Drop-in to the gallery this Culture Night 2026 and look and respond using drawing materials paper and clipboards.   Look and Respond: Individuals and families, children and adults looking for some focussed time during Culture Night, simply drop in, connect with our gallery team, who will have sketch boards, paper, drawing and coloured pencils waiting […]

Connect, make, look, learn, discuss and deepen your prof development in this half day session with an artist, curator and librarian   Enrich your practice in Artist-Teacher-Researcher/ Professional Development Saturday 5th September 10.30am-1.30pm Are you an art-teacher at second level or a primary school teacher who values creativity? Maybe you’re artist working in the education […]

Raphael Hynes painting and drawing process – connect, witness and try for yourself! Saturday 16th May 11am-12:30pm   For young people and adults aged 16+   Challenge yourself to connect deeply with an artist whose practice is rigourous in its dedication to light, time and composition; things that some may consider as constraints, but ultimately […]

Professional Development for Art Teachers Artist-Teacher-Researcher/ Winter Session 2026 Friday 2nd January 8.30am-2pm   Highlanes Gallery, the municipal art gallery for Drogheda and the North East is situated in the heart of the Boyne Valley, and close to Brú na Bóinne and Newgrange, which has some of the finest examples of megalithic art in Western […]

Research has shown that crafting, regardless of the medium you use, can bolster mood, improve self-confidence, and reduce stress overall. In addition, crafting improves mental agility, improves both gross and fine motor movements, and decreases cognitive decline. Katrina Norris, Spectrum Health & Human Services   This session has been scheduled as the session on Friday […]

Research has shown that crafting, regardless of the medium you use, can bolster mood, improve self-confidence, and reduce stress overall. In addition, crafting improves mental agility, improves both gross and fine motor movements, and decreases cognitive decline. Katrina Norris, Spectrum Health & Human Services   A Beginners One-Day Stained Glass Workshop with Madeleine Hellier Friday […]

Enrich your practice as an Artist – Teacher – Researcher this November Artist-Teacher-Researcher/ Winter Creative Surge Saturday 8th November 10am-3pm offsite, in New Ross and Wexford   Are you an art-teacher at second level or similar, or an artist working in the education sector, with a keen interest to keep up to speed with your […]

Enrich your practice as an Artist – Teacher – Researcher this September…   Artist-Teacher-Researcher/ Autumn Creative Surge   Saturday 6th September 9am-2pm   Are you an art-teacher at second level or similar, or an artist working in the education sector, with a keen interest to keep up to speed with your own professional development, whether […]

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 […]

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 […]