Northern Lights Over Bray - New Year Painting Workshop

Northern Lights Over Bray - New Year Painting Workshop

Expansive horizons - Paint the Northern Lights from the beautiful Walled Gardens of Festina Lente

By Festina Lente CLG

Date and time

Sunday, January 26 · 2 - 4:30pm GMT

Location

Festina Lente

Old Connaught Avenue A98 F702 Bré Ireland

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

Immerse yourself in the vivid and luminous colours of the aurora during this relaxing painting workshop with local artist Rosie Keane. Inspired by the amazing nothern lights we've seen in our skies in recent months due to solar flares. This workshop will take place in a wooden cabin in the peaceful surrounds of Festina Lente's historic walled garden.


  • Absolutely no experience required – this is a welcoming and friendly workshop for all levels. Rosie will guide you step-by-step on how to create your own version of this glowing and atmospheric "Northern Lights over Bray'"painting in acrylics, with special tips & tricks along the way.
  • Tickets include a 2.5 hour step-by-step class and a 10-minute tea break with refreshments in the Festina Lente Cafe. Plus access to the beautiful walled gardens and gift shop.
  • All equipment is provided, including A3 canvas, aprons, paints and brushes, etc.
  • Your canvas will have some core elements pre-drawn for ease so that you can get on with the fun part – playing with paint, texture and colour!
  • This workshop is for adults 18+ (though 16+ very welcome if accompanied by an adult)
  • It's a lovely activity to do with a friend or family member, but equally as enjoyable to do solo.
  • Come for creative relaxation and colourful escapism (sometimes needed in January!).... and go home with a masterpiece!

Rosie is an artist, designer and art tutor from Bray: She has led classes & workshops with creative companies such as Paintclub, We are ArtClub and Paint & Prosecco. Rosie is interested in the connections between creativity, mindfulness and the natural world. Alongside teaching, Rosie works part-time at the National Gallery of Ireland. She has taken part in exhibitions at the Signal Arts Centre in Bray and sells her artworks, stationery and prints in gift shops and galleries such as The Boatyard Gallery in Greystones, The Design Loft in Enniskerry, Sevenoaks & Steele in Bray, Hark in Dalkey and The Winding Stair in Dublin City Centre. To connect with Rosie and her work: https://www.instagram.com/rosie_keane/

Organized by

Festina Lente CLG

Festina Lente is a not-for-profit organisation provides a unique range of equestrian and horticultural activities, training, recreational events and employment services options with a strong emphasis on social inclusion, choice and personal development.

We have a variety of public services and facilities for everyone to enjoy on our campus in Bray – an Equestrian Centre offering lessons, camps and equine assisted programmes, a beautifully restored Victorian Walled Garden where we host lots of fun seasonal family and events, children’s workshops and birthday parties and gardening workshops,  a Garden Centre, an open air snack bar and shop so why not pop along for a visit.  Keep an eye on our Events Calendar for upcoming events!

We are also an education centre offering QQI accredited educational training courses:

We also offer other Equine Assisted programmes:

All activities encourage individual choice, personal development, achievement and progression and we are a registered Irish Charity.

Saol Anois is also a day service run by Festina Lente in our campus.  The Saol Anois Day Service is funded by Health Service Executive and it was set up in 2005 to meet the support needs of adults with intellectual disabilities and/or dual diagnosis.  It is a supportive and therapeutic service designed to meet the needs of people through individual plans. Service users have the opportunity to access a range of integrated developmental and leisure opportunities.

Our campus is situated in the grounds of what was once Old Connaught House, formerly the residence of the Plunket family. Read more on the History of Old Connaught House & Gardens and Festina Lente Foundation.  Festina Lente (Latin) means Hasten Slowly and is the Plunket family motto. We adopted this as the name of our organisation in 1995 because it conveys our culture perfectly.  Festina Lente was founded in 1988 by Mary Rachel Brophy; her aim was through social and economic inclusion, to support those most at risk.  The result of all of the Festina Lente’s hard work is the wonderful garden and state of the art Equestrian Centre which are available to the public to enjoy whenever they want.