Heritage Art Camp with Jean Robertson at Carlow County Library

What to Expect

Carlow County Library runs a four-hour Heritage Art Camp with artist Jean Robertson on Tuesday 18 August as part of National Heritage Week 2026. The camp runs from 10:00am to 2:00pm in the library on Tullow Street and is free to attend. The listed activities are printing from nature and puppet making using natural fibres, with all materials provided, so the output is the children’s own work rather than a demonstration they watch.

Four hours is a full morning-into-afternoon session rather than a drop-in slot, and it is set for children aged 7 to 12. The library service runs a dense Heritage Week programme in the same building across the week, including Ice Cream Science for younger children on the Wednesday, the Echoes from The Barrow project across the Carlow, Tullow, Bagenalstown and Borris branches, and evening talks for adults. Parents dropping a child to the art camp can check what else is running that week while they are in.

Good to Know

• Tuesday 18 August 2026, 10:00am to 2:00pm.
• Venue: Carlow County Library, Tullow Street, Carlow Town.
• Free of charge, but booking is required. Book by email to nshannon@carlowcoco.ie.
• For children aged 7 to 12. Printing from nature and puppet making using natural fibres; all materials provided.
• Bring a packed lunch and a drink given the length of the session.
• Phone Carlow County Library on 059 912 9705 or Carlow County Council on 059 917 0300 with any queries.
• Part of National Heritage Week 2026, which runs across County Carlow from 15 to 23 August.
• Clothes that can take paint are a sensible precaution.

Getting There

Carlow County Library is in the Presentation Building on Tullow Street, right in the centre of Carlow Town and a short walk from the Potato Market, Dublin Street and the shopping centre. Carlow railway station on the Dublin Heuston to Waterford line is roughly ten minutes on foot. Use the Shopping Centre or Potato Market car parks rather than looking for a space on Tullow Street itself, which is pedestrianised in sections.