Patronage and Power: Who Commissioned the Drogheda Paintings by Gabrielle Ricciardelli Friday 26th June at 11.30am   An illustrated lecture presented by Brendan Matthews.   As Highlanes Gallery marks the twentieth anniversary of its opening; this moment offers an ideal opportunity to reconsider two remarkable mid-eighteenth-century views of Drogheda attributed to the Italian painter Gabriele […]

Silent Pews – Living Art: The story of Highlanes Gallery Friday 1st May at 11am Presented by Brendan Matthews.   The story of Drogheda & the North East’s Municipal Art Gallery is one of vision, persistence, and a deep community belief in the value of the visual arts.   From the establishment of the Drogheda […]

Artist to Artist – Jackie Nickerson Evening Consultation Wednesday 29th February 7.30pm-9.00pm (with each one to one session 12 minutes in duration)   Jackie Nickerson’s evening workshop takes the form of an artist to artist session, with Jackie inviting you to bring a ‘portfolio’ of your work for consultation.   Jackie Nickerson’s creative journey has […]

Saturday 25th April, 11:30am – 1.00pm Family Workshop   Explore your creativity and join us for another informal Family Workshop where you will look and discuss the exhibition, STATESIDE, by artist Jackie Nickerson.   Inspired by Jackie’s visual diary of a decade spent living and working across the United States, this workshop will explore not […]

Parent & Toddler Workshop Jackie Nickerson: STATESIDE Tuesday 14th April Join artist Caoimhe O’Dwyer for a playful and creative workshop designed especially for parents and toddlers. Together, you’ll explore Jackie Nickerson’s exhibition – STATESIDE in the Lower Gallery whose photography focuses on people, places and locations and in her words “the details of life..”   […]

Lino Printmaking Workshop with June Connell Friday 10th April 11.30am-1pm This workshop is designed for ages 16 and older.   Join exhibiting artist June Connell for a session exploring her practice with combined with a hands-on printmaking workshop. June’s work Faire has recently been acquired to the Collection and is presented in the current exhibition […]

Saturday 28th March, 2026 at 3.20pm Join us for the opening of Jackie Nickerson’s exhibition STATESIDE – a Highlanes Gallery national tour where Jackie will be in conversation with writer and journalist Sinéad Gleeson. The exhibition is open to view from 3pm This talk will be (ISL )Irish Sign Language Interpreted. Tea, Coffee & Prosecco […]

After a short, family-friendly tour of the exhibition, Caoimhe will guide participants in creating their own landscapes using pastels techniques. With simple, tactile methods, families will experiment with shapes and textures making individual artworks inspired by Bea Orpen and works on exhibition by contemporary artists in the collection including Stephen Doyle. In many of these […]

Join the Drogheda Creative Writers for this year’s World Poetry Day, and listen to a selection of poems, read by the poets.   Taking place on Saturday 21st March , join the Drogheda Creative Writers & Just Write in celebrating an afternoon of words and meaning.   World Poetry Day is an opportunity to reflect […]

Join artist Claire Halpin in exploring art from our Exhibition, Bea Orpen: Paint & Purpose.   Join a lively and reflective discussion with artist Claire Halpin, in a participant-centred session, its ambition to create inclusive discussion around artwork.   Using Visual Thinking Strategies, the session is more a discussion where you can offer your opinion […]