Drawing Day 2009

Womble25

Drawing Day 2009 will take place on Saturday 23rd May 2009 where many locations across the country will open their doors to allow visitors to sketch and draw the contents. Some places have special activities organised:

The National Print Museum will open its doors on Saturday 23rd of May for Drawing Day 2009. Free admission for budding artists all day offers the opportunity to draw some of the unique objects on display in the Museum.

This free nationwide event encourages adults and children to draw in a relaxed environment. Artist Graínne Dowling will facilitate a special drawing workshop for adults at 2pm until 4pm. Children and families are welcome but must be supervised at all times. Drawing materials and children’s worksheets will be available on the day.

Saturday 23rd May 2009, 11.00am - 5.00pm.
Admission free

National Print Museum
Beggars Bush Barracks
Haddington Rd
Dublin 4
Tel: 01 6603770
Email: info@nationalprintmusem.ie
Web: www.nationalprintmuseum.ie

shellz

Do you have information about what locations will be opening their doors?
Aren't museums and the like free anyway?

ztoical

Kilkenny Castle will be taking part [via the butler gallery located in the Castle] There will be a bunch of drawing projects happening around the grounds of the Castle.

Womble25

Not all Museums and Galleries can afford free admission, in fact most in Ireland have an entrance fee apart from the National Museum of Ireland's four locations and the National Gallery but they recieve state funding so are in the lucky position that they dont need to charge an admission fee. And there are very few places that offer workshops for free which is why its a big deal on days like Drawing Day for these organisations to run events free of charge for the public (at a cost to themselves.)

The idea of Drawing Day was established by the National Gallery (bizarrely on a different date to International Drawing Day) so I've just pulled the list from their website:

DRAWING DAY 23 May 2009

Drawing Day is organised by the National Gallery of Ireland in partnership with the following venues

Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Castletown House
Cavan County Museum
Crawford Gallery, Cork
Draíocht, Dublin
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
Dunsink Observatory
Galway City Museum
Farmleigh House
Fota House
Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Graphic Studio Dublin
Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
Hunt Museum, Limerick
Limerick City Gallery
Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow
Muckross Traditional Farms, Killarney
National Museum of Ireland: Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks
National Museum of Ireland: Archaeology and History, Kildare Street
National Museum of Ireland, Country Life
National Print Museum, Dublin
NCAD Gallery
Number Twenty Nine, Georgian House Museum
Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham
The Ark: A Cultural Centre for Children
Tower Museum, Derry
The LAB, Dublin
The Science Gallery, TCD
Waterford Museum of Treasures
Wexford Arts Centre