Ages 8-12 years. Max. 12 participants. There’s lots of adventure in this year’s IFI family festival so why not make your own? Join Createschool to learn how to storyboard, script, film, edit and produce a trailer for your own imaginary film. Discover different techniques and work creatively with new media technologies to bring your adventure

See the exhibition, then design a box of make believe with Orla Reynolds! Join award winning designer Orla Reynolds, who we have invited to give a fun filled workshop on set design, as part of The Box of Make Believe exhibition. Participants will first visit the exhibition in the Children’s Gallery to see some real

See the exhibition, then design a box of make believe with Orla Reynolds! Join award winning designer Orla Reynolds, who we have invited to give a fun filled workshop on set design, as part of The Box of Make Believe exhibition. Participants will first visit the exhibition in the Children’s Gallery to see some real

Another stop motion masterclass from Createschool for serious Brick Flicks enthusiasts. Fine tune your production skills as you create a deadly Halloween themed set, materialise monsters and zombify characters. Loads of tips on lighting, audio, soundscapes, special effects, FPS & more. Join us - you’d be mad not to - mwah ha ha!

Action Comet is a workshop during which the participants learn about the European Space Agency's Rosetta Mission to a comet called 67/P CG. During the workshop everyone learns about this comet by both drawing it and also making a comet model for themselves. This space mission is ongoing so you can get yourself involved. Rosetta

Participants create a character through story. They then design a house/building for that character using white card and cut black paper. Using the varied buildings of Bláth for inspiration, each makes their own building, always with its owner/occupant in mind. At the end of the workshop, all of the buildings are assembled by the group

Participants create a character through story. They then design a house/building for that character using white card and cut black paper. Using the varied buildings of Bláth for inspiration, each makes their own building, always with its owner/occupant in mind. At the end of the workshop, all of the buildings are assembled by the group

Get ready for trick or treating with Artzone this Halloween! Our team will lead a fun day of Halloween art activities at Riverbank Arts Centre. As always book early to avoid disappointment! Ages: 5-7 years.

Get ready for trick or treating with Artzone this Halloween! Our team will lead a fun day of Halloween art activities at Riverbank Arts Centre. As always book early to avoid disappointment! Ages: 8-12 years.

Join artist Isobel Egan for this creative and innovative workshop which will result in unique pieces of porcelain art for each participant. Following exercises to excite and inspire the imagination, children will draw, score, scratch, mark, emboss images and learn how to apply colour to the paper thin porcelain strips, resulting in beautifully colourful pictures.

Create and develop a story or bring you own, and leave with a short storyboard of your own brilliance! Learn to hone your skills as a visual storyteller. A hands-on storyboard workshop for buddying animators and filmmakers, focusing on creative flow, visual story development and the cinematic language. Run by Brown Bag Films’ two-time Emmy

Come & join Artzone for a Fun & Festive Christmas Workshop this December! Their teachers have developed two fab Christmas themed art projects for the two age groups. Have fun creating your own Clay Rudolf for the 5-7yrs or your very own Christmas Stocking for the 8-12yrs.

Come & join Artzone for a Fun & Festive Christmas Workshop this December! Their teachers have developed two fab Christmas themed art projects for the two age groups. Have fun creating your own Clay Rudolf for the 5-7yrs or your very own Christmas Stocking for the 8 - 12 years.

Illustrator Sarah Whelan will give the participants an introduction on creating their very own picture book, where they will be both writing their own story and illustrating it. The workshop will start with an introduction to character development and story writing. Participants will be encouraged to use the surrounding exhibition of illustrations as inspiration for

Deadly Moons is an award winning drawing workshop, combining science and art together. During the workshop we learn about our own moon, moon terminology , busy moons, volcanic moons and Galilean moons. We have fun with moons and create our choices on black paper with soft pastels in vivid colours. Stunning images from robotic explorers

A treat for all young astronomers: learn about Mars, become familiar with and enjoy the planet! Marvellous Mars is a workshop showcasing some of the most beautiful robot explorer images of Mars. We will also look at present and future missions to Mars by NASA and ESA. Children will draw and examine the surface of

Two sessions: 10.30-12.30pm (6 - 8 years), 1.30-3.30pm (9-12years) Are you a young scientist or engineer? Join us for this exciting and fun-filled clock making workshop with artist Sinead McDonald, exploring human time – from water and sand timers to atomic clocks. We'll explore early timekeeping, and then design, build and decorate our own 'clocks'

Two sessions: 10.30-12.30pm (6 - 8 years), 1.30-3.30pm (9-12years) Are you a young scientist or engineer? Join us for this exciting and fun-filled clock making workshop with artist Sinead McDonald, exploring human time – from water and sand timers to atomic clocks. We'll explore early timekeeping, and then design, build and decorate our own 'clocks'

Engineering is all about designing and making but then tweaking for optimum performance. Investigate forces, friction, rotation, balance and much more at our one day engineering workshop. The younger children (7 – 9 year olds) will build race tracks and bridges. The older children (10 – 12 year olds) will design and build tall structures

Engineering is all about designing and making but then tweaking for optimum performance. Investigate forces, friction, rotation, balance and much more at our one day engineering workshop. The younger children (7 – 9 year olds) will build race tracks and bridges. The older children (10 – 12 year olds) will design and build tall structures

This is a family friendly workshop hosted by Niall Delahan from Wassa Wassa and teaming up with Godfred Asare. Niall has been studying African Drumming for 15 years. Godfred has moved to Ireland recently and grew up in Ghana, West Africa where he worked as a professional dancer since a very young age. Both Niall

Want to learn how to use technology to create theatre magic? Our theatre company in residence, Moonfish, has teamed up with Educated Machine to present a two-day workshop in how to use electronics, robotics and all manner of computer systems to create new forms of theatre and art. This workshop will introduce participants to the

In this fun workshop young writers will learn how to create characters that are so real they leap off the page. Please bring along your favourite book and be prepared to talk about your favourite character in it. Warning: may involve giant chocolate buttons, silly accents and wig wearing! Sarah Webb writes for both children

An exciting Jackson Pollock inspired workshop for children aged 2-5 years. A chance to dance with your pencils and get dripping to create magical works of art. Action painting is a great way to combine creating art with moving around. What better example than Jackson Pollock to demonstrate this. Therefore, we've chosen a Jackson Pollock

Learn about flight from the earliest attempts to modern day heavier than air flight. The children will participate in a series of age appropriate experiments making hot air balloons, working out how many helium balloons it would take to lift a person, making the best paper planes and investigating air and air flow. Anyone 4

Learn about flight from the earliest attempts to modern day heavier than air flight. The children will participate in a series of age appropriate experiments making hot air balloons, working out how many helium balloons it would take to lift a person, making the best paper planes and investigating air and air flow.

Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)

Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)

Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)

Make the most of the school break and let the younger members of the family join the Artzone camp this Easter! Our teachers have designed some great Easter theme loaded portfolios of art, crafts, stories and games for both Junior (5-7 years) and Senior (8-12 years)

Beginners Camp: 10am - 12.30pm, Thursday 31st March & Friday 1st April Createschool.ie are proud to announce that BrickFlicks are back this Easter so join them for some stop motion medieval mayhem! Participants will collaborate on designing their own set, scripting their own story and filming the results. Knights, Dragons, Castles and more. All you

Follow Up Camp: 1.30m - 3.30pm, Thursday 31st March & Friday 1st April Createschool.ie are proud to announce that BrickFlicks are back this Easter so join them for some stop motion medieval mayhem! Participants will collaborate on designing their own set, scripting their own story and filming the results. Knights, Dragons, Castles and more. All you