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Our Education and Community outreach programmes are connecting creatively with communities in over 40 locations throughout the city; including schools, community centres, libraries, third level institutions and other exciting spaces throughout Dublin city. Here are some highlights of our upcoming Citywide Explore & Learn programmes taking place in April. Do visit our website to view further details under 'What's On' and we look forward to seeing you! | Hugh Lane Gallery TY Programme |
|  | Hugh Lane Gallery TY Programme 2026 and Display Our annual TY course for teens is a curated education programme that enables transition year students gain an insight into the operations of the gallery. Following an Open Call, our offsite Transition Year programme took place over five weeks in our art room at the Seán O’Casey Community Centre and other cultural locations around the city including artist Anca Danila‘s studio as seen in this short film below. We are very grateful to all of the students for their curiosity, their active discussions, enthusiastically completing their assignments and their immense creativity; and to all of our artists, lecturers, staff and guest contributors who participated in this year's course facilitated by Tori Boccarossa and co-curated with Jessica O’Donnell, Head of Education and Community Outreach, Hugh Lane Gallery. Art in the Making: A Transition Year Gallery Experience is a display of artwork curated by the students now on view at the Sean O'Casey Community Centre until 25 April 2026.
Read our fantastic TY Zine 2026 by clicking on the image below to find out more about the richly diverse programme of curator talks, art workshops, visits to cultural spaces and more! |  | | | HLG Offsite Art Talks | | | | | HLG Offsite Coffee Conversations - Dominick St Community Centre, D1. Fee: €5 (including tea/coffee) - Wednesdays, 10:30am. Our popular series of illustrated art talks exploring artworks from our collection delivered by our expert lecturers are taking place in person on Wednesdays at 10.30am in Dominick St Community Centre, D1. This April subjects include Weaver Square by Lizzie Stephens with Dr Anne Cormican; stories from archives with Logan Sisley; and Venice by Nathanial Hone with Barbara O'Connell. Tickets may be purchased in advance via the Eventbrite links on our website here or in cash on the day subject to availability.
HLG Offsite Lectures - DCC Public Libraries throughout the City. Our Dublin and Art offsite lectures series in public libraries throughout the city and delivered by our expert lecturers are continuing on Thursdays in April. These very well received talks explore how artists have been inspired by the people and places of Dublin city from the 19th century to the present day. There are also specific talks on Dublin's stained glass and highlights of significant and influential artistic events that have occurred during the period. In April these talks are taking place in public libraries in Cabra, Coolock, Ballymun and Central Library. Pictured above is Our Lady of Victories, Ballymun with stained by glass by Helen Moloney, one of the artists being discussed by Dr David Caron in Coolock library on 9 April on the theme of stained glass in north Dublin suburbs and county. Free, for details of dates, times and how to book a please see here. Or come along on the evening subject to availability. All welcome.
HLG Offsite Basic Talks - NCAD (Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre) Friday 17 April, 1pm. Free
Join us for a Basic Talk with artist Chloe McDonagh, who will be in conversation with Basic Space Director Laura Harvey Graham. Basic Talks is a series of talks with leading contemporary practitioners. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, BASIC TALKS is a platform for lectures, workshops, presentations, and performances. Speakers include artists, curators, writers, and critics who will generate discourse on producing, framing and exhibiting art. Free, for more information and to book click here. Image Our Lady of Victories, Ballymun with stained by glass by Helen Moloney | | | Film Screening: The Films of Jocelyne Saab | | | Screening of films by Jocelyne Saab
Tuesday 7 April 6.30-8.30pm Location: Sean O'Casey Community Centre, D3
Palestinian Women, 11min., 1973
Beirut, my city, 37min., 1982
South Lebanon, History of a Sieged Village, 12 min., 1976
Come along to the Sean O'Casey Community Centre for a screening of a selection of films by the journalist, war reporter, documentary filmmaker, fiction filmmaker, photographer, visual artist and cultural activist Jocelyne Saab. This film programme is curated and presented by artist Helena Gouveia Monteiro who will introduce the films along with post-screening Q+A. Free, book via Eventbrite or come on the day subject to availability For more information please see here. | | | | | | | Drawing Course for Adults Dates: Saturdays 11, 18 and 25 April 2026, 11am-1pm Led by artist Ashleigh Downey, this three-week course invites adults of all levels to explore ways of seeing, making marks, and responding to the world around them – experimenting with line, texture, tone, scale, and the spaces in between. A variety of exercises and approaches encourage curiosity, observation, and imaginative expression. Participants are guided to follow their intuition, engage with the moment, and develop their own visual language. Whether new to drawing or with previous experience, this course offers a supportive space to reflect, create, and enjoy the process of mindful mark-making. Location: Sean O’Casey Community Centre, 18-26 St Mary’s Rd, East Wall, Dublin, D03 AY74 Fee: €65, materials are provided. Advance booking via Eventbrite here.
