Taking place on Thursday, 1st May, join the Drogheda Creative Writers for an afternoon of words and meaning.   Poetry Day Ireland’s theme for this year is ‘May Day’ and offers a rich source of poetic inspiration. As the midpoint between the spring and autumn equinox, May Day is deeply rooted in ancient traditions, including […]

Erin Lawlor divining Exhibition Opening Talk Saturday 26th April with access to the exhibition from 3pm, In-conversation from 3.20pm This talk will be ISL Irish Sign Language Interpreted. The exhibition opening taking the form of an informal gallery talk with Erin Lawlor and Dr Angela Griffith, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin. […]

Wednesday Evening Masterclass with Erin Lawlor 16th April, 7.30pm – 9.00pm Ahead of her exhibition, divining, join artist Erin Lawlor for a special evening workshop, where getting closer to her work and processes, you explore colour and composition, spatial awareness, understanding the ‘creation of space’ in painting and artmaking. This evening workshop will take place during the […]

Spiderman, Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and various herbivore and carnivorous dinosaurs feature in the imagery in Emma Roche’s knitted paintings where time is spent with children in their everyday lives around the bathroom sink – being toilet trained, and brushing their teeth, whereas in Alexis Harding’s transformative paintings like Warp Beam and […]

Join artist Claire Halpin in exploring art from our Exhibition, Gutter Habit, by artists Emma Roche & Alexis Harding.   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 […]

Saturday 5th April 11:30am – 1.00pm Family Workshop   Explore your creativity and join us for another informal Family Workshop where you will look and discuss the exhibition, Teens Curate.   The session is charged at €5 per family group (Parent(s) + 3 children).   All materials are supplied, and we advise arriving 5 minutes before […]

Join art historian Jean Ryan as she shares artists approaches to their practice, here, looking at the works of Alexis Harding & Emma Roche.   Jean Ryan brings you closer to the ideas, thoughts, processes and theory considering our temporary exhibitions on Saturday 29th March at 12noon. In this talk, Jean focuses on both Alexis […]

Monday 17th March at 1pm   Visiting town for the St Patrick’s Day Parade?   Warm up with the wonderful sounds of songs from the iconic St Peter’s Male Voice Choir, with an extra selection of songs inspired by our evolving traditional and musical culture.   Informal seating, with complementary tea and coffee

On Saturday 8th March at 3pm, Drogheda Creative Writers will celebrate International Women’s Day by supporting all women to have a better future through poetry.   Local poets and writers from Drogheda Creative Writers and Just Write will reflect on women’s participation in society and promote the creative and artistic talent of women and girls. […]