DABF18 Children’s Section | Family workshop: INSIGHT - Build a light book
25 November 2018
Build a recycled reading-light book using a selected volume found in the Atrium’s site specific installation.
Events Archive
DABF18 Children’s Section | SSSSH! Family tour: A Mini (figure) History of Marsh’s Library
24 November 2018
Join us in a Lego minifigure hunt around the library to discover the writers and thinkers whose books can be found throughout the library to this day.
DABF18 | SSSSH! Tour #1: Senator David Norris - My Library
24 November 2018
Renowned politician, scholar and civil rights activist hosts a visit to his library at his home in North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1.
DABF18 Children’s Section | Family workshop (age 6+): Folding books, folding spaces
24 November 2018
Join Kids’ Own artist and designer Vanya Lambrecht Ward for a workshop looking at books and buildings.
DABF18 | Zine Launch and Reading: Young Art Writers
24 November 2018
Young Art Writers read from their work at the launch of their zine made during a series of workshops organised by TBG+S and RHA Gallery.
DABF18 Children’s Section | Story Writing Workshop (age 8-11): If walls could talk!
24 November 2018
Take a tour of TBG+S and bring the space to life, creating new characters and exciting stories.
DABF18 | Youth Tour and Workshop with the Irish Architecture Foundation
23 November 2018
Join the IAF Collective, the Irish Architecture Foundation’s programme for 15-25 year olds, over two workshops, to learn how drawing and writing are used to communicate and preserve architecture and its history.
DABF18 | Tour: Manuscripts, Cages and Booksellers
23 November 2018
Art Historian, Arran Henderson’s unique walking tour explores some of Dublin’s specialist collections.
DABF18 | Opening lecture: THE LIBRARY: Architectural History of a Cultural Construct
22 November 2018
In this illustrated talk, Ellen will situate the library in its historic and cultural horizons; bringing us from the local libraries of Dublin Corporation of the 1930s to the Baroque ‘temples for books’ in Vienna and beyond.
Broken Diorama presented by Alison Ballance and Alice Rekab
22 November 2018
For this year’s Dublin Art Book Fair Broken Diorama is presented as a table with writings and publications from the broadcast’s contributors. Alison Ballance and Alice Rekab will be present to introduce their project to visitors and have produced two new textile works to facilitate the display of the written material and activate the Atrium area as a place for reading and discourse.
Winter Seminar: The Lives of Artists
16 November 2018
Are you curious about art and artists? Have you ever wondered why do artists make art? In what ways do artists work today? Is the art world today so different to the Renaissance period? Have you ever wanted to visit an artist in their studio? This exciting two-day event will answer the above questions and more.
Open Studios: Stephen Dunne and Alison Pilkington
14 November 2018
Join Stephen Dunne, Alison Pilkington and Interim Programme Curator, Michael Hill for an informal discussion about each artist’s work, and how they have used their studios at TBG+S to develop their practice.