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CONTRIBUTORS
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STEPHANIE MCBRIDE
NANCY IRESON
EAMONN MALLIE
TERENCE REEVES-
SMYTH
0RU' MURPHY
Ciarán Bennett (John Nod Smith: Pandect,
page 56) is an independent art critic, curator
and President of the International Association of
Art Critics (Ireland).
Riann Coulter (Complementary spirits: Nano
Reid and Gerard Dillon, page 58) is an art historian
and curator specialising in modern and
contemporary art. She has worked in IMMA,
the National Gallery of Ireland and Trinity
College Dublin. She is currently Curator of
the FE McWilliam Gallery & Studio, Banbridge,
Co Down.
FM, Dublin. He is author of Blackshaw (2003)
and co author with Paddy Mackie of Kathleen
Isabella Metcalfe Mackie (2009).
Peter Harbison (Iveragh Peninsula, page 94)
is Honorary Academic Editor at the Royal Irish
Academy. He is a contributor to the recent
Treasures of the Royal Irish Academy Library (2009).
Judith Hill (Killua in transformation, page 98) is
an architectural historian and the author of
several books including Lady Gregory: An Irish Life
and In Search of Islands: A Life of Conor O'Brien.
Catherine Leen (Mining the landscape, page
60) is an art critic and a lecturer in the
Department of Spanish, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth.
Stephanie McBride (The everyday gaze
page 62) has written widely about film, media
and visual culture in Circa, the Irish Times and Film
Ireland. Recent books include Ireland into Film:
Felicia s Journey (2007).
Brian McAvera (Tracking Donald Teskey, page
64, Winter Catalogue Reviews, page 140) is a playwright,
art critic and curator. He has been a
contributing editor to the American magazine
Sculpture for the past twenty years.
Nancy IreSOn (Sculpture in the face of convention,
page 72) is an art historian and curator based in
London. At present, as a Leverhulme Trust
Research Fellow, she is working on a Toulouse-
Lautrec exhibition for the Courtauld Gallery.
Tom Dunne (Art in an age of anxiety, page 76)
teaches art history at UCC. His James Barry,
1741-1806: History Painter (co-edited with
William L. Pressly) will be published by Ashgate
in January 2010.
Anne-Marie Keaveney (Desmond Carrick:
light and colour, page 82) is a painter and parttime
lecturer at the National College of Art &
Design, Dublin.
RÓisín Kennedy (Role reversal, page 86)
teaches in the School of Art History and
Terence Reeves-Smyth (Temple of the
Winds, page
Cultural Policy at UCD. She writes and lectures
on modern Irish art and its contexts and is
former Yeats Curator at the National Gallery
of Ireland.
Eamonn Mallie (Kathleen Mackie - artist
adventurer, page 90) is Northern Editor for Today
1 04) is Senior Inspector for
Historic Buildings, Northern Ireland
Environment Agency. He has published widely
on archaeology, architectural and garden
history topics.
Orla Murphy (Community purpose, page 108)
is an architect and lecturer at the School of
Architecture, University College Dublin. She
was awarded the Kevin Kieran Award by the
Arts Council for 2009-201 1.
Joseph McBrinn (Showing his mettle, page
1 12) lectures at the School of Art and Design,
University of Ulster, Belfast. He is a
contributor to the recent Material Cultures 1 740-
1920: The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting (2009).
Ann MulrOOney (Memory of space, page
1 1 4) is a practising artist and curator of the
National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny. She has
curated exhibitions for a number of institutions
in Ireland and the UK and is a contributor
to numerous publications, including
Debatable Lands II, University of the West of
England/ AHRC (forthcoming).
Sara Smyth (Connemara Album, page 142) is
Curator of the National Photographic Archive,
Temple Bar, Dublin.
Con Power (The IAR Winter Diary, page 20) is
an artist and a regular contributor to the Irish
Arts Review.
Robert O'Byrne (Under the Hammer, page
46) is a journalist and author. His most recent
book is Romantic Irish Homes (2009).
Eleanor Flegg (Design Portfolio, page
120) is currently a doctoral candidate in craft
history at the University of Ulster. ■