Plan your Visit
- Introduction
- Getting Here & Getting Around
- Your Stay
- Other Events
- Accessibility
Information for Visitors with Disabilities
Visitors using a wheelchair
Dublin Contemporary 2011 at Earlsfort Terrace was fully accessible to visitors using a wheelchair.
Accessible bathrooms were found on each floor.
Visitors who are blind or partially-sighted
Dublin Contemporary Described
We invited blind and partially sighted visitors to join us for Dublin Contemporary 2011 Described, which explored some of the highlights of Dublin Contemporary using audio-description and touch.
These tours took place on 22nd September and October 20th at 6.30pm.
Tours cost €5 and booking was essential.
For more information, or to reserve a place, one could contact Bairbre-Ann (Access Officer) at (01) 678 7920 or email bairbre-ann@dublincontemporary.com.
Assistance dogs were welcome at Dublin Contemporary. A drinking bowl could be requested at reception.
Booklets containing large-print versions of all wall-labels were available throughout the exhibition. Front of house staff or volunteers were happy to provide more information.
Visitors who are Deaf or hard of hearing
Assistive Listening Devices
Assistive listening headsets and loop devices were available for selected Highlights Tours, Ten-Minute Talks and Tour, Talk & Tea events. For further information, one could contact Bairbre-Ann (Access Officer) at bairbre-ann@dublincontemporary.com.
Irish Sign Language Events
Tour: Dublin Contemporary welcomed visitors who use Irish Sign Language to an ISL-interpreted tour on Saturday September 10th 2011 at 3pm.
Tours cost €5, or was free with a valid exhibition ticket. Booking was essential.
To reserve your place, one could contact Bairbre-Ann (Access Officer) at bairbre-ann@dublincontemporary.com.
Artist Talk: Dublin Contemporary artist Amanda Coogan discussed her work through Irish Sign Language on Saturday 22nd October 2011. This talk was interpreted for a hearing audience.
Captioned Talks and Lectures
Dublin Contemporary offered speech-to-text captioning for the following free lectures and discussions;
Title: Contemporary Art: Where Do I Start?
A general overview of Contemporary Art which investigated its major themes and discuseds a variety of topics and of artists.
Speaker: Fiona Loughnane, Associate Lecturer, Department of Visual Culture, NCAD
Tuesday 13 September 2011 6pm
Venue: Dublin Contemporary Earlsfort Terrace
Title: Creating your Art Collection: Where to Start and how to Enjoy the Journey.
Speaker: Fiona Bailey, Mondrian’s Room
Wednesday 21 September 2011 6pm
Venue: Dublin Contemporary, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Title: Art, Crisis, Change: Towards a New Resourcefulness
A panel discussion with Dublin Contemporary curators Jota Castro, Christian Viveros-Faune and Aideen D’Arcy.
Saturday 1st October 2011 3pm
Venue: Dublin Contemporary, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Title: The Poetry of Vision: The Vision that Created ROSC
This talk took an in-depth look at the overall vision for ROSC as a phenomenon and explored the ideas that created the exhibition.
Wednesday 19 October 2011 6pm
Speaker: Dr. Marie Bourke, Keeper and Head of Education, The National Gallery of Ireland
Venue: Dublin Contemporary, Earlsfort Terrace.
Visitors with Dementia
Discovering Dublin Contemporary
Dublin Contemporary welcomed people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia and their family members to join us for a specially tailored interactive programme where participants could explore and talk about some of the highlights of the exhibition.
These tours took place on Tuesday 27th September and Tuesday 18th October 2011 at 2pm
This programme was free of charge but advanced registration was required.
