Discussion Event at Áras na nGael, Galway
1 August 2014
Accompanying the national launch of the Amulet Exhibition Tour, at Galway Arts Centre
Panelists (from left to right)
Annette Moloney, curator; Maeve Mulrennan Curator, Head of Visual Art at Galway Arts Centre; Jane Whiriskey, Assistant Director of Midwifery at University Hospital Galway; Margaret Flannery, Curator, Arts Director at Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust; Marie Brett, Artist; Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley, National University Ireland Galway History Department; Ann O’Connor, Discussion Chair, Arts Participation Adviser at the Arts Council; Bernice Jones, Participant on The Amulet project; Dr. Jenny Butler, University College Cork Folklore and Ethnology Department; Jacinta Murphy, Chairperson of Féileacáin, Stillbirth and Neonatal Association of Ireland and Anne McKeown, Bereavement Liaison Officer at University Hospital Galway pictured at the panel discussion of Marie Brett’s exhibition.
Photography: REG GORDON
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Ann O’Connor, Arts Council, Arts Participation Advisor. Discussion event chairperson, brief introduction to Amulet
project/artwork
Maeve Mulrennan, Curator and Head of Visual Art at Galway Arts Centre, with Margaret Flannery, Curator and Arts Director at Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust
Dr Jenny Butler, Folklorist and Enthnology specialist
Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley, Historian at National University Ireland Galway
Jacinta Murphy, Chairperson of Féileacáin, Stillbirth and Neonatal Association of Ireland; with Bernice Jones, Amulet project participant; Marie Brett, artist; and chairperson Ann O’Connor
Jane Whiriskey, Assistant Director of Midwifery at University Hospital Galway
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