@Ireland Curator: Fiona Kearney

This is where I'm back to real life curating on Monday. All welcome to visit @glucksman - new show opens 27 July 8) pic.twitter.com/5w1xR1nH

Fellow #RotationCuration curators signing out too. Collegiate connection to all tweeting for country/community. Now on I'm @fionakearney

@TomTDowling mostly wish I had more time to engage. Real life curating got in the way!!!

@jlfxa cheerio from Cork. Maybe @Ireland will have curator with your favourite name some day :)

@masterslm thank you!

@TomTDowling my glass slippers are shattered and I can glimpse my pumpkin coach on the twitter horizon

Next up @ireland is @TomTDowling - looking forward to next week Tom!

@TWkLGBTQ thank you - great to learn of your account!

Really enjoyed my week as curator @ireland - thanks folks for the views, chats and ideas. I'm over @fionakearney as an art curator again!

@Lucy_McKenna ah thanks *beetroot*

@mmeller great names ;)

Thank you! “@VibrantIreland: What to do in Cork: the gorgeous Glucksman Gallery buff.ly/Ne2yEA We loved @glucksman! #Ireland”

Good luck @DruidTheatre and @garryhynes opening @LincolnCenter New York tonight. Irish culture on tour.

@KatieBe_NC great idea - @glucksman we have free wifi for students and faculty, but not public yet...

Goodbye Josef Albers. Hello Henri Matisse. Next show @glucksman all about drawing and moving image. Opens July 27th. All welcome. #art

My son Sam was happy not to be in the choppy Irish waters last week pic.twitter.com/TlNYJiJO

Skies everchanging “@bobsleighbob: Lovely part of the world. Took this in Cross Haven a couple of weeks ago. yfrog.com/odt1qhcj”

@JohnGNolan thanks John!

Didn't get to venture to East Cork this weekend but love the beaches there too. Here is gorgeous Garretstown Strand. pic.twitter.com/SJTblFhu

Have to say, I've been really struck by the upbeat tone and generosity of twittersphere about all things Irish this week #positiveireland

Great to hear “@ChicaNovo: We were in Dublin last May & loved all the museums @ireland #museumsmeant2bfree”

One of best parts of my work is encouraging new audiences to visit gallery. Museums inspire, teach, provoke and calm us. And most are free!

Art for all! “@glucksman: Pop by Family Sunday art workshop 3-4pm last one til 29th July. Free admission & all welcome pic.twitter.com/JcDeaEPj”

As a mum, I loved this piece by Irish born sculptor Eva Rothschild. As a curator, it's priceless - do watch to end! guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/v…

Today is last day of Josef Albers @glucksman - Rosa Mystica window recommissioned especially for the exhibition pic.twitter.com/o4wbiC4x

Food & heritage & exercise! “@libertygrill: one other is @Castle_Cafe1 where u can work up or walk off a visit on fantastic Mahon walk :-)”

@svknco thank you :)

@famron not open Sundays :(

@We_R_Russia so awful - thinking about you from Ireland

Thoughts with all Russians devastated by floods “@We_R_Russia: Krymsk. A whole town is under the water :(( 146 died pic.twitter.com/O5eTD9hN”

Breakfast at home this morning but delicious places for brunch in Cork on Sundays are @ElectricCork @frescobistro - more recommendations?

@MajellaOShea thanks from @ireland too ;)

Good morning! Last day tweeting for @ireland before I head back to @fionakearney

Just had supper made of treats picked up in Skibbereen, Innishannon and Kinsale. Oh, and O'Conaill's dark chocolate. Irish produce rocks!

@laurakate79 good to hear...

@laurakate79 come visit - scenery is free!

Home to the garden after blissful meander through Irish countryside and West Cork towns. pic.twitter.com/xctlY3gP

More summer loveliness from our West Cork drive pic.twitter.com/MnsCH77V

Heading now towards Kinsale to check out @KinsaleArtsWeek - so much going on this weekend!

