What Does He Need?

Some moments of children and young people’s engagement with the recent Boys in the Making exhibition at the NCAD Gallery.

Photos by Evanna Devine, Gillian O Connor & Fiona Whelan

Thank you to Patrick Freyne for the article today in the Irish Times about our Boys in the Making exhibition at NCAD Gallery, and the programme it emerges from.

To read the full article, see here:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2025/02/01/young-men-arent-just-brds-running-around-on-their-bikes-everyone-has-their-own-dreams/


Boys in the Making at NCAD Gallery is presented by Fiona Whelan and Rialto Youth Project, in collaboration with Scoil Chiaráin CBS, Aaron Sunderland Carey, Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan, Dara Clear, Dr Robert Grant, Dr Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila, Dr Ciaran Smyth, Jim Lawlor, Poppintree Youth Project, Space Forms and Heart of Glass. Curated by Anne Kelly, NCAD Gallery. Boys in the Making is part of the What Does He Need? project, a collaboration between Dr Fiona Whelan, Rialto Youth Project and Brokentalkers

Boys in the Making at NCAD Gallery continues until 14 February.
For public opening times, see:
https://www.ncad.ie/gallery-event/view/boys-in-the-making

𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 | 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁

Exhibition, Programme & Conference.

📍𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗗 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆
𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 - 𝟭𝟰 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

In collaboration with Scoil Chiaráin CBS, Aaron Sunderland Carey, Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan, Dara Clear, Dr Robert Grant, Dr Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila, Dr Ciaran Smyth, Jim Lawlor, Poppintree Youth Project, Space Forms and Heart of Glass. Curated by Anne Kelly.

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀: Mondays: 11 am - 5 pm, Tuesdays 11 am - 3 pm, Wednesdays 11 am - 6 pm, Thursdays 1 pm - 6 pm, Fridays 2 pm - 4 pm.
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𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮.
𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 is a dynamic place-based programme for boys and young men, which sees groups come together over time, to co-create a boy and explore his needs and experiences as he interacts with the world around him. The programme aims to explore, communicate and learn from the lived experiences and knowledge of boys and young men as they engage in a creative exploration of masculinity and its formation.

Boys in the Making at NCAD Gallery is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City Arts Office, Rialto Youth Project and NCAD. The conference is funded through NCAD Research Seed Funding, with additional support from Heart of Glass and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

The 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 programme forms part of a long-term project called 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥? - a collaboration between artist, writer and educator Dr Fiona Whelan, Rialto Youth Project and Brokentalkers Theatre Company. Through public art, performance, educational programmes and workshops, 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥? aims to create significant public dialogue about the current state of masculinity.

𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱.𝗰𝗼𝗺

📲 Find out more at NCAD.Gallery.

📷 Boys in the Making, Fiona Whelan, 2025. NCAD Gallery.

What Does He Need?Fiona Whelan Rialto Youth Project NCAD Gallery Dublin City Arts Office Heart of Glass Brokentalkers
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon