The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months. This includes participating in reading and discussion groups, leading tours of our exhibitions and group trips to exhibitions and events.
Through these engagements, Student Forum members bring their own research and artistic practices into reflections on the artworks they see, as well as into an ongoing interrogation of the purpose and possibilities of the gallery space.
Find out more about the Student Forum cohort for 2026, including recent and upcoming events designed by the group.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art is delighted to welcome our Student Forum cohort 2026. The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months. This includes participating in reading and discussion groups, meeting […]
Wednesday 19th August, 7pm The Student Forum hosts a collaging workshop inspired by Nour Jaouda’s layered tapestries in the current exhibition Matters of time. Inspired by the artist’s process of décollage, where fabric is cut out and reassembled, attendees will create their own ‘landscapes of memory’ in the form of paper collages. Using naturally dyed […]
Find out more about the Student Forum cohort for 2025, including recent and upcoming events designed by the group.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art is delighted to welcome our Student Forum cohort 2025. The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months. This includes participating in reading and discussion groups, meeting […]
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 […]
Find out more about the Student Forum cohort for 2024, including events designed by the group and Worlding, a publication produced as the culmination of the year.
The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde Gallery and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months.
Welcome to Mosaic, the fourth iteration of The Douglas Hyde Magazine! The Magazine 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
Find out more about the Student Forum cohort for 2023, including events designed by the group and Mosaic, a publication produced as the culmination of the year.
The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde Gallery and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months.
Welcome to Mosaic, the fourth iteration of The Douglas Hyde Magazine! The Magazine 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
Find out more about the Student Forum cohort for 2022, including events designed by the group and RE-, a publication produced as the culmination of the year.
The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde Gallery and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months.
Welcome to Re-, the third iteration of The Douglas Hyde Magazine! The Magazine 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 2021/2022.
Learn more about events and tours programmed by The Student Forum in recent years.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