@ClodaghShortall gorgeous here now

@paddypadman2 8)

Stopping for browse in the Saturday market and getting much needed coffee from this lovely stall pic.twitter.com/vv5egqhg

Skibbereen Main Street in sunshine. pic.twitter.com/6AS3K4Me

Good morning from Schull! Cape Clear barely visible in the mist pic.twitter.com/A2AuaXOR

@bethcovington thanks Beth - just wish I had more time online over the week!

Night night Ireland “@orielgirl1: it's practically pitch black in Fermanagh now. With a tiny bit of pink on the horizon pic.twitter.com/NCFauBOR

Bantry Bay has brightened up as we leave - heading over the mountains to Schull pic.twitter.com/1DIV1t27

Beautiful setting for tonight's concert. pic.twitter.com/Fd9DBOy7

@sarahlyricfm thank you!

Arrived in Bantry for evening concert of West Cork Music festival - it may be raining but Bay view is still something pic.twitter.com/jdWtGVY3

If in West Cork “@BANTRY2012: You're more than welcome to West Cork! Can we tempt you to stay for Atlantic Challenge? bantry2012.com”

Best of luck to all the bikers! “@HireAndHardware: it's the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle! #ROKCC2012 ringofkerrycycle.ie”

@achillgooner ran half in Bantry and Cork - was grateful for volunteers!

yum! “@brid_h2g: In Dublin, we'll be running our Saturday Farmers Market here indoors in a converted old warehouse!”

happy running! “@achillgooner: @ireland Half Marathon in Achill”

What is Ireland up to this weekend? I'm heading to west cork - lucky to have the beautiful coastline so close to Cork

@iandevlin thanks and @i_amgermany sorry about that!

Sláinte! @PeopleOfUK @curatorsmexico @we_r_russia @sweden @wearefrance @weareaustria @weareaustralia @newzealand @thisisiceland @iam_germany

Alors, les français en Irlande? “@weareFrance: Any Frenchy 'round the world want to be next curator for @weareFrance? It is a lot of fun!”

Driving down to Bantry later this evening to attend West Cork Music Festival. Great programme of events westcorkmusic.ie

@alisonosullivan no

@EoghanOSulliva2 thanks Eoghan @frescobistro will be glad to hear!

Flood warnings being issued for Leinster and Munster - glad @Glucksman have flood barriers and hope people stay safe. pic.twitter.com/TKggpwDQ

@raptureponies ours is wonderfully managed by @unakavanagh @blathnaidhealy @worldirish so I think not!

@NMIreland yes - not as much time as I'd like to interact - it could be a full-time job!

.@savemarinapark @highlinenyc Love walking the highline - and dipping down into art in Chelsea

If you are thinking of doing something cultural this weekend, why not visit one of our national museums @NGIreland @NLIreland @NMIreland

@TheKavOfficial ah thanks -

It is the last weekend of Albers exhibition @glucksman - gallery really busy these last few days. I'll be sorry to see this show leave.

Good morning folks! Friday feeling as @KinsaleArtsWeek kicks off today!

Interest in concept of alternate worlds/futures goes back to my love (and degree) in Philosophy. Also Voltaire and then Alfred Bester.

Watching season 2 of Falling Skies. I love any fiction that tries to seriously imagine a credible alien encounter with human kind.

Love the gorgeous illustration and imagination of @theprojecttwins - and they are based in Cork theprojecttwins.com

@Nerin_ haha images of us flinging potato smacks at each other across the twitter sphere

@conorleeson @qaoileann @thehairpin sounds interesting!

Interviewed today for facilitator position @glucksman - so many bright passionate people wanting to work in the arts. Wish we had 20 places.

yes - all dairy... Glenilen farm cheesecakes! “@AmericanIreland: @ireland And the milk. Milk here is fantastic, has to be world's best.”

lovely “@Qaoileann: @ireland this @thehairpin post has a list of best Irish food: from fish+chips to ice-cream:) bit.ly/LQXs1f”

I do like bread with my butter 8) @SandraOCallagh: @VibrantIreland Italian butter is unsalted and unpalatable I have to agree!”

Was wondering when someone would mention this fine Irish snack “@IrishBinka: @ireland tayto crisps...”

@endac like sticks of sweet rock? I was a love hearts girl myself ;)

8) “@MarketsAlive: @ireland "I like food, I eat nothing else!" Kenny Everett”

@TheKavOfficial my other half couldn't agree more!

