2023 Workshops​ Enrolling Now 

Cold Wax Medium Advanced Workshop with Jerry McLaughlin
7th - 15th April 2023 Full

Abstract, Expand & Excavate - Encaustic Painting Workshop  with Joanna Kidney
20th - 28th April 2023 3 places available
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Oil & Wax Workshop (Advanced) with Rebecca Crowell
1st - 9th May 2023 Full

Painting  a Model with Alex Kanevsky
26th - 29th May 2023 Full

Abstraction Workshop with Nuala Clarke 1st - 9th June 2023 Full​

Plein Air MasterClass with Randall Exon and Jeffrey Reed
16th - 29th June 2023 Full

North Mayo Landscape in Watercolor and Watercolor Monotype
with Jane Goldman, 7th - 17th July 2023

A Workshop in Contemporary Printmaking
with Catherine Farish, 2nd - 10th August 2023

A Two Day Collograph Printmaking Workshop
with Catherine Farish, 14th & 15th August 2023

Printmaking with Ron Pokrasso 
​19th - 27th August 2023

Expanded Approaches towards Printmaking with Jeffrey Hirst 
​2nd - 10th September 2023

A Personal Landscape with Amy Metier 
​12th - 20th September 2023

Taking Chances - Explorations in Experimential Drawing with Jeffrey Hirst
​22nd - 28th September 2023

Watercolour Painting with Andrew Wykes 
​2nd - 10th October 2023
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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

*Dates posted include the date of arrival and departure, with no class on those days.