Visual Arts

Bernie Leahy: Why Are We

A mid-career solo exhibition of drawing and sculpture with stitch. Artist talk September 10

Details

Free; reservations encouraged

Contact

Box Office

888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org

Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday

In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days


Location

Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019

Overview

Gallery hours by appointment
Monday—Friday | 10am—6pm
Please call 212-757-3318 x203

Exhibition will be available to view by appointment until December 14.



Artist Talk & Reception
Monday, September 10 | 5:30pm
FREE | Reservations Encouraged

SCHEDULE
5:30—6pm Reception
6pm Talk
Post-talk Reception to Follow



Through her art practice, internationally celebrated Dublin artist Bernie Leahy picks apart visceral human connections, finding and laying bare the vulnerability in each chosen subject matter. In this exhibition, Leahy has created an evocative series of stitched drawings and small sculptures, embodied with a variety of media including gold leaf, uncut diamonds and acrylic on linen and canvas. Fragments of the human form—eyes, mouths, glances—capture Leahy’s personal moments and stories and imbues them with a sense of passion and energy.

“Her work plays many emotional chords, there is a common thread of kindness and humanity behind all the pieces.”Irish Arts Review Magazine

“Prolific and brave in her use of materials.”—Dr. Audrey Whitty, National Museum of Ireland



Why Are We
 is the first of three consecutive exhibitions at Irish Arts Center with a focus on textile art. Belfast-based Ursula Burke will join in winter 2019.

Supported by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland 

Why Are We appears in New York Textile Month September 2018

Bernie Leahy is part of the Iconic Textiles Conference at Parson's College on September 14, 2018.


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Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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