For me, the culinary pleasures of Ireland are delicious cheeses, excellent meat and of course @barrysteatweets

Food is important part of culture in any part of the world. What treats make you think of Ireland?

Good morning from Cork.

@curatorchina @sweden @hellofrmsg @newzealand good morning from Cork (we are twinned with Shanghai!)

okay Dublin folk - what advice for @alisonosullivan I'm going to Dublin on Friday, hidden gems? Ideally food or drink related?

Sunshine and laid back summer vibe on streets of Dublin. Regret that I have to rush back to Cork.

interesting “@Arts_Audiences: 56% of gallery visitors in 2012 attended 4 or more times. 95% of visitors would recommend to a friend.

Importance of archives “@sjarchives: Experience of art! The rediscovery of 'The Taking of Christ' and record keeping. bit.ly/KTbUBN”

Success “@katymilligan: Seeing Las Meninas in Prado & then Picasso's reinterpretation on 5th yr school tour made me want to art historian!

@sarahlyricfm I had a well thumbed copy of Jim Fitzpatrick's Book of Conquests

Love it “@MaeveHoulihan: also discovering the real life Guernica actually black&white! Thought had just seen b&w pictures. Scarlett!”

Thanks everyone for sharing your memorable art encounters - it's brilliant to hear of so many different cultural experiences

@KinsaleArtsWeek @kilkennyarts looking forward to it all! Hope to be there over weekend...

My son loved it too! “@MaeveHoulihan: Driving on A1 & confronted by Gormley's Angel of the North. Scale & magnificence mind-blowing

Same response from @darraghdoyle 8) @carlowbandb: How small Mona Lisa was after writing 5 pages in Leaving Cert in 75: assumed it was large

@svknco never feel able to cherry pick. Love lush brushwork of JB Yeats, delicate modelling of Charlie Brady, choked light of Paul Henry...

Venice source of many memorable moments “@alan_butler: @ireland ‘Revenge’ by nico vascellari at Venice Biennale 2007 youtube.com/watch?v=G4C-ut…”

Upended my world too @RowenaNeville: 1st visit to Saatchi London: Richard Wilson's 20:50 unsettled & invigorated every sense. Head spinning!

Art at journey end. “@darraghdoyle: The Taking of the Christ in the National Gallery, having followed the story of its discovery. Emotional.

@businesstoarts @kelvingroveart smiling broadly

Early adopters! “@seanohargain: Bringing 4th class boys from Cahersiveen to Picasso etchings in Crawford & blown away by positive response.”

Adore the imaginative enigma of his work “@conorjh: @ireland the first time I saw a Cornell box, a dizzying feel like the world opening.”

Hilarious “@EyeBlinks: @ireland Most recent @ Elliot Erwiit exhibition in Venice, turning corner & confronted with this jacksonfineart.com/images/artists…

Great! “@landsleaving: Seeing Ballagh's portrait of Noel Browne for 1st time after learning about him in school. Masterful & fitting tribute

Glad not put off for life! “@businesstoarts: 1st memory of gallery seeing Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross @kelvingroveart with my dad

@EyeBlinks How wonderful

@psneeze Great marketing campaign - creativity in communications so important

@darraghdoyle Lots of great Leonardos to be seen elsewhere without the hype...

Great to fellow creative at the helm of @newzealand this week *waves across the twittersphere*

Lots of talk about experience of art - what is your most memorable experience of art?

Declan McGonagle on gallery role in attracting audiences from casual visitor to scholar - certainly what @glucksman aims to do. #handn2012

Lots of great visual art organisations @arts_audiences seminar - use #handn2012 to follow the day

Yum Yum “@IrishFoodies: lovely report on Slow Food Burren Festival with @burrensalmon, @WildHoneyInn fb.me/KbWFYVYM”

Sunny skies opening up as train arrives into Dublin. Looking forward to morning with @arts_audiences and afternoon @artscouncilhelp

@kevinmarkham travel made much easier since @IrishRail introduced free wifi!

