Irish America
Irish America
The work of Irish-American artist Sean Scully (b. 1945) is the subject of a large exhibit now touring the United States and Europe. It offers a good opportunity to see more than 60 paintings and works on paper by this important and influential artist. Sean Scully's work "belongs to the rich tradition of postwar American abstraction," says Ned Rifkin, director of Atlanta's … [Read more...] about Mastering the Abstract
Can a strong Roman Catholic woman survive in today's Hollywood? The answer is a definite yes. Twenty-seven-year-old actress Moira Kelly, who once asked the permission of her pastor before committing to do a nude scene, is not merely surviving, but greatly succeeding. Film credits include Twin Peaks--Fire Walk With Me, The Cutting Edge, Chaplin and With Honors. You may also … [Read more...] about Moira Kelly: Hollywood’s Old-Fashioned Girl
The American Conference for Irish Studies held in Queen's University, Belfast, at the end of June, covered a range of topics including religion, identity, and the role of women in today's society. In 1972, Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney wrote from Belfast, where he was a lecturer at Queen's University, that poetry had to make its way in a "world that is public and brutal." … [Read more...] about Ireland: Island of Diversity
"We people of the diaspora, whether from Australia or Michigan or the plains of Canada, get here, returning ghosts, utterly confused and in need of guidance; and we see a place like Ballycotton, and recognize it straight away as a never but always known place." The Australian-Irish writer Thomas Keneally summed up in that sentence how someone from so far away, both in terms of … [Read more...] about An Always Known Place
Isabelle Emerson writes on the fascinating life of Irish tenor Michael Kelly. Michael Kelly's career started early: at the age of three he was served up on the table with the wine to sing for the entertainment of his father's guests. His powerful soprano was, perhaps surprisingly, not damaged by this unusual stage or by the succession of rather peculiar voice teachers, … [Read more...] about Mozart’s Irish Tenor
