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 The Royal Hibernian Academy - Tradition & Innovation
Building the next generation of Ireland’s Artists

The Artist
“Traditional skills of observational and analytical drawing are no longer being taught. We need to provide an ark to ensure their perpetuation into the future”
James Hanley, Secretary of the Royal Hibernian Academy.

Achieving our vision:
Develop a formal studio programme for imparting skill, technique and professional advice between younger and more experienced artists

Build new studios spaces to accommodate the fellows and studio programme

Build a new library and research centre

Ken LambertKen Lambert receives the 2007 RHA Sculpture Prize of €10,000 for his sculpture Aesop’s People from RHA President Stephen McKenna PRHA and RHA Secretary James Hanley RHA.


The Public
“Through its exhibition programme the Academy is consistently presenting and documenting the best of Irish art being made today”
Mike Murphy, broadcaster


Achieving our vision:
Widen the social focus of the Academy to encourage more interaction between the public and the artist

Offer improved visitor facilities and disabled access

Refacade the building to give greater street recognition and change visitor circulation for increased ease of use.

FriendsRHA Friends on a tour with RHA Education officer William Gallagher to the Lichtenstein Museum Quarter, Vienna.
 
 
The Art

“The Academy collection reflects the gifts presented by artists over two centuries, and with the growing interest in Irish art becomes increasing more valuable to the scholar and the public”
Martin Gale, artist, Keeper of the Academy

“We need the ability at the Academy to deepen our exhibition programme by mixing our current success with living artists with scholarly investigations of past ones”
Patrick T. Murphy, Director

Achieving our vision:
Provide international museums standards for all art handling, presentation and storage

Refurbish existing Sculpture Court to include a permanent collection gallery

Install HVAC in Galleries II and III to international standards

Finish and refit basement to accommodate professional art storage and preparation workshop

Michaël Borremans, The Marvel, 2001, 65 50 cms, oil on canvas. Private collection/ image courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
 
 
Our Vision

The RHA’s extraordinary history is the foundation upon which our exciting future will be built.

In strengthening our resources and facilities, we will ensure an ideal climate in which to nurture the relationship between artists, art & the public.

By augmenting our physical presence, we will reinforce our unique role in the landscape of Irish Art: providing a forum for a fecund exchange of ideas, skills and techniques between artists, while at the same time amplifying the voice of artists in Ireland to express their passions & challenges, their concerns & ideas to an ever-increasing public.

By securing the means of preserving age old skills and traditions, we will provide a rich legacy to Ireland’s future artists.

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