PRESS RELEASE
Studio 8: Programming for young people at the Irish Museum
of Modern Art
The new season
of the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s young
people’s programme, Studio 8,
begins on Saturday 5 February, providing 15-18 year olds with various ways to
connect with all that is happening at the Museum. For the first session, IMMA Mediators Brigid McClean and Seamus McCormack will
lead a gallery discussion and workshop based on portraiture in the modern age
as featured in The Moderns exhibition. Artists will include
Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Louis le Brocquy and Edward McGuire, all of whom
create portraits that look well beyond the physical surface.
Studio 8 offers young people the opportunity to meet up and explore the
Museum on their own terms and to participate in activities relating to IMMA’s
exhibitions. The next Studio 8
sessions take place on Saturday 5 February, Saturday 5 March, Saturday 2 April
and Saturday 7 May, from 11.00am – 2.00pm. Booking is
requested - please contact Maggie Connolly, email: edcommbooking@imma.ie or tel: 01 612
9919. Alternatively, just show up at 11.00am on the above Saturdays to join the
session. The gallery/studio sessions are free with basic materials provided.
Studio 8 activities include tours of exhibitions,
talks and discussions, art making in different forms and media, and lots more. Studio 8 is an opportunity for young
people with varied interests and all levels of creative experience to get to
know IMMA.
For further
information and images please contact Patrice Molloy or Vanessa Cowley at Tel:
+353 1 612 9900; Email: press@imma.ie
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January 2011