Today David Smith the ingenious designer of many @glucksman catalogues such as this gives free talk at 1pm in gallery pic.twitter.com/ybWgnf8O

Happy birthday to @unakavanagh - one of the team who manages @Ireland account over @worldirish - hope there is lots of cake today!

Gorgeous picture of Angela Fulcher's work in @IrishTimes of Conjuring for Beginners which opened @ProjectVisArts last night.

Love getting the train in Ireland. Green fields, misty skies, castle ruins and sprawling housing estates flying past the window.

@GotIreland enjoy the celebrations today

Happy 4th July folks!

@BrendanMRogers never feel alone with a book... Well, the right kind of book 8)

@ClearlyCrystalB @alanmagee go girl!

Well after a day of book tweets, what more can I say? “@AlanMagee: Words to live by. No exceptions! (Dublin shopwindow) pic.twitter.com/WKEyhTOK

@travors my other half read it on holidays - seems to require dedication alright.

.@TobyJulian was a fantastic show @HaywardGallery - Lots of exhibition catalogues on my shelves ;)

@len_patrick haha! Well spotted... Books before cleanliness in our house!

@Dunnie77 @ultimatehurl books need to be in reach throughout the house...

Lots of Irish university students getting exam results this week. Hope @UCC_Ireland gang all did okay...

Here are the current selection of books on my bathroom shelf - some ridiculously appropriate! @ultimatehurl pic.twitter.com/MqU4uJz4

@NLIreland @ordinary_times rich area - lots of potential exhibitions!

.@UltimateHurl I actively curate my bathroom shelf as that is where most guests browse for books!

Just realised I think I have a bookshelf in every room in my house. Here's my favourite corner. pic.twitter.com/t8vJi8Ze

@sinad_e fab! Our next show features Denis Oppenheim's Stage 2 Transfer Drawing - a collaboration with his son eai.org/title.htm?id=1…

@Ordinary_Times @nlireland how wonderful! Maybe we can swap books? Follow and DM me @fionakearney and I'll send you my catalogue.

Venturing up to Dublin tomorrow for @arts_audiences seminar reporting on @glucksman work w/ @rhagallery @tbgands @modelsligo @butlergallery

@form_architect yes - great art collection too ;)

@VibrantIreland fabulous isn't it... love her imaginative worlds

Exhibition catalogue featured a cover image by Loretta Lux that always felt like a contemporary Alice in Wonderland pic.twitter.com/GfEtOdXJ

@UltimateHurl did you see these - hilarious geektyrant.com/news/2012/2/13…

When my son was born, I began thinking about how we picture children. I curated a show on childhood & photography Through the Looking Glass.

@UltimateHurl you should - many artists have so there are lots of interesting examples out there...

One of my absolute favourite books Alice in Wonderland illustrated by the bonkers and brilliant Yayoi Kusama pic.twitter.com/R2UY1uFD

.@art_hub no such thing as a favourite book as all useful in different ways but my essential book for students in Brian Eno's Year in a Life

@VibrantIreland me too!

. @VibrantIreland I buy in focused way online but love unfettered browsing in bookshops where smell & touch count as much as recommendations

@Leabharlannai80 Summer crime!

Predictably the books on my shelf at work have an art hue pic.twitter.com/0m5wRqNX

@eatlikeagirl keep eating and writing, tasting and tweeting...

@eatlikeagirl seriously, I love your book. It's the way you write about food, not just the scumptious delights therein...

@Ziggystarduster I like fantasy too - started on CS Lewis, Tolkein and LeGuin, most recently Game of Thrones series... never read Darkover!

@pamelaaobrien read it last Summer and really enjoyed it - always like books with a bit of mathematics in them...

As @blacksuncork reminded me, there are literary happenings in Cork at the moment with @SoundEyeCork during @TheAvantCork

. @Ziggystarduster Alfred Bester, Clarke, and of course the utterly wonderful @MargaretAtwood -

I'm an enthusiastic but limited cook, but I do love reading about food including fabulous recipes from @eatlikeagirl pic.twitter.com/xemGDvb5

@scarie thanks for sharing that...

@Ziggystarduster sounds interesting - haven't started the Pratchett yet, but should be pageturning by this weekend!

@darraghdoyle Bonjour Monsieur Doyle - giving @weareFrance a run for their money!

