Join art historian and writer William Gallagher, Thursday April 22nd for a special look into artist Janet Mullarney’s work. ‘Throwing shapes or quietly sitting, twirling in the limelight or dancing with the imagination, Janet Mullarney’s troupe of beguiling inventions act out a radiant new drama on what it is to be alive, to think, feel, […]

Flexible Foil Figurines – Easter Workshop Fri, 9 Apr 2021, 11:00 GMT Julie Duhy leads this recorded workshop where she has been inspired by the life and work of artist Janet Mullarney (1952-2020) whose work, My Mind’s i and Another Mind’s i have been acquired to the Collection and are presented in our spring exhibition programme. The first part of […]

Explore 3 Dimensional Art Easter Workshop Easter Workshop/ Thursday 8th April 2021/ 11.00am-12.00pm Participants: 15 max             Age: 8-12 My Minds I –  Soft Sculpture Workshop with Claire Halpin Join artist Claire Halpin in her studio as we explore the exotic and otherworldly work of Janet Mullarney, looking at her sculptural and installation works from the […]

Join artist Raphael Hynes as he presents a 5-week lecture series with a unique look of changing art styles and roles that took place over the late 18th century right up to the early 20th. Feel free to book separately on each of the dates or at any point book for our special 5-Lecture ticket […]

Join Curatorial Assistant at the National Gallery of Ireland, and curator of the exhibition Nathaniel Hone: Travels of a Landscape Artist at the NGI in 2019 for a introductory lecture on the life and work of Nathaniel Hone. In 2019 Nathaniel Hone’s Pastures at Malahide was acquired to the Collection, presented by Roy & May Hayes. Book […]

On the occasion of the new acquisitions of Kathy Tynan’s Packed Light & Andrew Vickery’s Venice Ladder works to the Collection, after their two person exhibition in 2020, join art historian and writer William Gallagher for this exploration of the work of these two distinctive figurative painters. Though almost opposite in demeanour – one reserved, the other ebullient – […]

Join us as we connect with artist Niamh McGuinne in Dublin in her studio. Niamh’s work Peripheral was acquired to the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection in 2020, and will be on view for the first time as part of the Collection. Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/niamh-mcguinne-artists-studio-talk-tickets-136305592697 About: Niamh McGuinne has an MA in Fine […]

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:00 – 15:00 GMT Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-speculative-exploration-of-near-future-drogheda-tickets-137930228025 The Weavers’, The Carpenters’, The Shoemakers’ and The Brick & Stone Layers’ were just a few of the prominent guilds that oversaw, and controlled, the practice of their craft in Drogheda’s industrial past. They held much power over the […]

French Toast at Home with Turlach from Five Good Things Fri, 19 February 2021 11:00 – 12:00 GMT Join our café partner Turlach from Five Good Things Cafe for a mid-morning mid-term workshop for children with a difference! No paper and paint required! Store cupboard ingredients only…bread, eggs, milk & cinnamon, and your favourite toppings…full […]

Join us as we connect with three artists whose work has been acquired to our Collection; Diana Copperwhite whose work Six Degrees of Separation was acquired from her solo show here Eclipse of a Title (2007), and Dannielle Tegeder & Danny Rolph, whose works Structure of the Modern City Machines with Spring Snowfall Constructions and […]