Literary IMMA Art Trail Look, No Cows is a trail for families by Siobhán Parkinson which visits her favourite artworks from IMMA's Collection in the museum grounds. The booklet includes a map and is available free of charge.
Watch below video with Siobhan Parkinson walking the trail with children: (video length approx. 19 minutes)
IMMA Art Trails Bronze, Steel, Natural Materials: three IMMA trails with beautiful maps featuring outdoor works from the IMMA Collection are available free of charge in the galleries and in the basement corridor opposite the book shop.
To download the IMMA Art Trails please click on the below links:
For Heritage Week we will be running two special Explorer programmes that will explore the grounds and formal gardens at IMMA, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, followed by a hands on response.
IMMA's family programme, Explorer, welcomes children and adults to experience art works and art making together on Sunday afternoons, in the company of two of IMMA's gallery staff, the Mediators.
Explorer is:
Free and drop-in
On Sundays between 2.00pm to 4.00pm
The maximum number of participants is 35 (adults and children), so arriving early is advised
Projects are designed for children aged 4 to 10 years old
Project themes are repeated over two consecutive Sundays
For further information about Explorer please contact Katy Fitzpatrick, Projects Co-ordinator: Children's Programmes, email: katy.fitzpatrick@imma.ie or contact the information desk email: frontofhouse@imma.ie
FAMILIES: at National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace
You know … ?| Saturdays 15 June | 6 July | 27 July | 31 August, 11am – 3pm
You know … ? is a series of one-off drop-in sessions for all ages. We have invited four artists to explore the ideas and artworks presented
in the exhibition I knOw yoU in relation to their own practice.
15 June: pick up a clue card and map your response to an artwork/s through text and diagrams, with artist Christine Mackey
6 July:What sounds do you notice when exploring an exhibition? Join Sven Anderson to collect and combine sounds to produce fractured soundscapes sourced from within and outside the gallery walls
27 July: What happens when we can’t communicate directly or when we listen from a distance? Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty invite us to think about things we imagine we hear and what we really hear
31 August: News stories often change over time with a range of reporting styles representing different types of newspaper. In this session you become the storyteller by recreating and connecting old news creating your own narratives in response to the themes proposed by I knOw yoU, with CATALOG a London based collaboration between Joyce Cronin and Frances Scott.
ART LAB | Ongoing until 1 September (open during gallery hours)
The Art Lab is an interactive space where all ages are invited to reflect, respond, and collaborate. Located in our Education & Community Room, every two to three weeks different questions and ideas will be proposed in response to artworks and themes from the exhibition I knOw yoU. Visitors can comment on our blackboard, contribute to an installation or just take some time out to relax and read.
Exhibition Notes for Families:
Pleaseclick to download the exhibition notes for families for the exhibition I knOw yoU. These notes should be used individually, so please select the theme you find most interesting and use it alongside the exhibition guide (found at the gallery reception) to explore this exhibition. We are interested in hearing what you found and think about the artworks and ideas presented in these notes, so please do send on your responses or ideas.
For further information about IMMA’s family programmes please contact Katy Fitzpatrick, Projects Co-ordinator: Children's Programmes, email:katy.fitzpatrick@imma.ie or contact the information desk email:frontofhouse@imma.ie
TEENCREATEPROGRAMME FOR 12 – 15 YEAR OLDS
TeenCreate aims to provide 12-15 year olds with innovative creative experiences that connect with IMMA’s Collection and Exhibitions.
Monthly sessions week-long summer programmes take place at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, meeting in Studio 10 at IMMA. They consist of a tour/discussion and a workshop.
Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 July, 2.00pm – 4.30pm Location:IMMA @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Join artist John O’Connell for this week long summer project that will look at the exhibition Cloud Illusions I Recall and how art has been influenced by cinema, responses will include trying out different film making processes.
Booking: sessions are free but booking is advised. Please book at email: katy.fitzpatrick@imma.ieor tel: 01 6129914.
