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EX/IT: LIFT

Wednesday 15 April, 6.30pm Join The Student Forum for a listening session responding to our current exhibition, EX/IT: LIFT by artist Abbas Zahedi. Inspired by Ultra-Red’s Five Protocols for Organized Listening, visitors reflect on the artworks in the exhibition through guided exercises in listening and discussion, exploring questions such as: What are you exiting when […]

Open Forum
Student Forum 2025

Wednesday 10 December, 7pm Following a walkthrough with artist Atsushi Kaga, the 2025 Student Forum group bring their ideas together, and draw on conversations throughout the year, to present their final event. The Student Forum will host a zine-making workshop which will explore the worlds of Atsushi Kaga. Kaga’s work blends personal stories with surreal […]

Writing Workshop
Led by the Student Forum

Thursday 4 September, 6.30pm Join our 2025 Student Forum for a workshop exploring Mohammed Sami’s exhibition To Whom it May Concern, through writing and slow looking. Sami’s paintings often evoke the blurred terrain of memory, sensation, and lived experience. In this session, participants will spend extended time with select works from the exhibition and experiment with different […]

Student Forum 2025:
Open Forum

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present our fourth Open Forum. Hosted and delivered by the 2025 Student Forum Group, Open Forum is an initiative that aims to create a space where ideas can be shared in response to the gallery’s programme.   The Student Forum has developed a series of responses to current exhibition […]

The Student Forum
Worlding Publication Launch

Join us for the launch of Worlding, a new publication conceived of and delivered by the Student Forum 2024, and edited by Niamh Darling, Provost’s Fellow in Curating. Taking inspiration from Deirdre O’Mahony’s video and sound work The Quickening, the group explore Donna Haraway’s concept of ‘worlding’ from various perspectives. All are welcome and there is no need […]

Solar farm within an overgrown green field
Student Forum Group
Open Forum

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present our third Open Forum. Hosted and delivered by the Student Forum Group, Open Forum is an initiative that aims to create a safe space in which everyone can gather to share thoughts, experiences and stories, find out about specific topics and interact with members of their communities through […]

Student Forum Group
Mosaic

We are delighted to announce the launch of the fourth iteration of The Douglas Hyde Magazine! Mosaic is a forum for experimental and plural perspectives on the role of art in society, initiated and delivered by The Douglas Hyde Student Forum Group 2023. The Student Forum Group 2023 are all students or recent graduates from across […]

Student Forum Group
Open Forum

To coincide with Culture Night 2023, The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present our second Open Forum. Hosted and delivered by the Student Forum Group, Open Forum is a new initiative that aims to create a safe space in which everyone can gather to share thoughts, experiences and stories, find out about specific topics and interact […]

Student Forum Group
Open Forum

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present our first Open Forum. Hosted and delivered by the Student Forum Group, Open Forum is a new initiative that aims to create a safe space in which everyone can gather to share thoughts, experiences and stories, find out about specific topics and interact with members of their communities through […]