CURRENT WORKSHOPS
Saturday Art Clubs – Spring 2026
Little Artist Club
Dates:
Saturday’s from March 2026
Times: 10.00am – 11.15pm
Ages: 4 – 7 years
Saturday Art Club
Dates:
Saturday’s from March 2026
Times: 11.30am – 12.45pm
Ages: 8 – 12 years
Facilitated by local artists Brid Colloton and Jeni Roddy, the Little Artist Club and Saturday Art Club unlock your child’s imagination with exciting art activities! Whether your budding artist loves painting, drawing, constructing, storytelling, or exploring new crafts, these clubs inspire creativity and build confidence. Each fun-filled session includes hands-on activities to encourage self-expression while continuously building new skills.
Each term we visit the current exhibition in the Arts Centre where children can enjoy becoming art detectives looking for clues as to how and why the artist made their work. These discussions build creative thinking skills and can inspire new ways to make work.
In the older classes, we delve deeper into new and old materials and techniques and experience ever more perceptive discussions around the hows and whys of art.
Spaces are limited, so book today and let the artistic journey begin!
Jeni Roddy
Workshop Facilitator
Bríd Colloton
Workshop Facilitator
The Saturday Art Clubs are facilitated by artist Brid Colloton and Jeni Roddy.
School Gallery Programme
Our School Gallery Programme offers guided tours of our visual art exhibitions that are tailored to suit children of all ages, from early years to adolescents. The programme aims to introduce students to ideas, processes and materials used in contemporary visual arts practice. Held in the gallery, the tours will focus on the work of exhibiting artists using observation, discussion, and a variety of practical and artistic techniques. The tours will be no more than one hour long, held during school hours.
To book a tour, please email lisa@wexfordartscentre.ie or phone 053 32764. Please leave a message with your name and number, and Lisa will call you back.
Cost per child per tour is €3.50, and we can accommodate a maximum of 30 children. Teachers must be present in the galleries throughout the tour.
Book a tour of the Living Arts Project exhibition.
Book a tour of the Living Arts Project exhibition today. The Living Arts Project is established as an artist-in-residency scheme in primary schools. The aim of this project is to provide children with an understanding and appreciation of contemporary visual art. The Living Arts Project exhibition represents a selection of work produced by the participating primary schools and offers pupils a chance to see their work presented in a professional gallery.
Art & Play Workshops
For parents & Toddlers
For: Parents & Toddlers
Ages: 0-3 years with parental participation
Date: Friday, 24th April, 10.45am-12.00pm
Our Art & Play workshops, facilitated by artist Laura Flood, aim to connect parents and guardians to the current exhibitions in the Arts Centre while allowing 0–3-year-olds explore the works on display and related materials afterwards. The series provides a safe, fun space for babies and their parents/guardians to play and connect with the arts and with each other.
Our Art & Play workshops, facilitated by artist Laura Flood, aim to connect parents and guardians to the current exhibitions in the Arts Centre while allowing 0–3-year-olds to explore the works on display and related materials afterwards. The series provides a safe, fun space for babies and their parents/guardians to play and connect with the arts and with each other.
Through the workshops, children will experiment with a range of sensory delights. From finger paint to collage, they will explore all sorts of hands-on techniques, perfect for developing motor skills and encouraging creativity. Laura will introduce naturally made art materials for guardians to try and recreate at home.
Our current exhibition at the Arts Centre showcases work made by schoolchildren who participated in the Living Arts Project. Laura will guide everyone around this fun and colourful exhibition as the session begins, and then you will be encouraged to connect to the ideas and materials with creative play in our theatre space.
This is a messy workshop, and it is advisable for both children and guardians to wear old clothes!
Our Art & Play Workshops, devised by Laura Larkin in 2023, are facilitated by artist Laura Flood.
Laura Flood
Workshop Facilitator
