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September 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Kilmainham Museum of Modern Art @2pm Sunday 25th

Hello all

Hope this Friday finds you all well and not suffering too much after Arthur's finest yesterday! This Sunday we are all going to head for the Museum of Modern Art - mainly because it has a nice roof - so our ink won't run! There are of course some beautiful grounds if the sun does happen to show it's friendly face!

So - 2pm at the main Entrance and we'll go from there. Meet up in the cafe downstairs at 4pm - where if memory serves they have some… Read on...

Added by Dublin Sketchers on September 24, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments

Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin @2pm this Sunday!

Happy Friday everyone!

This Sunday the Dublin Sketchers will visit the Botanic Gardens for what looks like a fantastic event - http://www.sculptureincontext.com/ which looks great! Sculptures by Ireland’s leading artists will be displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House, and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the gallery above the visitors’ centre.

Group to meet at 2pm just outside the cafe… Read on...

Added by Dublin Sketchers on September 17, 2010 at 14:19 — No Comments

Airfield Trust, Dundrum Sunday @2pm

Hi everyone,

Meeting this Sunday at Airfield Trust, Dundrum (Dublin 14) outside the coffee shop at 2pm. We will meet inside for coffee again at 4pm. Admission to the gardens is 6euro however there are ponys/ some farm animals at the front that you don't have to pay to see.

blurb off website: Airfield is a 35 acre estate with working farm, formal gardens, café and shop situated in Dundrum, Dublin. It is a non profit…

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Added by Dublin Sketchers on September 10, 2010 at 13:22 — No Comments

6 Months in....

Yesterday the site welcomed Mary Quinn , our 181st member, just 6 months since Plein Eire was launched at the beginning of March 2010. That makes roughly one member per day since the site began - a very encouraging response. - Roll on 200!

The website has been bolstered by support from groups Plein Eire West, Dublin Sketchers and the newly-formed Dublin Plein Eire, as well as South East Plein Air and South Tipp Art Group in the south east. It will be interesting to see whether we… Read on...

Added by Plein Eire Administrator on September 8, 2010 at 9:30 — 2 Comments

Recent Dublin Sketchers outings!

Just a quick update! I've been away on hols for the past couple weeks so haven't been able to update Plein Eire with our recent events! There are loads of sketches up on our main blog from our recent outings to the Viking Festival on Wood Quay, the Natural History Museum and a trip to Howth and hopefully there will be some up shortly from yesterdays trip to Moore Street!

If anyone has any suggestion for places to visit in the coming weeks make sure and let us…

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Added by Dublin Sketchers on September 6, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments