Still, We Work, a touring exhibition presented by the National Women’s Council of Ireland, opens at Dance Limerick on Monday 12 October. All are welcome to the free opening event, an introductory talk by Still, We Work initiator Valerie Connor, followed by a celebratory launch at 4pm.
This touring exhibition seeks to challenge mainstream representations of women and work.
The opening hours will be Mon 12th – Sat 17th October 12 noon-5pm and Sunday 18th Oct 2pm-5pm.
Curated by Michele Horrigan, the Limerick iteration presents Vagabond Review’s photographic series (In)Visible Labour Factorium at Dance Limerick, while artworks by Sarah Browne, Anne Tallentire and Miriam O’Connor are sited at other venues in the city.
For the opening event, Valerie Connor will introduce the conceptual framework driving this exhibition. Her talk will consider the legacies and current iterations of site-specific and participatory visual art practices, in turn reflecting on the intentions behind the working process of the artists in Still, We Work.
On Tuesday 13 Oct at 3pm, there will be a talk on Lady Mary Heath, the 1920s pioneering aviator from West Limerick, by Lindie Naughton, author of Lady Icarus – The Life of Irish Aviator Lady Mary Heath.
In 1928, Lady Mary Heath, born in Newcastle West, County Limerick, flew her tiny open-cockpit biplane from Cape Town to London, the first solo pilot to make the trip. It took her three months in an epic adventure that included forced landings, bureaucratic bungling, hostile natives and a bullet or two.
Never one to sit still for long, Lady Mary had already pioneered women’s athletics in Britain and helped introduce women’s track and field to the Olympics. Hear more about her contribution to a liberal understanding of women’s role in society from Lindie Naughton, author of Lady Icarus – the first full-length biography of Mary Heath.
Other related events take place at Limerick City Gallery of Art and The Hunt Museum during the week.
