GUH staff to speak at launch of the Amulet Exhibition Tour Opening

“The Amulet” Exhibition Tour opens at Galway Arts Centre on 01 August 2014 with a panel discussion at 4pm in Áras Na Gael, 45 Dominick Street Lower, Galway.

Amulets are special objects often hidden away in drawers and cupboards which mark a significant time, occasion or person in our lives.

The artist Marie Brett will join bereaved parents with curators Maeve Mulrennan and Margaret Flannery, Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust; Jane Whiriskey, Assistant Director of Midwifery at Galway University Hospitals; Anne McKeown, Bereavement Liaison Officer at Galway University Hospitals; Dr Jenny Butler of UCC Folklore and Ethnology Department; and Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley of NUI Galway History Department in a discussion chaired by Ann O’Connor from the Arts Council.

The exhibition examines infant loss with poetic artwork linking photographs of family amulets together with bereaved parents’ whispered stories describing their amulet’s meaning. The exhibition stems from The Amulet project (2009-2013), a collaboration between artist Marie Brett, bereaved parents and three hospital sites: Cork University Maternity Hospital, University Maternity Hospital Limerick and Waterford Regional Hospital. Intimate and universally relatable, you’ll feel and think differently about loss after seeing this show.

This event is free and all are welcome. The artwork will be on view from 2pm - 4pm on 01 August in the Galway Arts Centre, ahead of the panel discussion.  For further details and to book a place please contact Galway Arts Centre by calling 091 565 886 or emailing info@galwayartscentre.ie.

The exhibition runs Friday 01 August to Friday 29 August at Galway Arts Centre which is open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 5.30pm and on Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

For further information on The Amulet Exhibition Tour please visit:  www.mariebrett.ie or https://www.facebook.com/AmuletProject