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RHA School Atelier Programme


The RHA School will be launched in 2011. Until the School opens, an Atelier Programme is in operation. Mick O’Dea RHA is the RHA School Principal Elect. The Principal of the School is responsible for the running and administration of the School. Until the School is fully launched, the Principal is overseeing the operations of the RHA School Atelier Programme and is working with the RHA School Board to develop the School’s mission statement, curriculum and education policies. The RHA School Atelier Programme has three strands to it; the studio programme, the drawing marathons and the lecture series.

RHA Studio Programme


For the duration of the Atelier Programme, artists have been invited to use the four new studios in what will become the RHA School for up to three-months at a time. To date Gillian Lawler, David O’Kane, Veronica Bolay RHA, Jonathon Hunter, Brian Bourke HRHA, Keith Wilson, Bennie Reilly, Clifford Collie, Nathalie du Pasquier, Aidan Bradley, Michelle Considine and Colin Martin ARHA have had residencies, with Ann Quinn, Francis Matthews, Sinead Ní Mhaonaigh, Gary Coyle RHA, Mark Joyce and Eithne Jordan ARHA to avail of the studios by the end of the year. This studio programme continues into 2010.

Drawing Marathons


The drawing marathons are week long intensive life drawing sessions with up to 30 artists participating daily. To date three week-long marathons have been held in the RHA’s new drawing studio. The first marathon facilitated a group of emerging and early career artists. The second marathon was for established artists with many Members of the RHA and veterans of the Annual Exhibition taking part. A third drawing marathon took place in June with students from the national art colleges invited to participate. Each of the marathons have been hugely successful and have enabled artists to work along side each other and concentrate on life drawing from observation in an intensive way.

For further information on the RHA School and Atelier Programme, please contact Ciara Timlin, Academy Co-ordinator on 01 6612558 or email ciara@rhagallery.ie
   

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