Yeats & the West

an exhibition of western worlds

presented by NUI Galway

says farewell to

The Model, Sligo

yeatsandthewest.org

The exhibition turns south once again, en route to its reimagining at Thoor Ballylee.

W.B. Yeats always looked west. Yeats & the West discovers what it meant to him, and what this means for us.

Presented by NUI Galway, Yeats & the West featured at The Model, Sligo, and included an exciting programme of public talks, guided tours, and schools events.

Through crafts, collaborations, and landscapes Yeats & the West continues to try to tell an important story: a story of going west to find out who we really are.

Featuring crafts, collaborations, rare books, music, drama, video, and exclusive artwork, the exhibition turns south once again, en route to its reimagining at Thoor Ballylee.

With special thanks to Emer, Heike, Christian, Marie-Louise, Laura, and all who helped make it such a success. And most especially to our visitors.

Thanks for having us!

 

 

Yeats & the West

an exhibition of western worlds

featuring crafts, collaborations, rare books, music, drama, video, and exclusive art

presented by NUI Galway

Exhibition Opening

6pm Thursday 24 March

The Model, Sligo

W.B. Yeats always looked west. Yeats & the West discovers what it meant to him, and what this means for us.

yeatsandthewest.org

Yeats & the West opens at the Model, Sligo, featuring an exciting programme of public talks, guided tours, and schools events.

24 March to 12 May 2016 The Model, Sligo

Curators Tours Thursdays at 1pm. Public Talks Thursdays at 6pm

Open: Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm

Thurs: 10am-8pm

Fri: 12am-5pm

Mon: Closed

Through crafts, collaborations, and landscapes Yeats & the West tells the story of going west to find out who we really are.

This exhibition comes to the Model from NUI Galway, and explores Yeats’s life, work, and legacy through his connections to the west. Rare artworks, books, manuscripts, and exclusive images, photographs, and film feature in an exhibition that reveals the impact of western heritage on W.B. Yeats and the wider Yeats family. Their commitment to crafts and culture created a western revolution that shaped modern Ireland.

“Yeats always looked west. For him the west of Ireland was the wellspring of songs, stories, and folklore, the foundation of the Irish imagination. It was the landscape of his poetry and plays. Significant events of his life took place here; collaborations that formed his work were forged here. This western outlook even took him and the Abbey Theatre players as far as the American west. Yeats & the West tells this remarkable story and considers what the west meant to him, and what that means for us”, explains Dr Adrian Paterson, a Lecturer in English at NUI Galway and scholar of W.B. Yeats, who led the curation of the exhibition.

Presented in association with NUI Galway, Yeats & the West features research input from the university’s Moore Institute for the Humanities, exclusive materials from the James Hardiman Library, from the National Library of Ireland, and from the Model’s own collections. The exhibition represents NUI Galway’s continuing contribution to the Decade of Commemorations and to Yeats2015, the worldwide series of cultural events marking the poet’s 150^th birthday.

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Yeats & the West

an exhibition of western worlds

featuring crafts, collaborations, rare books, music, drama, video, and exclusive artwork

presented by NUI Galway

comes to

The Model, Sligo

yeatsandthewest.org

W.B. Yeats always looked west. Yeats & the West discovers what it meant to him, and what this means for us.

Presented by NUI Galway, Yeats & the West comes to the Model, Sligo, featuring an exciting programme of public talks, guided tours, and schools events.

24 March to 12 May 2016 The Model, Sligo

Curators Tours Thursdays at 1pm. Public Talks Thursdays at 6pm

Open: Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm

Thurs: 10am-8pm

Fri: 12am-5pm

Mon: Closed

Through crafts, collaborations, and landscapes Yeats & the West tells the story of going west to find out who we really are.

This special exhibition for his 150th birthday runs 24 March to 12 May in the Model.

Take in the crafts and symbols that started the Irish Revival.

Learn more about the figures whose art and ideas shaped modern Ireland.

Through drama, film, rare books, manuscripts, artwork, crafts, and music, feel what it must have been like to a be a part of this cultural revolution.

Remembering this revolutionary year come and discover the collaborations that led to a real revolution.

Come and see how far west this revolution spread – even as far as Hollywood!

At the Model, Sligo, until 12 May 2016.

24 March to 12 May 2016

Open: Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm

Thurs: 10am-8pm

Fri: 12am-5pm

Mon: Closed

Curators Tours Thursdays at 1pm. Public Talks Thursdays at 6pm

Yeats & the West

an exhibition of western worlds

featuring crafts, collaborations, rare books, music, drama, video, and exclusive artwork

Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway

now with extended opening

until Friday February 19th

yeatsandthewest.org

W.B. Yeats always looked west. Yeats & the West discovers what it meant to him, and what this means for us.

Through crafts, collaborations, and landscapes Yeats & the West tells the story of going west to find out who we really are.

This special exhibition for his 150th birthday now has extended opening until Friday 19th February 2016.

Take in the crafts and symbols that started the Irish Revival.

Learn more about the figures whose art and ideas shaped modern Ireland.

Through drama, film, rare books, manuscripts, artwork, crafts, and music, feel what it must have been like to a be a part of this cultural revolution.

Remembering this revolutionary year come and discover the collaborations that led to a real revolution.

Come and see how far west this revolution spread – even as far as Hollywood!

At the Hardiman Reseach Building, NUI Galway, until Friday February 19th 2016.