Explore the history, heritage and materiality of stained glass. Friday 23rd May at 11am. Join artist and educator Madeleine Hellier as she presents an illustrated talk and demonstration on traditional stained glass techniques. Focusing on how stained glass has been made since the middle ages and using those of within Highlanes Gallery as illustrative references […]

National Drawing Day Workshop for Adults 17th May from 2-3.30pm. led by artist Vivienne Byrne   Join artist Vivienne Byrne whose work Precarious Settlements was recently exhibited in AMPLIFY: Young People Curate.   The workshop itself proposes to: – find a composition – find the lines that represent that view. – draw using line alone […]

Take a line for a walk at the gallery as we mark this year’s National Drawing Day on Saturday 17th May.   DROP IN AND WADR-DWRA-DRAW!   From 11am – 4:30pm, you and your family can drop in at any time of the day, find a perch, on a gallery step, corner, grab a drawing […]

Join artist Claire Halpin in exploring art from our Exhibition, divining, by artist Erin Lawlor.   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 […]

divining – Erin Lawlor Parent and Toddler Tuesday Morning Workshop A Gallery-based workshop led by artist Caoimhe O’Dwyer 10.30am -12.00pm NOTE: Each ticket includes 1 Parent & Child/Children (Family Unit) Come along with your little one for a morning of art and creativity. This month we will be looking at the exhibition ‘divining‘ by Erin […]

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 […]