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Distributed in Ireland by Easons Distributed in the UK by Central Books Ltd, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN Tel: 44 (0)845 458 9911 Email: infoiacentralbooks.com Distributed in the USA by Mercury International, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001. Periodicals postage is paid at Rahway, NJ. POSTMASTER send address corrections to: IRISH ARTS REVIEW c/o Mercury Intl. 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001. ISSN 1 649-21 7X The average net audited circulation of the <strong>Irish</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Review</strong> is 1 1 ,439. IAR 20<strong>09</strong> CONTRIBUTORS * TOP TO BOTTOM: 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 (20<strong>09</strong>). Peter Harbison (Iveragh Peninsula, page 94) is Honorary Academic Editor at the Royal <strong>Irish</strong> Academy. He is a contributor to the recent Treasures of the Royal <strong>Irish</strong> Academy Library (20<strong>09</strong>). Judith Hill (Killua in transformation, page 98) is an architectural historian and the author of several books including Lady Gregory: An <strong>Irish</strong> 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 <strong>Irish</strong> Times and Film Ireland. Recent books include Ireland into Film: Felicia s Journey (2007). Brian McAvera (Tracking Donald Teskey, page 64, Winter Catalogue <strong>Review</strong>s, 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 <strong>Irish</strong> 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 <strong>Arts</strong> Council for 20<strong>09</strong>-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 (20<strong>09</strong>). 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 <strong>Irish</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Review</strong>. Robert O'Byrne (Under the Hammer, page 46) is a journalist and author. His most recent book is Romantic <strong>Irish</strong> Homes (20<strong>09</strong>). Eleanor Flegg (Design Portfolio, page 120) is currently a doctoral candidate in craft history at the University of Ulster. ■
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