18 Mar 2017 Sit for a Portrait 2017 Children aged 7+ could win the chance to have their portrait drawn by one of Ireland's leading portrait artists! In partnership with St Patrick's Festival
11 - 25 Mar 2017 Face to Face – Portrait workshops Forget the mobile phone, why not draw or paint your own selfie? Artist Jole Bortoli helps you explore different ways and styles to create your self portrait in this creative workshop
7 Mar 2017 Talk: Brian Maguire To mark the opening of our 'Put Yourself in the Portrait Gallery', which features his charcoal drawings from our Children of Ireland 2016 series, artist Brian Maguire gives a talk for adults interested in his take on human rights and visual arts.
7 - 24 Mar 2017 Schools: Face to Face – Portrait workshops This creative workshop focuses on developing drawing and observational skills, and is strongly aligned with the drawing, paint and colour strand of the visual arts curriculum.
4 Mar - 9 Apr 2017 Put Yourself in the Portrait Gallery Children are the focus of our portrait gallery, with a collection of 12 portraits by acclaimed Irish artist Brian Maguire alongside a range of self-portraits drawn by children.
25 Feb 2017 Storyboard Workshop: The Breadwinner Cartoon Saloon, the creators of Oscar nominated Song of the Sea return to The Ark with a fun workshop to introduce their brand-new animated feature film The Breadwinner.
21 - 24 Feb 2017 Lego Animation Workshops Make your own Lego movie in this hands-on workshop with Brick Flicks.
18 Feb 2017 Foley Workshop: Creating Sounds for the Screen Come join Caoimhe Doyle and Jean McGrath in an inspiring and fun Foley workshop looking at the often surprising ways that sound effects are is produced for film.
11 Feb - 18 Mar 2017 Early Years Workshop: Look at Me! A fun and creative session with artist Jane Groves that introduces young children (Ages 2-4) to simple portraiture.
29 Jan 2017 Family Workshop: Jim Jam Jug Band Learn to use a range of fun household objects to create music as you form your own family folk band for an afternoon!