Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts
Friday, Feb 20, 2026 - Saturday Feb, 21 | Connolly House &听McMullen Museum |听
漏 Estate of Jack B. Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS/ARS 2026
Event Overview
The exhibition Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts explores how three generations of a talented, complicated family shaped each other, the arts, and public life in Ireland and beyond.听 This unprecedented McMullen Museum exhibition brings together over 200 objects and a wide range of media: drawing, painting, literature, theater, embroidery, and printing and publishing.听 An accompanying catalogue collects essays from scholars working in a diverse听array of disciplines.听 This two-day symposium brings a group of these scholars to Boston College.
Co-sponsored by the Irish Studies.
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Friday, February 20, 2026 - Connolly House | |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 AM | Coffee |
| 9:30 - 11:00 AM | Panel 1 Marjorie Howes, Boston College, 鈥淎n Overview of the Exhibition鈥� Hannah Baker, Trinity College Dublin, 鈥淭he Artistic Methodologies of John Butler Yeats鈥� Sarah McAuliffe, National Gallery of Ireland, 鈥淢y Own Small Shadow: Anne Yeats鈥檚 Lasting Impact on the Visual Arts in Ireland鈥� 听 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM | Coffee |
| 11:30 - 1:00 PM | Panel 2 Christy Pottroff, Boston College, 鈥淲hat Mollie Gill Gathered: Collectivity & Creativity in the Archive of a 鈥楥uala Girl鈥欌�� Marie Lynch, National Gallery of Ireland, 鈥淎 Pixie in Irish Art: Pamela Colman Smith and the Yeats Family鈥� Christian Dupont and Diana Larsen, Boston College, 鈥淭he Stations of the Cross鈥� |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Panel 3 Andrew Kuhn, Rare Book School, the University of Virginia, 鈥淎ffairs never really ran smoothly鈥�: Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and the Failures of Handicraft鈥� Billy Shortall, Trinity College Dublin, 鈥淐uala Press: Art, Text, and Politics鈥� |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM | Coffee |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Panel 4 Roisin Kennedy, University College Dublin, 鈥淪tatecraft and Theater in the Visual Art of Jack B. Yeats鈥� Adrian Paterson, University of Galway, 鈥淪paces for Song: Music Performed through the Arts鈥� Tom Walker, Trinity College Dublin, 鈥淢aking the Right Lines: From Venice to Dundrum鈥� |
| 5:30 - 7:30 PM | Reception |
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - McMullen听 Museum | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Tour of the Exhibition |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Coffee |
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM | Student performances and presentations |
Campus Map and Parking:
Parking is available at the nearby Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue Garages.
Boston College is also accessible via public transportation (MBTA B Line - Boston College).