ATR Curate – A Thread Between Us/The Thread Between Us Exhibition Opening Talk Saturday 5th July with access to the exhibition from 12pm, Informal Curator & Artists’ Talk from 1.00pm   Amy O’Riordan, Arno Kramer, Carl Doran, Deirdre O’Mahony, Diana Copperwhite, Eoin McHugh, Jack B. Yates, Lars Nyberg, Marie Foley, Sean Hillen, Simon Reilly, Sir […]

Join us at Highlanes Gallery this Tuesday 1st July & Thursday 3rd July as we host Rising Stars, part of An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival 2025!   Tuesday 1st July, 1pm, sees multi-award winning group Sult perform in the gallery. Made up of sisters Emer, Caoilfhionn, and Sorcha Ní Scolaí, these traditional Irish Musicians […]

The gallery is open additionally on Sundays this Summer. If you need to steal away from the bustling crowds either alone or with friends and family, or indeed want to escape home on a rainy day, drop into the gallery where we have drawing boards, paper, pencils, ready for you to pick a spot, indoors […]

Peter Bradley and Stephen Doyle Dysphoric Euphoria   Exhibition Opening Talk with artits Stephen Doyle and Peter Bradley and sociologist and writer El Reid-Buckley.   Saturday 28th June with access to the exhibition from 3pm, In-conversation from 3.20pm   This talk will be ISL Irish Sign Language Interpreted.   Dysphoric Euphoria presents polarising extremes of […]

Adult Evening Workshop Monotonal Portrait Painting With exhibiting artists Stephen Doyle and Peter Bradley. Thursday 26th June, 7.30pm-9.00pm   In the days just prior to their exhibition Dysphoric Euphoria opening, join the artist in this session where they will be explaining techniques and materials used in their practice to approach colour studies and portrait sketching. Demonstrating how a limited […]

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 […]

Presented on the occasion of Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 ‘Am I a Socially Engaged Artist?’ Saturday 7th June 1-2.30pm   The session aims to empower young people (18-30 years) to professionally develop their artistic practice.   An introduction to socially engaged arts practices as Rita Hynes discusses her professional practice and projects in a slide […]

Jean Ryan brings you closer to the ideas, thoughts, processes and theory considering our temporary exhibitions on Saturday 7th June at 12noon.   In this talk, Jean focuses on Erin Lawlor’s practice and selection process as expressed in the municipal exhibition, A Sense of Place, which continues until June 15th.   Places are charged €5 […]