All events are free unless otherwise indicated. Art for All Ages, a programme for the active retired, takes place on the second Wednesday of each month at 3pm. Tickets for The Story of the Great Masters (8-29 October), Drawing Studies (4 October - 6 December), Children's Mid-Term Art Break (26-30 October), and the Portfolio Preparation Course (26 September - 5 December) are available from the Gallery Shop. See calendar for details.

DECEMBER
EVOCATIONS OF CHRISTMAS

TUESDAY
10.30 The Graphic Art of Edvard Munch (Shaw Room)
Lecturer Dr Angela Griffith, Trinity College Dublin

THURSDAY
6.30 Irish Sign Language Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour The Baroque

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Evocations of Christmas (Room 49)
Lecturer Brina Casey, National Gallery of Ireland

TUESDAY
10.30 Depictions of Winter (Room 46)

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights of the Collection

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Holy Family (Room 29)
Lecturer Carla Marrinan, Irish Museums Association

TUESDAY
10.30 The Tradition of the Festive Feast (Room 49)
Lecturer Joanne Drum, National Gallery of Ireland

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Seasonal Images

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

MONDAY
Christmas Family Art Holiday
3.00-4.00 Art Workshop with Valerie Moffatt,
Shaw Room

3.30 Gallery Tour

4.00 Musical Trio, Atrium

TUESDAY
Christmas Family Art Holiday
3.00-4.00 Art Workshop with Don Conroy,
Shaw Room

3.30 Gallery Tour

4.00 Musical Trio, Atrium

WEDNESDAY
Christmas Family Art Holiday
3.00-4.00 Art Workshop with Clare Henderson, Shaw Room

3.30 Gallery Tour

4.00 Musical Trio, Atrium

FRIDAY
3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Seasonal Images

3.00 Family Programme The Four Seasons with Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Genius of Turner
Lecturer Adrian Le Harivel, National Gallery
of Ireland

3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

MONDAY
3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

TUESDAY
10.30 William Hogarth, Painter and Engraver
of London Life
Lecturer Anne Hodge, National Gallery of Ireland

3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

THURSDAY
3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

6.30 Hard of Hearing Tour

FRIDAY
3.00 Supervised Family Time - Atrium workspace

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights of the British Collection

3.00 Family Programme A Night at the Pantomime with Emma Finucane

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 British Landscape and Portrait Painters
Lecturer Dr Margarita Cappock, University College Dublin

TUESDAY
10.30 Gainsborough's Vision of Art
Lecturer William Gallagher, Freelance Art History lecturer

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Art for All Ages Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Music Workshop with Ted Courtney, Room 44 (Baroque Gallery)

THURSDAY
6.30 Art Studies Introductory Lecture: The Advent of Modernism and New Art Forms
Lecturer Professor Nigel Rolfe, Royal College of Art, London

FRIDAY
10.30 Leaving Certificate Art History Study Day
Pre-booking essential, hmonaghan@ngi.ie/
(01) 663 3509

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Turner

3.00 Family Programme Winter Sports with Michelle Browne

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Joshua Reynolds, Professional Portrait Painter
Lecturer Adrian Le Harivel, National Gallery
of Ireland

TUESDAY
10.30 The Great Baroque Composers
Lecturer Tim Thurston, presenter, RTÉ lyric fm

WEDNESDAY
3.00 New Parent's Tour

THURSDAY
6.30 Art Studies Issues of conflict and identity in the work of Jack B. Yeats and Louis le Brocquy
Lecturer Dr Roisin Kennedy, University College Dublin

6.30 Teachers Tour Storytelling through Art
Pre-booking essential, hmonaghan@ngi.ie
/(01) 663 3509

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights of the British Collection

3.00 Family Programme Jack Frost is Back!
With Clodagh Emoe

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 John Constable - Impressions of Land,
Sea and Sky
Lecturer William Gallagher, Freelance Art History lecturer

TUESDAY
10.30 Art in the Age of Queen Victoria
Lecturer Dr Philip MacEvansoneya, Trinity College Dublin

THURSDAY
6.30 Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired
Pre-booking essential, bcasey@ngi.ie
/(01) 663 3506

6.30 Art Studies The Impact of Matisse and Picasso on the New Century
Lecturer William Gallagher, Freelance Art History lecturer

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights of the Collection

3.00 Family Programme Inside the Chocolate Factory with Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Turner's Travel's Abroad
Lecturer Niamh MacNally, National Gallery
of Ireland

TUESDAY
10.30 The Duke of Ormond and Kilkenny Portraits
Lecturer Dr Jane Fenlon, Freelance Historian

