North Mayo Landscape in Watercolor and Watercolor Monotype. 2022 Workshops Enrolling Now.
Watercolour Monotype with Phil Sanders
21st - 28th August 2022 A Few Places Remain
Cold Wax Medium Introductory Intensive Workshop with Jerry McLaughlin
1st - 9th September 2022 Full
A Personal Landscape Workshop with Amy Metier
16th - 24th September 2022 Full
Taking Chances : Experimental Drawing Workshop with Amy Metier and Jeffrey Hirst 27th September - 3rd October 2022 One Place Remains
Expanded Approaches in Printmaking Workshop with Jeffrey Hirst
5th - 13th October 2022 Full
2023 Workshops Enrolling Now
Abstract, Expand & Excavate - Encaustic Painting Workshop with Joanna Kidney 20th -28th April 2023
Oil & Wax Workshop (Advanced) with Rebecca Crowell 1st -9th May 2023 Full
Printing without a Printing Shop with Hélène Latulippe
12th - 20th May 2023
Landscape: Drawing as Source Workshop with Jordan Wolfson
22nd - 30th May 2023
Abstraction Workshop with Nuala Clarke 1st - 9th June 2023
Plein Air MasterClass with Randall Exon and Jeffrey Reed 16th - 29th June 2023
North Mayo Landscape in Watercolor and Watercolor Monotype
with Jane Goldman, 2nd - 12th July 2023
Paint in rural Ireland along the rugged landscape of North Mayo. Ballinglen is situated 3 miles to Downpatrick Head and 5 to Céide Fields. Work in ideal studios and have access to facilities which include the Dolan/Maxwell library, over 850 works of contemporary art, the Ballinglen Gallery, The Ballinglen Museum of Art which can be used for lectures, critiques and projection of work and film. All classes are led by internationally recognised Ballinglen Fellows who know the area intimately and take you to the best places to work plein air and explore the beauty of this mythical country. Return to your workspace and capture the experience on canvas or paper with guidance. We invite you to leave your everyday behind and immerse yourself in an enriching, creative experience in this beautiful place and learn a new technique to expand your practise. Our reputation is renowned as artists have been coming here for over 20 years. Classes and Workshops available include tuition, food, accommodation with private bedroom. The Ballinglen Arts Foundation is a registered Irish Charity and is not-for-profit. It provides studios and accommodation for artists and gratefully accepts donations through it's website www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org
2020 Workshops
Oil & Wax Workshop (Advanced) with Rebecca Crowell 23rd - 31st March 2020Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Collograph Printmaking Workshop with Catherine Farish 2nd - 10th April 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Abstract, Expand and Excavate - Encaustic Painting Workshop with Joanna Kidney 20th - 28th April 2020 Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Drawing from the Landscape Workshop with Andrew Wykes 4th - 12th June 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Plein Air MasterClass with Randall Exon and Jeffrey Reed 16th - 29th June 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Abstraction Workshop with Nuala Clarke 2nd - 10th July 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus Rescheduled for
27th October - 4th November
Landscape: Drawing as Source Workshop with Jordan Wolfson 28th July - 5th August 2020 Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Landscape Painting with Oil & Wax: Nicki Heenan 9th - 17th August 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Expanded Approaches in Printmaking Workshop with Jeffrey Hirst 28th September - 6th October 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Taking Chances : Experimental Drawing Workshop with Amy Metier & Jeffrey Hirst 8th - 13th October 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
A Personal Landscape Workshop with Amy Metier 16th - 24th October 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Process - Purpose - Passion: Authentic Personal Abstraction Oil and Cold Wax Workshop with James Edward Scherbarth 12th - 20th November 2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus
Weekend Workshop: with Nuala Clarke Friday October 2nd 12 noon - Sunday 4th 2020
a short weekend version of the annual Abstraction Workshop for people located in Ireland.
Abstraction Workshop with Nuala Clarke
27th October - 4th November 2020 (Cancelled)
2021
Landscape: Drawing as Source Workshop with Jordan Wolfson
14th - 22nd May 2021 Cancelled due to Coronavirus
*Dates posted include the date of arrival and departure, with no class on those days.