ART COLLABORATIONS

 

 

  • "Landscape and Lore" public talk and reflections on the artwork as part of Sarah Long's art exhibition "The Licks Within The Lip" at St Luke's Crypt, Cork City, 21 October 2023.
     

  • Discussant at Peter Harrington Rare Books Occult Webinar "Friends on the Other Side", 17 October 2023. 
     

  • Public Conversation between Rossana Henriques and Jenny Butler in response to Anton Vidokle's film Autotrofia (2020) at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, 30 September 2023.
     

  • 'Hollow Earth Concepts in Folklore, Mythology and Esotericism' for the In Detail talk at The Glucksman Gallery as part of the exhibition "Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and the Subterranean Imaginary", 24 May 2023.
     

  • Discussant on the Panel 'Into the Mystic' about the artist Æ at the George Russell Easter Festival, Aonach Mhacha, Armagh, 1 April 2023.
     

  • Featured on the Documentary🎬 HP Lovecraft and The Moon Bog (Directed by Jules Charleton, Veridian 3 Films, 2022).
     

  • In connection with the “Meat and Potatoes” Exhibition at the Crawford Gallery, Cork, I gave a lecture as part of the event at the gallery 'Samhain: The Origins of an Irish Halloween and the Festive Foods of Humans and Fairies' on 31 October 2022.
     

  • In connection with the 'Bones in the Attic' exhibition at the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, I gave two lectures: 'Wise Women: Women, Power and the Otherworld in Irish Tradition' for the Hugh Lane Gallery Culture Club on 12 August 2022 and 'The Cailleach: Goddess, Creator, Protector' on 28 October 2022.
     

  • Discussant on the Panel 'Thin Curation and Intuitive Convocation: A Methodology for Curating Esoteric Art and Propagating Rhizomatic Occulture' at Trans-States 3: The Art of Deception at the University of Northampton, 9-10 September 2022.
     

  • Jenny Butler and Crónán Ó'Doibhlin: Curation of David Tibet's Art Exhibition, TEATime WITH THE CHANNELLERS, University College Cork Library, July - December 2022.
     

  • Dr Butler collaborated with artist Marie Brett on her exhibition THE HIDDEN MOUNTAIN, THE FORT AND THE FIVE TREES by creating glossary texts that are shown on the walls of the exhibition at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh. Dr Butler was a Discussant on the panel about themes of the artwork with Marie Brett and Miguel Amado in the gallery on 23 April 2022.
     

  • Discussant on the Panel about Bridget Cleary following Edel Meade’s concert, touring her album BRIGIDS AND PATRICIAS, on 19 March 2022 at The Source Arts Centre in Thurles.
     

  • Dr Butler curated the research exhibition ‘Fairy Lore and Landscapes: Legends, Lore and Experiences Gathered Through Ethnographic Research’, using her own photographs of the Icelandic landscape, held at University College Cork’s Boole Library between 11 April and 25 June 2019.
     

  • Discussant on the Panel on the art exhibition 'Prism: The Art and Science of light', The Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 14 December 2018
     

  • Dr Butler’s voice appears in the horror film! 🎬 WITHOUT NAME (2016) directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Listed in credits under Radio Voices.
     

  • Appears in FAE MUSES Colouring Book by Glastonbury artist Yuri Leitch (2018)

 

 

  • Collaboration with artist Marie Brett on THE AMULET: A COLLABORATIVE ARTS PROJECT (2009-2015) - Jenny Butler was an advisor on folklore around infant loss and themes of death, dying and the afterlife. Jenny Butler's essay, 'The Cultural Significance of the Amulet Project' was included in The Amulet artist’s book (2012). Another essay titled 'The Amulet Project, Folklore and Social Change' was published in Anamnesis: The Amulet Project, a companion volume to the audiovisual art exhibition Anamnesis by Marie Brett and The Amulet Collaboration: A Journey of Trust, held in The Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, 7 March-1 April, 2013. Dr Butler took part in the national exhibition tour 2014/2015, and was a panel member for the discussion event at the exhibition's launch at Galway Arts Centre on 1 August 2014.

  • Appears in the video for NOROT's song LUNAR ASCENDANT from the album NATHRACH (released 2014).