The Red Stables Artists’ Studios will be part of Visit 2013  on Sunday 12th May,  from 12 – 6pm.  This year Visit, an open artists studio event, will  take place  over the weekend of  Saturday 11^th and Sunday 12^th May. This   free event  will involve 22  artists’ studios all over Dublin city opening their doors to the public.  This is a wonderful opportunity  to meet aritsts in their studios and to explore their working environment and arts practice. There are  free daily tours conducted by Jeanette Donnolly (Art for Arts Sake). The Northside tour commences at  The Red Stables at  12 noon on Sunday or you can opt to meet the tour guide at Connolly Station Luas Stop to take the 130 bus to The Red Stables.  This tour will include talks by artists on their practice.  For further infomation on VISIT and participating studios see:  

www.visitartists.com

Family Drop In Art Workshop

Saturday 9^th March 2013

12 – 4pm

 Dublin City Council Art Office invites you to celebrate National Tree Week at The Red Stables.  Join artist Martina Galvin exploring the recently planted Native Irish Tree Trail in St. Anne’s Park.  Create your own painting or drawing inspired by our native Irish trees and discover some fascinating facts about the types of food they provide for the animals, birds and other wildlife in the park. 

 Why not download the Irish Native Tree Trail booklet:

http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/DublinCityParks/Documents/st.annes_english.pdf

The trail is part of Dublin City Council’s Biodiversity Action Plan which raises awareness about biodiversity and protects and promotes habitats for wildlife throughout the city.

The Red Stables Summer School 2012 publication is now available to purchase (5 euro) from the reception desk at The LAB. This limited edition book highlights art and ecology projects that took place in The Red Stables and St. Anne’s Park last Summer.  The summer school which was initiated by Dublin City Council with the  kind support of the Arts Council featured Seoidin O’ Sullivan’s Field Work and Geraldine O’ Reilly’s Weeds Are Plants Too!   It also provided opportunities for learning and spaces for presentations, films, discussions, field trips and exchanges between artists and ecologists. The publication outlines the projects and events that took place and includes an essay by Sean O’ Sullivan and transcripts of  presentations by Dr. Karen E Till,  Senior Lecturer of Cultural Geography, NUI Maynooth and Dr. Declan Doogue, Botanist and Entomologist.   

Come and join the festive activities taking place at The Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Mount Prospect Avenue, Dublin 3 in December.

Following on from The Red Stables Summer School and the theme of art and nature, there will be a ‘Winter Walk’ in the park with Botanist, Dr. Declan Doogue, an adults workshop on ‘Herbal Medicine for Winter Ailments’ with Herbalist, Claire Gardiner and a family drop in workshop with artist Martina Galvin who will show you how to make Christmas decorations from natural materials. Using the flora of St Anne’s Park as inspiration, artist Maeve Clancy will transform the exhibition space into a cut paper wonderland, creating a magical space to explore and engage with. (Booking essential for Winter Walk and Herbal Medicine for Winter Ailments)

Join, The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoíse O’ Muirí  for the tree lighting ceremony  and the launch of the Red Stables Summer School book on Saturday 15^th December at 4pm.   Enjoy festive music by The Third Chorale and get in the Christmas mood with ‘Christmas Crackers’ puppet show brought to you by  Conor Lambert’s Custard Pie Puppet Company, featuring  Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, elves and many more Christmas characters.(Booking Essential)

Create a winter wonderland scene for The Red Stables  with artist Mary Noonan  and make your own Swedish Style Christmas crackers with artist Veronica Forsgren on Sunday 16^th December from 12 – 4pm.

All the events are free. For bookings contact: Victoria: 222 7843 victoria.kearney@dublincity.ie

Mulled wine and mince pies will be available from Tir na nOg Caife and there will be ‘Jingle Bell’ horse and carriage rides around the park on Saturday 15^th December (€5 per person or reduced rate for families).  The Red Stables Art, Craft and Food Market will be open from 10am – 5pm every Saturday.

For further information on The Red Stables Christmas Art Programme please see:

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Dublin City Council is delighted to invite you join artist Geraldine O’ Reilly for a three day drawing Master Class. Following on from the very successful drawing workshop ‘Weeds are Plants Too! during The Red Stables Summer School  in June, artist Geraldine O’Reilly is holding another drawing workshop exploring the working spaces used by the parks gardeners.  O’Reilly will give guidance and instruction in a number of specific drawing techniques which can be used to help in the exploration of both large indoor spaces and in close up work drawing gardening tools and equipment. The workshop is aimed at artists who have drawing experience and want to hone those skills in a three day master class.  The aim of the workshop is to create a series of large drawings using a variety of mediums.

