Poetry SOS Clinic – Poems prescribed for your health & wellbeing Festival in a Van gets mobile this August with Poetry Ireland for a very special tour. VITAL SIGNS features many of Ireland’s best poets and musicians, offering a series of new gigs that focus on health, healing, and wellbeing. POETRY S.O.S. CLINICS 2023 Hosted […]

‘A large handsome town’ – The Architecture of 18th Century Drogheda Lecture Join us for an insightful talk looking into the history of 18th Century Drogheda with Dr Aisling Durkan, Thursday 17 August, 1pm Heritage Week Lecture: Join Dr Aisling Durkan, PhD graduate of the History of Art and Architecture in Trinity College Dublin for […]

Regenerative Agriculture/Regenerative Arts – Els Dietvorst & Karla Sánchez Zepeda Join Artist Els Dietvorst & Curator Karla Sánchez Zepeda for a stimulating conversation on agriculture, arts and culture and the future. Heritage Week Lunchtime Talk Els Dietvorst’s work is concerned with the relationship between the human species and the natural world while exploring our socio-historic […]

Louth Plein Air Workshop – Highlanes Gallery Heritage Week Heritage Week Workshop for Adults Join Leonora Reilly, artist and the coordinator of the Louth Plein Air Festival, for an afternoon workshop taking in the sights and sounds of Drogheda from our gallery’s courtyard. Pack your easel, canvas and paints and and capture the streetscape of […]

Returning again now in 2023, Jean Ryan brings you closer to the ideas, thoughts, processes and theory considering our temporary exhibitions. Our third talk sees Jean focusing on Belgian Visual Artist Els Dietvorst’s exhibition, ADRIFT, running to the 19th of August. Please note places are limited and are charged €5 per person. Tea, coffee and biscuits […]

Visit Highlanes Gallery on July 9th, 23rd, & August 13th for a special poetry reading by Roger Hudson, Brian Quinn, & Nuala Leonard.   POETRY IS FUN, POETRY IS ADVENTURE A Highlanes Summer Sundays Series Setting out to re-affirm that poetry is exciting and playful, Drogheda poet Roger Hudson and his friends Brian Quinn and […]

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 in what is going on in the artwork.   No prior knowledge or experience is needed […]

Join the TRAce (Artist-Teacher-Researcher) curators and exhibiting artists for an informal & inclusive talk.   TRAce Curator & Artists’ Opening Talk Saturday 8th July at 3pm   Artists Diana Copperwhite, Sean Cotter, Brian Fay, Laura Fitzgerald, Jessica Foley, Joy Gerrard, Brian Hegarty, Shelagh Honan, Conor Horgan, Eithne Jordan, Mary A. Kelly, Sinead Ní Mhaonaigh, Richard Moore, […]