crawford municipal art gallery
The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery is one of Cork's most important public buildings. The older part of the structure dates from 1724 and was the Custom House for Cork until 1818. Afterwards it housed the Royal Cork Institution and its art classes for two decades, before becoming a school of design in 1850.

In addition to an art school, the gallery houses works from important Irish artists in the collection such as James Barry, Nathaniel Grogan, Walter Osborne, Paul Henry, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Clarke and Sean Keating. The gallery offers third level courses in Fine Arts, Ceramic Design and Art Teacher training. Assistance from The Ireland Funds has aided their scholarship program which is awarded to the outstanding graduate of the Crawford College proceeding to post-graduate study. The Gallery was also supported in its youth education outreach program for “Picasso: Drawings, 1896-1934” -an exhibit of 60 pieces. This program reached children at over 200 primary schools in Offaly, Galway, Dublin, Belfast, and all of Munster.

“Our goal is to have a full-time, year-round education programme encompassing a wide demographic. The American Ireland Fund can further assist the programme by aligning the gallery with companies and patrons who are supportive of outreach programmes and the positive effects they have on their participants.”