An Introduction to Figure Painting // a 6 morning course with the artist Nicholas Robinson // Starts Thursday January 25th // 10:00 - 13:00 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/introduction-to-figure-painting-6-morning-course-block-t-tickets-41168282441 Painting the figure has always been a staple exercise in learning the craft of oil painting. This 6 week daytime course is ideal for those looking to start their exploration into the art of Figure Painting, or even for the more experienced artist who wants to improve their fundamentals. Nick Robinson (Florence Academy prize winner 2012 & 2013, Art Renewal Center finalist 2016) will instruct in the visual method: translating what we observe from life into oil painting on the canvas. The first class will explore the materials involved, some theory and preparation for the model. The rest of the course will be comprised of working from the nude in one 16/17 hour painting. PRICE INCLUDES FREE STUDIO TIME FOR THE DURATION OF THE COURSE, TO USE ON THIS OR ANY OTHER PROJECT. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY Course Fee: €250 *Canvasses and most materials will be provided (with the exception of paints). A materials list will be sent to each participant. ** A deposit option is available, with the remainder to be paid on the first night BLOCK T X https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/introduction-to-figure-painting-6-morning-course-block-t-tickets-41168282441

Pallet Furniture Making Workshop for Beginners - A 4 week woodworking workshop with Matthew Huber @ BLOCK T, Dublin 8 Starts Thursday, January 18th // 19:00 - 21:00 Readily available storage pallets have become a useful resource in home décor and design, with 100s of DIY pallet furniture ideas appearing online. With our new 4 week workshop, you can learn the skills and techniques required to create a functional piece of furniture from a shipping pallet. Get to grips with basic woodworking tools and learn fundamental furniture making techniques - whilst building your own pallet utility shelf! Pallets will be pre-cut to help with the project, and power sanders will be available. COURSE FEE: €145 *Places are strictly limited so please book early to secure your place* https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pallet-furniture-making-workshop-for-beginners-tickets-41168313534

GIFT VOUCHERS now available for all our creative courses and workshops @ BLOCKT!! For that hard to buy for, creatively curious person in your life :) Can be posted to you in time for Christmas, or collected here at the studios - just include your address with your order. Vouchers come in €50 denominations. Grab them here - paypal.me/BLOCKT Our next range of courses for early 2018 include: An Introduction to Figure Painting // a 6 morning course with the artist Nicholas Robinson // starting Thursday, January 18th // 10:00 - 13:00 // http://bit.ly/2AnuPK1 Pallet Furniture Making for Beginners // 4 week course // starting Thursday, January 18th // 19:00 - 21:00 // http://bit.ly/2A6SPgg Basic Techniques for Drawing & Painting // 5 week course with the artist Tadhg McGrath // starts Monday, January 29th // http://bit.ly/2ApeYuH Introduction to Digital Photography // 6 week course with photographer Kate Nolan // starts Tuesday, Feb 6th // 19:00 - 21:00 // http://bit.ly/2iHNjJQ

Fingal County Council Arts Office and BLOCK T are delighted to announce Laura Skehan's exhibition 'Welcome to the Anthropocene'. This work is the culmination of a one-year Graduate Studio Award in BLOCK T Studios, Dublin 8; part of FUEL, Block T's Visual Arts Programme dedicated to the support and professional development of recent graduates. Laura Skehan's work explores our dynamic relationship with the physical landscape, focusing on areas of significant geological interest. Engaging with painting, sculpture materials and video projection, her practice combines a language of movement, image and objects. With her research deeply rooted in natural physics, geology, classical philosophy and dance, she explores the body as a conduit of ideas, drawing comparisons with other moving elements from the physical world. Using research methods from environmental anthropology, she dissects our relationship with the political, social and geological histories of these places. She attempts to validate the role of the artist in contemporary culture using visual and aural analogies. Her attention remains on our influence on the physical landscape, emphasizing the importance of kinesthetic, material and environmental awareness. Skehan produced the series of works in ‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ during her yearlong residency at Block T studios, Dublin. Through painting, sculpture and digital media practice, she imagines a dystopian future where our natural materials and finite resources have become completely exhausted. In this complicated future, the only possible way to experience these materials is through works of art. Works that are either made with the material, crudely represent the material or that reference through the absence of the material attempt to realize this concept. Using this methodology, Skehan references the hypocritical behavior of humans and our deteriorating relationship with the earth. Inspired by a number of locations including the large chevron folds and abandoned copper mines at Loughshinny, The Dead Zoo in Dublin and the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Skehan grapples with the socio-economic dependency on the commoditization of the Earth’s minerals and our distancing relationship to the natural world, relating this to the commoditization of artwork and the art market.

A 2-day Portrait Painting workshop with the artist Oisin Roche // Sundays December 3rd and 10th // 11:30 - 17:00 Learn to paint the portrait in the style of the old masters, working with a live model over 2 sessions. Work with one of the field's leading artists and educators - Oisin Roche - in an intimate, atelier-style setting. This course will cover: * Advice on paints and materials to help you achieve the best results * Colour theories, colour mixing, use of the palette * How to create realistic form - work with light, shadow and space Course fee: 2 sessions - €135 This course will take place on Sundays December 3rd and 10th, from 11:30 until 17:00, with an hour for lunch https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/portrait-painting-a-2-day-workshop-with-oisin-roche-block-t-tickets-39337357094 BLOCK T X

2 Day Life Drawing Workshop - Egon Schiele Theme // with the artist Tadhg McGrath // Saturdays December 2nd & 9th // 11:00 - 17:00 A short course devoted to exploring the drawings of Austrian Expressionist Artist Egon Schiele. 2 days, starting Saturday December 2nd Egon Schiele's career was short and intense. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, he made artworks which tried to depict the psychological world as well as examining the female figure in an analytical and detached way. With particular reference to Schiele's life-drawings and self-portraits, this course will allow students to explore his working methods and artistic responses to the model. Using a series of linked classes with exercises on line, composition, and gesture, this short course will look at how Schiele's drawings can still be shocking and provocative. COURSE FEE: €125 All materials and model fees included https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/2-day-life-drawing-workshop-egon-schiele-theme-tickets-39336678063

It was very lovely to have the Fine Art first year students from @DIT visit us today as part of their professional practice module. It is a privilege to share what goes on here in the space, most of which occurs hidden away as solitary little labours of love. Visits like this will hopefully encourage similar DIY projects from the next generation of artists! A timely reminder of why, and for whom, I do what I do. BLOCK T X

Intermediate Pallet Furniture Making Workshop - A 4 week woodworking workshop with Matthew Huber @ BLOCK T, Dublin 8 Starts Thursday, November 23rd // 19:00 - 21:00 Readily available storage pallets have become a useful resource in home décor and design, with 100s of DIY pallet furniture ideas appearing online. With our new 4 week workshop, you can learn the skills and techniques required to create a functional piece of furniture from a shipping pallet. Get to grips with basic woodworking tools and learn fundamental furniture making techniques - whilst building your own pallet table with storage! Pallets will be pre-cut to help with the project, and power sanders will be available. COURSE FEE: €145 *Places are strictly limited so please book early to secure your place* https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/intermediate-pallet-furniture-making-workshop-tickets-39367855315