jane Ohlmeyer @janeohlmeyer]

So excited to launch my campaign website for the @tcddublin provost election: https://t.co/cLloU8SdqW

I promise to empower Trinity's staff & students to deliver on our extraordinary potential. Together, we will build the Trinity of tomorrow #EmpoweringTrinity #VoteJane

[Linda Hogan @LindaHoganTCD]

I am delighted to announce my candidacy for Provost @tcddublin, bringing my vision and values, the capabilities and leadership, to address current challenges and reinforce Trinity as a world-leading university #EducationWithConscience #LoveIrishResearch #TimeForSustainableFuture

[Linda Doyle @LindaDoyle]

It’s official! I am running to be the next Provost @tcddublin

I’ve launched my manifesto with ideas for change, gathered from many conversations with staff and students.

Really looking forward to this campaign!

Together, let’s #ImagineTrinity

https://t.co/gzK0pvJsmx

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

The next Provost of Trinity College Dublin will be a woman it was confirmed today following the closing of nominations. The three candidates are Linda Doyle, Linda Hogan and Jane Ohlmeyer. Read more on the candidates here https://t.co/poH7iesAh1 #TCDProvostAppointment2021

[National Library of Ireland @NLIreland]

The 27th of January is #Holocaust #Remembrance Day. Today our thoughts are with the #Jewish community in Ireland and abroad, past and present.

[IMAGE: A Jewish wedding at #Waterford Courthouse, September 1901; view in our catalogue: https://t.co/ZSmJUo1yW8]

[The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncil_ie]

FINAL REMINDER!

Applications for the Bursary Award will close tomorrow, Thursday 28 January at 5.30pm.

Make your application at: https://t.co/Gq6phIoWF9

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

How will the response to COVID-19 continue to evolve?

Join @tcdalumni at lunchtime today (1PM) to hear from expert Trinity doctors working on the frontline at St James’s Hospital about how they are dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 emergency.

https://t.co/yIXqO1K8gC

[Catherine Giltrap @TCDArtCurator]

#getitdoneballymun #ballymunhealthandfitnessfestival
Huge admiration for @deanscurry & all his colleagues/friends for what they do & the generosity of spirit they display & put into action
#ballymun #communityspirit #wellness #mentalhealth #physicalhealth
#gratitude #kindness

[Catherine Giltrap @TCDArtCurator]

Free online physical & mental health taster classes on facebook this Sat 30 Jan...
you don't have to live in Ballymun, but if you do, you're lucky cos I've experienced the most wonderful sense of community there... amazing energy and yeh... as you can see, Ballymun gets it done

[SCULPTURE DUBLIN @SculptureDublin]

The @RIAdawson has kindly granted permission to Sculpture Dublin to reproduce a number of texts from Sculpture 1600-2000, Volume 3 in the Royal Irish Academy’s 5-volume publication Art and Architecture of Ireland. ⁠

📚👉https://t.co/eV6AiEtzsq

[SCULPTURE DUBLIN @SculptureDublin]

📚Collecting Sculpture: Public by Brian McAvera, takes a detailed look at #sculpture collections.

➡️ https://t.co/eV6AiEtzsq

📸Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sphere within a Sphere. Reproduced with kind permission from the Board of @tcddublin ©️ Pomodoro Foundation

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

Overall winner:

Eva McParland (aged 14)
Is this Normal?
Pencil on paper

Eva says: "My name is Eva. I love creating art that reflects current events. I hope that through my art I can compel viewers to see these events from a different perspective."

https://t.co/rM6SPZilWI

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

Winner of 7-11 category:

Jiayi Sun (aged 10)
Myself Eating Ice Cream
Paint on canvas

Jiayi says: "Although I’m not as excellent as the renowned artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent Van Gogh, I enjoy the pleasure brought by painting, just like them."

👏

[SCULPTURE DUBLIN @SculptureDublin]

📚 We’ve added a new essay to the articles section of https://t.co/K0YYtijvfp, ‘ Coins & Coinage’, by Michael Kenny.

➡️ https://t.co/oMriRn2BpJ

📸 Design in plaster free state half-crown, 1928, by Percy Metcalfe, plaster © National Museum of Ireland

[Trinity Research @TrinityResearch]

This is tremendous news! Congratulations to all the awardees!