2024/2025

Looking forward to the opening of a new exhibition in the Jennings Gallery on Friday 16th May.

Exhibition: Quiet Light: A visual exploration of peace, healing and serenity

Artist: Anne McNamee 

This exhibition presents a collection of original paintings inspired by Ireland’s landscapes and coastlines that evoke a sense of calm, reflection, and emotional connection. Rooted in Anne’s passion for creating peaceful and uplifting imagery, this exhibition explores themes of resilience, wellness, and human connection to nature - integral to mental and emotional health.

Drawing on her background as an artist who transitioned from city life to the serenity of the Irish countryside, these paintings celebrate the healing power of the natural world. The rhythmic lines of rolling hills, the vibrant colors of coastal scenes, and the soft textures of rural vistas reflectboth the outer environment and inner landscapes of tranquility and contemplation.

Anne’s paintings are always a celebration of the interplay between light and nature. Her images have been described as otherworldly, and she aims to create peaceful dreamlike images, weaving in elements of Irish skies, the sea and the land. The skies in her paintings are layered and change with the light. Each painting is not just a visual journey, but a deeply personal one revealing layers of meaning, Anne hopes her paintings bring a sense of comfort and restoration to those who see them.

Exhibition Launch: 
Join us in The Jennings Gallery from 17:00 to 18:00 on Friday 16th of May 2025. 

Biography
Anne McNamee is an emerging artist originally from Cork who is now based in Clare. Anne has strong connections with UCC as her sister in law is Geraldine McNamee who works as a Medical Internship Program Manager for the School of Medicine and her mother is Patricia McNamee who in 1987 became the first dedicated disability support officer in any Irish university and who then set up UCC’s Disability Support Service in 1988.

In her student years, Anne attended the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, but left to run an art gallery in Muswell Hill, London. Anne is a full time artist and a member of Visual Artists Ireland. She paints from her studio in the Burren and is deeply inspired by the folklore, landscapes and coastline of Ireland. Anne paints in acrylic usually with very large canvases.

You can see more of her work on her Instagram page @anneelizabetharts

Anne's exhibition will close on Friday 6th June.

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A new exhibition opened in the Jennings Gallery on Wednesday 12th February. 

Exhibition: ‘Rest’

Artist: An exhibition of prints created by UCC first year (2024-2025) Occupational Therapy Students

The exhibition will close on 6th May. 

2023/2024

New Exhibition Opening on Wednesday 17th April!

In loving memory of Betty McDonald and in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit in CUH.

We are delighted to announce that a new exhibition entitled 'Breathe…Capturing images for health' will open in the Jennings Gallery at 6:30pm on Wednesday 17th April.

Curated by Colette Cunningham, the title 'Breathe' was chosen by Colette because the exhibition aims to raise funds for and awareness of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit and Ward 5B (CF Ward) in CUH.

Artists: Colette Cunningham, Christine Allan and Jules Versluis.

Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

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‘Tending Joy’ - An Exhibition of Prints by UCC's First Year Occupational Therapy Students 

Opened 7th February 2024 - closed 12th April 

Since the foundation of the profession in 1917 and influenced by social movements including the Arts and Crafts Movement, art, craft and creative activities have played a central role in Occupational Therapy.

To explore this heritage and to examine first-hand the potential therapeutic power of creative activities, UCC’s first year Occupational Therapy students have an opportunity to participate in creative activities in module OT1005 Creative Occupations and Health, designed and led by Dr. Eithne Hunt in collaboration with Cork Printmakers.

The theme for this year’s creative sessions and exhibition is ‘Tending Joy’. In their creative sessions, the students were encouraged to reflect on how they experience and cultivate joy in the big and small moments of their daily lives.

The exhibition was opened by Odhrán Allen, CEO of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland.

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Picturing War: Memory, Materiality & Medicine in An Irish Nurse’s WW1 Archive  12th Oct - January 2024

Opened on Thursday 12th October, this exhibition is a visual narrative of the experience of an Irish nurse, Agnes Maguire, in WW1.

Her photograph albums and archival materials - including QAIMNS nursing cape, medals, souvenirs, hospital-ship menus - offer a unique insight into the social, cultural and medical dimension a nurse’s wartime experience in Egypt and Salonika.

This exhibition is curated by Dr Laura McKenna, granddaughter of Agnes Maguire. 

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Art4Knowlege Exhibition  28th June - 26th July 

This exhibition featureed artworks produced by participants in our Art4Knowledge Art Therapy Workshop Series, run by the UCC Cancer Trials Group (UCC CTG) in collaboration with MTU Crawford College of Art and Design. 

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Dr John Sweeney Memorial Photographic Exhibition 11th May - 22nd June

John was a valued colleague and friend in UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and an award winning photographer.

2021/22

COVID restrictions in place

2020

6th February: This Place - Róisín O'Sullivan

COVID restrictions in place from March 2020

2019

17th September: Wonder - First Year Occupational Therapy students, UCC

27th November: Celebrating 25 Years of Nursing and Midwifery Excellence at UCC - School of Nursing and Midwifery