Your Gallery at School

Introduction:

Your Gallery at School is an ambitious outreach programme that brings the National Gallery of Ireland directly into classrooms and education settings around the country. Kindly supported by SMBC Aviation Capital, young people have an opportunity to connect with the national collection through exciting art-making projects designed to complement the education curriculum and spark creativity.

About the initiative

Your Gallery at School aims to address a number of identified barriers to engagement with the National Gallery of Ireland and in some cases, the arts more broadly. These include, but are not limited to, geographical, gender, and socio-economic barriers. The National Gallery of Ireland is a civic space, and we wish to promote a sense of shared ownership of, and interest in, our national collection.

How it works:

Your Gallery at School operates nationwide and is open to primary and secondary level schools and alternative education settings.  Chosen groups will be paired with an artist facilitator who will travel to your location. 
All projects will include: 

• A virtual introduction session
• Art making workshops at your location (delivered over one week)
• Art materials
• Post project opportunities

Selected schools for the 2026 programme:

• Scoil Chaitlin Maude, Dublin
• Henrietta Street School, Dublin
• Paradise Place Educate Together National School, Dublin
• Kilglass National School, Sligo
• Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh Boys, Cork
• Scoil Mhuire Aighnagarron National School, Longford
• Scoil Mhuire B&C, Donegal
• Scoil Naomh Erc Glenderry National School, Kerry
• Cuan na Gaillimhe, Galway

Contact Us 

• Emeir Stanley, Schools Coordinator: [email protected] or [email protected]

Personal data

By submitting your application, you confirm that you understand that any personal data that you have supplied to us as part of this application will be processed by us in accordance with our Privacy Notice. It is necessary for us to process this information in order to administer your application and, if successful:

• Send you relevant information about the Your Gallery at School programme before and during your project.
• Contact you about you opportunities after your project. 

Any personal data will be stored securely by the Gallery for 1 year after your application or project and then will be deleted, unless we are legally obliged to store it for longer. 

Your Gallery at School supported by SMBC Aviation Capital, Schools Partner.