Introduction to Stained Glass Making for Adults Friday 22 May 2026, 10am-4pm Inspired by the work of Harry Clarke and stained glass artists in our collection, gain insights into stained glass techniques during this one-day practical course for adults led by artist Madeleine Hellier. This course in stained glass panel making using the copper foil (Tiffany) method is suitable for beginners or those with a little experience of glass and will introduce participants to skills in glass cutting, grinding, soldering and patinating. Fee: €100 and materials are provided. Advance booking required via Eventbrite here. This one day course includes a break for lunch (lunch not provided. There is a café-restaurant in the Sean O’Casey community centre). Location: Sean O’Casey Community Centre, 18-26 St Mary’s Rd, East Wall, Dublin, D03 AY74 | | | | |  | | | Wednesday 1 April 2026, 11am-12:30pm Join artist Tamao Oka in making Easter baskets and painted eggs in this drop-in workshop for 7-10 year olds. Free, no need to book, just come along. Materials are provided. Participants can join at any time between 11am-12:30pm. Space subject to availability. Location: Charleville Mall Library, North Strand, Dublin 1
Drop in Art workshop for 11-13 year olds Wednesday 1 April 2026, 2:30-4pm Join expert artists from Hugh Lane Gallery in this drop-in workshop for 11-13 year olds. Free, no need to book, just come along. Materials are provided. Participants can join at any time between 2:30-4pm. Space subject to availability. Location: Charleville Mall Library, North Strand, Dublin 1
Calling all 13-17 year olds. We invite you to experiment with Hugh Lane Gallery! Reverse stained-glass painting Thursday 2 April 2026, 10am-1pm Explore the ancient technique of reverse painting in this stained-glass inspired workshop with Roxana Manouchehri. No experience is required and the course is suitable for all levels. Fee: €10, materials are provided. Advance booking required via Eventbrite here. Location: Sean O’Casey Community Centre, East Wall, Dublin 3, D03 AY74
For details of other upcoming family programmes please see here. |
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| | | | | |  | In preparation for the closure of the Hugh Lane’s Charlemont House gallery, all the works in the building were condition checked to ensure they were fit for transit and to carry out and treatments necessary. Take a rare look at one of Harry Clarke’s preparatory cartoons being unrolled and checked here.
In some cases, it was necessary to remove some of the old mounting materials which had deteriorated and to replace them with newer, more stable materials. Watch a video of conservator Heidi Forsyth removing some aged tape from the backing of a work on paper here.
Some works in the gallery’s collection require regular attention while on display in order to keep them in good condition. Our conservators periodically rotated the central section of Maud Cotter’s Matter of Face in order to distribute the weight of the work evenly. Watch this and other videos on the Hugh Lane Gallery website’s conservation page here. |
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| | We hope you enjoy exploring and looking back over some of our illustrated art talks, Study Mornings, seminars, concerts, and more on Hugh Lane Gallery's YouTube channel here | | |
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