RHA Gallery – This week at the RHA – Peter Burns, Biblical Paintings
Peter Burns, Biblical Paintings
RHA Atrium & Foyer, until 30 April
Noah’s Ark, oil and mixed media on canvas, 79 x 79 inches, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist
RHA EXHIBITIONS
Cecilia Bullo, Being haunted by the breezes, now how will you exist?
to 23 April, Gallagher Gallery
Vanessa Lee Jones, Hortus Conclusus
to 30 April, RHA Ashford Gallery
Peter Burns, Biblical Paintings, to 30 April, RHA Atrium
Jane Locke, The Lighthouse at the Library, to 30 April, RHA Corner Gallery
Vanessa Lee Jones, Hortus Conclusus, installation photograph. Image, Kate-Bowe O’Brien
RHA ANNUAL
Second Round Selection
The second round of selection for the 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition has now taken place. If you were part of the second round process, please check your OList login to see if your work was selected for the Annual.
We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who entered this year.
RHA LEARN
Kids Art Workshop
Sat, 15 April, 11am – 1pm
Join artist Michelle Hall for a unique art workshop inspired by Cecilia Bullo’s exhibition, ‘Being haunted by the breezes, now how will you exist?’.
For this workshop, the group will visit Cecilia Bullo’s exhibition to look at the artworks, draw in the gallery and then head to the art studio in the RHA to explore sculpture making, inspired by the different objects, shapes and textures in the exhibition.
This is a free event suitable for 5-12 year olds. Booking is required.
RHA LEARN
Slow Art Day 2023
Sat, 15 April, 2pm
This year over 100 museums internationally, including the RHA, hope to enhance the visitor’s experience by participating in Slow Art Day. We’re inviting you to visit the RHA and wind down by looking closely at a specific artwork or an exhibition.
We hope you’ll enjoy some mindful moments and relaxation as you wander through our galleries. After your time with the artworks on display, join RHA Curator Sarah McAuliffe for a discussion on your thoughts and discoveries.
This is a free event but booking is required.
RHA LEARN
Cecilia Bullo & Sinéad Gleeson In-conversation
Wed, 19 April, 5:30pm
We’re delighted to welcome Cecilia Bullo and writer Sinéad Gleeson for an In-conversation event on April 19th. The pair will discuss Bullo’s current exhibition at the RHA and speak about their individual practices and how they overlap.
This event is free and booking is not required.
MORE INFO
Portrait of Cecilia Bullo by Ros Kavanagh; Portrait of Sinéad Gleeson by Brid O’Donovan.
RHA SCHOOL
Summer Self-Directed Life Drawing course
June (Fridays 10-5pm)
This course offers an opportunity for professional artists and students to practise working from the live model in order to maintain a high skill level and practice drawing. This is a 5-week term with classes taking place each Friday in June from 10am – 5pm. The course facilitator will be RHA Head of School, Colin Martin RHA.
Course fee €180.
Application deadline, 5pm, 1 May.
Image courtesy of Una Sealy RHA.
RHA SCHOOL
Masterclass: Speedy Sketch to Long Pose – Painting the Figure
Sat 10 – Sun 11 June
This masterclass with Siobhán O’Callaghan will provide an opportunity to hone observation skills and become immersed in the process of rendering what we observe in life, onto canvas. O’Callaghan’s work finds form primarily through oil paint, with drawing, photography and video contributing to the process.
Course fee €220
Application deadline, 5pm, 8 May.
Siobhán O’Callaghan, Two Friends II, oil on canvas, 40 x 50cm, Image courtesy of the artist.
