Mason Hayes & Curran opens children’s art exhibition
Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran hosted an exhibition of children’s art, featuring paintings and sculpture, by the boys and girls from St Patrick’s National School, Ringsend.
The exhibition is part of the firm’s Art Avenues initiative in conjunction with the Royal Hibernian Academy, which includes a a special outreach programme with three schools in Ringsend close to the Mason Hayes & Curran office.
Artists Leah Hewson and Bassam Al Sabah worked with the students from Ringsend school to create canvases and sculpture pieces which were presented at the exhibition, which was attended by teachers, parents and Mason Hayes & Curran staff.
The Art Avenues programme includes workshops, tours and a special annual exhibition of student work. The programme also includes a yearlong series of children’s art workshops in the RHA and a dedicated Art Cart, art packs and facilitator each weekend in the gallery.