I have had a very busy 3 days in Dublin, and am headed home tomorrow, so will try to get caught up before things at home take over... After a hurricane blew through on Sunday night, I left Annaghmakerrrig and artist friends at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre with some regret and lots of fond thoughts of one of my favorite places, and headed to Dublin. My first day was mostly about settling in and cruising around a bit with Jen, a fellow artist who came down with me from TGC. We checked out Grafton Street, the main tourist/shopping zone, visited some yarn stores (did not buy anything, too much scratchy wool), and had a wonderful dinner at The Bank (you guessed it, a former bank).
The next day I checked out Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin's version of the Whitney Biennial. More on that tomorrow. Then on to the National Museum to photograph sheela-na-gigs in their collection and get an intriguing sneak peek at the fabulously jammed storage rooms full of ancient stones and other antiquities. The staff were wonderfully nice and I came away with a number of good images for my project.
Today I spent with Jaime, a former student now living in LA, and her family, who are visiting relatives in Carrickmacross and came in on the bus to meet me and spend the day. We went to the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Kilmainham Gaol, more on that tomorrow.
Now I am sadly packing for my grueling 3-flight trip back to NY tomorrow. Look for a couple more posts when I get home --
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| Grafton Street |
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| Grafton street (penguins? really? In Ireland?) |
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| Dinner at The Bank |
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| In the storage room at the National Museum |
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| One of my new sheela friends |
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| with Jaime at the Irish Museum of Modern Art |
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