Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry: Contrasting Visions of Ireland

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2 The Hunt Museum offers a wide variety of temporary exhibitions throughout the year. Below is the current exhibition featured at the museum. Overleaf you will find information on our other forthcoming exhibitions. To stay up to date with what is on during your visit please check our website: Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry: Contrasting Visions of Ireland 2nd June 30th September 2017 Through an enquiry based tour of the Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry exhibition, students will interpret, compare and contrast prominent themes and subject matter present in the artworks. This will include the shared preoccupation of the artists with the west of Ireland and how these landscapes were significant in forging a sense of identity for an independent Ireland. Students will also compare and contrast the artists use of light, colour, composition, texture and style and will learn how trends including French Impressionism of the 19th Century influenced this work. After the exhibition tour, students will be allocated time to record their exhibition visit and to document the artworks of their choice. Suitable for 1st - 6th year Price: 3 pp Duration: 1h 30mins Teachers go free

Describe key events that took place during their chosen time period Gain a better understanding of life during their chosen time period, for example clothing, food, and religion

Our guides are trained to encourage discussion and interaction throughout the tour.

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popular workshops at the museum. It is suitable for a wide range of classes and age groups, including adult groups.

4 Describe key events that took place during their chosen time period Gain a better understanding of life during their chosen time period, for example clothing, food, and religion Identify with greater confidence objects relating to their chosen time period This tour will focus on the Stone age, Bronze age and Iron Age objects in the museum s collection. Our guides are trained to encourage discussion and interaction throughout the tour. Students will learn about life during these times, looking at religion, diet, clothing and the significant developments in technology over the three periods. Why not add a Bronze Age handling session to your workshop? Price: 2 pp (tour only) 3 pp (with handling session) Teachers go free Duration: 1hour (add 30 mins for handling session) 800 Years of Fashion 800 Years of Fashion is one of our most popular workshops at the museum. It is suitable for a wide range of classes and age groups, including adult groups. Participants will learn about the clothing of the past and the societies that wore it. Students will have the opportunity to dress up as Elizabethan nobility or medieval serfs. The workshop covers eight periods between 1200 and Use clothing as historical evidence Gain a better understanding of changes in clothes through time Relate changes in clothing and fashion to wider changes in society Price: 3 pp in museum. Outreach: 30 (plus per km; distance calculated from museum.

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6 Prices: 2 pp Duration 1 hr 30 mins This workshop focuses on the Art Appreciation section of the Leaving Cert paper. Students will learn about subject matter, style, colour and light, composition, techniques, context and interpretation. Describe and analyse Irish art with more confidence and fluency Discuss important themes in the history of Ireland in greater depth Learn key skills for integrating works of art This workshop focuses on the Art Appreciation section of the Leaving Cert paper. This workshop gives students the opportunity to engage with, and respond to, works of art by three major European artists, all of them key figures in the history of Western painting. The emphasis will be on the development of each artist s distinctive style and their influence on European art. The workshop will develop the student s familiarity with, and use of, key concepts and terminology in the understanding and appreciation of art. Demonstrate improved confidence in discussing, describing and analysing European works of art in various media and in various styles Analyse the subject matter and symbolism of works of art with greater depth and fluency This workshop assists students preparing for Section 3 of History and Appreciation of Art Paper (General Appreciation), focusing on the Exhibition Layout and Design question. Using the museum s permanent and temporary exhibitions, the workshop helps students to explore the philosophy behind the layout of a museum exhibition. For more information about the Temporary and Alternative Perspectives exhibitions that will be available during your visit: Demonstrate improved understanding of the theory and practice of the organisation and presentation of the artefacts/objects to the public Relate the theory of exhibition layout to real-world examples with more confidence

The Hunt Museum 2017 Post Primary Schools

The Hunt Museum 2017 Post Primary Schools Junior Cycle Workshops Ancient Ireland Describe key events that took place during their chosen time period Gain a better understanding of life during their chosen