About Us

Following extensive renovations to the County Hall it was transformed into the Mullingar Arts Centre which opened officially on November 19th 1998 with the first programme of events being launched in February 1999.

The Arts Centre comprises workshops for Art, Music, Dance/Ballet, Crafts, Drama both for Adults, children, disadvantaged and special needs people. The Centre is all inclusive. During 1999 all art forms were presented in the Centre and the Centre proved to be a focal point in the midlands in a short space of time.

One of the main policies of the Mullingar Arts Centre is to educate children into the whole area of the Arts. An innovative approach has been taken in this area. It is the policy of the Centre to provide buses for rural school children to all children's events free of charge. The Centre organises the buses and the shows for the schools. The Arts Centre has also initiated an Arts Education Programme which was initially targeted towards rural schools.

This programme covers all areas of the arts: Music, Art, Dance, Photography, Literature, Drama, technical aspects of theatre, including sound, lights, stage management etc.

All of these modules are provided by professionals who are active in the particular art stream.

School tours of the Centre incorporating the history of the area is also a great favourite with the children. The centre runs numerous classes in all art forms and provides community arts facilities for older people, those with special needs and the general public.

Mullingar Arts Centre has proved in it's first year of existence to be a truly cultural experience for all the people of the Midlands with unprec,edented numbers visiting for various events and classes. It has far outstripped even the highest expectations.