Visit IMMA with a Primary School Class 2024/ 2025
Click here for more information on visiting IMMA with primary school classes for the academic year 2024/2025.
Explore the Kid’s Audio Guide to the exhibition Take a Breath on IMMA’s Soundcloud page. Listen to children aged 5 to 12 years old as they talk about selected artworks from the exhibition.
IMMA is situated in the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham, which includes a formal garden and large meadows, so there is plenty of space for outdoor exercise and a class picnic in the fresh air. Group leaders/ teachers may want to optimise their day out, so it is useful to know that IMMA is walking distance from both Kilmainham Gaol and the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. There is also a paid car park to the rear of the main building. Explore IMMA’s new digital Heritage Trail here.
Primary Teachers CPD Art Workshops 2024/ 2025
Four workshops for the 2024/25 academic year are at IMMA on Saturdays in November 2024 and in January 2025, 10:00am–12:30pm. Free, Booking Essential. Email Mark Maguire for details and booking.
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These notes are for Primary School teachers who are interested in visiting IMMA to experience the exhibition Take a Breath with their class. The notes are written in a conversational style of inquiry through which IMMA staff engage children in talking about artwork. The notes cover most of the curator’s key themes in selecting the artworks for this exhibition, and many of the principal ideas of the artists whose work has been exhibited. The notes are suggested starting points to create dialogue in the class about the children’s experience of the artworks and stimulate engagement with the ideas encountered in the galleries.