Events Schedule 2010

Activity Packs for families.  Enjoy activities around the galleries with your family.  Suitable for 5-11 year olds and we recommend adults to guide children when using the packs.  Free of charge.  We would like to thanks the State Street Foundation for their generous support

Members Event.  Don't miss this special Members-only preview of Telling Images of China. Booking essential. Contact Mary Dowling for details, tel: 4070759

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Re-Orientating Ourselves to Enter a Chinese World, Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Telling Images of China exhibition opens
Gallery Tour 1.10pm Telling Images of China, Dr Shane McCausland, Curator 

Members Event.  Tibetan afternoon - featuring a special screening of the documentary Wheel of Time. Booking essential. Contact Mary Dowling for details, tel: 4070759

Video Installation Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Part I, running time 29 mins. The decline of interest in meaningful experience is a recurrent theme in the work of Yang Fudong. Here he has young urbanites with Burberry jackets and briefcases withdraw to the mountains to admire the beauty of nature.
Part II, running time 46 mins. Set mainly inside an apartment, the intellectuals talk over food and drink about topics ranging from their desires and sexuality to existential views of life and death. Over 18s only this film has adult content.
Courtesy of ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Families, East and West: How different can they be?, Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Chinese calligraphy workshop with Li Jia.  Booking essential. Please book online from Monday 15 February at www.cbl.ie.  For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact Education Services from Monday 15 February, tel: 01 4070750. €20 per person, payment can be made on the day, materials provided

Chinese calligraphy demonstration with Li Jia.  This event is free of charge. No booking required

Mah Jong demonstration with the Malaysian Chinese community. This event is free of charge. No booking required

Video Installation Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Part III, running time 53 mins. Another kind of life. They leave the city and head into the country, a real farming village, ploughing by day and resting by night. Please note that this video contains graphic content. Parental discretion is advised.
Courtesy of ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Health and Well Being: Secrets behind Traditional Chinese Medicine, Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Woodblock printmaking workshop with Lin Chen Jing.  Booking essential. Please book online from Monday 22 February at www.cbl.ie.  For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact Education Services from Monday 22 February, tel: 01 4070750.  €40 per person for two days, payment can be made on the day, materials provided

Video Installation Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Part IV, running time 70 mins. A tiny island of belief. They like the sea. They like living undisturbed, isolated.  Perhaps this is life in Utopia.  Please note that this video contains graphic content. Parental discretion is advised.
Courtesy of ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Gallery Tour 3pm Telling Images of China, Laura Muldowney, Assistant Curator of the East Asian Collections 

Video Installation Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Part V, running time 91 mins. They return to the city, devoid of identity.  Perhaps they are many people, perhaps they are seven  Please note that this video contains graphic content. Parental discretion is advised.
Courtesy of ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Humans and their Surrounding: Economics vs ecology, Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Activity Packs for families.  Enjoy activities around the galleries with your family.  Suitable for 5-11 year olds and we recommend adults to guide children when using the packs.  Free of charge.  We would like to thanks the State Street Foundation for their generous support

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Governance: Can democracy ever work in China? Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Silk Worm Club for 6-11 year olds. Chinese fan making workshop with the Malaysian Chinese community. Make your own Chinese fan based on the different motifs found in the collections. Limited to 20. Booking essential. Please book online from Monday 8 March at www.cbl.ie. For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact Education Services from Monday 8 March, tel: 014070750

St Patrick's Day. Library open from 1-5pm 

Public Lecture Entering a Chinese World series: Values and World Views: Learning from China, Drs Jerusha McCormack & John G Blair, Visiting Professors at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This lecture series is open to the public and requires no booking

Chester Beatty Lecture Farewells, Enchantments and Seductions: Power and Authority in Chinese Figure Paintings, Craig Clunas, Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford. Admission strictly limited to Members and invited guests only. To become a Member, contact Mary Dowling, tel: 014070759, members@cbl.ie

Gallery Tour 1.10pm Telling Images of China, Dr Shane McCausland, Curator 

The Story of Chinese Tea 1.10pm Listen to a story about the history of Chinese tea followed by a tasting with Niall Byrne from Palais des Thes, Wicklow Street, Dublin. Free of charge. No booking required

Activity Packs for families.  Enjoy activities around the galleries with your family.  Suitable for 5-11 year olds and we recommend adults to guide children when using the packs.  Free of charge.  We would like to thanks the State Street Foundation for their generous support

Gallery Tour 1.10pm Telling Images of China, Hwang Yin, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 

Silk Worm Club for 6-11 year olds. Lucky Red Packets with the Malaysian Chinese community and fill them with treats! Limited to 20. Booking essential. Please book online from Monday 5 April at www.cbl.ie. For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact Education Services from Monday 5 April, tel: 014070750

Cooking up a Story - my secret family recipe from Sichuan with Chef Li.  This event will take place in the Silk Road Cafe and is supported by the Asia Market Dublin. Free of charge but limited to 15 places.  Booking essential.  Please book online from Monday 12 April at www.cbl.ie  For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact on  Monday 12 April, Education Services, tel: 01 4070750

Members Event.  Uniforms of Earthly Delights: the Art of Silk Clothing - lecture with Anna Kadzik-Bartoszewska. Booking essential. Contact Mary Dowling for details, tel: 4070759

Japanese printmaking workshop with Hiroko Imada.  Booking essential. Please book online from Monday 19 April at www.cbl.ie.  For those who cannot book online we have set aside a limited number of places. Please contact Education Services from Monday 19 April, tel: 01 4070750.  €20 per person, payment can be made on the day, materials provided

Members Event.  The history of Dublin Zoo - our guided tour will include a special visit to see the Asian elephants. Booking essential. Contact Mary Dowling for details, tel: 4070759