Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Shaping Jellett and Hone

Join us in the magnificent Shaw Room, and get creative!

Taking inspiration from our new exhibition, Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone. The Art of Friendship, artist Eileen O'Sullivan will show you how to make your own artwork with shapes, just as Jellett and Hone did. We will be using foam sheets, paper and cellophane to make full and colourful cubist-style artworks inspired by the stained glass artworks that Jellett and Hone produced. We will think about shapes as the main form in the artwork. Participants will be encouraged to swap shapes with friends to create dynamic pieces that connect them with other participants.

Sunday Family Drop-in is a weekly inclusive, accessible, intergenerational workshop. Devised to support creative engagement for children of all ages and abilities, these sessions are led by an invited artist and supported by the Education Team. Tá cainteoir Gaeilge ar fáil más fearr leat an cheardlann a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge – There is an Irish speaker available if you prefer to do the workshop through Irish.

• Free, no booking required. Stay for as long (or as little) as you like. 
• Families with children of all ages welcome. 
• All materials provided. 
• Languages spoken: Irish and English, but as activities are rooted in creative expression, with visual cues, models and examples, children of all nationalities can participate fully.

Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone. The Art of Friendship is kindly supported by The Klesch Collection, Lead Sponsor; Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland, and the Art of Friendship Giving Circle. 

The Gallery would like to thank the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for their ongoing support.