11:00

Carve: Silver Ring Workshop workshop finished

Hosted by Galway based Jeweller Grace O Connell, Carve is a fun and creative workshop at which participants design and sculpt their own unique contemporary ring out of jewellers wax. The finished pieces are then cast in sterling silver, professionally finished (gold plating optional) and returned directly to the participants within 2/3 weeks, ready to wear, show off and inspire the compliments!Cost of Workshop is €20. For the professionally finished cast ring there will be an additional €50 cost.

10:00

Printmaking Workshop for adults workshop finished

Printmaking Workshop for adults Saturday 22nd, 29th April, and 6th May. This three-day series of printmaking workshops for adults is aimed at beginners and the more experienced. Participants will – under the guidance of Marianne Heemskerk – be working with techniques of drypoint and carborundum on aluminium plates, and monoprinting; working from their own designs; and experimenting with print techniques and colour. No previous experience required. These are full-day workshops. Marianne Heemskerk is a locally-based visual artist. Originally from Holland, Marianne has been living in Ireland for many years and has extensive experience in the practice and teaching of printmaking. She ...

11:00

Modern Calligraphy for Beginners workshop finished

Modern Calligraphy for Beginners with Eithna Joyce We are delighted to offer this new workshop on modern calligraphy for beginners. A fresh and contemporary approach to the age old skill of beautiful writing, this revived and reimagined style of calligraphy is proving popular with type-lovers the world over. During this workshop you will be introduced to the joys of writing with dip nib and ink by learning the basic techniques, letter forms and how to compose words and phrases. Eithna Joyce is an artist working in a variety of media including oil, ink and collage. Solo exhibitions include Íontas, Castleblaney; ...

10:00

Made in a Day: visual arts event workshop finished

Ballina Arts Centre is inviting North Mayo-based artists to take part in Made in a Day, a one-off opportunity for locally-based artists in the North Mayo region to participate in an exciting visual arts happening at Ballina Arts Centre. Artists are invited to come to the building and make a piece of work which will then go forward for consideration for an exhibition in December. Saturday 26th November will be the Making Day, and the building will be at the disposal of the participating artists, from 10am to 6pm. All the relevant facilities of the building will be available to ...

16:00

Culture Night workshop finished

Culture Night Friday 16th September 4pm – 9.30pm Ballina Arts Centre has participated in Culture Night since it became a nationwide event, and each year the event gets bigger and better, with more and more people willing to come out and take a walk on the cultural side. This year we are focusing our programme on children, with lots of opportunities to get involved in some entertaining and educational workshops, games, face painting and other fun activities. Culture Night is an initiative co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in ...

14:00

Moy Sessions Volume IV: Celebrating Dorothy workshop finished

Moy Sessions Volume IV: Celebrating Dorothy Ballina Arts Centre will host a literary event of national importance on Thursday 4 th August, to celebrate the work of Ballina-born Faber poet Dorothy Molloy. The event will be headlined by the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, who will be joined by Clara Iannotta, Andrew Carpenter, Gerald Dawe, Ailbhe Darcy, Dr Luz Mar Gonzalez-Arias, Michelle O’Sullivan, Maurice Riordan, Breda Wall Ryan and Macdara Woods. The Jackie Clarke Museum will host an afternoon lecture, Reading Dorothy Molloy: A Workshop on the Poems conducted by Dr Luz Mar Gonzalez-Arias, a senior lecturer travelling from the University of Oviedo ...

11:00

An Introduction to Life Drawing workshop finished

This workshop will be an introduction to the art of life drawing, working with a model. The workshop, led by local artist and printmaker Val McLoughlin, will include an introduction to the fundamentals of anatomy, as well as looking at line, tone, shape, rhythm, movement and the natural flow of the human form. Paper, pencils and charcoal supplied, but feel free to bring any materials you would like to use.

10:30

Printmaking Workshops with Marianne Heemskerk workshop finished

Printmaking Workshops with Marianne Heemskerk Saturdays 9th, 16th & 23rd April 10.30am – 4pm This three-day series of printmaking workshops for adults is aimed at beginners and the more experienced. Participants will – under the guidance of Marianne Heemskerk – be working with techniques of drypoint and carborundum on aluminium plates; working from their own designs; and experimenting with print techniques and colour. No previous experience required. These are full-day workshops. Marianne Heemskerk is a locally-based visual artist. Originally from Holland, Marianne has been living in Ireland for many years and has extensive experience in the practice and teaching of ...

11:00

The Art of Anecdote – writing workshop with Manchan Magan workshop finished

Innovative writing workshop with Manchan Magan exploring the ‘art of anecdote’ and literary storytelling, using the age-old tricks of the seanchaí to make any piece of writing engaging, alluring and addictive! Admission: free, booking essential.

19:00

Manchan Magan’s Gaeilge Tamogotchi workshop finished

Gaeilge Tamagotchi is a project where writer and Irish language activist Manchan Magan presents a seldom-used Irish word or phrase to participants for their own unique usage and exploration. Manchan says that there are 30,000 words in Shakespeare’s works; that most people use approximately 12,000 words in their lifetimes; and that there are an incredible 4,400 Irish words to describe a person in the Irish language. This shows how wonderfully rich is of our native language and from this viewpoint Gaeilge Tamagotchi offers a fun tool as a creative and hopeful step towards revival. Presented as part of Seachtain na ...