Mid Term Workshop / Thursday 18th February / 11:00am – 12:00pm Participants: 15 max         Ages: 8-12 Expanding Experimental Painting with Claire Halpin Join artist Claire Halpin in her studio as she looks at a selection of paintings from our Collection and invites you to look, consider and create your own experimental expanding paintings at […]

Exploring Art. For People Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia Join artist Claire Halpin via Zoom and explore art, and specifically works in our Collection in a friendly, relaxed manner, taking place monthly, on Friday’s at 11am for under an hour. Look, discover & enjoy.   Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; Azure: At home […]

Hunt Museum Docent discusses the life and work of the artist. Jack Hanlon, Priest, Painter (1913-1968) Seamus Ruane, a Docent at the Hunt Museum Limerick, discusses the life and work of Jack Hanlon. Regular visitors to Highlanes Gallery will be familiar with Hanlon’s work The Golden Cage, which was donated to the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection […]

PLASTIC – Online Guided Tour Wed, 10 February 2021 12:00 – 13:00 GMT Join one of the exhibition Mediator Team for a dynamic online tour of this stimulating exhibition. Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/plastic-online-guided-tour-tickets-136411342999 About the Exhibition: PLASTIC – a touring exhibition that interrogates our current and future relationship with the material. […]

Join us as we connect with artist Laura Fitzgerald in rural Co. Kerry, where she has recently recloated to. Laura’s work A Very Bad 1: 1 acquired to the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection in 2020, and which will be on view for the first time as part of the Collection. Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; […]

PLASTIC – Online Guided Tour Wed, 3 February 2021 12:00 – 13:00 GMT Join one of the exhibition Mediator Team for a dynamic online tour of this stimulating exhibition. Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/plastic-online-guided-tour-tickets-136410510509 About the Exhibition: PLASTIC – a touring exhibition that interrogates our current and future relationship with the material. […]

Join exhibiting artists, the Science Gallery Team & special guests for a 30 minute opening talk with contributions on the themes, artworks and ideas. (11am to 12pm) Chaired by Philip Smyth, National Project Coordinator, PLASTIC PLASTIC – a touring exhibition that interrogates our current and future relationship with the material. The unsustainability of our relationship […]

Community Historian Brendan Matthews considers two works in the Collection, Gabrielle Ricciardelli’s View of Drogheda and Thomas Markey’s Drogheda, 1921 and introduces the practice and influence of Ricciardelli on Markey, and the events that brought Markey to paint Drogheda 1921. Book your Zoom place through Eventbrite here; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/drogheda-1921-gabrielle-ricciardelli-inspires-with-brendan-matthews-tickets-136281771447

A Theory and Practical 3 Session Event with the artist via zoom An online Drawing Lecture & Workshop for adults with artist Raphael Hynes Materials required: Paper & Pencil Drawing IS difficult. This drawing series is an introduction to observational drawing, and offers examples of observational drawing and painting through the history of art, as well […]

Join artist Claire Halpin via Zoom this Saturday, November 28th at 12pm, for this creative hands-on Winter-World Workshop. Using card and some simple folding techniques to create a 3D winter landscape, you can add some natural and found materials (from a walk or your garden) and maybe even create a log cabin to cosy up […]