Here are the books on my desk at home - what are you reading? pic.twitter.com/68RMK38r

There are many wonderful literary festivals in Ireland: great readings coming up @KinsaleArtsWeek @kilkennyarts and Bantry Literary Festival

Good morning from Cork!

@PeopleOfUK ah go on! I live near Blarney but family from the city...

@PeopleOfUK learning myself just how many country accounts there are!!!

.@PeopleOfUK @sweden @denmarktweets @i_amgermany don't forget @We_R_Russia @weareFrance @WeAreUkraine and further away @WeAreAustralia

Beautiful way to say farewell to 1st day @ireland thanks to a blissful leafy (+ it's from Cork) sunset from @barryh47 pic.twitter.com/UbF0L5f0

A green image of Ireland - literally - from @RadioUnplugged instagr.am/p/Mlz4-Muojs/

@weareFrance love to know what notes are being scribbled by girl on left!!!

@a2alien thanks for sharing...

@ooitch there are always great music sessions in Cork. Check out gigs from @triskelts @StevieGrainger @ThePavilion @corkoperahouse

Thank you for all the inspiring images of Ireland that you gave me today. Think it encouraged sunshine to stay on in Cork.

The lovely daisies and lavender in my garden enjoying evening sun. pic.twitter.com/H95TtSfL

@celaV indeed I am - flying rebel flag as first time from Cork!!!

@LaurenLike Wayside Inn is my local!

@eatlikeagirl *blush*

@eatlikeagirl hello Niamh - will try to fit in some foodie tweets amidst the art!

Sunny evening in Cork. Almost finished season plan for next exhibitions @Glucksman - time to head home to Blarney. Yes, I live near Blarney!

Willie Doherty creates photographs of a troubled beauty zonezero.com/magazine/essay…

An artist who explores the Irish landscape through history + borders is Willie Doherty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Do… - he's showing now @13_dOCUMENTA

Finally an urban picture. Ireland's capital city Dublin in a stencil image by @ADWart via @Fromthestudioof pic.twitter.com/wWSTs21i

Visited Clonakilty on Saturday - @ClonFlood cleanup in full swing. Bought new Terry Pratchett novel from the town bookshop.

Sometimes water in Ireland is too powerful. Floods last week caused huge damage. Spirit of @ClonFlood to clean up their town was inspiring.

@TweetweekUSA @sweden @weareaustralia @newzealand - curating @Ireland around images so hopefully you'll glimpse something Irish this week!

Windy gales sweep in from the Atlantic in huge waves as @spcahore shows us in Cahore, Wexford pic.twitter.com/vxdYdH3G

@PadraicHarvey @clarevirtually Mise Ealaíon 8)

Irish waters mostly friendly! “@EyeBlinks: Boogie boarding with some friends (Kerry) ... photos5.pix.ie/E6/0A/E60AAA21…”

When the sun shines, our coastline shimmers blue and green as @mionloch shows us here on The Great Blasket Island pic.twitter.com/c8hge2gh

@EdjuarezGT hello Guatemala!

One of the fascinating things about Ireland is the quick momentous shifts in light. As in this image from @bigrig480. pic.twitter.com/XOn1Z2r0

More beautiful beach sea views - this time from @_iamwhatiamnot of lehinch last july twitpic.com/a30z17”

@lornaocallaghan thanks Lorna

@lilycon thanks!

@savemarinapark thank you!

As pointed out by @LesHaricotsVert history is never far away in lreland pic.twitter.com/KUboHs0y”

Magical sunrise in Ireland thanks to @clarevirtually - Dawn on Lough Derg, Co. Clare. pic.twitter.com/aJ2RoysL”

I do love a sip of Star Wars “@clarevirtually: @ireland For a science fiction fan. Beware the dark side ! pic.twitter.com/NIUAOJYr”

Ireland really does feel as if it is balanced at the tip of the world - see Image from @fhayesmccoy of Béal Bán Dingle pic.twitter.com/qCpdAfDf

Make a pilgrimage here suggests @clarevirtually to see beauty of Holy Island, Lough Derg, Co. Clare. pic.twitter.com/cKjHvsYb

@ravenbooks @emcnicho lots of great bookshops but no dedicated sci-fi...

