STEM subjects all very well, but it’s art that will create undreamed of jobs

In Sense of Place featuring in a piece by Gemma Tipton in today's The Irish Times Home and Design Section... 'one of the students, Cáit McArdle, described how the project had given them all “a sense of awareness”, and how they had voiced their opinions, and “suspended the disbelief we had in ourselves to create something beautiful [. . .] We explored ideas of personal and political independence in our own existences,” she concluded.' Check out Jenny Matthews Photography image of the students making it into the IT too!

Old Stuff / Colour Wheel Children’s Workshop

Old Stuff / Colour Wheel Children’s Workshop

Don't jump on the green bin! Look in with your child, select clean recyclables in complementary colours and book their place on next week's workshop! What's a complementary colour? Click and learn!

eastern seaboard bar & grill

Gregarious Generosity from the gals and guys and the tastiest joint in the East (& North, South & West if truth be told) - Eastern Seaboard Bar & Grill. Fantastic cause and a great array of prizes!

Tony Cragg In Conversation with Dr Jon Wood

Intrigued by Canoe by Tony Cragg and interested in finding out more about his practice? Check out this in conversation with the artist from 2015

Photos from Highlanes Drogheda's post

Today's focus artist from In Sense of Place is Rachel Maclean (born Edinburgh; 1987). Rachel studied at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Using digital technology, Maclean constructs fantasy narratives set in computer-generated landscapes that play on thorny issues of identity, society and politics. Maclean plays each of the characters in her films, prints and photographs, wearing outlandish self-made costumes and thick make-up. She often superimposes figures onto colourful backdrops using the green screen techniques of Hollywood filmmaking and draws on existing sources found on the Internet or television. The Lion and The Unicorn is a short film inspired by the heraldic symbols found on the Royal Coat of Arms of The United Kingdom, the lion (representing England) and the unicorn (representing Scotland). The piece uses representations of both alliance and opposition to explore national identity within the context of the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence.The video features three recurrent characters: the lion, the unicorn and the queen. These figures seem to emerge from disparate genres, including shadowy historical reconstruction, playful nursery rhyme and pragmatic TV interview. Inhabiting the rich historical setting of Traquair House in the Scottish Borders, they are seen drinking North-sea oil from Jacobite crystal, dividing up the pieces of a Union Jack cake and inciting conflict over the mispronunciation of Robert Burns. The Student Select curators selected the Mace and Sword of Drogheda, to sit closely with Maclean's The Lion and the Unicorn. The Mace of Drogheda features similar symbolism. The Mace and Sword were given to the Corporation of Drogheda by King William (III) of Orange, shortly after the Battle of the Boyne (1690), to replace the previous mace, which James II had melted down to enhance his depleted exchequer. The Lion and the Unicorn is on loan from the British Council Collection. In Sense of Place continues until Saturday 28 January.

Untitled Album

In Sense of Place - Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Co. Louth. November 2016

Student Select Christmas Week Tours

Local arts scene gets €356K Arts Council boost

Great news for Highlanes Gallery going into 2017. A wonderful increase in our Arts Council Annual Programming Grant. A big thank you to the Arts Council, and to all of the artists who make gallery life what it is, inspiring and challenging to others. Thanks to all of the curators, facilitators and external colleagues and all who engage and support the work, and to our many visitors. We continue to mark the gallery's 10th birthday into 2017 and have a very exciting exhibition programme both in and out of the gallery & look forward to seeing you at the gallery soon. Remember, we're open until Christmas Eve at 3pm and reopen on Wednesday 28th at 12noon.

Decade Diary - Highlanes Gallery in pictures/ Collection Calendar/ Janet Mullarney signed catalogues

Decade Diary - Highlanes Gallery in pictures/ Collection Calendar/ Janet Mullarney signed catalogues

The Irishman building relationships around the world

Brilliant to see the interview with the British Council Ireland Arts – British Council's Sir Ciaran Devane in today's Irish Times, also featuring our own project & exhibition In Sense of Place (Student Select) with st olivers community college and Our Lady's College Greenhills and the other exhibitions curated by the Glebe Gallery, Donegal, The Model Sligo and Limerick City Gallery of Art, and of course Perspectives at the British Council HQ in London. In Sense of Place can be seen through Christmas at the gallery and continues until 28 January 2017. Highlanes closes on Christmas eve at 3pm and reopens on Wednesday 28th December at 12noon.