The three day workshops are free and will take place in St. Anne’s Park, Dublin 3, Tuesday 27^th – Thursday 29^th  November 10.30am – 4.30pm each day.  To book a place please call 222 7377 or email red.stables@dublincity.ie.

This project is supported by Dublin City Council and Graphic Studio Dublin

Pumpkin Decorating and Mask Making

Saturday 27th October, 12 – 4pm, The Red Stables,  St. Anne’s Park,  Dublin 3.

Dublin City Council is delighted to invite children and their families to join artist Martina Galvin for a family drop in Halloween art workshop at The Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park. Bring your own pumpkin and decorate if for Halloween or make a spooky mask to wear as part of  your Halloween costume. You can also create friendly or scary Halloween characters to hang up at home.

This is a free event – all welcome!

Don’t Forget to bring a pumpkin if you want to decorate it for Halloween!

To celebrate National Tree Day, local school children from Scoil Aine, Raheny,   joined artist Martina Galvin for an art workshop on the Tree’s of St. Anne’s Park, the children  also had the opportunity to participate in a native Irish Tree Trail, which includes fifteen  species of trees recently planted in St. Anne’s Park.

 The Lord Mayor, Naoise Ó Muirí  officially launched The Native Irish Tree Trail by planting a tree in St. Anne’s Park.

This event was an initiative of DCC Parks Department, The Red Stables and The Tree Coucil of Ireland.

National Tree Day is an event organised by  The  Tree Council of Ireland, which is an umbrella body for organisations involved in tree planting, management and conservation.   The main role of the Tree Council  is to promote the planting, care and enjoyment of trees.

TheRed  Stables will once again open  up to allow  visitors to explore this Victorian‘Tudor  Style’ building as  part of Open House  Dublin 2012, organised by  The Irish Architecture Foundation.  The Red Stables  were built in 1885 as part of the Guinness family estate which included  St. Anne’s Park.  Lord Ardilaun commissioned George Ashlin, a 19th Century architect renowned for his ecclesiastical works, (Cobh Cathedral, etc) to design the stables. When the Red Stables were built the work and materials used were of a very high standard and this has been continued with the conservation and restoration process to ensure that the stables 21^st century facilities blend sympathetically with the Victorian building.  Dublin City Council renovated the protected building and converted the stables to house artists’ studios which opened in 2006. Many of the original features of the building have been retained and the character of the workspaces reflects this.

Architect,  Tony Duggan will lead guided architectural tours  from 12 – 5pm on Sunday 7th October. 

All Welcome!

For further information on the history of St. Anne’s Park please see Joan Sharkey’s book: “St. Anne’s; the Story of a Guinness Estate”, 2002, Woodfield Press in association with Dublin City Council.

 Lina Nordenström, Printmaking Demonstration and Presentation

Saturday 25th September 2 – 4pm

The Red Stables, St. Anne’s Park, Dublin 3

To book a place, email: redstables@dublincity.ie or tel: 222 7377   (This is a free event)

Join Swedish artist Lina Nordenström, currently resident at The Red Stables International Studio, for a demonstration on embossing techniques.  Lina will also give a presentation on her works with prints, drawings and artist’s books. She studied at Gothenburg University (1982-85), The College of Printmaking Arts in Stockholm (1991-95) and at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm (2000–2001).  Her work is in major collections including; The Modern Museum, Stockholm, The Swedish Parliament, The National Gallery, Oslo, The National Gallery of Ireland, The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, Warsaw and The Archive, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo.She has been a frequent visitor and exhibitor in Ireland since 1993. She was awarded a fellowship from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Co. Mayo in 2002. Since 2005 she has been an associate member of Graphic Studio Dublin. She has exhibited widely throughout Scandinavia and has taken part in many international group shows.

The aim of the International Artists’ Residential Studio at The Red Stables is to encourage international artists to visit Ireland, create work and actively exchange practice and expertise with artists, arts organizations, local arts initiatives and people living and working in Dublin city.

This event is supported by Dublin City Council and Graphic Studio Dublin.  www.graphicstudiodublin.com

Children and their families are invited to join artist Martina Galvin for drop-in art workshops at The Red Stables from Monday 20^th – Friday 24^th August, 12-4pm, exploring the theme of water.  Martina and participants will investigate how trees drink water and will look at leaves and their patterns, water molecules  and Monet’s series of waterlily paintings. Those taking part will have the opportunity to create water molecule sculptures and they can also make their own leaf or waterlily painting.