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RANELAGH ARTS
An Arts and Culture Platform for the villages of Ranelagh, Rathmines and their wider hinterland
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Bloomsday at Ranelagh Arts 2026
Join us for a Bloomsday coffee at Ranelagh Arts in No 6. ☕📖 🗓 Tuesday, 16th June 🕚 11:00 AM Readings from local writers including Anne Haverty, Ronan Sheehan and Deirdre Mulrooney amongst others. Bring favourite passages of Ulysses or other snippets of Joyce and Joyce related stories if you'd like to read too or simply join in for the chat and coffee


Open Call: Ranelagh Arts 21st Festival Exhibition
Open Call: Ranelagh Arts 21st Festival Exhibition This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Ranelagh Arts Festival, a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to supporting and celebrating the arts within our community. We are proud to continue this tradition and invite artists to submit work for consideration in this year’s exhibition. Key Dates: Open Call: Friday 10th April (open for two weeks) Submission Deadline: April 24th Notification of Selection: April 27th A


New: Motanka Doll Making Workshop
📅 Thursday, 25th of June ⏰ 11:30am – 1:30pm 📍 Ranelagh Arts Centre FREE Join us for a special Motanka Doll Making Workshop , led by our Ukrainian friends who are skilled specialists in this beautiful traditional art form. Motanka dolls are handmade symbols of protection, hope, and well-being, deeply rooted in Ukrainian culture. This relaxed, hands-on workshop is a lovely opportunity to learn about the tradition, get creative, and connect with others in a welcoming space. No


New: Soap-Making Workshop
🧼 Organic Souvenir Soap-Making Workshop (Beginner-Friendly) Join us for a relaxed, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to create your own organic souvenir soaps from scratch — no experience needed. We’ll guide you step by step through: ✨ Choosing scents and botanicals ✨ Mixing and moulding ✨ Finishing your soaps so they look beautiful and gift-ready All materials are provided. You’ll leave with your own set of handmade soaps plus simple tips you can easily repeat at hom


New Portrait Photography Workshop
Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 11.30am-1.30pm Location: Ranelagh Arts Centre, 6 Ranelagh FREE Spaces are limited so email info.ranelagharts@gmail.com to book your spot. Portrait Photography Workshop for Beginners is a fast-paced, 2-hour hands-on session focused on creating powerful portraits with minimal gear and real-world light. You’ll learn what actually makes a portrait work — beyond camera settings — and how composition, lenses, exposure, and light shape mood and m


New: Woodworking Workshop
Curious about woodworking? Well our workshop is back! Join us next Thursday July 2 11:30am–1:30pm for a fun, hands-on introduction with Ihor Kapov ! FREE Spaces are limited so email info.ranelagharts@gmail.com to book your spot. We’ll start with a fascinating mini-lecture exploring the tools people used in the past and the incredible mechanisms they built. Then it’s time to get practical together we’ll create a small model house to take home No experience needed. All welc


New: Collaborative Collage -Making workshop
We warmly invite you to join us for another collaborative collage-making workshop — a relaxed, creative space where you can play, explore, and use fragments and scraps of materials to tell your story through collage. Collage is an easy and accessible way to express yourself, spark creativity, and enjoy the simple pleasure of making. During this session, you’ll create something meaningful to take home while connecting with others in a supportive and welcoming environment. Alo


Film Festival Selection 2026
We are very happy to announce our Short and Short Documentary selection for this year's festival. Please read below to find out more about our choice collection! 📅 When: Sunday , May 10th / Sunday, May 17th 📍 Where: The Devlin Cinema, The Devlin Hotel, Ranelagh Ticket availabe on the door. Shorts Selection Taylor Fay Directed by Cian Conachy After a failed Hollywood ending, Taylor Fay struggles to get over her ex-boyfriend and embarks on an introspective odyssey, re-eval


Between The Lines Exhibition
Between The Lines Opening Night Friday April 10th. 6pm to 8pm Ranelagh Arts Dublin Ranelagh Arts is happy to announce “Between The Lines” - A show celebrating the recommencement of our in-house life drawing classes, with collaboration from other sketching groups based in Dublin. The exhibition honours life drawing as a foundational artistic practice - creating a space where observation slows down and attention is given to weight, gesture, proportion and presence. Quick s
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