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NEW EVENTS

Explorer Family Programmes - Throughout autumn/winter
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TeenCreate - for 12 to 15 year olds
21 Jan 2012
10 Mar 2012
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Studio 8 - for 15 to 18 year olds
28 Jan 2012
03 March 2012
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Studio 10 - gallery sessions for adults
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FAMILIES

New Year Workshops for Families at IMMA
On Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 January 2012 between 2pm and 4pm, families are invited on a guided tour of the Rivane Neuenschwander exhibition followed by a collage workshop. Free, drop-in, ages +4 to 10, New Galleries.

IMMA Art Trail Logo IMMA Art Trails
Bronze, Steel, Natural Materials: The three new IMMA trails have arrived! Beautiful maps featuring outdoor works from the IMMA Collection are available free of charge in the galleries.

To download the IMMA Art Trails please click on the below links:

arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" width="11" align="bottom" border="0" /> Bronze: IMMA Art Trail (Adobe PDF - 339KB)

arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" width="11" align="bottom" border="0" /> Steel: IMMA Art Trail (Adobe PDF - 363KB)

arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" width="11" align="bottom" border="0" /> Natural: IMMA Art Trail (Adobe PDF - 1.55MB)

Exhibition Notes for Families
Please click arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" width="11" align="bottom" border="0" /> here (Word doc 2003 - 104KB) to download the exhibition notes for families for the Rivane Neuenschwander exhibition A Day Like Any Other.

The Response Room - Not available during Rivane Neuenschwander exhibition due to refurbishment of main building
During your visit to IMMA, drop into the Response Room. Tell us about your experience of the artworks on exhibition, make an artwork with the materials in the room (graphite pencils, colouring pencils, paper) or have a look at what other visitors have written or drawn in response to their experiences at IMMA.

Explorer for Families

Last Explorer 2011: 11.12.2011

First Explorer 2012: 8.1.2012
IMMA’s family programme, Explorer , welcomes children and adults to experience art works and art making together on Sunday afternoons, in the company of two of IMMA’s gallery staff, the Mediators.
Explorer is:

Free and drop-in
On Sundays between 2.00pm to 4.00pm
The maximum number of participants is 35 (adults and children), so arriving early is advised
Projects are designed for children aged 4 to 10 years old
Project themes are repeated over two consecutive Sundays

For further information about Explorer please contact Christine O'Neill, Projects Co-ordinator: Children's Programmes, email: family@imma.ie or contact the information desk email: frontofhouse@imma.ie

What’s on at IMMA for Families?

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YOUNG PEOPLE

TEENCREATE PROGRAMME
The TeenCreate programme aims to provide 12-15 year olds with all levels of creative experience with a variety of opportunities to connect with IMMA. Monthly sessions take place in Studio 10 at IMMA on the dates below. They consist of a tour/discussion and an art-making workshop led by IMMA mediators (Gallery staff).

Saturday 21 January, 2.30 - 5.00pm
Saturday 10 March, 2.30 - 5.00pm

On Saturday 21 January from 2.30-5.00 pm, IMMA mediators will be leading a gallery discussion and workshop based on the solo exhibition A Day Like Any Other by Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. This retrospective exhibition features works from Neuenschwander’s vast and varied practice. The workshop will focus on the artist’s paintings, and participants will be invited to create paintings of architectural spaces similar to Neuenschwander’s.

For further information please contact Christine O’Neill, Project-Co-ordinator: Children’s Programmes, Education & Community Department. Email: christine.oneill@imma.ie , tel: 01 612 99 14.

Logo for Studio 8, Young Peoples Programme at IMMA STUDIO 8 PROGRAMME FOR 15-18 YEAR OLDS

The Studio 8 programme aims to provide young people with a variety of opportunities to connect with IMMA.
Gallery/studio sessions for 15-18 year olds will take place from Studio 10, IMMA, on the below dates. These sessions, facilitated by IMMA Mediators (Gallery staff), will comprise a gallery tour/discussion and an art-making workshop.
Booking: the sessions are free but booking is requested – to book please email: edcommbooking@imma.ie or tel 01 6129919.

