Dublin Arts Council Gallery

We have a couple of train fans in our family, so when we heard the latest exhibit at Dublin Arts was "Train Interpretations" by Frederick Ripley, we decided to stop by. By chance, we lucked out and visited while the artist himself was onsite. The staff were so friendly, greeting us as soon as we stepped inside and advised that the exhibit was set up on the first floor in a loop. The building is a former home and is quite lovely on its own, and then the council has done a great job organizing their exhibits to complement the building and make it easy to move around. We enjoyed looking at the wide variety of train photos from all around the country, and getting to chat with the artist was nice - he was great with kids too and had a little game for them to find where the photo on his business card was in the gallery. Outside, the grounds are beautiful too and the backyard goes down to the river. There's a nice parking lot available outside and admission is free. We will have to watch for future exhibits!

What a beautiful, diverse collection of works of art on rotation. Words don't do this gallery justice. Really fascinating pieces that are worthy of a visit. Be sure to see a collection before replaced by another collection.While I was there I took advantage of grabbing some of the flyers the had about their partner galleries, current artists on exhibit as well as art-related upcoming events.Free admission.Convenient parking.Adorable gallery cat on site.