'Art for all Ages'
Festival at the National Gallery of Ireland
26 September - 2 October 2005

Press Release, September 2005

A week long festival of 'Art for all Ages' will be celebrated with a series of events at the National Gallery of Ireland from 26th September until 2nd October 2005.

The festival will be will be launched with a poetry reading by the Bealtaine's Writers Group on Monday 26th September at 11.30am followed by a programme of lunchtime talks, art classes and tours which will continue daily throughout the week. All events are free. See full programme below or for further details, telephone Aileen Nolan, Outreach Officer, Education Department, telephone (01) 663 3506.

Monday 26 September
11.30am Art for All Ages Launch with Bealtaine Writers Group
1.30pm Lunch Time Talk 'Movements in Focus': Works from the National Portrait Gallery with Olive Knox
2.30pm Afternoon Art Class 'Experiment with media and materials': Draw a portrait with Melissa Corish

Tuesday 27 September
10.30am Lecture 'Conservation of the painting, Constance, Countess Markievicz'
Elline von Monschaw, National Gallery of Ireland
1.30pm Lunch Time Talk 'Movements in Focus': Sculpture in the NGI with Lynn McGrane
2.30pm Afternoon Art Class 'Experiment with media and materials': 3D Construction with Frances Coughlan

Wednesday 28 September
1.30pm Lunch Time Talk 'Movements in Focus': Colin Middleton and his contemporaries with Fiona Loughnane
2.30pm Afternoon Art Class 'Experiment with media and materials': Create a Collage with Aileen Nolan

Thursday 29 September
1.30pm Lunch Time Talk 'Movements in Focus': Paul Henry and his Contemporaries with Jim O'Callaghan
2.30pm Afternoon Art Class 'Experiment with media and materials': Landscapes and Seascapes with Jim O'Callaghan

Friday 30 September
1.30pm Lunch Time Talk 'Movements in Focus': The Yeats Museum with Dr. Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch
2.30pm Afternoon Art Class 'Experiment with media and materials': Drawing from memory, an exercise in colour with Felicity Clear

Saturday 1 October
3.00pm Tour of the Week with Sarah Drumm

Sunday 2 October
3.00pm Lecture 'Rembrandt's Nocturnal Landscape in the Context of his Work'
Michiel Franken, RKD/Netherlands Institute for Art History

How to Find Us:
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square West and Clare Street, Dublin 2.
Telephone + 353 (0) 1 661 5133
Website www.nationalgallery.ie

By Dart: Pearse Station is five minutes walk from the Gallery

By Luas: Green Line (Central) to St. Stephen's Green

By Bus: Nos. 5,7, 7A to Merrion Square North & Clare Street; No.10 to Merrion Row & Pembroke Street. Nos 13/A to Merrion Square South; Nos. 44/C, 48A to Merrion Square West.

Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm; Thursday 9.30am-8.30pm; Sunday 12.00pm-5.30pm. Gallery Shop, Café and Restaurant open daily.

Further Information:
Valerie Keogh
Press & Communications Office
National Gallery of Ireland
Telephone (01) 661 5133
Email press@ngi.ie