Galway Arts Centre Education Courses

NEW  Summer ART School with artist Vicky Smith at Galway Arts Centre

  
Each day starts with an new art, craft and design project.  Each student will be guided by professional and registered teacher of art, craft and design, Vicky Smith, on how to develop drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramic and textile skills across a range of mediums with a summer theme. Full of fun and art, suitable for ages 6-12 years. Please sign up with Galway Arts Centre to secure your place. Please note you must pre-register your place and chosen dates.  10 places maximum.  All materials provided. Please bring a small packed lunch and a drink.

August 16th- 18th
Time 10 am-2.30
FEE €100 1st Child, €85 2nd child €75 3rd Child *plus €0.50 for online booking fee

NEW  Summer ART School with artist Vicky Smith at Galway Arts Centre

  
Each day starts with an new art, craft and design project.  Each student will be guided by professional and registered teacher of art, craft and design, Vicky Smith, on how to develop drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramic and textile skills across a range of mediums with a summer theme. Full of fun and art, suitable for ages 6-12 years. Please sign up with Galway Arts Centre to secure your place. Please note you must pre-register your place and chosen dates.  10 places maximum.  All materials provided. Please bring a small packed lunch and a drink.

August 9th- 11th
FEE €100 1st child    €85 2nd Child, €75 3rd child
10am-2.30pm

NEW  Summer ART School with artist Vicky Smith at Galway Arts Centre

Each day starts with an new art, craft and design project.  Each student will be guided by professional and registered teacher of art, craft and design, Vicky Smith, on how to develop drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramic and textile skills across a range of mediums with a summer theme. Full of fun and art, suitable for ages 6-12 years. Please sign up with Galway Arts Centre to secure your place. Please note you must pre-register your place and chosen dates.  10 places maximum.  All materials provided. Please bring a small packed lunch and a drink.

August 2^nd- 4^th

10 am - 2.30pm

FEE €100 1^st child, €85 2^nd Child, €75 3^rd child *Plus €0.50 for online booking fee

Portraiture Workshop with Caitlyn Rooke

September 23rd, 2017 11-5pm

Learn to paint a lively and realistic portrait with oil painter, Caitlyn Rooke, in this 6 hour workshop. This is a great opportunity for beginners and artists of any level who want to freshen up their life painting skills. This workshop focuses on learning to paint realistically by thinking abstractly. It includes demonstrations at each stage of the portrait and with only ten places available, you can expect plenty of individual feedback throughout.

Caitlyn has exhibited her paintings abroad and in Ireland, including the RHA. Check out Caitlyn's work at www.CaitlynRooke.com

Two Day Stop Motion Animation Workshop

Description

Learn how to:
Build armature.
Design and create a plasticine puppet.
Draw and plan a storyboard.
Build a set.
Animate your puppet.
Use Dragon Frame.

Two days where you will learn all of the above and have a puppet and a DVD of the animation created at the end of the course.

This is a great weekend workshop for anyone wanting to learn the basics of stop motion animation and leave with the skills to make your own animated films.

All equipment and materials are included, no need to bring anything.

This workshop is very hands on with each participant benefiting from one to one tuition throughout the weekend.

Saturday 12th + Sunday 13th August 2017 | 10am-5pm

Fee: €150 (Students: €120)(*€0.50 online booking fee)

Ad hoc choir
Sing with the Ad hoc choir !
Beginning a journey of discovery into the mystery of the human voice.
Singing is a natural birthright.
 
Through a series of weekly workshops anyone can sing. This Natural Voice workshop will guide participants through the world of singing. Enjoy singing in a group, learning harmonies from around the world.
 

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Spring Daytime Creative Writing with Susan Millar DuMars at Galway Arts Centre

Starting in May, Galway Arts Centre presents a daytime class for all those beginner and continuing creative writing students out there, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. Susan Millar DuMars writes both poetry and fiction.

We are no longer accepting registration for this event

Starting in May, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet.

We are no longer accepting registration for this event

Starting in May, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet.

We are no longer accepting registration for this event

Starting in May, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet. .

We are no longer accepting registration for this event