Graduate of DKIT’s Masters program in Computer Animation Production, and achieving the President’s Award for Academic Excellence, freelance Illustrator & Animator, Sadbh de Buitléir-Kearney will deliver an immersive workshop for teenagers interested in art and animation.   Using digital and physical examples, Sadbh will introduce and induct you to the basics of animation, from theory […]

Shape Shifters – an experimental evening workshop   Get closer to Sarah Dwyer’s practice in this special experimental drawing workshop   Wednesday 18th February 7.30pm-9.00pm   On the occasion of her exhibition Penti Menti artist Sarah Dwyer will facilitate Shape Shifters, an experimental drawing workshop that explores the figure through observation, movement and intuition.   […]

Saturday 14th February 11:30am – 1.00pm Family Workshop Enjoy some screen-free family time together looking, discussing and exploring family heritage through clay with Nela Hadija. Explore your creativity and join us for another informal Family Workshop where you will look and discuss the exhibition, Once Upon a Page, by artist James Moonan. Families will create […]

Join Fiona McShane every Thursday morning for 5 weeks, for relaxing and restorative yoga within the environs of the gallery. Fiona McShane, mindfulness coach, presents a weekly hour of relaxation and mindfulness in the contemplative environment of the gallery within Sarah Dwyer’s Penti Menti. Presented in a series of 5 sessions in February March on […]

Join exhibiting artist Breda Marron, yoga teacher Tracey O’Brien & holistic therapist Fiona Dorey in this relaxing & intimate gathering. Breathing Space An experiential evening workshop session Wednesday 11th February 7.30 – 9pm   An experience within an exhibition. Explore and connect with Breda Marron’s site responsive exhibition Sticks, Stones & Bones. For Breda’s evening […]

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 […]

Parent & Toddler Workshop Sticks, Stones and Bones – Breda Marron Tuesday 27th January Our first parent and toddler art workshop of 2026 is inspired by ‘Sticks, Stones and Bones‘, an exhibition by artist Breda Marron. The workshop invites parents and toddlers to explore, play, and create together using handmade nature brushes, watercolour, and natural […]

Breda Marron: Sticks, Stones & Bones Saturday 17th January, 2:30pm   Opening with an in-conversation between artist Breda Marron & Director Aoife Ruane, the Chairperson and Board of Highlanes Gallery invite you to a site-responsive exhibition, 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 & 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 which explores ideas around nature, ecology and the environment, and spirituality and identity this Saturday […]

Saturday 10th January 2026 11:30am – 1.00pm Family Workshop – Pen and Ink   Explore your creativity and join us for an informal session where you look, discuss and respond to Laurence Fagan’s Pen & Ink exhibition, specifically focusing on his lthorgraphs of the streetcape and monuments of Drogheda.   From the iconic Boyne Viaduct […]