Dún Laoghaire Institute of Visual Arts - DIVA

21/09/2024

**NEW SATURDAY ART CLASSES FOR 9 - 12 Y/O**

After a busy few months full of creative summer camps, we are delighted to announce that our after-school and weekend art classes will be resuming next week!

This 11 week block, running from September - December, covers a variety of different artistic mediums and engaging creative challenges for your young artist to enjoy. Some of the beautiful creations that came out of our last term can be found below.

We have introduced a new class this term, a small Saturday afternoon group running from 1pm - 3pm weekly. The full schedule is available on our website.

For more information and bookings visit https://www.divadunlaoghaire.com/book-online?category=8a434a0c-a0bc-443f-9a26-4d1f92c7f83b&page=

09/02/2024

Last chance to view this wonderful exhibition tomorrow!

25/10/2023

**HALLOWEEN ART CAMP 2023 ANNOUNCEMENT**

Hi All,

We have just released our Halloween camp which takes place next week at DIVA, which we are very excited about!

This camp consists of five days filled with a multitude of different art activities, such as pumpkin painting, clay sculpting, marble painting, printmaking, drawing and so much more!

We only have a few spaces left in the group, for more information & booking visit https://www.divadunlaoghaire.com/book-online?category=50d41556-07e8-4ff7-9311-42843ac7951a

20/07/2023

**AUGUST ART SUMMER CAMPS**

We have limited spaces left in our upcoming creative summer camps for young artists aged between 7 - 18 years old!

Running until the end of August, DIVA offers a week full of exciting artistic activities, exploring mediums such as watercolour & acrylic painting, monoprinting, ink marbling, comic design, book making, clay sculpture, still life sketching and so much more!

For more information & bookings, visit https://www.divadunlaoghaire.com/book-online

02/06/2023

**EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT**

Hi All,

We are so excited to announce our current exhibition ‘TOOTH’ which opened on Thursday the 18th of May at DIVA, 24 Mellifont Avenue.

The exhibition runs until June 30th, featuring works from Caoimhe Stopes, Claire Buckley, Lauren Conway, Róisín de Buitléar, Conn McCarrick, Jialin Long, Lorraine Lawlor, Rory Malone, Denise Brophy, Yara Mahajena, Niamh Swanton, Áine Osborne, Siobhan O’Callaghan, Sharon Murphy, Chloe McKeown, Mary Martin, Jordon Etukudoh, Vanessa Zelek, Stephen Turner, Anne McGlynn, Mary Butler, and Sushma Shrivastava.
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Opening Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12pm - 4pm.

08/04/2023

**UPCOMING ART HISTORY EVENT AT DIVA**

We are very excited to welcome the wonderful art historian Susan Campbell to DIVA later this month, more information on this upcoming event can be found at https://www.susancampbellartwork.com/changingspaces1

12/03/2023

**CREATIVE ART CLASSES AT DIVA**

We are delighted to announce that we just launched our second block of art classes this year!

Taking place from April - June, this nine week block of lessons offer your child the opportunity to engage with an array of different artistic techniques such as watercolour, acrylic and oil painting, monoprinting, ink marbling, collage, drawing techniques, illustration, character design, clay modelling, plaster casting and so much more!

We teach in small class sizes with limited spaces available, book now at divadunlaoghaire.com/book-online

Poster design by our TY work experience student Svetlana Pan

DIVA offers a variety of creative after-school and weekend classes! Learn new skills in painting, printmaking, illustration, sculpting, bookmaking, collage, clay modelling, plaster casting and much more! Book now, limited spaces available due to small class sizes.

02/02/2023

On the 15th of December last year, our young artist group created their first ever exhibition titled 'ÓG'. It was an amazing showcase of wonderful artwork and we have been immensely proud of them ever since.

For more information on our teenage art classes email [email protected], or check out our website at divadunlaoghaire.com

22/12/2022

AFTER-SCHOOL AND WEEKEND ART CLASSES 2023

Join us for the return of our exciting creative art classes for 7 - 18 year olds. DIVA is a home for all kinds of young artists, where new friendships are formed and new talents are unleashed.

We had a wonderful time in 2022, teaching a wide variety of art tutorials to so many aspiring young artists and we cannot wait for the creativity the New Year will bring.

Our small class sizes offer your child the opportunity to explore a wide range of different artistic mediums including -

oil painting
clay modelling
plaster casting
character design
ink drawing
mono-printing
illustration
watercolour
..and so much more!

We offer guidance, enhancing individual art practices and building a child's creative confidence.

Limited spaces available, sign up now to secure a spot!

15/12/2022

**EXHIBITION OPENING TONIGHT**

We are so proud to announce the opening of "ÓG", an exhibition created and curated by our wonderful group of teen artists.

They have spent the past 12 weeks at DIVA creating amazing artworks which we are beyond excited to show off to you all.

Our opening is from 7pm - 9pm tonight, we hope to see you there!

01/12/2022

**EXHIBITION OPENING TONIGHT**

Join us this evening at 7pm to see the wonderful seascape artist Louise Newman open the doors of her new exhibition at DIVA!

19/11/2022

**Printmaking at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Visual Arts**

This term, we are exploring many different printmaking techniques in our after-school and weekend creative classes! Here is a small sample of some wonderful artworks that have been created by our students so far.

We launch our DIVA art classes for 2023 next week, subscribe to our mailing list at divadunlaoghaire.com to be notified when they are open for booking.