• Saturday 28 January, 11am - 2pm, in association with the Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other exhibition . In this session IMMA mediators Olive Barrett and Barry Kehoe will focus on Neuenschwander’s installation, The Conversation . After a gallery discussion, participants will focus on the layering, building, tearing, and ripping of materials to form a piece of artwork in the studio.

• Saturday 3 March, 11am - 2pm, in association with the Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection exhibition

Online resources for second level students and teachers in relation to the Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other exhibition are available on our website arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> here

Further Studio 8 programming is to be confirmed. Please return to this webpage for updates. If you wish to be included on the list for Studio 8 update emails please email Caroline at caroline.orr@imma.ie .

For more information please contact Caroline Orr, Curator Education & Community Department, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie , tel: 01-612 9956.

What’s on at IMMA for Young People?

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arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> Guided Tours
arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> Heritage Tours
arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> Talks & Lectures
arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> ARP: Public Access

For further information please contact Maggie Connolly, Administrator Education & Community Department, email maggie.connolly@imma.ie , tel: 01-612 9919 or Caroline Orr, Curator Education & Community Department, email caroline.orr@imma.ie , tel: 01-612 9956.

ADULTS

Participants from a Charcoal & Chocolate workshop with artist Leanne Mullen, 2004. Photograph: Mirjam Keune, IMMA Artists’ Panel.

WORKSHOPS
IMMA offers a range of once-off and ongoing workshops to provide people with an opportunity to create work in response to their experiences visiting the gallery spaces and meeting artists. Workshops are led by professional artists and members of the Museum's arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> Mediators (gallery-based staff). Workshops take place in Studios 8, 9 and 10, and also in the galleries.

STUDIO10/GALLERY SESSIONS FOR ADULTS
Studio10/Gallery Sessions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) are for adults of all levels of creative experience and combine facilitated exhibition tours, discussions, art-making and more. They are an excellent springboard for engaging with modern and contemporary art.

Sessions are scheduled in blocks, with each block focussing on a particular exhibition at the Museum and being facilitated by two IMMA Mediators (gallery staff). Blocks comprise of three consecutive weekly sessions that take place 10am-1pm on Fridays, based from Studio 10, IMMA.

Blocks of sessions are free of charge, however, booking is essential. Depending on availability, booking more than one block on sessions is possible provided these do not run consecutively. Places are allocated on a first-come/first-served basis.

January Block: 13, 20, 27 January
Exhibition: Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other

Block A, 24 February & 2, 9 March
Exhibition: Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

Block B, 16, 23, 30 March
Exhibition: Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

To book please contact Jen Phelan, email: edcommbooking@imma.ie/ tel: 6129919, with the following information: name, postal address, telephone/mobile number, email address, and the block/s you wish to book (please note, it is not possible to book consecutive blocks). You will subsequently receive confirmation of your booking.

Further blocks of Studio10/Gallery Sessions are planned for spring 2012. To add your name to the mail list to receive information by post about these blocks please contact Jen Phelan, email: edcommbooking@imma.ie/ tel: 6129919.

What’s on at IMMA for Adults?

For further information on programmes for Adults please contact Lisa Moran, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, email: lisa.moran@imma.ie or Caroline Orr, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9956, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie

GROUPS

Free tours
Groups can book online for a free guided tour of IMMA’s exhibitions. Please note tours must be booked at least three weeks in advance of your intended visit. To book a tour please click arrow link" hspace="0" src="/en/siteimages/arrow2.gif" align="bottom" border="0" /> here .

Artists' Residency Programme visits
Groups can organise to meet one or more of the artists working on IMMA’s Artists Residency Programme in the Museum’s studios. All visits to the Artists Residency Programme are free of charge but advanced booking is required. To book please contact Janice Hough, Artists Residency Programme Coordinator, email: arp@imma.ie or contact the information desk at email: frontofhouse@imma.ie

Studio 10 Workshops
Workshops for groups can be arranged in conjunction with a free guided tour or an Artists' Residency Programme visit. In this way, groups can discuss art work in the gallery or studio spaces and afterwards have a facilitated art making workshop. Please note workshops must be booked at least three weeks in advance of your intended visit. For further information or to book please contact Lisa Moran, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9912, email: lisa.moran@imma.ie or Caroline Orr, Curator: Education and Community Programmes, tel: 01-612 9956, email: caroline.orr@imma.ie

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