April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 by shannonchance

Inter-changes: Reflections from Dublin and Beyond

The Fulbright Commission of Ireland and the University of Notre Dame

are hosting the launch of a new photo exhibition

Inter-changes: Reflections from Dublin and Beyond

By Dr. Shannon Chance

6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 8^th, 2013

Keogh Naughton Notre Dame Centre, O’Connell House, 58 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

RSVP: joanne.davidson@fulbright.ie / 01.660.7670 by May 1^st, 2013

The show will be available for viewing throughout the month of May (weekdays 9-5 at the above address). You can come meet the artist at the launch or 5-7 on May 16, 12-2 on May 22, or 12-2 on May 27. Here’s a sneak peek at the show in preparation….

The photos drying at Dave’s new studio in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia.

The photos arrived in Dublin beautifully intact…

…thanks to the high level of care Dave gave them in printing and packing.

I mounted backing boards in Dublin…

…and got them ready to hang…

…with Colleen Dube, the CEO of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland.

It takes a lot of concentration to get them hanging on the walls.

But thankfully Colleen has experience at this….

…she used to work at the National Gallery.

And she has a really good eye for aligning and leveling…

…which I’ve never been good at myself.

But I’m learning by doing…

…and the show is shaping up.

We’ll finish hanging the rest tomorrow in preparation for the May 8 opening.

November 18, 2012 by shannonchance

Time to Teach the Fulbrights!

At Trim Castle with the 2012-13 Fulbrights to Ireland and their families (on 7 September 2012). Try playing “where’s Waldo?” and find Dave, Heather, and me. You’ll also see the pipers (Jonathan and Amanda), Erin Eife, and many other folks I’ve blogged about.

There are so many things I meant to share but haven’t had the time to post. This is one of them.

These are photos that Fulbright Communications Officer, Joanne Davidson collected during our September 2012 Fulbright orientation events.

I hope they’ll give you the feel for some of what we learned.

Colleen Dube, the Head of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, orienting us all (on 6 September 2012).

Learning Irish with Sioban, a former Fulbright to the USA and the niece of the Cobblestone pub’s proprietor, Tom Mulligan. (Photo from 6 September 2012.)

Ann and Bob Trumble from Williamsburg, Virginia. Bob teaches at VCU and he used to work at NIH and NSF. I’ve enjoyed spending time with them — they have been living here in Dublin. (Photo from 6 September 2012.)

October 21, 2012 by shannonchance

Learning the Fulbright Ropes

2012 Irish Fulbrighters visiting Trim Castle. (All orientation photos by Dave Chance.)

Fulbright Ireland welcomed us to to the country with Irish warmth and hospitality.

Although I haven’t sorted through my own photos from the September 6-7, 2012 orientation that Fulbright Ireland hosted, Dave edited his long ago. Some of them are here for you to see.

Hamming it up on top of Trim Castle, with Joanne Davidson, my guardian angel.

During the orientation, we spent a day visiting the Hill of Tara and Trim Castle. We also had a day of informational sessions including sessions on culture and language.

The Fulbright Commission in Ireland is very family-friendly. You’ll see we all have family member with us. For instance, Dave (my husband) and Heather (my sister) came along for the Friday festivities.

I’ll also take this opportunity to introduce you to Joanne Davidson–one of my guardian angles from the Irish Fulbright Commission. Colleen Dube, another angel and the Head of Fulbright Ireland, is pictured in the photo gallery (walking with Jonathan Kennedy, who you’ve seen playing elbow pipes at the Cobblestone Pub).

Fulbrighters: if you want to download high-resolution copies of these and other images that Dave took, please email me and I’ll give you access to the Dropbox folder where we keep them.