The water may be cold but the beaches are beautiful all along Irish coast - Portnoo, Donegal from @random_switch pic.twitter.com/Qt3LJAYu

Love it! First pic with a person from @spcahore: "Fishing for mackerel off the Wexford coast pic.twitter.com/CL4S2EFv”

And the stunning and ancient landscape around Glendalough in Wicklow thanks to @michaelkls pic.twitter.com/XUSWWSAa”

@ravenbooks Ireland can be otherworldly at times, but I'm a sucker for it in fiction and film too...

@weareFrance @runmurphyrun très beau arc-en-ciel

The majestic Rock of Cashel is one of Ireland's great heritage sites - thanks @OllyGriffin for image shar.es/sT6Dr

@inetdelivered Apple has its European headquarters in Cork where I live. Oh but you probably knew that...

Ireland has some fantastic crisp contemporary architecture such as this image from @chrisjhorn of @sciencegallery drhea.ie/foto/science-g…

@clockwork_rob makes me chuckle and furrow my brow at same time!

Countryside loveliness from @foxglovelane in County Waterford pic.twitter.com/yUNWeVF4

Rainbows are common in Ireland and always a delight as posted here by @runmurphyrun pic.twitter.com/2cJncAOv

Changing weather makes for regular conversation, changing light is an inspiration.

Already in Cork this morning, we've had bright sunshine, thunderous clouds and misty skies... Four seasons often seem to happen in one day

@michaelkls more like drawing on your own pool of knowledge...

@weareFrance @alsacianne 8)

Interesting mix of food, nature and heritage from @VibrantIreland as to what represents Ireland for her lockerz.com/s/221702076

@Munster_Tom thank you!

@chrisjhorn thanks for that Chris - what images represent Ireland for you? Science should get a look in here!

The artist Seán Hillen has created some comic and insightful images that respond to iconic ideas of Ireland seanhillen.com

Great question from @michaelkls as to what images come to mind in relation to your county? i.e. Wicklow and mountains

@michaelkls great question... I do think of mountains when I think of Wicklow...

@spcahore gribbet gribbet - great pic!!!

@TomTDowling sunny right now...

@random_switch everyone deserves respect until they lose it for themselves... Personally grateful for commitment of archaeologists

@AWanderingIrish indeed!

@weareFrance desolé Ollivier!

@Not_So_Witty @worldirish ask @emilymfg how to get on to her MA - step in right direction and her blog is mine of info on arts world

@weareFrance merci Olivier

Wonderful images of County Cavan from readers of @ContemporaryLiv contemporaryliving.ie/index.php/phot… - this is how they see Ireland

@random_switch only if you're standing in a bog below! I've curated shows with archaeology students - loved learning from them.

Although a bit weird to see the handsome face of @martinjmckenna as I tweet - he did wonderful stream for @Ireland last week

@TomTDowling it feels like a very active account which is fun!

As a curator, I'm interested in how images reflect our world. What represents Ireland for you? West Cork coast? pic.twitter.com/E3mPQeXr

@littlemisslilys hi Rachel

@weareFrance Love Brittany - and beautiful St Malo - had delicious crepes there one cold February day 8)

@e_eric thank you - better start tweeting and not just responding!!!

@AlanRiain thanks Alan

@chrisdaygalway thank you!

@kencurtin thanks Ken - trying to emulate @garethoconnor skill with multiple accounts while flying flag for Cork and @ucc_ireland

@AspieJourno thank you!

@Not_So_Witty checkout the fab @worldirish site for more info...

@weareFrance merci et bonjour la France - beaucoup de francais en vacances en Irlande en ce moment!

@ChristophKraeme Guten tag!

@runmurphyrun thank you!

@CarlowCountyMus thank you!

@NLIreland 8)

@Britt_W Dia Dhuit Britt! (hello in Irish)

@dylanvarian rebel tweets this week 8)

@NLIreland thank you - all about the images this week!

Good morning! My name is Fiona. I'm a museum director @Glucksman @ucc_ireland and member of Irish Arts Council. Curating @Ireland from Cork!