For further information please contact Katy Fitzpatrick, Project-Co-ordinator: Children’s Programmes, Education & Community Department, email: katy.fitzpatrick@imma.ie, tel: 01 612 99 14.
STUDIO 8 PROGRAMME FOR 15-18 YEAR OLDS
The Studio 8 programme aims to provide young people with a variety of opportunities to connect with IMMA, including gallery tours/discussions, art-making workshops and more.
Booking: Studio8 is free but booking is requested – to book please email: edcommbooking@imma.ie or tel: 01 6129918.
Single gallery/studio session with artist John O’Connell and IMMA Mediator, Saturday 6 July, 11am – 2pm, in association with the Cloud Illusions I Recall exhibition. Location: IMMA, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Four day course with IMMA Mediators, Tuesday 23 – Friday 26 July, 11am – 4pm, in association with the I knOw yoU exhibition Location: IMMA @ NCH, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
For further information please contact Caroline Orr,
Curator Education and Community Department, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie, tel: 01 612 99 56.
For further information please contact Caroline Orr, Curator Education & Community Department, email caroline.orr@imma.ie, tel: 01-612 9956.
ADULTS
WORKSHOPS IMMA offers a range of once-off and ongoing workshops to provide people with an opportunity to create work in response to their experiences visiting the gallery spaces and meeting artists. Workshops are led by professional artists and members of the Museum's Mediators (gallery-based staff). Workshops take place in Studios 8, 9 and 10, and also in the galleries.
GALLERY SESSIONS FOR ADULTS
Gallery sessions for adults of all levels of creative experience, combine facilitated exhibition tours, discussions, art-making and more, and are an excellent springboard for engaging with modern and contemporary art.
In spring 2013 there are four blocks of consecutive weekly sessions, 10am-12.30pm, on below mentioned Fridays.
Each block addresses a particular exhibition at IMMA and is facilitated by two IMMA Mediators.
No booking is required; however, we request please that you do not attend more than two blocks and that the blocks you attend do not run consecutively.
BLOCK A, 11, 18 & 25 January:
Sessions based from: IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Exhibition focus: Ned Kelly Series by Sidney Nolan, presented by Etihad Airways
BLOCK B, 1, 8, 15 & 22 March:
Sessions based from: IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Exhibition focus: Analysing Cubism (please note, the session on 22 March will be located at an alternative venue yet to be confirmed)
BLOCK C, 5, 12, 19 & 26 April:
Sessions based from: IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Exhibition focus: Analysing Cubism (please note, the session on 12 March will be located at an alternative venue yet to be confirmed)
BLOCK D, 3, 10, 17 & 24 May:
Sessions based from: IMMA @ NCH, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Exhibition focus: I knOw yoU
For further information please contact Caroline Orr, Curator Education and Community Department, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie, tel: 01 612 99 56.
For further information on programmes for Adults please contact Lisa Moran, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, email: lisa.moran@imma.ie or Caroline Orr, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9956, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie
GROUPS
Free tours Groups can book online for a free guided tour of IMMA's exhibitions. Please note tours must be booked at least three weeks in advance of your intended visit. To book a tour please click here.
Artists' Residency Programme visits Groups can organise to meet one or more of the artists working on IMMA's Artists Residency Programme in the Museum's studios. All visits to the Artists Residency Programme are free of charge but advanced booking is required. To book please contact Janice Hough, Artists Residency Programme Coordinator, email: arp@imma.ie or contact the information desk at email: frontofhouse@imma.ie
Workshops Workshops for groups can be arranged in conjunction with a free guided tour or an Artists' Residency Programme visit. In this way, groups can discuss art work in the gallery or studio spaces and afterwards have a facilitated art making workshop. Please note workshops must be booked at least three weeks in advance of your intended visit. For further information or to book please contact Lisa Moran, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9912, email: lisa.moran@imma.ie or Caroline Orr, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9956, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie
IMMA Art Trails
STUDIO 8 PROGRAMME FOR 15-18 YEAR OLDS
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