Nous invitons les parents francophones de la région à venir à l’Alliance Française de Cork pour poser des questions et discuter avec Yasmine Krid, psychologue-psychothérapeute, le samedi 28 septembre, à 13h15 (événement gratuit).
New art exhibition in our gallery:
"Unreality", by artist Michaela McCann, recipient of the 2024 Alliance Française de Cork MTU CCAD Award.
Michaela McCann’s work explores absurdity and unreality through the medium of oil painting and photography. Through the use of techniques such as disjunction and displacement, Michaela conveys a sense of unreality in her work. The imagery in her work creates irrational and dream-like compositions, giving the work a sense of other-worldliness. Michaela takes inspiration from everyday life, often photographing objects or settings and taking them out of their usual contexts and then combining and juxtaposing them together in order to give the work a bizarre quality and provoke thought in the viewer. Through her work, Michaela aims to challenge social institutions by rejecting the logic and rationality of everyday life and instead embrace the nonsensical.
Our gallery is currently open during our Front desk opening hours:
on Tuesdays, 6 pm - 7.30 pm
on Wednesdays, 2 pm - 5 pm
on Saturdays, 9 am - 4 pm
From left to right: Laurence Merlette (AF de Cork Admin-Coordinator); Philippe Grosbois (AF de Cork Board Member); Valérie David-McGonnell (President of the Board of Directors of AF de Cork); Michaela McCann (Artist); Josselin Le Gall (Honorary Consul of France in Cork).
Exhibition Launch in our Gallery
This year, on the occasion of Culture Night (Friday 20th September, 7 pm),
we are delighted to invite you to the Opening of a new exhibition in our gallery:
"Unreality", by artist Michaela McCann, recipient of the 2024 Alliance Française de Cork MTU CCAD Award.
Michaela McCann’s work explores absurdity and unreality through the medium of oil painting and photography. Through the use of techniques such as disjunction and displacement, Michaela conveys a sense of unreality in her work. The imagery in her work creates irrational and dream-like compositions, giving the work a sense of other-worldliness. Michaela takes inspiration from everyday life, often photographing objects or settings and taking them out of their usual contexts and then combining and juxtaposing them together in order to give the work a bizarre quality and provoke thought in the viewer. Through her work, Michaela aims to challenge social institutions by rejecting the logic and rationality of everyday life and instead embrace the nonsensical.
On 13th September we were honoured to welcome Her Excellency Céline Place, our new Ambassador Designate of France in Ireland, and Vincent Caure, new Deputy representing French people living abroad (Northern Europe constituency) for their very first visit to Cork.
We were also delighted to welcome our French Vice-Consul Monika Lewitowicz, the Counsellors of French people abroad Laurence Helaili-Chapuis and Nicolas Nouelle-Parrat, and the honorary Consuls Josselin Le Gall (Cork), Loïc Guyon (Limerick) and Melanie O’Reilly (Wexford).
Meet our teachers, discuss your level, attend a reading, register for a course, enter a draw to win a prize
Many thanks to H.E. Karen Van Vlierberge, Ambassador of #Belgium to #Ireland, for the invitation to an early celebration of the Belgian National Day today in Dublin last Friday.
This year, in order to celebrate the 2024 Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, Alliance Française de Cork was delighted to create a quiz in French about Belgium, in collaboration with Alliance Française Antwerp: https://create.kahoot.it/share/quiz-sur-la-belgique/4392164e-bf53-4bc5-b274-e98c1a997a20
From left to right: Andre Flammang (Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Ireland) ; Valérie David-McGonnell (Alliance Française de Cork President) ; H.E. Karen Van Vlierberge (Ambassador of Belgium to Ireland) ; Julien Thonar (Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Belgium in Ireland) ; Anne-Kristine Kjelsen (Hon. Consul of Switzerland in Cork).
#Bastilleday2024 #14juillet was celebrated last Monday, at the French Residence in #Dublin
Many thanks to H.E. Vincent Guérend, Ambassador of France to Ireland, for the invitation.
From left to right: Valérie David-McGonnell (President of AF de Cork), H.E. Vincent Guérend, Ambassador of France to Ireland, Édouard Philippe (Le Havre Mayor/former Prime Minister of France), & Cllr Dan Boyle (Lord Mayor of Cork).
From left to right: Kate McQuinn and Vicky Bouché (post-primary teachers in Cork), Valérie David-McGonnell (President of AF de Cork), and Hélène Conway-Mouret (French Senator).
Enrollment for our 2024-2025 French courses is now open!
To see our 2024-2025 timetables: https://www.alliancefrancaisecork.com/-Our-French-Courses-
Registration is now open!
To register, please send us an email at info@alliancefrancaisecork.com
The "Béthune rend hommage aux combattantes de l’ombre" ceremony took place in northern France on 24th May. It was organized by the Mayor of Béthune City and his elected representatives, in the presence of Hannah E. Twomey, Consul of Ireland to Paris, and Alliance Française de Cork President Valérie David-McGonnell.
This event paid tribute to four French, Belgian and Irish members of the French Resistance who served the cause of the liberation of France in the city of Béthune during WWII, including Cork Franciscan Sister, Kate McCarthy, aka Sr Marie Laurence, whose relatives travelled from Ireland to attend the ceremony. A large crowd attended the ceremony. A delegation of French Franciscan sisters were also present.
Born in 1895 in Drimoleague, County Cork, Sr Marie Laurence worked as a nurse at the Béthune Hospital during the First and Second World Wars. In 1940, she joined the "Musée de l’Homme" Resistance network. She was arrested by the Gestapo in June 1941, imprisoned and deported. She was released from the Ravensbrück concentration camp in April 1945. After the war, Sr Marie Laurence returned to Ireland. She was awarded several medals by France: the "Médaille commémorative française de la guerre 1939-1945" and the silver "Médaille de la reconnaissance française". She later became Mother Superior of the Honan Home in Cork. She died in 1971.
During her speech at the Béthune ceremony, Valérie David-McGonnell announced that, in the autumn, one of our classrooms will be renamed in memory of Sr Marie Laurence.
AF de Cork President Valérie David-McGonnell with Béthune City Mayor Olivier Gacquerre, Deputy Mayor Maryse Bertoux, and Deputy Director of Culture and Events Sandrine Donchez.
AF de Cork President with relatives of Sr Marie Laurence: her niece Sr Breda McCarthy, and her grandnieces Caitriona Hayes & Siobhan Sheils.
Article in English: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41408468.html
L’Alliance Française de Cork est ravie de soutenir la Fête de la Bretagne à Cork, du 18 au 21 mai.
Alliance Française de Cork is delighted to support the Festival of Brittany in Cork, from 18th to 21st May.
