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 […]

Join Peruvian Artist, Adriana Torres Escobedos, as she invites families to create wonderful clay art for this year’s Culture Night 2025   Led by Peruvian artist, Adriana Torres Escobedos of Gatothor Ceramica, families are invited to work with clay and imagine sound and their favourite animals in creating a Ceramic Animal Whistle.   Booking required, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tuesday August 20th, 1pm Green finger alert!   Bring your own medium sized jug/vase for this courtyard workshop where Flowers at the Gate Florist, Susan, brings you closer to the Dany Lartigue painting Still Life with Eggs (1953) donated by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland in 1975, Lartigue, who was inspired himself, […]

The sounds of summer abound as the captivating, bright, melodic sound of Drogheda Brass band flows around Laurence Street.   Revel in music outdoors as the streetscape of Laurence Street is lifted with the uplifting music of Drogheda Brass Band as they perform in the gallery’s courtyard on Sunday 11th August at 2pm.   This […]

Join Brendan Matthews for a walking tour exploring 20th century maverick artist, Nano Reid’s hometown of Drogheda this July & August.   Beginning in the Upper Gallery at Nano Reid’s Lègende, join Community Historian, Brendan Matthews as he takes you through the streets & lanes of old Drogheda, reflecting on the sights & sounds, the […]

Join us for the launch of the Drogheda Walled Town Collective, here at Highlanes Gallery, Friday 10th May, 11am.   Highlanes Gallery Drogheda is delighted to host the launch of the Drogheda Walled Town Collective.   Organised by the Collective’s co-ordinator Rósa Corcoran, it introduces this exciting new initiative which will engage artists, archaeologists, writers, […]

Please note this event is now sold out!   A morning session visiting Newgrange, and Highlanes Gallery & with artist Colin Martin   Professional Development for Art Teachers Artist-Teacher-Researcher/ Winter Session 2024 Thursday 4th January 8.30am-1.15pm   Highlanes Gallery, the municipal art gallery for Drogheda and the North East is situated in the heart of […]

Louth Plein Air Workshop – Highlanes Gallery Heritage Week Heritage Week Workshop for Adults Join Leonora Reilly, artist and the coordinator of the Louth Plein Air Festival, for an afternoon workshop taking in the sights and sounds of Drogheda from our gallery’s courtyard. Pack your easel, canvas and paints and and capture the streetscape of […]