Gallery Tour exploring the work of Irish artist Patricia Hurl 
Sat & Sun at 2.30pm - no booking required

Join a gallery tour of the exhibition, Irish Gothic, and explore the work of one of Ireland’s most accomplished artists, Patricia Hurl. Hurl’s work is of its nature, political and traverses the disciplines of painting, multi-media and collaborative art practice. The exhibition is the first major exhibition of Hurl’s work spanning over 40 years and features over 70 of the artist’s paintings and drawings. Meeting point IMMA Reception

Visit Exhibitions at IMMA
Saturday 10am - 5.30pm, Sunday 12pm - 5.30pm
Book here or book on the day at IMMA Reception

Over the festival weekend there are four exhibitions to visit at IMMA.

Irish Gothic explores the work of one of Ireland’s most accomplished artists, Patricia Hurl.

Championing Irish Art from the Mary and Alan Hobart Collection featuring the work of prominent Irish artists including Jack B. Yeats, John Lavery, William Orpen & Mary Swanzy.

Scene of the Myth an expansive solo exhibition of the work of Sarah Pierce, featuring performances, videos, installations, and archives.

Unseeing Traces in collaboration with New Communities Partnership presents artefacts from the Kingdom of Kongo to explore displacement, colonialism, race and representation.

Explore the Green Cube: Biodiversity Tour of IMMA's Gardens
Saturday 2pm - book here

Join a tour of the magnificent formal gardens and meadows, exploring the flora and fauna of IMMA and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. This tour is led by Sandra Murphy, a member of IMMA’s Visitor Engagement Team and an amateur wildlife photographer and Birder. This easy one-hour walking tour will explore the site observing the birds, plants, and pollinating insects. You can read Sandra’s articles in the IMMA magazine on the biodiversity of birds, butterflies and wild flowers found on IMMA’s 48 acre site.
Meeting point - IMMA Reception

Gate to Gate Heritage Talk
Sunday 2pm - book here

Join Barry Kehoe, historian and member of IMMA’s Visitor Engagement Team, for a bespoke exploration of IMMA and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in search of the lost Priory of the Knights Hospitallers. Barry will take you on a historical journey unveiling the morphology of the hill terrace of Kilmainham from the earliest bronze age settlement, through to its monastic settlement and Viking Occupation. He will discuss the occupation by the crusading Knights hospitallers before the re-engineering of the land to accommodate the baroque neoclassical Royal Hospital.
Meeting point - IMMA Reception

Explorer Family Workshop: Create your own Artwork
Sunday 2pm - 4pm - No booking required

Enjoy some creative family time with our Explorer family art workshop. Children and grown-ups will explore selected artworks in the museum and make artworks together. Led by our Visitor Engagement Team, this is a fun family experience. All materials provided.

Film screening: Félicité by Alain Gomis
Sunday 2pm - Booking required - Book here

 Félicité (2017) is an award winning Senegalese drama set in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Félicité, free and proud, is a singer in the evenings in a bar in Kinshasa. Her life changes when her 14-year-old son is the victim of a motorcycle accident. To save him, she begins a frantic race through the streets of an electric Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. This screening is part of the event programme for Unseeing Traces: Artefacts from the Kingdom of Kongo.
 

Unseeing Traces is a community project developed by IMMA in collaboration with New Communities Partnership (NCP), Ireland’s largest independent migrant-led national network. Inspired by a unique collection of traditional artefacts inherited from the Kingdom of Kongo, by Nasser Aidara, NCP Community Development Coordinator, these artefacts will be exhibited at IMMA, that rely on activation to uncover their cultural significance.

 

The former Kingdom of Kongo (1300 – 1900s) was a large dominion covering present day Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and the Congo Republic. The artefacts and artworks share a relational quality. Their meanings emerge from everyday rituals or special ceremonies – each carry a trace of past performances which can be re-activated through an encounter. Exploring displacement, colonialism, race and representation, an active programme of workshops, tours, and talks will engage new audiences and communities, furthering IMMA’s ambition to be a radically public space.

 

Unseeing Traces is a collaboration with New Communities Partnership, Ireland’s largest independent migrant-led national network and is generously supported by Ecclesiastical Insurance’s Movement for Good Awards, as part of the Benefact Group