Visual Art

Subject area: Visual Art
To encourage students to look at and appreciate the winter season through art making, we have created this Classroom Activity Pack to accompany our Winter Light programme. Adaptable to all class levels.

Subject areas: Visual Art/STEAM
Game Plan was a touring exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum hosted by The Ark in 2019, that celebrated the joy, excitement (and occasional frustration) of playing board games. For Junior Infants to 6th Class.

Subject Area: Visual Art
The Ark’s Rock, Paper, Scissors programme encourages students to experiment and be creative with a variety of materials to create both two and three dimensional artworks. We have created a classroom pack with complimentary visual arts activities. Adaptable to all class levels.

Subject Area: Visual Art
Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers exhibition allows children to step into a world of hand drawn animation and get a glimpse of the vast work involved in creating one of the most magical and beautiful animated Irish films of all time.

Subject Area: Visual Art
The Ark's visual art and workshop programme exploring the illustrated novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, offers children an opportunity to delve into the classic story of the world's most famous wooden boy by visiting our gallery of displays or taking part in a creative visual art workshop.

Subject areas: Visual Art & Science
In February 2020, The Ark's Fly Me To The Moon visual art programme aimed to encourage the exploration of our universe as a way of sparking children's imagination and inspiring them to create art. For Junior Infants - 6th Class.

Subject area: Music/Visual Art
Join us for a music improvisation and visual adventure with our 2016 collaboration with Improvised Music Company, Monster Music Improv! For Junior Infants - 6th Class

Subject areas: Drama, English, Visual Arts and SPHE
This new show by The Ark Artist in Residence, Shaun Dunne, offers a window into children’s experience of the pandemic and the milestones they’ve missed along the way.