Our Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment.
Wednesday 26 February 2025, 11am
‘A Traveller Provocation’
Lecturer: Dr Rosaleen McDonagh
This talk is presented in tandem with our current exhibition Bafushia on view in gallery 6. Bafushia is an exhibition of contemporary artists who share Traveller heritage curated by Séamus Nolan and organised in collaboration with Hugh Lane Gallery and Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre.
Rosaleen McDonagh is a playwright, performer, columnist for The Irish Times and a member of Aosdána. Her plays include The Baby Doll Project, She’s Not Mine, Rings, The Prettiest Proud Boy and Mainstream. Her most recent commissions were Walls and Windows for the Abbey Theatre and Contentious Spaces for the Project Arts Centre. Rosaleen holds a BA, two MPhils from Trinity College Dublin and a PhD from Northumbria University. She is a board member of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre and was appointed a Human Rights Commissioner in June 2020. Unsettled is her first book.
Read more about Bafushia at Hugh Lane Gallery here
Fee: €5 including tea/coffee. Tickets, subject to availability are available on the day at the Reception desk.