WEDNESDAY
1.05 Spring Poetry Reading with Thomas McCarthy, Lecture Theatre

THURSDAY
6.30 Art Studies The Shock of the New: 20th Century Graphic Art
Lecturer Dr Angela Griffith, Trinity College Dublin

6.30 Irish Sign Language Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour History Painting

3.00 Family Programme Hi Bear the Hibernator! with Kitty Rogers

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Earls of Moira in 18th Century Irish Life
Lecturer Aidan O'Boyle, Trinity College Dublin

TUESDAY
10.30 Class Painter - Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-1891)
Lecturer Myles Campbell, Trinity College Dublin

WEDNESDAY
1.05 Spring Poetry Reading with Caitriona O'Reilly, Lecture Theatre

3.00 Art for All Ages Creative Writing Workshop
with Yvonne Cullen, Room 21 (Portrait Gallery)

THURSDAY
6.30 Art Studies Modernism in 20th Century Architecture
Lecturer Professor Hugh Campbell, University College Dublin

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Portraits

3.00 Family Programme 'Mary Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?' with
Valerie Moffat

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Michael Stapleton, Dublin Stuccodore
(1747-1801)
Lecturer Conor Lucey, University College Dublin

MONDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Kitty Rogers
Tickets €5/€15 Families

TUESDAY
10.30 Margaret McNair Stokes: Artist and Historian
Lecturer Janette Stokes, University College Dublin

3.00 Children's Hour with Frances Coghlan
Tickets €5/€15 Families

WEDNESDAY
1.05 Spring Poetry Reading with Seamus Heaney, Lecture Theatre

3.00 Children's Hour with Emma Finucane
Tickets €5/€15 Families

3.30 Mid-Term Workshop for Teenagers Portraits with Alan Daly (Baroque Gallery)
Tickets €5

3.00 New Parents' Tour

THURSDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Valerie Moffat
Tickets €5/€15 Families

6.30 Art Studies American Abstract Expressionism; Pollock and Rothko
Lecturer Janet McLean, National Gallery
of Ireland

FRIDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Mary Noonan
Tickets €5/€15 Families

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Paintings from the Chester Beatty Collection

3.00 Family Programme Storytelling with Gordon Snell

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Life and Work of Joseph Patrick Haverty
Lecturer Mary Stratton Ryan, Artist and Art Historian

TUESDAY
10.30 The Paintings of Clare Island Abbey
Lecturer Dr Conleth Manning, Office of Public Works

WEDNESDAY
1.05 Spring Poetry Reading with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Lecture Theatre

3.00 Art for All Ages Aontas Adult Learner's Festival workshop
Life Drawing with Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire, Room 44 (Baroque Gallery)

THURSDAY
6.30 Art Studies Modern Irish Sculpture and
New Media
Lecturer Dr Paula Murphy, University College Dublin

6.30 Teachers Tour Women Artists in the National Gallery of Ireland
Pre-booking essential, hmonaghan@ngi.ie
/ (01) 663 3509

SATURDAY
10.00-1.30 Study Morning Portraits Dedicated
to the Irish Face
Tickets €25/€15 Students (inc. coffee and 3pm
Tour of the Portrait Collection)

2.00 Tour Highlights of the Collection

3.00 Family Programme Horseback Holidays
with Joseph Coveney

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Story of Fota House, Arboretum and Gardens
Lecturer Tom Fannon, Fota House

Visitors, please note our new weekend tour times:
Saturdays 2pm
Sundays 1pm and 2pm
Admission free

Special Gift Ideas
A Personal Tour of the Gallery
Have you thought of giving a member of your family or a friend a gift of a personal tour of the National Gallery of Ireland?
This special gift gives the recipient the opportunity to view the treasures of the National Gallery of Ireland in the company of our expert guides (price: €50.00).
Contact The Gallery Shop, National Gallery of Ireland, email bookshop@ngi.ie or telephone (01) 663 3518.

Art Studies 2010 -
The Advent of Modernism
Treat yourself or a friend to a series of talks on modern art featuring Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Bacon and le Brocquy discussed by leading art historians.
Thursdays, 6.30pm, January to March. Season Ticket: €88 for 11 lectures, or single tickets €8.50 per lecture, available from the Gallery Shop.

Valerie Alexander
Grace Boland
Mary Jane Boland
David Breslin
Rita Brown
Frances Coghlan
Catherine Coughlan
Rosary Cox
Patsy Currid
Mary Dowling
Gráinne Finn
Claire Fitzgerald

Jillian Lowry
Conor Lucey
Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire
Carla Marrinan
Katy Milligan
Valerie Moffat
Sarah Montague
Audrey Nicholls
Marie Pike
Gemma Sexton
Libby Simmington
Iain Wynn Jones