Visual Art: Accessible Events at The National Gallery in November 2024

There are several accessible events coming up at the National Gallery in November 2024.

Tour of At Mildred Ann Butler ‘At Home in Nature’ for people who have a hearing impairment or are Hard of Hearing
Thursday 7 November 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

This free tour, exploring some highlights of the Gallery’s permanent collection and the Mildred Anne Butler At Home in Nature exhibition, is for individuals who are hard of hearing or have hearing impairments. This tour is fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities, and takes place at 5.30pm on the first Thursday of every month.

ISL Tour of Mildred Ann Butler ‘At Home in Nature’
Thursday 14 November 6pm to 7pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at highlights from the Gallery’s national collection and the Mildred Anne Butler: At Home in Nature exhibition.

As the Gallery endeavours to make activities and events accessible to the deaf community, they wish to welcome members of the ISL community to the Gallery. This tour is exclusively in Irish Sign Language and will not have any translation available.

An ISL tour of the permanent collection or other temporary exhibitions place at 6pm on the second Thursday of the month.

Audio Described Tour of Mildred Ann Butler ‘At Home in Nature’
Thursday 21 November 6pm to 7pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s highly trained tour guides for an audio described exploration of highlights from the Gallery’s national collection and the Mildred Anne Butler: At Home in Nature exhibition. Visitors will be guided  through key parts of the Gallery building and focus on several highlights on display incorporating audio description and discussion.

Please note all public tours are fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.

Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Bright Ideas for Colourful Portraits with Bryony Hussey
Sunday 17 November 11.30am to 1.30pm
Location: Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland

Explore your creative side in the Gallery’s iconic Shaw Room at this drop-in family workshop. Take inspiration from the AIB Portrait Prizes for this drop-in family workshop focused on vibrant portraits combined with Irish Sign Language (ISL). Participants will create colourful self-portraits using different materials. Artist Bryony Hussey will incorporate ISL that relates to colours and emotions, allowing children to express their feelings through both art and language. An ISL Interpreter will be present for the duration of the workshop.

Read the National Gallery’s visitor guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the Gallery.

Image credits:

Header image – Mildred Anne Butler, Down in the Dust. Kilmurry, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, 1930. Reproduced with kind permission of The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast. Photographer Simon McWilliams.

Grid images – Mildred Anne Butler, A Tit-Bit. Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.

National Gallery of Ireland. Photographer: Jack Caffrey, The Pimlico Project, 2018.