+353(0)61-310633

Monday-Friday 9.30am-5.30pm

Free admission

Limerick City Gallery of Art is currently undergoing a major redevelopment of the Carnegie Building on Pery Square due for completion in 2011. For the duration of the redevelopment, Limerick City Gallery of Art will be temporarily located at its new off-site venue: Istabraq Hall.

Address:
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Istabraq Hall
Limerick City Council
Merchants Quay
Limerick
Ireland

Primary Schools

The Gallery is a unique learning environment, in which children experience both traditional and contemporary art. The Gallery’s ethos encourages each child to develop their own individual response to the artwork they view. Each term a programme of free tours and workshops with artists are offered to Primary Schools, these events are devised around the Gallery's exhibitions. Class groups are invited to visit LCGA to avail of the tours and workshops, with a focus on the children connecting with the works in contemporary exhibitions and the historic collection.

Internships
Limerick City Gallery of Art offers a limited number of voluntary internships each year. Internships take the form of Gallery Volunteers, Administrative Internships and Transition Year work experience. Applicants may apply from both Ireland and abroad. Preference is given to students studying at third level who require experience as a part of their studies. Internships are usually part time and last several months and are offered on a Voluntary basis.

Gallery Volunteers

LCGA annually works with of group third level students attending Colleges in Limerick, including Limerick School of Art and Design, University Limerick, Mary Immaculate and Limerick Senior College . The volunteer programme aims to provide training and experience in a gallery environment, developing skills such as tour guiding and facilitating workshops. The primary focus is to support the educational programme through tour guiding; assisting on events and Family Days, with additional opportunities of assisting artists during Excursions Festival and e v+ a. Volunteer positions at LCGA provide valuable experience in the area of art education and facilitation.

Administrative Internships

LCGA has in recent years initiated a small number Administrative Internships. Candidates work on a number of administration tasks while on Internship including, database population, collection research and text translation. These Internships are most useful for student’s studying in the areas of Arts Administration and Curatorial Studies.

Transition Year Work Experience

The Gallery takes on two to three Transition Year students for work experience annually. Student’s activities vary, depending on exhibition schedules. Activities include answering telephones, invigilation and basic administration.

Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship
The Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship provides the opportunity to investigate specific areas of interest through combined theoretical and empirical research and the initiation of an event or exhibition within the gallery context. It allows the candidate to undertake a MA or PhD by Research at Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), while based predominantly at Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA). The schema of the programme is to provide a unique learning opportunity for practice-based research. The result is an immersion into the dynamic programme of a public gallery, with opportunities to meet and engage with artists, groups and institutions in relation to the gallery programmes. The funding for the project is provided by a scholarship donated for this purpose by Limerick City Gallery of Art and supported by John Shinnors.

Exhibitions and projects curated through the Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship:

Susan Holland

2009, Behind Smoke & Mirrors Residency/Exhibition at LCGA. Aideen Barry, Bernardine Carroll/ Maggie Shirley, Carl Giffney, Garvan Gallagher, Emma Wade

2009, IN SITE Residencies in Public Seminar at LCGA. Speakers: Aideen Barry, Philip Delemere, Carl Giffney, Magdalena Jitrik, Cliodhna Shaffery, Sarah Tuck

2008, Contemporary Artists Explore Gallery as Studio at LCGA. Niall deBuitlear, Fiona Hallinan, Ruth LeGear and Maria McKinney

2008, Artspaces Symposium at LCGA. Chaired with Michelle Horrigan. Speakers: Sheena Barrett, The LAB; Brighdin Farren, Catalyst Arts; Maeve Mulrennan, Galway Arts Centre; Ian McInerney and Karen Sheehy, Black Mariah Gallery

Pippa Little

2006, Fresh, re-imagining the Collection. Amanda Coogan, Jill Dennis, Neva Elliott, Sam Ely and Lynn Harris (UK), Ciara Finnegan and 6th Class JFK Primary School, Marie Foley, Alice Maher, Alan Magee, Linda Molenaar (NTL), Melanie O’Rourke and Alan Phelan

2005, Archiving Limerick. Neva Elliott

2004, Corpus: Women artists and Embodiment, reCollections. Ruth Brennan and Our Lady of Lourdes Active Group

Family Days
Limerick City Gallery of Art programmes a variety of exciting contemporary exhibitions with a large amount of the historic Collection on permanent display, so there is sure to be something exciting for all the family. The gallery welcomes families and is fully accessible to buggies and wheelchairs with a ramp to the front access, wide doorways, a lift and disabled toilet facilities.

Family Days are run monthly by gallery staff and local artists on a voluntary basis. Family Days offer families an opportunity to engage with exhibitions while exploring parent and child creativity together. Family Days are run on Saturdays with a choice of a morning and afternoon session, 11.30 – 1pm or 2 - 3.30pm.

Free events are programmed to complement temporary exhibitions including Adult Master Classes, Talks, Tours and Family Days. All events explore the exhibitions with participants and provide a fuller enjoyment of the gallery.

Please note booking is recommended.
T: 061 310633 or artgalleryeducation@limerickcity.ie